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Polling Division in Sri Lanka
Ududumbara
Polling Division
Location of Ududumbara
Coordinates: 7°20′31″N 80°55′31″E / 7.342011°N 80.925399°E / 7.342011; 80.925399
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceCentral Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral DistrictKandy Electoral District
Area
 • Total506.53 km (195.57 sq mi)
Population
 • Total74,388
 • Density147/km (380/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEC-04D

The Ududumbara Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Kandy Electoral District, in the Central Province, Sri Lanka.

Presidential Election Results

Summary

The winner of Ududumbara has matched the final country result 5 out of 8 times. Hence, Ududumbara is a Weak Bellwether for Presidential Elections.

Year Ududumbara Kandy Electoral District MAE % Sri Lanka MAE %
2019 SLPP SLPP 6.94% SLPP 4.86%
2015 UPFA NDF 14.86% NDF 11.58%
2010 UPFA UPFA 11.36% UPFA 7.67%
2005 UNP UNP 4.61% UPFA 1.28%
1999 PA PA 0.31% PA 1.50%
1994 PA PA 7.96% PA 2.37%
1988 SLFP UNP 6.39% UNP 3.51%
1982 UNP UNP 5.80% UNP 2.51%
Matches/Mean MAE 5/8 7/8 7.28% 8/8 4.41%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Ududumbara Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLPP 29,334 58.11% 471,502 50.43% 6,924,255 52.25%
NDF 19,098 37.83% 417,355 44.64% 5,564,239 41.99%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,298 2.57% 22,479 2.40% 345,452 2.61%
NMPP 748 1.48% 23,539 2.52% 418,553 3.16%
Valid Votes 50,478 99.32% 934,875 99.04% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 345 0.68% 9,020 0.96% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 50,823 87.98% 943,895 84.89% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 57,764 1,111,860 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Ududumbara Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 27,722 59.09% 378,585 44.23% 5,768,090 47.58%
NDF 18,472 39.37% 466,994 54.56% 6,217,162 51.28%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 723 1.54% 10,329 1.21% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 46,917 98.99% 855,908 98.73% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 479 1.01% 10,993 1.27% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 47,396 80.83% 866,901 79.71% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 58,637 1,087,542 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Ududumbara Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 27,179 65.31% 406,636 54.16% 6,015,934 57.88%
NDF 13,220 31.77% 329,492 43.89% 4,173,185 40.15%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,214 2.92% 14,658 1.95% 204,494 1.97%
Valid Votes 41,613 99.05% 750,786 98.85% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 397 0.95% 8,700 1.15% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 42,010 75.52% 759,486 75.87% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 55,629 1,001,074 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Ududumbara Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 20,269 49.52% 387,150 54.33% 4,706,366 48.43%
UPFA 19,973 48.79% 315,672 44.30% 4,887,152 50.29%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 692 1.69% 9,798 1.37% 123,521 1.27%
Valid Votes 40,934 98.64% 712,620 98.64% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 564 1.36% 9,817 1.36% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 41,498 78.67% 722,437 77.37% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 52,747 933,754 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Ududumbara Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 18,216 50.61% 308,187 50.29% 4,312,157 51.12%
UNP 16,335 45.38% 276,360 45.10% 3,602,748 42.71%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 810 2.25% 12,752 2.08% 176,679 2.09%
JVP 632 1.76% 15,512 2.53% 343,927 4.08%
Valid Votes 35,993 97.50% 612,811 97.29% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 922 2.50% 17,060 2.71% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 36,915 78.81% 629,871 77.61% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 46,840 811,606 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Ududumbara Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 22,944 64.75% 320,110 56.64% 4,709,205 62.28%
UNP 11,906 33.60% 235,519 41.68% 2,715,283 35.91%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 585 1.65% 9,488 1.68% 137,040 1.81%
Valid Votes 35,435 97.54% 565,117 97.55% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 892 2.46% 14,179 2.45% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 36,327 85.07% 579,296 77.85% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 42,700 744,151 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Ududumbara Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLFP 12,466 50.22% 186,187 43.65% 2,289,857 44.95%
UNP 12,032 48.47% 234,124 54.88% 2,569,199 50.43%
SLMP 324 1.31% 6,266 1.47% 235,701 4.63%
Valid Votes 24,822 98.47% 426,577 98.57% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 386 1.53% 6,167 1.43% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 25,208 67.50% 432,744 68.36% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 37,345 633,030 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Ududumbara Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 15,284 54.14% 289,621 59.80% 3,450,815 52.93%
SLFP 12,242 43.37% 178,647 36.89% 2,546,348 39.05%
JVP 456 1.62% 12,493 2.58% 273,428 4.19%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 246 0.87% 3,536 0.73% 249,460 3.83%
Valid Votes 28,228 98.75% 484,297 99.07% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 358 1.25% 4,548 0.93% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 28,586 89.93% 488,845 89.44% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 31,788 546,565 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

The winner of Ududumbara has matched the final country result 5 out of 7 times. Hence, Ududumbara is a Weak Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.

Year Ududumbara Kandy Electoral District MAE % Sri Lanka MAE %
2015 UPFA UNP 10.18% UNP 4.05%
2010 UPFA UPFA 9.76% UPFA 8.12%
2004 UPFA UNP 7.68% UPFA 6.71%
2001 UNP UNP 1.63% UNP 4.84%
2000 PA PA 4.40% PA 4.90%
1994 UNP UNP 0.75% PA 4.17%
1989 UNP UNP 1.84% UNP 7.34%
Matches/Mean MAE 5/7 5/7 5.18% 7/7 5.73%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Ududumbara Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 21,919 51.34% 309,152 39.00% 4,732,664 42.48%
UNP 19,674 46.08% 440,761 55.61% 5,098,916 45.77%
JVP 876 2.05% 30,669 3.87% 544,154 4.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 222 0.52% 12,055 1.52% 100,088 0.90%
Valid Votes 42,691 94.70% 792,637 95.48% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 2,368 5.25% 37,065 4.46% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 45,082 76.88% 830,165 79.13% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 58,637 1,049,160 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Ududumbara Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 20,851 71.86% 339,819 60.81% 4,846,388 60.38%
UNP 7,544 26.00% 192,798 34.50% 2,357,057 29.37%
DNA 521 1.80% 23,728 4.25% 441,251 5.50%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 100 0.34% 2,459 0.44% 30,354 0.38%
Valid Votes 29,016 87.34% 558,804 90.49% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 4,163 12.53% 58,333 9.45% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 33,223 59.72% 617,559 61.70% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 55,629 1,000,861 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Ududumbara Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 18,319 53.80% 268,131 42.71% 4,223,126 45.70%
UNP 15,285 44.89% 313,859 49.99% 3,486,792 37.73%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 445 1.31% 45,876 7.31% 616,950 6.68%
Valid Votes 34,049 90.08% 627,866 93.24% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 3,749 9.92% 45,484 6.75% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 37,798 73.59% 673,380 76.47% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 51,360 880,634 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Ududumbara Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 17,477 51.70% 314,297 52.77% 4,086,026 45.62%
PA 14,110 41.74% 233,637 39.23% 3,330,815 37.19%
JVP 1,695 5.01% 37,146 6.24% 815,353 9.10%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 524 1.55% 10,496 1.76% 129,347 1.44%
Valid Votes 33,806 89.55% 595,576 93.40% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 3,946 10.45% 42,103 6.60% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 37,752 76.23% 637,679 76.03% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 49,524 838,687 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Ududumbara Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 17,897 54.04% 282,282 46.66% 3,899,329 45.33%
UNP 13,825 41.75% 243,623 40.27% 3,451,765 40.12%
JVP 744 2.25% 21,565 3.56% 518,725 6.03%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 650 1.96% 57,458 9.50% 475,261 5.52%
Valid Votes 33,116 N/A 604,928 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Ududumbara Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 18,116 51.88% 301,824 52.35% 3,498,370 44.04%
PA 16,590 47.51% 267,683 46.43% 3,887,805 48.94%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 210 0.60% 7,045 1.22% 175,576 2.21%
Valid Votes 34,916 94.20% 576,552 94.89% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 2,149 5.80% 31,019 5.11% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 37,065 86.80% 607,571 81.67% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 42,700 743,939 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Ududumbara Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 16,255 62.32% 204,973 61.72% 2,838,005 50.71%
SLFP 9,373 35.93% 105,977 31.91% 1,785,369 31.90%
USA 263 1.01% 5,147 1.55% 141,983 2.54%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 194 0.74% 16,012 4.82% 269,739 4.82%
Valid Votes 26,085 90.98% 332,109 93.69% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 2,585 9.02% 22,374 6.31% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 28,670 77.65% 354,483 56.42% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 36,923 628,317 9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Ududumbara Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (96.9%) . In comparison, the Kandy Electoral District (which contains the Ududumbara Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (74.4%) and a significant Moor population (13.9%)

Ethnicity in Ududumbara

  Sinhalese (96.9%)  Sri Lankan Tamil (1.2%)  Indian Tamil (1.2%)  Other (0.7%)

Religion

The Ududumbara Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (96.8%) . In comparison, the Kandy Electoral District (which contains the Ududumbara Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (73.4%) and a significant Muslim population (14.3%)

Religion in Ududumbara

  Buddhist (96.8%)  Hindu (2.2%)  Other (1.0%)

References

  1. ^ "Census of Population and Housing 2012". statistics.gov.lk. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. 2012.
  2. The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Ududumbara and the Kandy Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  3. The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Ududumbara and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  4. "2019 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2019.
  5. "2015 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2015.
  6. "2010 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2010.
  7. "2005 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2005.
  8. "1999 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1999.
  9. "1994 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1994.
  10. "1988 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1988.
  11. "1982 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1982.
  12. The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Ududumbara and the Kandy Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  13. The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Ududumbara and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  14. "2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2015.
  15. "2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2010.
  16. "2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2004.
  17. "2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2001.
  18. "2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2000.
  19. "1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1994.
  20. "1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1989.
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