Puttalam Polling Division

Puttalam
Polling Division
Location of Puttalam
Coordinates: 8°13′55″N 79°47′25″E / 8.231862°N 79.790144°E / 8.231862; 79.790144
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceNorth Western Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral DistrictPuttalam Electoral District
Area
 • Total
1,147.32 km2 (442.98 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total
186,308
 • Density162/km2 (420/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEC-16A

The Puttalam Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Puttalam Electoral District, in the North Western Province, Sri Lanka.

Presidential Election Results

Summary

The winner of Puttalam has matched the final country result 4 out of 8 times.

Year Puttalam Puttalam Electoral District MAE[2] % Sri Lanka MAE[3] %
2019 NDF SLPP 25.50% SLPP 26.91%
2015 NDF NDF 19.80% NDF 18.46%
2010 NDF UPFA 18.04% UPFA 17.29%
2005 UNP UNP 15.06% UPFA 17.23%
1999 UNP PA 9.36% PA 9.68%
1994 PA PA 1.44% PA 1.64%
1988 UNP UNP 8.57% UNP 12.39%
1982 UNP UNP 11.16% UNP 15.01%
Matches/Mean MAE 4/8 7/8 13.61% 8/8 14.83%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Puttalam[4] Puttalam Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 76,385 71.28% 199,356 43.91% 5,564,239 41.99%
SLPP 26,118 24.37% 230,760 50.83% 6,924,255 52.25%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 2,756 2.57% 10,948 2.41% 345,452 2.61%
NMPP 1,896 1.77% 12,912 2.84% 418,553 3.16%
Valid Votes 107,155 98.82% 453,976 99.02% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 1,283 1.18% 4,478 0.98% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 108,438 76.15% 458,454 76.53% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 142,408 599,042 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Puttalam[5] Puttalam Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 58,844 69.82% 202,073 50.04% 6,217,162 51.28%
UPFA 24,235 28.76% 197,751 48.97% 5,768,090 47.58%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,198 1.42% 4,026 1.00% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 84,277 98.65% 403,850 98.95% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 1,151 1.35% 4,300 1.05% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 85,428 67.96% 408,150 72.50% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 125,702 562,984 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Puttalam[6] Puttalam Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 36,971 57.50% 136,233 39.59% 4,173,185 40.15%
UPFA 25,751 40.05% 201,981 58.70% 6,015,934 57.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,580 2.46% 5,899 1.71% 204,494 1.97%
Valid Votes 64,302 98.56% 344,113 99.17% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 941 1.44% 2,886 0.83% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 65,243 63.56% 346,999 68.97% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 102,643 503,106 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Puttalam[7] Puttalam Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 40,060 65.79% 169,264 50.71% 4,706,366 48.43%
UPFA 19,939 32.75% 160,686 48.14% 4,887,152 50.29%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 892 1.46% 3,833 1.15% 123,521 1.27%
Valid Votes 60,891 98.34% 333,783 98.95% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 1,028 1.66% 3,536 1.05% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 61,919 64.94% 337,319 70.56% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 95,350 478,032 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Puttalam[8] Puttalam Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 26,894 54.41% 121,615 44.17% 3,602,748 42.71%
PA 20,842 42.16% 141,725 51.47% 4,312,157 51.12%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 995 2.01% 4,123 1.50% 176,679 2.09%
JVP 701 1.42% 7,876 2.86% 343,927 4.08%
Valid Votes 49,432 97.63% 275,339 97.94% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 1,202 2.37% 5,778 2.06% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 50,634 62.88% 281,117 68.85% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 80,531 408,331 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Puttalam[9] Puttalam Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 29,040 63.93% 165,795 62.65% 4,709,205 62.28%
UNP 15,542 34.21% 95,211 35.98% 2,715,283 35.91%
Ind 2 531 1.17% 1,796 0.68% 58,888 0.78%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 315 0.69% 1,833 0.69% 78,152 1.03%
Valid Votes 45,428 97.76% 264,635 98.26% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 1,043 2.24% 4,689 1.74% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 46,471 63.01% 269,324 69.80% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 73,757 385,854 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Puttalam[10] Puttalam Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 24,362 64.47% 125,339 55.89% 2,569,199 50.43%
SLFP 12,613 33.38% 94,823 42.28% 2,289,857 44.95%
SLMP 815 2.16% 4,093 1.83% 235,701 4.63%
Valid Votes 37,790 98.36% 224,255 98.70% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 632 1.64% 2,965 1.30% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 38,422 67.28% 227,220 70.70% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 57,106 321,387 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Puttalam[11] Puttalam Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 24,089 70.50% 128,877 59.12% 3,450,815 52.93%
SLFP 8,448 24.72% 80,006 36.70% 2,546,348 39.05%
JVP 706 2.07% 7,001 3.21% 273,428 4.19%
ACTC 592 1.73% 817 0.37% 173,934 2.67%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 336 0.98% 1,279 0.59% 75,526 1.16%
Valid Votes 34,171 98.87% 217,980 99.09% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 389 1.13% 1,995 0.91% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 34,560 75.43% 219,975 81.41% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 45,817 270,207 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year Puttalam Puttalam Electoral District MAE[12] % Sri Lanka MAE[13] %
2015 UNP UNP 22.19% UNP 22.61%
2010 UPFA UPFA 8.85% UPFA 6.32%
2004 UNP UPFA 13.72% UPFA 13.81%
2001 UNP UNP 11.14% UNP 11.00%
2000 UNP PA 6.54% PA 4.29%
1994 PA PA 0.59% PA 3.11%
1989 UNP UNP 2.57% UNP 6.78%
Matches/Mean MAE 5/7 7/7 9.37% 7/7 9.70%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Puttalam[14] Puttalam Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 48,466 75.75% 180,185 51.81% 5,098,916 45.77%
UPFA 14,058 21.97% 153,130 44.03% 4,732,664 42.48%
JVP 915 1.43% 12,211 3.51% 544,154 4.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 540 0.84% 2,263 0.65% 82,383 0.74%
Valid Votes 63,979 80.38% 347,789 91.37% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 6,290 7.90% 23,124 6.08% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 79,597 63.32% 380,632 68.83% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 125,702 553,009 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Puttalam[15] Puttalam Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 28,191 56.42% 167,769 64.84% 4,846,388 60.38%
UNP 20,961 41.95% 81,152 31.36% 2,357,057 29.37%
DNA 654 1.31% 8,792 3.40% 441,251 5.50%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 162 0.32% 1,028 0.40% 33,372 0.42%
Valid Votes 49,968 91.02% 258,741 92.29% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 4,918 8.96% 21,562 7.69% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 54,899 53.49% 280,354 55.67% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 102,643 503,635 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Puttalam[16] Puttalam Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 34,273 62.31% 135,152 46.67% 3,486,792 37.73%
UPFA 20,069 36.48% 142,784 49.31% 4,223,126 45.70%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 665 1.21% 11,652 4.02% 614,880 6.65%
Valid Votes 55,007 91.78% 289,588 93.06% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 4,867 8.12% 21,431 6.89% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 59,934 66.59% 311,194 69.15% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 90,004 450,057 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Puttalam[17] Puttalam Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 34,353 64.27% 146,873 50.61% 4,086,026 45.62%
PA 17,163 32.11% 120,981 41.69% 3,330,815 37.19%
JVP 1,335 2.50% 18,095 6.24% 815,353 9.10%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 603 1.13% 4,260 1.47% 116,969 1.31%
Valid Votes 53,454 93.01% 290,209 95.20% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 4,017 6.99% 14,638 4.80% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 57,471 67.72% 304,847 71.53% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 84,866 426,193 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Puttalam[18] Puttalam Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 21,579 40.18% 118,566 41.36% 3,451,765 40.12%
PA 20,044 37.32% 138,747 48.40% 3,899,329 45.33%
NUA 9,811 18.27% 12,317 4.30% 185,593 2.16%
JVP 858 1.60% 11,256 3.93% 518,725 6.03%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 794 1.48% 4,944 1.72% 216,501 2.52%
PP 618 1.15% 865 0.30% 19,830 0.23%
Valid Votes 53,704 N/A 286,695 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Puttalam[19] Puttalam Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 26,645 53.24% 150,587 53.64% 3,887,805 48.94%
UNP 23,166 46.29% 127,671 45.48% 3,498,370 44.04%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 237 0.47% 2,453 0.87% 158,616 2.00%
Valid Votes 50,048 94.44% 280,711 95.52% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 2,944 5.56% 13,144 4.47% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 52,992 71.85% 293,873 76.19% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 73,757 385,690 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Puttalam[20] Puttalam Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 22,541 61.04% 139,309 62.62% 2,838,005 50.71%
SLFP 10,331 27.98% 71,687 32.22% 1,785,369 31.90%
SLMC 3,661 9.91% 6,253 2.81% 202,016 3.61%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 393 1.06% 5,226 2.35% 211,176 3.77%
Valid Votes 36,926 93.54% 222,475 94.40% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 2,552 6.46% 13,205 5.60% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 39,478 69.77% 235,680 73.94% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 56,582 318,755 9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Puttalam Polling Division has a Moor majority (56.3%), a significant Sinhalese population (31.6%) and a significant Sri Lankan Tamil population (10.5%) . In comparison, the Puttalam Electoral District (which contains the Puttalam Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (73.6%) and a significant Moor population (19.4%) [1]

Ethnicity in Puttalam[1]
  1. Moor (56.3%)
  2. Sinhalese (31.6%)
  3. Sri Lankan Tamil (10.5%)
  4. Other (1.60%)

Religion

The Puttalam Polling Division has a Muslim majority (57.2%), a significant Roman Catholic population (21.0%) and a significant Buddhist population (14.7%) . In comparison, the Puttalam Electoral District (which contains the Puttalam Polling Division) has a Buddhist plurality (43.2%), a significant Roman Catholic population (31.5%) and a significant Muslim population (19.7%) [1]

Religion in Puttalam[1]
  1. Muslim (57.2%)
  2. Roman Catholic (21.0%)
  3. Buddhist (14.7%)
  4. Hindu (5.10%)
  5. Other Christian (1.30%)
  6. Other (0.60%)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "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 Puttalam and the Puttalam 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 Puttalam 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 Puttalam and the Puttalam 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 Puttalam 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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