Dambadeniya Polling Division

Dambadeniya
Polling Division
Coordinates: 7°21′47″N80°11′58″E / 7.362926°N 80.199527°E / 7.362926; 80.199527
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	North Western Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District	Kurunegala Electoral District
Area
• Total	249.75 km2 (96.43 sq mi)
Population  (2012) [1]
• Total	119,946
• Density	480/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EC-15J

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

Presidential Election Results

Summary

The winner of Dambadeniya has matched the final country result 7 out of 8 times. Hence, Dambadeniya is a Strong Bellwether for Presidential Elections.

Year	Dambadeniya		Kurunegala Electoral District		MAE [2]  %	Sri Lanka		MAE [3]  %
2019		SLPP		SLPP	2.25%		SLPP	7.28%
2015		UPFA		UPFA	1.78%		NDF	7.41%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	1.72%		UPFA	6.59%
2005		UPFA		UPFA	2.67%		UPFA	4.49%
1999		PA		PA	1.61%		PA	0.93%
1994		PA		PA	0.50%		PA	3.50%
1988		UNP		UNP	4.63%		UNP	4.13%
1982		UNP		UNP	1.43%		UNP	2.56%
Matches/Mean MAE	7/8		7/8		2.08%	8/8		4.61%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Dambadeniya [4]			Kurunegala Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLPP		47,006	60.31%		652,278	57.90%		6,924,255	52.25%
	NDF		27,041	34.69%		416,961	37.01%		5,564,239	41.99%
	NMPP		2,506	3.22%		36,178	3.21%		418,553	3.16%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,394	1.79%		21,193	1.88%		345,452	2.61%
Valid Votes		77,947		99.15%	1,126,610		99.25%	13,252,499		98.99%
Rejected Votes		666		0.85%	8,522		0.75%	135,452		1.01%
Total Polled		78,613		84.73%	1,135,132		85.24%	13,387,951		83.71%
Registered Electors		92,781			1,331,705			15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Dambadeniya [5]			Kurunegala Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		41,422	55.31%		556,868	53.46%		5,768,090	47.58%
	NDF		32,964	44.02%		476,602	45.76%		6,217,162	51.28%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		505	0.67%		8,154	0.78%		138,200	1.14%
Valid Votes		74,891		99.18%	1,041,624		99.12%	12,123,452		98.85%
Rejected Votes		621		0.82%	9,285		0.88%	140,925		1.15%
Total Polled		75,512		79.86%	1,050,909		78.82%	12,264,377		78.69%
Registered Electors		94,560			1,333,377			15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Dambadeniya [6]			Kurunegala Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		44,172	64.91%		582,784	63.08%		6,015,934	57.88%
	NDF		23,056	33.88%		327,594	35.46%		4,173,185	40.15%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		819	1.20%		13,515	1.46%		204,494	1.97%
Valid Votes		68,047		99.36%	923,893		99.29%	10,393,613		99.03%
Rejected Votes		436		0.64%	6,644		0.71%	101,838		0.97%
Total Polled		68,483		76.41%	930,537		75.59%	10,495,451		66.70%
Registered Electors		89,631			1,230,966			15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Dambadeniya [7]			Kurunegala Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		37,231	54.96%		468,507	52.26%		4,887,152	50.29%
	UNP		29,818	44.02%		418,809	46.72%		4,706,366	48.43%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		692	1.02%		9,181	1.02%		123,521	1.27%
Valid Votes		67,741		99.12%	896,497		99.07%	9,717,039		98.88%
Rejected Votes		599		0.88%	8,458		0.93%	109,869		1.12%
Total Polled		68,340		79.97%	904,955		77.87%	9,826,908		69.51%
Registered Electors		85,455			1,162,099			14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Dambadeniya [8]			Kurunegala Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		30,403	52.54%		377,483	50.77%		4,312,157	51.12%
	UNP		24,457	42.26%		326,327	43.89%		3,602,748	42.71%
	JVP		2,158	3.73%		27,354	3.68%		343,927	4.08%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		849	1.47%		12,355	1.66%		176,679	2.09%
Valid Votes		57,867		98.16%	743,519		97.99%	8,435,754		97.69%
Rejected Votes		1,082		1.84%	15,272		2.01%	199,536		2.31%
Total Polled		58,949		77.70%	758,791		75.83%	8,635,290		72.17%
Registered Electors		75,865			1,000,624			11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Dambadeniya [9]			Kurunegala Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		30,516	58.90%		403,838	59.36%		4,709,205	62.28%
	UNP		20,613	39.79%		266,740	39.21%		2,715,283	35.91%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		677	1.31%		9,766	1.44%		137,040	1.81%
Valid Votes		51,806		98.60%	680,344		98.48%	7,561,526		98.03%
Rejected Votes		738		1.40%	10,511		1.52%	151,706		1.97%
Total Polled		52,544		76.08%	690,855		76.97%	7,713,232		69.12%
Registered Electors		69,064			897,539			11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Dambadeniya [10]			Kurunegala Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		21,532	56.13%		198,662	51.12%		2,569,199	50.43%
	SLFP		16,301	42.49%		182,220	46.89%		2,289,857	44.95%
	SLMP		531	1.38%		7,717	1.99%		235,701	4.63%
Valid Votes		38,364		98.89%	388,599		98.91%	5,094,754		98.24%
Rejected Votes		430		1.11%	4,281		1.09%	91,499		1.76%
Total Polled		38,794		60.73%	392,880		53.49%	5,186,256		55.87%
Registered Electors		63,877			734,453			9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Dambadeniya [11]			Kurunegala Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		28,872	57.16%		345,769	55.77%		3,450,815	52.93%
	SLFP		19,429	38.46%		248,479	40.08%		2,546,348	39.05%
	JVP		1,897	3.76%		21,835	3.52%		273,428	4.19%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		314	0.62%		3,895	0.63%		249,460	3.83%
Valid Votes		50,512		99.31%	619,978		99.13%	6,520,156		98.78%
Rejected Votes		350		0.69%	5,431		0.87%	80,470		1.22%
Total Polled		50,862		86.40%	625,409		86.00%	6,600,626		80.15%
Registered Electors		58,869			727,202			8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

The winner of Dambadeniya has matched the final country result 6 out of 7 times. Hence, Dambadeniya is a Strong Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.

Year	Dambadeniya		Kurunegala Electoral District		MAE [12]  %	Sri Lanka		MAE [13]  %
2015		UPFA		UPFA	1.32%		UNP	4.08%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	2.11%		UPFA	3.69%
2004		UPFA		UPFA	1.45%		UPFA	4.57%
2001		UNP		UNP	1.03%		UNP	3.00%
2000		PA		PA	0.56%		PA	2.72%
1994		PA		PA	0.31%		PA	2.85%
1989		UNP		UNP	3.76%		UNP	6.02%
Matches/Mean MAE	6/7		6/7		1.51%	7/7		3.85%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Dambadeniya [14]			Kurunegala Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		34,939	50.51%		474,124	49.29%		4,732,664	42.48%
	UNP		30,671	44.34%		441,275	45.87%		5,098,916	45.77%
	JVP		3,236	4.68%		41,077	4.27%		544,154	4.88%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		324	0.47%		5,496	0.57%		83,041	0.75%
Valid Votes		69,170		96.79%	961,972		95.39%	11,140,333		95.35%
Rejected Votes		2,260		3.16%	46,036		4.56%	516,926		4.42%
Total Polled		71,462		75.57%	1,008,459		79.63%	11,684,111		77.66%
Registered Electors		94,560			1,266,443			15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Dambadeniya [15]			Kurunegala Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		34,447	66.17%		429,316	63.91%		4,846,388	60.38%
	UNP		15,483	29.74%		213,713	31.81%		2,357,057	29.37%
	DNA		2,015	3.87%		26,440	3.94%		441,251	5.50%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		116	0.22%		2,288	0.34%		34,779	0.43%
Valid Votes		52,061		94.43%	671,757		92.58%	8,026,322		96.03%
Rejected Votes		3,003		5.45%	53,130		7.32%	581,465		6.96%
Total Polled		55,133		61.51%	725,566		59.08%	8,358,246		59.29%
Registered Electors		89,631			1,228,044			14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Dambadeniya [16]			Kurunegala Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		31,740	53.00%		412,157	51.95%		4,223,126	45.70%
	UNP		24,528	40.96%		340,768	42.95%		3,486,792	37.73%
	JHU		3,422	5.71%		37,459	4.72%		552,723	5.98%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		200	0.33%		2,976	0.38%		64,640	0.70%
Valid Votes		59,890		95.76%	793,360		95.14%	9,241,931		94.52%
Rejected Votes		2,641		4.22%	40,261		4.83%	534,452		5.47%
Total Polled		62,543		75.13%	833,908		76.54%	9,777,821		75.74%
Registered Electors		83,250			1,089,482			12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Dambadeniya [17]			Kurunegala Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		29,321	47.29%		382,768	48.59%		4,086,026	45.62%
	PA		26,714	43.09%		332,775	42.24%		3,330,815	37.19%
	JVP		5,349	8.63%		63,652	8.08%		815,353	9.10%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		612	0.99%		8,533	1.08%		133,770	1.49%
Valid Votes		61,996		96.29%	787,728		95.35%	8,955,844		94.77%
Rejected Votes		2,386		3.71%	38,451		4.65%	494,009		5.23%
Total Polled		64,382		79.66%	826,179		78.98%	9,449,878		76.03%
Registered Electors		80,821			1,046,102			12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Dambadeniya [18]			Kurunegala Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		28,865	48.64%		358,794	48.75%		3,899,329	45.33%
	UNP		25,527	43.02%		308,106	41.86%		3,451,765	40.12%
	JVP		3,418	5.76%		40,780	5.54%		518,725	6.03%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,534	2.58%		28,348	3.85%		407,107	4.73%
Valid Votes		59,344		N/A	736,028		N/A	8,602,617		N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Dambadeniya [19]			Kurunegala Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		28,551	51.67%		366,856	51.87%		3,887,805	48.94%
	UNP		26,223	47.46%		332,547	47.02%		3,498,370	44.04%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		481	0.87%		7,876	1.11%		158,616	2.00%
Valid Votes		55,255		96.48%	707,279		95.92%	7,943,688		95.20%
Rejected Votes		2,013		3.52%	30,071		4.08%	400,395		4.80%
Total Polled		57,268		82.92%	737,350		82.15%	8,344,095		74.75%
Registered Electors		69,064			897,580			11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Dambadeniya [20]			Kurunegala Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		28,242	62.31%		314,724	58.51%		2,838,005	50.71%
	SLFP		14,595	32.20%		195,526	36.35%		1,785,369	31.90%
	USA		1,305	2.88%		11,059	2.06%		141,983	2.54%
	ELJP		994	2.19%		13,759	2.56%		67,723	1.21%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		188	0.41%		2,848	0.53%		90,480	1.62%
Valid Votes		45,324		94.23%	537,916		94.02%	5,596,468		93.87%
Rejected Votes		2,777		5.77%	34,212		5.98%	365,563		6.13%
Total Polled		48,101		76.32%	572,128		72.88%	5,962,031		63.60%
Registered Electors		63,024			784,991			9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Dambadeniya Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (96.6%) . In comparison, the Kurunegala Electoral District (which contains the Dambadeniya Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (91.4%) ^[1]

Ethnicity in Dambadeniya ^[1]

   Sinhalese (96.6%)

   Moor (2.8%)

  Other (0.6%)

Religion

The Dambadeniya Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (95.7%) . In comparison, the Kurunegala Electoral District (which contains the Dambadeniya Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (88.5%) ^[1]

Religion in Dambadeniya ^[1]

   Buddhist (95.7%)

   Muslim (2.9%)

  Other (1.4%)

References

1. "Census of Population and Housing 2012". statistics.gov.lk. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. 2012.
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3. The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Dambadeniya and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
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