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Attanagalla
Polling Division
Location of Attanagalla
Coordinates: 7°07′01″N 80°05′45″E / 7.117056°N 80.095826°E / 7.117056; 80.095826
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceWestern Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral DistrictGampaha Electoral District
Area
 • Total163.13 km2 (62.98 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total179,565
 • Density1,101/km2 (2,850/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEC-02G

The Attanagalla Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Gampaha Electoral District, in the Western Province, Sri Lanka.

Presidential Election Results[edit]

Summary[edit]

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

Year Attanagalla Gampaha Electoral District MAE[2] % Sri Lanka MAE[3] %
2019 SLPP SLPP 0.40% SLPP 6.53%
2015 UPFA NDF 2.23% NDF 3.88%
2010 UPFA UPFA 4.63% UPFA 7.93%
2005 UPFA UPFA 5.76% UPFA 10.04%
1999 PA PA 8.87% PA 13.85%
1994 PA PA 8.88% PA 11.09%
1988 SLFP SLFP 10.67% UNP 13.49%
1982 SLFP UNP 12.02% UNP 13.53%
Matches/Mean MAE 5/8 7/8 6.68% 8/8 10.04%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Attanagalla[4] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLPP 66,850 58.98% 855,870 59.28% 6,924,255 52.25%
NDF 39,548 34.89% 494,671 34.26% 5,564,239 41.99%
NMPP 4,829 4.26% 61,760 4.28% 418,553 3.16%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 2,121 1.87% 31,499 2.18% 345,452 2.61%
Valid Votes 113,348 99.16% 1,443,800 98.92% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 960 0.84% 15,751 1.08% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 114,308 84.29% 1,459,551 83.31% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 135,618 1,751,892 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Attanagalla[5] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 54,777 51.71% 664,347 49.49% 5,768,090 47.58%
NDF 50,380 47.56% 669,007 49.83% 6,217,162 51.28%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 774 0.73% 9,142 0.68% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 105,931 99.04% 1,342,496 98.92% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 1,024 0.96% 14,647 1.08% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 106,955 80.40% 1,357,143 80.77% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 133,023 1,680,263 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Attanagalla[6] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 61,337 66.30% 718,716 61.66% 6,015,934 57.88%
NDF 30,110 32.55% 434,506 37.28% 4,173,185 40.15%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,068 1.15% 12,426 1.07% 204,494 1.97%
Valid Votes 92,515 99.31% 1,165,648 99.24% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 645 0.69% 8,960 0.76% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 93,160 77.06% 1,174,608 78.03% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 120,900 1,505,363 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Attanagalla[7] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 52,393 60.52% 596,698 54.78% 4,887,152 50.29%
UNP 33,171 38.32% 481,764 44.23% 4,706,366 48.43%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,004 1.16% 10,815 0.99% 123,521 1.27%
Valid Votes 86,568 98.76% 1,089,277 98.94% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 1,090 1.24% 11,724 1.06% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 87,658 77.64% 1,101,001 79.17% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 112,898 1,390,691 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Attanagalla[8] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 51,204 65.79% 532,796 56.58% 4,312,157 51.12%
UNP 21,709 27.89% 353,969 37.59% 3,602,748 42.71%
JVP 3,608 4.64% 40,472 4.30% 343,927 4.08%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,307 1.68% 14,382 1.53% 176,679 2.09%
Valid Votes 77,828 97.58% 941,619 97.84% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 1,933 2.42% 20,768 2.16% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 79,761 78.61% 962,387 77.12% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 101,470 1,247,860 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Attanagalla[9] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 51,923 73.64% 550,654 64.74% 4,709,205 62.28%
UNP 17,437 24.73% 288,608 33.93% 2,715,283 35.91%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,151 1.63% 11,256 1.32% 137,040 1.81%
Valid Votes 70,511 98.51% 850,518 98.48% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 1,065 1.49% 13,137 1.52% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 71,576 77.88% 863,655 74.16% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 91,907 1,164,625 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Attanagalla[10] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLFP 35,758 60.12% 355,553 48.83% 2,289,857 44.95%
UNP 22,242 37.40% 350,092 48.08% 2,569,199 50.43%
SLMP 1,475 2.48% 22,467 3.09% 235,701 4.63%
Valid Votes 59,475 98.78% 728,112 98.63% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 735 1.22% 10,108 1.37% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 60,210 76.05% 738,220 74.93% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 79,172 985,206 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Attanagalla[11] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLFP 31,495 55.92% 301,808 43.31% 2,546,348 39.05%
UNP 22,531 40.00% 365,847 52.50% 3,450,815 52.93%
JVP 1,926 3.42% 23,701 3.40% 273,428 4.19%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 369 0.66% 5,491 0.79% 249,460 3.83%
Valid Votes 56,321 99.24% 696,847 99.15% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 430 0.76% 5,992 0.85% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 56,751 84.63% 702,839 82.70% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 67,061 849,896 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results[edit]

Summary[edit]

The winner of Attanagalla has matched the final country result 4 out of 7 times. Hence, Attanagalla is a Weak Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.

Year Attanagalla Gampaha Electoral District MAE[12] % Sri Lanka MAE[13] %
2015 UPFA UNP 2.27% UNP 2.70%
2010 UPFA UPFA 6.28% UPFA 8.25%
2004 UPFA UPFA 5.57% UPFA 8.37%
2001 PA UNP 5.81% UNP 8.71%
2000 PA PA 6.67% PA 8.56%
1994 PA PA 7.56% PA 11.90%
1989 SLFP UNP 9.06% UNP 9.12%
Matches/Mean MAE 4/7 7/7 6.17% 7/7 8.23%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Attanagalla[14] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 44,926 47.36% 549,958 44.96% 4,732,664 42.48%
UNP 42,371 44.67% 577,004 47.17% 5,098,916 45.77%
JVP 6,973 7.35% 87,880 7.18% 544,154 4.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 586 0.62% 8,332 0.68% 81,501 0.73%
Valid Votes 94,856 94.97% 1,223,174 95.51% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 4,880 4.89% 56,246 4.39% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 99,885 75.09% 1,280,647 78.21% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 133,023 1,637,537 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Attanagalla[15] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 51,172 70.18% 589,476 63.40% 4,846,388 60.38%
UNP 15,912 21.82% 266,523 28.67% 2,357,057 29.37%
DNA 5,626 7.72% 69,747 7.50% 441,251 5.50%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 204 0.28% 3,985 0.43% 19,003 0.24%
Valid Votes 72,914 95.04% 929,731 94.83% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 3,774 4.92% 50,234 5.12% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 76,722 63.46% 980,467 65.06% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 120,900 1,506,969 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Attanagalla[16] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 45,529 57.54% 509,963 51.52% 4,223,126 45.70%
UNP 24,282 30.69% 367,572 37.14% 3,486,792 37.73%
JHU 8,741 11.05% 102,516 10.36% 552,723 5.98%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 576 0.73% 9,691 0.98% 57,229 0.62%
Valid Votes 79,128 95.33% 989,742 95.96% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 3,853 4.64% 41,462 4.02% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 83,008 75.65% 1,031,464 77.72% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 109,731 1,327,145 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Attanagalla[17] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 39,531 49.53% 428,780 43.08% 3,330,815 37.19%
UNP 29,618 37.11% 437,289 43.94% 4,086,026 45.62%
JVP 9,351 11.72% 113,990 11.45% 815,353 9.10%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,316 1.65% 15,171 1.52% 137,826 1.54%
Valid Votes 79,816 95.81% 995,230 96.30% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 3,490 4.19% 38,187 3.70% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 83,306 78.57% 1,033,417 80.36% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 106,025 1,285,973 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Attanagalla[18] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 42,537 54.82% 470,018 48.87% 3,899,329 45.33%
UNP 23,248 29.96% 378,328 39.34% 3,451,765 40.12%
JVP 6,229 8.03% 73,110 7.60% 518,725 6.03%
NUA 3,475 4.48% 11,013 1.15% 185,593 2.16%
SU 1,315 1.69% 20,297 2.11% 127,859 1.49%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 796 1.03% 8,943 0.93% 133,530 1.55%
Valid Votes 77,600 N/A 961,709 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Attanagalla[19] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 45,629 64.50% 509,030 56.79% 3,887,805 48.94%
UNP 24,269 34.30% 375,631 41.91% 3,498,370 44.04%
SLPF 849 1.20% 11,627 1.30% 90,078 1.13%
Valid Votes 70,747 96.41% 896,288 96.39% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 2,638 3.59% 33,553 3.61% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 73,385 79.85% 929,841 79.65% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 91,907 1,167,469 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Attanagalla[20] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLFP 28,576 50.40% 294,490 41.34% 1,785,369 31.90%
UNP 25,194 44.43% 385,733 54.14% 2,838,005 50.71%
ELJP 1,765 3.11% 10,549 1.48% 67,723 1.21%
USA 1,166 2.06% 21,665 3.04% 141,983 2.54%
Valid Votes 56,701 95.49% 712,437 95.64% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 2,677 4.51% 32,497 4.36% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 59,378 76.92% 744,934 76.82% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 77,198 969,658 9,374,164

Demographics[edit]

Ethnicity[edit]

The Attanagalla Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (86.6%) and a significant Moor population (11.9%) . In comparison, the Gampaha Electoral District (which contains the Attanagalla Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (90.5%) [1]

Ethnicity in Attanagalla[1]

  Sinhalese (86.6%)
  Moor (11.9%)
  Other (1.5%)

Religion[edit]

The Attanagalla Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (84.5%) and a significant Muslim population (12.4%) . In comparison, the Gampaha Electoral District (which contains the Attanagalla Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (71.3%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (19.5%) [1]

Religion in Attanagalla[1]

  Buddhist (84.5%)
  Muslim (12.4%)
  Roman Catholic (2.1%)
  Other (1.0%)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e "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 Attanagalla and the Gampaha 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 Attanagalla 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. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  5. ^ "2015 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2015. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  6. ^ "2010 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2010. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  7. ^ "2005 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2005. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  8. ^ "1999 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1999. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  9. ^ "1994 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1994. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  10. ^ "1988 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1988. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  11. ^ "1982 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1982. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  12. ^ The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Attanagalla and the Gampaha 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 Attanagalla 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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