Polling Division in Sri Lanka
The Katana 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 Katana has matched the final country result 8 out of 8 times. Hence, Katana is a Perfect Bellwether for Presidential Elections.
Party Katana[4] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % SLPP 71,565 58.10% 855,870 59.28% 6,924,255 52.25% NDF 43,053 34.95% 494,671 34.26% 5,564,239 41.99% NMPP 5,343 4.34% 61,760 4.28% 418,553 3.16% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,844 1.50% 20,227 1.40% 295,797 2.23% NPP 1,375 1.12% 11,272 0.78% 49,655 0.37% Valid Votes 123,180 98.57% 1,443,800 98.92% 13,252,499 98.99% Rejected Votes 1,786 1.43% 15,751 1.08% 135,452 1.01% Total Polled 124,966 81.44% 1,459,551 83.31% 13,387,951 83.71% Registered Electors 153,448 1,751,892 15,992,568
Party Katana[5] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NDF 58,507 51.49% 669,007 49.83% 6,217,162 51.28% UPFA 54,355 47.83% 664,347 49.49% 5,768,090 47.58% Other Parties (with < 1%) 773 0.68% 9,142 0.68% 138,200 1.14% Valid Votes 113,635 98.69% 1,342,496 98.92% 12,123,452 98.85% Rejected Votes 1,505 1.31% 14,647 1.08% 140,925 1.15% Total Polled 115,140 80.02% 1,357,143 80.77% 12,264,377 78.69% Registered Electors 143,885 1,680,263 15,585,942
Party Katana[6] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 59,558 60.04% 718,716 61.66% 6,015,934 57.88% NDF 38,605 38.92% 434,506 37.28% 4,173,185 40.15% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,034 1.04% 12,426 1.07% 204,494 1.97% Valid Votes 99,197 99.23% 1,165,648 99.24% 10,393,613 99.03% Rejected Votes 767 0.77% 8,960 0.76% 101,838 0.97% Total Polled 99,964 78.45% 1,174,608 78.03% 10,495,451 66.70% Registered Electors 127,421 1,505,363 15,734,587
Party Katana[7] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 49,095 54.23% 596,698 54.78% 4,887,152 50.29% UNP 40,473 44.71% 481,764 44.23% 4,706,366 48.43% Other Parties (with < 1%) 960 1.06% 10,815 0.99% 123,521 1.27% Valid Votes 90,528 98.93% 1,089,277 98.94% 9,717,039 98.88% Rejected Votes 977 1.07% 11,724 1.06% 109,869 1.12% Total Polled 91,505 79.85% 1,101,001 79.17% 9,826,908 69.51% Registered Electors 114,595 1,390,691 14,136,979
Party Katana[8] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 45,607 59.82% 532,796 56.58% 4,312,157 51.12% UNP 27,389 35.93% 353,969 37.59% 3,602,748 42.71% JVP 2,224 2.92% 40,472 4.30% 343,927 4.08% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,015 1.33% 14,382 1.53% 176,679 2.09% Valid Votes 76,235 98.01% 941,619 97.84% 8,435,754 97.69% Rejected Votes 1,545 1.99% 20,768 2.16% 199,536 2.31% Total Polled 77,780 77.51% 962,387 77.12% 8,635,290 72.17% Registered Electors 100,352 1,247,860 11,965,536
Party Katana[9] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 42,916 62.83% 550,654 64.74% 4,709,205 62.28% UNP 24,637 36.07% 288,608 33.93% 2,715,283 35.91% Other Parties (with < 1%) 750 1.10% 11,256 1.32% 137,040 1.81% Valid Votes 68,303 98.75% 850,518 98.48% 7,561,526 98.03% Rejected Votes 864 1.25% 13,137 1.52% 151,706 1.97% Total Polled 69,167 75.16% 863,655 74.16% 7,713,232 69.12% Registered Electors 92,027 1,164,625 11,158,880
Party Katana[10] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 28,760 51.20% 350,092 48.08% 2,569,199 50.43% SLFP 25,379 45.18% 355,553 48.83% 2,289,857 44.95% SLMP 2,036 3.62% 22,467 3.09% 235,701 4.63% Valid Votes 56,175 98.56% 728,112 98.63% 5,094,754 98.24% Rejected Votes 822 1.44% 10,108 1.37% 91,499 1.76% Total Polled 56,997 74.55% 738,220 74.93% 5,186,256 55.87% Registered Electors 76,452 985,206 9,283,143
Party Katana[11] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 26,504 52.63% 365,847 52.50% 3,450,815 52.93% SLFP 22,027 43.74% 301,808 43.31% 2,546,348 39.05% JVP 1,356 2.69% 23,701 3.40% 273,428 4.19% Other Parties (with < 1%) 474 0.94% 5,491 0.79% 249,460 3.83% Valid Votes 50,361 99.14% 696,847 99.15% 6,520,156 98.78% Rejected Votes 437 0.86% 5,992 0.85% 80,470 1.22% Total Polled 50,798 83.88% 702,839 82.70% 6,600,626 80.15% Registered Electors 60,560 849,896 8,235,358
Parliamentary Election Results [ edit ] Summary [ edit ] The winner of Katana has matched the final country result 6 out of 7 times. Hence, Katana is a Strong Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.
Party Katana[14] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % SLPFA 70,062 66.61% 807,896 65.76% 6,853,693 59.09% SJB 25,055 23.82% 285,809 23.27% 2,771,984 23.9% JJB 5,041 4.79% 61,833 5.03% 445,958 3.84% UNP 1,775 1.69% 28,282 2.3% 249,435 2.15% OPPP 1,510 1.44% 21,627 1.76% 67,766 0.58% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,743 1.65% 23,027 1.88% 1,160,093 10.44% Valid Votes 105,186 67.3% 1,228,474 68.78% 11,598,936 71.32% Rejected Votes 7,234 4,63% 75,509 4.23% 744,373 4.58% Total Polled 112,420 71.93% 1,303,983 73.01% 12,343,309 75.89% Registered Electors 156,287 1,785,964 16,263,885
Party Katana[15] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 50,393 48.85% 577,004 47.17% 5,098,916 45.77% UPFA 45,582 44.18% 549,958 44.96% 4,732,664 42.48% JVP 6,662 6.46% 87,880 7.18% 544,154 4.88% Other Parties (with < 1%) 530 0.51% 8,332 0.68% 81,501 0.73% Valid Votes 103,167 94.82% 1,223,174 95.51% 11,140,333 95.35% Rejected Votes 5,522 5.08% 56,246 4.39% 516,926 4.42% Total Polled 108,802 75.62% 1,280,647 78.21% 11,684,111 77.66% Registered Electors 143,885 1,637,537 15,044,490
Party Katana[16] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 49,766 63.33% 589,476 63.40% 4,846,388 60.38% UNP 22,919 29.17% 266,523 28.67% 2,357,057 29.37% DNA 5,228 6.65% 69,747 7.50% 441,251 5.50% Other Parties (with < 1%) 667 0.85% 3,985 0.43% 19,003 0.24% Valid Votes 78,580 93.97% 929,731 94.83% 8,026,322 96.03% Rejected Votes 5,021 6.00% 50,234 5.12% 581,465 6.96% Total Polled 83,621 65.63% 980,467 65.06% 8,358,246 59.29% Registered Electors 127,421 1,506,969 14,097,690
Party Katana[17] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 41,823 51.53% 509,963 51.52% 4,223,126 45.70% UNP 31,919 39.33% 367,572 37.14% 3,486,792 37.73% JHU 6,254 7.71% 102,516 10.36% 552,723 5.98% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,171 1.44% 9,691 0.98% 57,229 0.62% Valid Votes 81,167 96.11% 989,742 95.96% 9,241,931 94.52% Rejected Votes 3,268 3.87% 41,462 4.02% 534,452 5.47% Total Polled 84,453 76.29% 1,031,464 77.72% 9,777,821 75.74% Registered Electors 110,706 1,327,145 12,909,631
Party Katana[18] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 39,498 47.54% 428,780 43.08% 3,330,815 37.19% UNP 35,075 42.21% 437,289 43.94% 4,086,026 45.62% JVP 7,388 8.89% 113,990 11.45% 815,353 9.10% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,128 1.36% 15,171 1.52% 137,826 1.54% Valid Votes 83,089 96.34% 995,230 96.30% 8,955,844 94.77% Rejected Votes 3,158 3.66% 38,187 3.70% 494,009 5.23% Total Polled 86,247 80.98% 1,033,417 80.36% 9,449,878 76.03% Registered Electors 106,508 1,285,973 12,428,762
Party Katana[19] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 42,316 53.66% 470,018 48.87% 3,899,329 45.33% UNP 30,157 38.24% 378,328 39.34% 3,451,765 40.12% JVP 3,906 4.95% 73,110 7.60% 518,725 6.03% SU 1,578 2.00% 20,297 2.11% 127,859 1.49% Other Parties (with < 1%) 899 1.14% 19,956 2.08% 319,123 3.71% Valid Votes 78,856 N/A 961,709 N/A 8,602,617 N/A
Party Katana[20] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 40,684 57.35% 509,030 56.79% 3,887,805 48.94% UNP 29,617 41.75% 375,631 41.91% 3,498,370 44.04% Other Parties (with < 1%) 633 0.89% 11,627 1.30% 90,078 1.13% Valid Votes 70,934 95.89% 896,288 96.39% 7,943,688 95.20% Rejected Votes 3,044 4.11% 33,553 3.61% 400,395 4.80% Total Polled 73,978 80.39% 929,841 79.65% 8,344,095 74.75% Registered Electors 92,027 1,167,469 11,163,064
Party Katana[21] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 28,660 53.11% 385,733 54.14% 2,838,005 50.71% SLFP 22,318 41.35% 294,490 41.34% 1,785,369 31.90% USA 2,656 4.92% 21,665 3.04% 141,983 2.54% Other Parties (with < 1%) 333 0.62% 10,549 1.48% 67,723 1.21% Valid Votes 53,967 95.65% 712,437 95.64% 5,596,468 93.87% Rejected Votes 2,457 4.35% 32,497 4.36% 365,563 6.13% Total Polled 56,424 75.10% 744,934 76.82% 5,962,031 63.60% Registered Electors 75,135 969,658 9,374,164
Demographics [ edit ] Ethnicity [ edit ] The Katana Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (91.6%) . In comparison, the Gampaha Electoral District (which contains the Katana Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (90.5%) [1]
Ethnicity in Katana[1]
Other (1.3%)
Religion [ edit ] The Katana Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (60.1%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (32.0%) . In comparison, the Gampaha Electoral District (which contains the Katana Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (71.3%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (19.5%) [1]
Religion in Katana[1]
Other (0.1%)
References [ edit ]