Polling Division in Sri Lanka
The Panadura Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Kalutara Electoral District , in the Western Province, Sri Lanka .
Presidential Election Results [ edit ] Summary [ edit ] The winner of Panadura has matched the final country result 7 out of 8 times. Hence, Panadura is a Strong Bellwether for Presidential Elections.
Party Panadura[4] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % SLPP 57,447 58.01% 482,920 59.49% 6,924,255 52.25% NDF 35,761 36.11% 284,213 35.01% 5,564,239 41.99% NMPP 3,904 3.94% 27,681 3.41% 418,553 3.16% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,916 1.93% 16,949 2.09% 345,452 2.61% Valid Votes 99,028 99.17% 811,763 99.16% 13,252,499 98.99% Rejected Votes 827 0.83% 6,847 0.84% 135,452 1.01% Total Polled 99,855 84.11% 818,610 85.71% 13,387,951 83.71% Registered Electors 118,719 955,080 15,992,568
Party Panadura[5] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NDF 46,820 50.15% 349,404 46.46% 6,217,162 51.28% UPFA 45,908 49.18% 395,890 52.65% 5,768,090 47.58% Other Parties (with < 1%) 627 0.67% 6,690 0.89% 138,200 1.14% Valid Votes 93,355 98.78% 751,984 98.90% 12,123,452 98.85% Rejected Votes 1,152 1.22% 8,381 1.10% 140,925 1.15% Total Polled 94,507 82.30% 760,365 82.08% 12,264,377 78.69% Registered Electors 114,828 926,346 15,585,942
Party Panadura[6] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 50,772 61.21% 412,562 63.06% 6,015,934 57.88% NDF 31,319 37.76% 231,807 35.43% 4,173,185 40.15% Other Parties (with < 1%) 856 1.03% 9,880 1.51% 204,494 1.97% Valid Votes 82,947 99.34% 654,249 99.31% 10,393,613 99.03% Rejected Votes 553 0.66% 4,541 0.69% 101,838 0.97% Total Polled 83,500 79.10% 658,790 79.05% 10,495,451 66.70% Registered Electors 105,569 833,360 15,734,587
Party Panadura[7] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 46,097 57.68% 341,693 55.48% 4,887,152 50.29% UNP 33,034 41.33% 266,043 43.20% 4,706,366 48.43% Other Parties (with < 1%) 790 0.99% 8,124 1.32% 123,521 1.27% Valid Votes 79,921 99.06% 615,860 98.95% 9,717,039 98.88% Rejected Votes 762 0.94% 6,517 1.05% 109,869 1.12% Total Polled 80,683 79.63% 622,377 79.67% 9,826,908 69.51% Registered Electors 101,328 781,175 14,136,979
Party Panadura[8] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 39,081 56.58% 281,217 52.88% 4,312,157 51.12% UNP 24,976 36.16% 217,423 40.88% 3,602,748 42.71% JVP 3,647 5.28% 23,770 4.47% 343,927 4.08% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,369 1.98% 9,399 1.77% 176,679 2.09% Valid Votes 69,073 97.17% 531,809 97.83% 8,435,754 97.69% Rejected Votes 2,014 2.83% 11,796 2.17% 199,536 2.31% Total Polled 71,087 77.46% 543,605 78.23% 8,635,290 72.17% Registered Electors 91,768 694,860 11,965,536
Party Panadura[9] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 42,951 67.27% 295,686 61.47% 4,709,205 62.28% UNP 20,032 31.37% 178,466 37.10% 2,715,283 35.91% Other Parties (with < 1%) 865 1.35% 6,867 1.43% 137,040 1.81% Valid Votes 63,848 98.58% 481,019 98.50% 7,561,526 98.03% Rejected Votes 922 1.42% 7,309 1.50% 151,706 1.97% Total Polled 64,770 72.33% 488,328 73.97% 7,713,232 69.12% Registered Electors 89,554 660,191 11,158,880
Party Panadura[10] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % SLFP 28,366 51.94% 179,761 49.57% 2,289,857 44.95% UNP 22,701 41.57% 169,510 46.74% 2,569,199 50.43% SLMP 3,548 6.50% 13,375 3.69% 235,701 4.63% Valid Votes 54,615 98.56% 362,646 98.23% 5,094,754 98.24% Rejected Votes 799 1.44% 6,537 1.77% 91,499 1.76% Total Polled 55,414 70.74% 369,183 64.20% 5,186,256 55.87% Registered Electors 78,330 575,008 9,283,143
Party Panadura[11] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 26,648 48.88% 211,592 50.15% 3,450,815 52.93% SLFP 23,861 43.77% 185,874 44.06% 2,546,348 39.05% JVP 2,011 3.69% 14,499 3.44% 273,428 4.19% LSSP 1,776 3.26% 8,613 2.04% 58,531 0.90% Other Parties (with < 1%) 216 0.40% 1,314 0.31% 190,929 2.93% Valid Votes 54,512 98.77% 421,892 98.76% 6,520,156 98.78% Rejected Votes 677 1.23% 5,290 1.24% 80,470 1.22% Total Polled 55,189 81.70% 427,182 83.97% 6,600,626 80.15% Registered Electors 67,549 508,744 8,235,358
Parliamentary Election Results [ edit ] Summary [ edit ] The winner of Panadura has matched the final country result 5 out of 7 times. Hence, Panadura is a Weak Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.
Party Panadura[14] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 40,809 46.63% 338,801 48.58% 4,732,664 42.48% UNP 39,190 44.78% 310,234 44.48% 5,098,916 45.77% JVP 6,253 7.14% 38,475 5.52% 544,154 4.88% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,271 1.45% 9,951 1.43% 85,579 0.77% Valid Votes 87,523 97.49% 697,461 97.00% 11,140,333 95.35% Rejected Votes 2,232 2.49% 21,366 2.97% 516,926 4.42% Total Polled 89,773 78.18% 719,001 80.13% 11,684,111 77.66% Registered Electors 114,828 897,349 15,044,490
Party Panadura[15] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 37,818 59.64% 313,836 63.74% 4,846,388 60.38% UNP 18,022 28.42% 139,596 28.35% 2,357,057 29.37% DNA 7,340 11.57% 36,722 7.46% 441,251 5.50% Other Parties (with < 1%) 234 0.37% 2,246 0.46% 34,923 0.44% Valid Votes 63,414 91.48% 492,400 90.41% 8,026,322 96.03% Rejected Votes 5,851 8.44% 51,751 9.50% 581,465 6.96% Total Polled 69,320 65.66% 544,606 65.21% 8,358,246 59.29% Registered Electors 105,569 835,186 14,097,690
Party Panadura[16] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 35,687 48.03% 291,208 51.72% 4,223,126 45.70% UNP 24,020 32.32% 212,721 37.78% 3,486,792 37.73% JHU 14,274 19.21% 56,615 10.06% 552,723 5.98% Other Parties (with < 1%) 328 0.44% 2,475 0.44% 49,030 0.53% Valid Votes 74,309 95.82% 563,019 94.82% 9,241,931 94.52% Rejected Votes 3,240 4.18% 30,741 5.18% 534,452 5.47% Total Polled 77,549 77.75% 593,760 79.58% 9,777,821 75.74% Registered Electors 99,741 746,138 12,909,631
Party Panadura[17] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 32,013 43.88% 254,339 45.94% 4,086,026 45.62% PA 29,288 40.14% 226,468 40.91% 3,330,815 37.19% JVP 9,435 12.93% 60,451 10.92% 815,353 9.10% SU 1,367 1.87% 5,103 0.92% 50,665 0.57% Other Parties (with < 1%) 857 1.17% 7,258 1.31% 86,426 0.97% Valid Votes 72,960 95.23% 553,619 94.44% 8,955,844 94.77% Rejected Votes 3,655 4.77% 32,617 5.56% 494,009 5.23% Total Polled 76,615 79.40% 586,236 81.68% 9,449,878 76.03% Registered Electors 96,487 717,764 12,428,762
Party Panadura[18] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 30,848 43.08% 255,175 46.86% 3,899,329 45.33% UNP 25,994 36.30% 217,215 39.89% 3,451,765 40.12% JVP 7,047 9.84% 38,373 7.05% 518,725 6.03% SU 4,035 5.63% 15,619 2.87% 127,859 1.49% NUA 2,857 3.99% 11,943 2.19% 185,593 2.16% Other Parties (with < 1%) 832 1.16% 6,193 1.14% 136,137 1.58% Valid Votes 71,613 N/A 544,518 N/A 8,602,617 N/A
Party Panadura[19] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 39,309 58.52% 271,754 53.77% 3,887,805 48.94% UNP 25,692 38.25% 221,115 43.75% 3,498,370 44.04% MEP 1,163 1.73% 5,914 1.17% 68,538 0.86% SLPF 970 1.44% 6,238 1.23% 90,078 1.13% Other Parties (with < 1%) 41 0.06% 339 0.07% 813 0.01% Valid Votes 67,175 96.22% 505,360 95.21% 7,943,688 95.20% Rejected Votes 2,642 3.78% 25,397 4.79% 400,395 4.80% Total Polled 69,817 77.96% 530,757 80.20% 8,344,095 74.75% Registered Electors 89,554 661,793 11,163,064
Party Panadura[20] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % SLFP 23,778 47.08% 131,510 40.94% 1,785,369 31.90% UNP 20,473 40.53% 160,069 49.84% 2,838,005 50.71% USA 3,025 5.99% 12,342 3.84% 141,983 2.54% SLMC 2,428 4.81% 12,971 4.04% 202,016 3.61% MEP 641 1.27% 2,690 0.84% 90,480 1.62% Other Parties (with < 1%) 165 0.33% 1,611 0.50% 67,723 1.21% Valid Votes 50,510 95.90% 321,193 94.10% 5,596,468 93.87% Rejected Votes 2,162 4.10% 20,139 5.90% 365,563 6.13% Total Polled 52,672 68.55% 341,332 59.86% 5,962,031 63.60% Registered Electors 76,836 570,193 9,374,164
Demographics [ edit ] Ethnicity [ edit ] The Panadura Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (84.6%) and a significant Moor population (14.1%) . In comparison, the Kalutara Electoral District (which contains the Panadura Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (86.8%) [1]
Ethnicity in Panadura[1]
Other (1.3%)
Religion [ edit ] The Panadura Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (78.6%) and a significant Muslim population (14.4%) . In comparison, the Kalutara Electoral District (which contains the Panadura Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (83.4%) [1]
Religion in Panadura[1]
Other (0.6%)
References [ edit ]