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

Presidential Election Results

Summary

The winner of Divulapitiya has matched the final country result 6 out of 8 times. Hence, Divulapitiya is a Weak Bellwether for Presidential Elections. Year Divulapitiya Gampaha Electoral District MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Divulapitiya and the Gampaha Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. % Sri Lanka MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Divulapitiya and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. % 2019 SLPP SLPP 0.61% SLPP 7.04% 2015 UPFA NDF 3.44% NDF 5.08% 2010 UPFA UPFA 0.43% UPFA 3.77% 2005 UPFA UPFA 2.33% UPFA 1.98% 1999 PA PA 2.91% PA 2.10% 1994 PA PA 5.68% PA 3.42% 1988 SLFP SLFP 0.56% UNP 2.72% 1982 UNP UNP 2.03% UNP 3.94% Matches/Mean MAE 6/8 7/8 2.25% 8/8 3.76%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Divulapitiya Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % SLPP 55,371 59.93% 855,870 59.28% 6,924,255 52.25% NDF 32,149 34.80% 494,671 34.26% 5,564,239 41.99% NMPP 3,117 3.37% 61,760 4.28% 418,553 3.16% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,755 1.90% 31,499 2.18% 345,452 2.61% Valid Votes 92,392 99.16% 1,443,800 98.92% 13,252,499 98.99% Rejected Votes 780 0.84% 15,751 1.08% 135,452 1.01% Total Polled 93,172 84.52% 1,459,551 83.31% 13,387,951 83.71% Registered Electors 110,231 1,751,892 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Divulapitiya Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 45,813 52.91% 664,347 49.49% 5,768,090 47.58% NDF 40,112 46.33% 669,007 49.83% 6,217,162 51.28% Other Parties (with < 1%) 658 0.76% 9,142 0.68% 138,200 1.14% Valid Votes 86,583 99.20% 1,342,496 98.92% 12,123,452 98.85% Rejected Votes 701 0.80% 14,647 1.08% 140,925 1.15% Total Polled 87,284 80.42% 1,357,143 80.77% 12,264,377 78.69% Registered Electors 108,529 1,680,263 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Divulapitiya Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 48,149 62.03% 718,716 61.66% 6,015,934 57.88% NDF 28,518 36.74% 434,506 37.28% 4,173,185 40.15% Other Parties (with < 1%) 957 1.23% 12,426 1.07% 204,494 1.97% Valid Votes 77,624 99.39% 1,165,648 99.24% 10,393,613 99.03% Rejected Votes 476 0.61% 8,960 0.76% 101,838 0.97% Total Polled 78,100 78.30% 1,174,608 78.03% 10,495,451 66.70% Registered Electors 99,742 1,505,363 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Divulapitiya Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 39,347 52.39% 596,698 54.78% 4,887,152 50.29% UNP 34,945 46.53% 481,764 44.23% 4,706,366 48.43% Other Parties (with < 1%) 808 1.08% 10,815 0.99% 123,521 1.27% Valid Votes 75,100 99.10% 1,089,277 98.94% 9,717,039 98.88% Rejected Votes 680 0.90% 11,724 1.06% 109,869 1.12% Total Polled 75,780 80.89% 1,101,001 79.17% 9,826,908 69.51% Registered Electors 93,677 1,390,691 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Divulapitiya Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 35,245 54.10% 532,796 56.58% 4,312,157 51.12% UNP 27,007 41.46% 353,969 37.59% 3,602,748 42.71% JVP 2,046 3.14% 40,472 4.30% 343,927 4.08% Other Parties (with < 1%) 849 1.30% 14,382 1.53% 176,679 2.09% Valid Votes 65,147 98.58% 941,619 97.84% 8,435,754 97.69% Rejected Votes 941 1.42% 20,768 2.16% 199,536 2.31% Total Polled 66,088 79.55% 962,387 77.12% 8,635,290 72.17% Registered Electors 83,077 1,247,860 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Divulapitiya Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 35,220 59.06% 550,654 64.74% 4,709,205 62.28% UNP 23,749 39.82% 288,608 33.93% 2,715,283 35.91% Other Parties (with < 1%) 668 1.12% 11,256 1.32% 137,040 1.81% Valid Votes 59,637 98.62% 850,518 98.48% 7,561,526 98.03% Rejected Votes 832 1.38% 13,137 1.52% 151,706 1.97% Total Polled 60,469 78.43% 863,655 74.16% 7,713,232 69.12% Registered Electors 77,104 1,164,625 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Divulapitiya Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % SLFP 25,857 49.06% 355,553 48.83% 2,289,857 44.95% UNP 25,792 48.94% 350,092 48.08% 2,569,199 50.43% SLMP 1,055 2.00% 22,467 3.09% 235,701 4.63% Valid Votes 52,704 98.61% 728,112 98.63% 5,094,754 98.24% Rejected Votes 742 1.39% 10,108 1.37% 91,499 1.76% Total Polled 53,446 78.16% 738,220 74.93% 5,186,256 55.87% Registered Electors 68,377 985,206 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Divulapitiya Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 25,974 50.63% 365,847 52.50% 3,450,815 52.93% SLFP 23,447 45.70% 301,808 43.31% 2,546,348 39.05% JVP 1,547 3.02% 23,701 3.40% 273,428 4.19% Other Parties (with < 1%) 338 0.66% 5,491 0.79% 249,460 3.83% Valid Votes 51,306 99.17% 696,847 99.15% 6,520,156 98.78% Rejected Votes 432 0.83% 5,992 0.85% 80,470 1.22% Total Polled 51,738 84.14% 702,839 82.70% 6,600,626 80.15% Registered Electors 61,494 849,896 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

The winner of Divulapitiya has matched the final country result 6 out of 7 times. Hence, Divulapitiya is a Strong Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections. Year Divulapitiya Gampaha Electoral District MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Divulapitiya and the Gampaha Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. % Sri Lanka MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Divulapitiya and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. % 2015 UPFA UNP 2.76% UNP 2.90% 2010 UPFA UPFA 1.43% UPFA 2.85% 2004 UPFA UPFA 1.13% UPFA 3.29% 2001 UNP UNP 1.80% UNP 2.93% 2000 PA PA 2.17% PA 3.37% 1994 PA PA 4.31% PA 2.91% 1989 UNP UNP 2.20% UNP 5.33% Matches/Mean MAE 6/7 7/7 2.26% 7/7 3.37%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Divulapitiya Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 38,471 49.04% 549,958 44.96% 4,732,664 42.48% UNP 35,725 45.54% 577,004 47.17% 5,098,916 45.77% JVP 3,951 5.04% 87,880 7.18% 544,154 4.88% Other Parties (with < 1%) 307 0.39% 8,332 0.68% 81,501 0.73% Valid Votes 78,454 95.44% 1,223,174 95.51% 11,140,333 95.35% Rejected Votes 3,707 4.51% 56,246 4.39% 516,926 4.42% Total Polled 82,203 75.74% 1,280,647 78.21% 11,684,111 77.66% Registered Electors 108,529 1,637,537 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Divulapitiya Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 38,957 64.76% 589,476 63.40% 4,846,388 60.38% UNP 18,026 29.96% 266,523 28.67% 2,357,057 29.37% DNA 2,931 4.87% 69,747 7.50% 441,251 5.50% Other Parties (with < 1%) 245 0.41% 3,985 0.43% 19,003 0.24% Valid Votes 60,159 93.72% 929,731 94.83% 8,026,322 96.03% Rejected Votes 4,017 6.26% 50,234 5.12% 581,465 6.96% Total Polled 64,191 64.36% 980,467 65.06% 8,358,246 59.29% Registered Electors 99,742 1,506,969 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Divulapitiya Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 34,257 51.27% 509,963 51.52% 4,223,126 45.70% UNP 26,267 39.31% 367,572 37.14% 3,486,792 37.73% JHU 5,666 8.48% 102,516 10.36% 552,723 5.98% Other Parties (with < 1%) 631 0.94% 9,691 0.98% 57,229 0.62% Valid Votes 66,821 95.83% 989,742 95.96% 9,241,931 94.52% Rejected Votes 2,884 4.14% 41,462 4.02% 534,452 5.47% Total Polled 69,731 77.18% 1,031,464 77.72% 9,777,821 75.74% Registered Electors 90,352 1,327,145 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Divulapitiya Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 31,434 46.50% 437,289 43.94% 4,086,026 45.62% PA 29,656 43.87% 428,780 43.08% 3,330,815 37.19% JVP 5,817 8.61% 113,990 11.45% 815,353 9.10% Other Parties (with < 1%) 686 1.01% 15,171 1.52% 137,826 1.54% Valid Votes 67,593 96.20% 995,230 96.30% 8,955,844 94.77% Rejected Votes 2,672 3.80% 38,187 3.70% 494,009 5.23% Total Polled 70,265 80.72% 1,033,417 80.36% 9,449,878 76.03% Registered Electors 87,050 1,285,973 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Divulapitiya Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 32,294 49.12% 470,018 48.87% 3,899,329 45.33% UNP 28,894 43.95% 378,328 39.34% 3,451,765 40.12% JVP 3,289 5.00% 73,110 7.60% 518,725 6.03% SU 658 1.00% 20,297 2.11% 127,859 1.49% Other Parties (with < 1%) 604 0.92% 19,956 2.08% 319,123 3.71% Valid Votes 65,739 N/A 961,709 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Divulapitiya Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 32,951 52.62% 509,030 56.79% 3,887,805 48.94% UNP 29,141 46.54% 375,631 41.91% 3,498,370 44.04% Other Parties (with < 1%) 523 0.84% 11,627 1.30% 90,078 1.13% Valid Votes 62,615 96.56% 896,288 96.39% 7,943,688 95.20% Rejected Votes 2,228 3.44% 33,553 3.61% 400,395 4.80% Total Polled 64,843 84.10% 929,841 79.65% 8,344,095 74.75% Registered Electors 77,104 1,167,469 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Divulapitiya Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 27,430 52.95% 385,733 54.14% 2,838,005 50.71% SLFP 23,286 44.95% 294,490 41.34% 1,785,369 31.90% USA 850 1.64% 21,665 3.04% 141,983 2.54% Other Parties (with < 1%) 233 0.45% 10,549 1.48% 67,723 1.21% Valid Votes 51,799 95.33% 712,437 95.64% 5,596,468 93.87% Rejected Votes 2,536 4.67% 32,497 4.36% 365,563 6.13% Total Polled 54,335 80.91% 744,934 76.82% 5,962,031 63.60% Registered Electors 67,159 969,658 9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Divulapitiya Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (99.0%) . In comparison, the Gampaha Electoral District (which contains the Divulapitiya Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (90.5%)

Religion

The Divulapitiya Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (85.1%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (13.4%) . In comparison, the Gampaha Electoral District (which contains the Divulapitiya Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (71.3%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (19.5%)

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