Polling Division in Sri Lanka
The Gampola Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Kandy Electoral District , in the Central Province, Sri Lanka .
Presidential Election Results [ edit ]
The winner of Gampola has matched the final country result 6 out of 8 times. Hence, Gampola is a Weak Bellwether for Presidential Elections.
Party
Gampola[ 4]
Kandy Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
NDF
46,531
52.95%
417,355
44.64%
5,564,239
41.99%
SLPP
37,648
42.84%
471,502
50.43%
6,924,255
52.25%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
2,233
2.54%
22,479
2.40%
345,452
2.61%
NMPP
1,469
1.67%
23,539
2.52%
418,553
3.16%
Valid Votes
87,881
99.08%
934,875
99.04%
13,252,499
98.99%
Rejected Votes
816
0.92%
9,020
0.96%
135,452
1.01%
Total Polled
88,697
84.43%
943,895
84.89%
13,387,951
83.71%
Registered Electors
105,054
1,111,860
15,992,568
Party
Gampola[ 5]
Kandy Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
NDF
45,328
56.81%
466,994
54.56%
6,217,162
51.28%
UPFA
33,293
41.73%
378,585
44.23%
5,768,090
47.58%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
1,164
1.46%
10,329
1.21%
138,200
1.14%
Valid Votes
79,785
98.74%
855,908
98.73%
12,123,452
98.85%
Rejected Votes
1,020
1.26%
10,993
1.27%
140,925
1.15%
Total Polled
80,805
79.05%
866,901
79.71%
12,264,377
78.69%
Registered Electors
102,219
1,087,542
15,585,942
Party
Gampola[ 6]
Kandy Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UPFA
33,078
49.62%
406,636
54.16%
6,015,934
57.88%
NDF
32,090
48.14%
329,492
43.89%
4,173,185
40.15%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
1,489
2.23%
14,658
1.95%
204,494
1.97%
Valid Votes
66,657
98.73%
750,786
98.85%
10,393,613
99.03%
Rejected Votes
857
1.27%
8,700
1.15%
101,838
0.97%
Total Polled
67,514
74.07%
759,486
75.87%
10,495,451
66.70%
Registered Electors
91,146
1,001,074
15,734,587
Party
Gampola[ 7]
Kandy Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
35,829
57.23%
387,150
54.33%
4,706,366
48.43%
UPFA
25,790
41.20%
315,672
44.30%
4,887,152
50.29%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
984
1.57%
9,798
1.37%
123,521
1.27%
Valid Votes
62,603
98.37%
712,620
98.64%
9,717,039
98.88%
Rejected Votes
1,036
1.63%
9,817
1.36%
109,869
1.12%
Total Polled
63,639
75.61%
722,437
77.37%
9,826,908
69.51%
Registered Electors
84,167
933,754
14,136,979
Party
Gampola[ 8]
Kandy Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
PA
29,986
53.65%
308,187
50.29%
4,312,157
51.12%
UNP
23,928
42.81%
276,360
45.10%
3,602,748
42.71%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
1,151
2.06%
12,752
2.08%
176,679
2.09%
JVP
828
1.48%
15,512
2.53%
343,927
4.08%
Valid Votes
55,893
97.17%
612,811
97.29%
8,435,754
97.69%
Rejected Votes
1,626
2.83%
17,060
2.71%
199,536
2.31%
Total Polled
57,519
78.65%
629,871
77.61%
8,635,290
72.17%
Registered Electors
73,137
811,606
11,965,536
Party
Gampola[ 9]
Kandy Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
PA
29,558
59.04%
320,110
56.64%
4,709,205
62.28%
UNP
19,692
39.33%
235,519
41.68%
2,715,283
35.91%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
817
1.63%
9,488
1.68%
137,040
1.81%
Valid Votes
50,067
97.05%
565,117
97.55%
7,561,526
98.03%
Rejected Votes
1,524
2.95%
14,179
2.45%
151,706
1.97%
Total Polled
51,591
77.22%
579,296
77.85%
7,713,232
69.12%
Registered Electors
66,812
744,151
11,158,880
Party
Gampola[ 10]
Kandy Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
24,800
56.12%
234,124
54.88%
2,569,199
50.43%
SLFP
18,976
42.94%
186,187
43.65%
2,289,857
44.95%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
418
0.95%
6,266
1.47%
235,701
4.63%
Valid Votes
44,194
98.84%
426,577
98.57%
5,094,754
98.24%
Rejected Votes
517
1.16%
6,167
1.43%
91,499
1.76%
Total Polled
44,711
80.67%
432,744
68.36%
5,186,256
55.87%
Registered Electors
55,425
633,030
9,283,143
Party
Gampola[ 11]
Kandy Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
26,380
62.01%
289,621
59.80%
3,450,815
52.93%
SLFP
15,340
36.06%
178,647
36.89%
2,546,348
39.05%
JVP
528
1.24%
12,493
2.58%
273,428
4.19%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
293
0.69%
3,536
0.73%
249,460
3.83%
Valid Votes
42,541
99.08%
484,297
99.07%
6,520,156
98.78%
Rejected Votes
394
0.92%
4,548
0.93%
80,470
1.22%
Total Polled
42,935
84.91%
488,845
89.44%
6,600,626
80.15%
Registered Electors
50,563
546,565
8,235,358
Parliamentary Election Results [ edit ]
The winner of Gampola has matched the final country result 5 out of 7 times. Hence, Gampola is a Weak Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.
Party
Gampola[ 14]
Kandy Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
42,657
58.22%
440,761
55.61%
5,098,916
45.77%
UPFA
27,025
36.89%
309,152
39.00%
4,732,664
42.48%
JVP
1,583
2.16%
30,669
3.87%
544,154
4.88%
CWC
1,399
1.91%
4,400
0.56%
17,107
0.15%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
600
0.82%
7,655
0.97%
82,981
0.74%
Valid Votes
73,264
94.53%
792,637
95.48%
11,140,333
95.35%
Rejected Votes
4,204
5.42%
37,065
4.46%
516,926
4.42%
Total Polled
77,505
75.82%
830,165
79.13%
11,684,111
77.66%
Registered Electors
102,219
1,049,160
15,044,490
Party
Gampola[ 15]
Kandy Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UPFA
27,843
57.53%
339,819
60.81%
4,846,388
60.38%
UNP
19,144
39.55%
192,798
34.50%
2,357,057
29.37%
DNA
1,228
2.54%
23,728
4.25%
441,251
5.50%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
186
0.38%
2,459
0.44%
30,354
0.38%
Valid Votes
48,401
87.62%
558,804
90.49%
8,026,322
96.03%
Rejected Votes
6,780
12.27%
58,333
9.45%
581,465
6.96%
Total Polled
55,239
60.60%
617,559
61.70%
8,358,246
59.29%
Registered Electors
91,146
1,000,861
14,097,690
Party
Gampola[ 16]
Kandy Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
30,109
54.76%
313,859
49.99%
3,486,792
37.73%
UPFA
22,066
40.14%
268,131
42.71%
4,223,126
45.70%
JHU
2,515
4.57%
42,192
6.72%
552,723
5.98%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
289
0.53%
3,684
0.59%
64,227
0.69%
Valid Votes
54,979
92.57%
627,866
93.24%
9,241,931
94.52%
Rejected Votes
4,415
7.43%
45,484
6.75%
534,452
5.47%
Total Polled
59,394
72.70%
673,380
76.47%
9,777,821
75.74%
Registered Electors
81,694
880,634
12,909,631
Party
Gampola[ 17]
Kandy Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
25,089
47.35%
314,297
52.77%
4,086,026
45.62%
PA
24,798
46.80%
233,637
39.23%
3,330,815
37.19%
JVP
2,168
4.09%
37,146
6.24%
815,353
9.10%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
930
1.76%
10,496
1.76%
129,347
1.44%
Valid Votes
52,985
92.43%
595,576
93.40%
8,955,844
94.77%
Rejected Votes
4,338
7.57%
42,103
6.60%
494,009
5.23%
Total Polled
57,323
73.63%
637,679
76.03%
9,449,878
76.03%
Registered Electors
77,854
838,687
12,428,762
Party
Gampola[ 18]
Kandy Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
PA
29,140
53.64%
282,282
46.66%
3,899,329
45.33%
UNP
19,769
36.39%
243,623
40.27%
3,451,765
40.12%
NUA
2,544
4.68%
32,023
5.29%
185,593
2.16%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
1,688
3.11%
25,435
4.20%
289,668
3.37%
JVP
1,181
2.17%
21,565
3.56%
518,725
6.03%
Valid Votes
54,322
N/A
604,928
N/A
8,602,617
N/A
Party
Gampola[ 19]
Kandy Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
27,942
54.49%
301,824
52.35%
3,498,370
44.04%
PA
22,962
44.78%
267,683
46.43%
3,887,805
48.94%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
376
0.73%
7,045
1.22%
175,576
2.21%
Valid Votes
51,280
94.27%
576,552
94.89%
7,943,688
95.20%
Rejected Votes
3,117
5.73%
31,019
5.11%
400,395
4.80%
Total Polled
54,397
81.42%
607,571
81.67%
8,344,095
74.75%
Registered Electors
66,812
743,939
11,163,064
Party
Gampola[ 20]
Kandy Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
23,262
60.18%
204,973
61.72%
2,838,005
50.71%
SLFP
13,450
34.80%
105,977
31.91%
1,785,369
31.90%
SLMC
1,555
4.02%
14,697
4.43%
202,016
3.61%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
385
1.00%
6,462
1.95%
209,706
3.75%
Valid Votes
38,652
93.60%
332,109
93.69%
5,596,468
93.87%
Rejected Votes
2,642
6.40%
22,374
6.31%
365,563
6.13%
Total Polled
41,294
75.61%
354,483
56.42%
5,962,031
63.60%
Registered Electors
54,611
628,317
9,374,164
The Gampola Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (61.3%), a significant Indian Tamil population (16.6%) and a significant Moor population (12.6%) . In comparison, the Kandy Electoral District (which contains the Gampola Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (74.4%) and a significant Moor population (13.9%) [ 1]
Ethnicity in Gampola[ 1]
Other (0.2%)
The Gampola Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (60.9%), a significant Hindu population (24.1%) and a significant Muslim population (12.8%) . In comparison, the Kandy Electoral District (which contains the Gampola Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (73.4%) and a significant Muslim population (14.3%) [ 1]
Religion in Gampola[ 1]
Other (1.0%)