Galigamuwa Polling Division

The Galigamuwa Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Kegalle Electoral District, in the Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka.

Galigamuwa
Polling Division
Coordinates: 7.224161°N 80.305520°E / 7.224161; 80.305520
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceSabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral DistrictKegalle Electoral District
Area
 • Total131.09 km2 (50.61 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total74,490
 • Density568/km2 (1,470/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEC-22B

Presidential Election Results

Summary

The winner of Galigamuwa has matched the final country result 7 out of 8 times. Hence, Galigamuwa is a Strong Bellwether for Presidential Elections.

Year Galigamuwa Kegalle Electoral District MAE[2] % Sri Lanka MAE[3] %
2019 SLPP SLPP 2.57% SLPP 5.35%
2015 UPFA UPFA 3.27% NDF 7.46%
2010 UPFA UPFA 2.79% UPFA 6.56%
2005 UPFA UPFA 1.67% UPFA 2.41%
1999 PA PA 0.76% PA 0.79%
1994 PA PA 1.73% PA 4.44%
1988 UNP UNP 4.07% UNP 1.53%
1982 UNP UNP 4.66% UNP 1.65%
Matches/Mean MAE 7/8 7/8 2.69% 8/8 3.77%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election
Party Galigamuwa[4] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLPP 32,376 58.36% 320,484 55.66% 6,924,255 52.25%
NDF 20,475 36.91% 228,032 39.60% 5,564,239 41.99%
NMPP 1,405 2.53% 15,043 2.61% 418,553 3.16%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,224 2.21% 12,272 2.13% 345,452 2.61%
Valid Votes 55,480 99.16% 575,831 99.11% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 472 0.84% 5,152 0.89% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 55,952 85.64% 580,983 85.89% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 65,331 676,440 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election
Party Galigamuwa[5] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 28,608 55.11% 278,130 51.82% 5,768,090 47.58%
NDF 22,699 43.73% 252,533 47.05% 6,217,162 51.28%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 604 1.16% 6,108 1.14% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 51,911 98.38% 536,771 98.80% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 855 1.62% 6,515 1.20% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 52,766 78.32% 543,286 79.85% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 67,375 680,414 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election
Party Galigamuwa[6] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 30,980 64.61% 296,639 61.80% 6,015,934 57.88%
NDF 16,077 33.53% 174,877 36.44% 4,173,185 40.15%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 889 1.85% 8,448 1.76% 204,494 1.97%
Valid Votes 47,946 99.32% 479,964 99.25% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 330 0.68% 3,604 0.75% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 48,276 74.77% 483,568 76.11% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 64,565 635,342 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election
Party Galigamuwa[7] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 25,086 52.68% 239,184 51.02% 4,887,152 50.29%
UNP 21,875 45.94% 223,483 47.67% 4,706,366 48.43%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 655 1.38% 6,106 1.30% 123,521 1.27%
Valid Votes 47,616 99.08% 468,773 98.99% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 443 0.92% 4,795 1.01% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 48,059 77.60% 473,568 78.68% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 61,932 601,872 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election
Party Galigamuwa[8] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 21,032 50.34% 210,185 51.30% 4,312,157 51.12%
UNP 18,227 43.63% 176,376 43.05% 3,602,748 42.71%
JVP 1,670 4.00% 14,997 3.66% 343,927 4.08%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 852 2.04% 8,122 1.98% 176,679 2.09%
Valid Votes 41,781 98.24% 409,680 98.05% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 750 1.76% 8,136 1.95% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 42,531 74.32% 417,816 76.52% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 57,224 546,038 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election
Party Galigamuwa[9] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 22,942 57.83% 211,676 56.06% 4,709,205 62.28%
UNP 16,086 40.55% 159,707 42.30% 2,715,283 35.91%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 641 1.62% 6,209 1.64% 137,040 1.81%
Valid Votes 39,669 98.28% 377,592 98.14% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 696 1.72% 7,139 1.86% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 40,365 74.69% 384,731 74.84% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 54,044 514,055 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election
Party Galigamuwa[10] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 16,732 53.16% 168,720 57.11% 2,569,199 50.43%
SLFP 14,160 44.99% 119,769 40.54% 2,289,857 44.95%
SLMP 580 1.84% 6,923 2.34% 235,701 4.63%
Valid Votes 31,472 98.22% 295,412 98.57% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 570 1.78% 4,277 1.43% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 32,042 66.38% 299,689 67.98% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 48,269 440,836 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election
Party Galigamuwa[11] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 19,599 52.39% 195,444 57.02% 3,450,815 52.93%
SLFP 15,842 42.35% 126,538 36.92% 2,546,348 39.05%
JVP 1,477 3.95% 13,706 4.00% 273,428 4.19%
LSSP 403 1.08% 6,184 1.80% 58,531 0.90%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 86 0.23% 890 0.26% 190,929 2.93%
Valid Votes 37,407 98.71% 342,762 98.69% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 490 1.29% 4,537 1.31% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 37,897 84.01% 347,299 84.30% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 45,109 411,994 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

The winner of Galigamuwa has matched the final country result 6 out of 7 times. Hence, Galigamuwa is a Strong Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.

Year Galigamuwa Kegalle Electoral District MAE[12] % Sri Lanka MAE[13] %
2015 UPFA UNP 2.84% UNP 3.19%
2010 UPFA UPFA 2.14% UPFA 6.12%
2004 UPFA UPFA 1.59% UPFA 5.30%
2001 UNP UNP 1.95% UNP 2.92%
2000 PA PA 0.49% PA 2.78%
1994 PA UNP 1.75% PA 2.82%
1989 UNP UNP 3.49% UNP 6.01%
Matches/Mean MAE 6/7 6/7 2.03% 7/7 4.16%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election
Party Galigamuwa[14] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 23,663 48.73% 227,208 45.47% 4,732,664 42.48%
UNP 22,724 46.80% 247,467 49.52% 5,098,916 45.77%
JVP 1,716 3.53% 18,394 3.68% 544,154 4.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 456 0.94% 6,661 1.33% 101,045 0.91%
Valid Votes 48,559 96.42% 499,730 96.35% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 1,795 3.56% 18,770 3.62% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 50,364 74.75% 518,674 79.81% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 67,375 649,878 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election
Party Galigamuwa[15] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 24,552 69.00% 242,463 66.89% 4,846,388 60.38%
UNP 9,423 26.48% 104,925 28.95% 2,357,057 29.37%
DNA 1,485 4.17% 13,518 3.73% 441,251 5.50%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 125 0.35% 1,549 0.43% 33,973 0.42%
Valid Votes 35,585 93.51% 362,455 93.32% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 2,471 6.49% 25,965 6.68% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 38,056 58.94% 388,420 60.93% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 64,565 637,524 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election
Party Galigamuwa[16] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 22,980 52.75% 214,267 50.88% 4,223,126 45.70%
UNP 18,693 42.91% 186,641 44.32% 3,486,792 37.73%
JHU 1,715 3.94% 18,034 4.28% 552,723 5.98%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 177 0.41% 2,187 0.52% 59,247 0.64%
Valid Votes 43,565 94.83% 421,134 94.25% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 2,373 5.17% 25,685 5.75% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 45,938 75.87% 446,816 78.35% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 60,550 570,299 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election
Party Galigamuwa[17] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 20,569 47.33% 208,104 49.36% 4,086,026 45.62%
PA 18,619 42.84% 170,901 40.53% 3,330,815 37.19%
JVP 3,736 8.60% 36,711 8.71% 815,353 9.10%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 539 1.24% 5,924 1.40% 123,245 1.38%
Valid Votes 43,463 95.15% 421,640 94.90% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 2,217 4.85% 22,669 5.10% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 45,680 77.42% 444,309 80.10% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 59,001 554,698 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election
Party Galigamuwa[18] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 20,284 48.52% 201,114 48.88% 3,899,329 45.33%
UNP 18,109 43.32% 175,627 42.69% 3,451,765 40.12%
JVP 2,468 5.90% 22,028 5.35% 518,725 6.03%
SU 556 1.33% 4,549 1.11% 127,859 1.49%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 390 0.93% 8,094 1.97% 291,648 3.39%
Valid Votes 41,807 N/A 411,412 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election
Party Galigamuwa[19] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 20,730 49.74% 190,689 47.91% 3,887,805 48.94%
UNP 20,647 49.54% 203,938 51.24% 3,498,370 44.04%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 300 0.72% 3,383 0.85% 90,078 1.13%
Valid Votes 41,677 96.06% 398,010 95.89% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 1,709 3.94% 17,043 4.11% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 43,386 80.28% 415,053 80.78% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 54,044 513,825 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election
Party Galigamuwa[20] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 16,931 59.69% 174,334 61.12% 2,838,005 50.71%
SLFP 10,311 36.35% 80,668 28.28% 1,785,369 31.90%
USA 637 2.25% 15,168 5.32% 141,983 2.54%
ELJP 393 1.39% 14,056 4.93% 67,723 1.21%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 91 0.32% 1,028 0.36% 90,480 1.62%
Valid Votes 28,363 94.88% 285,254 93.95% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 1,530 5.12% 18,362 6.05% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 29,893 63.18% 303,616 69.46% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 47,312 437,131 9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Galigamuwa Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (94.5%) . In comparison, the Kegalle Electoral District (which contains the Galigamuwa Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (85.5%) [1]

Ethnicity in Galigamuwa[1]

  Sinhalese (94.5%)
  Indian Tamil (3.2%)
  Moor (1.5%)
  Other (0.8%)

Religion

The Galigamuwa Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (94.0%) . In comparison, the Kegalle Electoral District (which contains the Galigamuwa Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (84.4%) [1]

Religion in Galigamuwa[1]

  Buddhist (94.0%)
  Hindu (3.3%)
  Muslim (1.6%)
  Other (1.1%)

References
  1. "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 Galigamuwa and the Kegalle 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 Galigamuwa 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.
  5. "2015 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2015.
  6. "2010 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2010.
  7. "2005 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2005.
  8. "1999 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1999.
  9. "1994 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1994.
  10. "1988 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1988.
  11. "1982 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1982.
  12. The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Galigamuwa and the Kegalle 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 Galigamuwa 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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