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Kamburupitiya Polling Division

The Kamburupitiya Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Matara Electoral District, in the Southern Province, Sri Lanka.

Kamburupitiya
Polling Division
Location of Kamburupitiya
Coordinates: 6°02′06″N 80°34′56″E / 6.035106°N 80.582098°E / 6.035106; 80.582098
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceSouthern Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral DistrictMatara Electoral District
Area
 • Total157.91 km2 (60.97 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total94,795
 • Density600/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEC-08D

Presidential Election Results edit

Summary edit

The winner of Kamburupitiya has matched the final country result 5 out of 8 times. Hence, Kamburupitiya is a Weak Bellwether for Presidential Elections.

Year Kamburupitiya Matara Electoral District MAE[2] % Sri Lanka MAE[3] %
2019 SLPP SLPP 3.89% SLPP 18.04%
2015 UPFA UPFA 5.16% NDF 15.16%
2010 UPFA UPFA 4.43% UPFA 11.77%
2005 UPFA UPFA 2.73% UPFA 14.23%
1999 PA PA 2.07% PA 6.22%
1994 PA PA 2.77% PA 5.11%
1988 SLFP SLFP 15.07% UNP 22.86%
1982 SLFP UNP 3.72% UNP 7.44%
Matches/Mean MAE 5/8 6/8 4.98% 8/8 12.60%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election edit

Party Kamburupitiya[4] Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLPP 48,140 71.53% 374,481 67.25% 6,924,255 52.25%
NDF 15,517 23.06% 149,026 26.76% 5,564,239 41.99%
NMPP 2,427 3.61% 23,439 4.21% 418,553 3.16%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,220 1.81% 9,922 1.78% 345,452 2.61%
Valid Votes 67,304 99.42% 556,868 99.33% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 396 0.58% 3,782 0.67% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 67,700 85.44% 560,650 85.93% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 79,236 652,417 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election edit

Party Kamburupitiya[5] Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 40,084 63.06% 297,823 57.81% 5,768,090 47.58%
NDF 22,939 36.09% 212,435 41.24% 6,217,162 51.28%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 537 0.84% 4,892 0.95% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 63,560 99.00% 515,150 99.06% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 639 1.00% 4,891 0.94% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 64,199 78.75% 520,041 80.23% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 81,524 648,213 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election edit

Party Kamburupitiya[6] Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 40,879 70.04% 296,155 65.53% 6,015,934 57.88%
NDF 16,561 28.37% 148,510 32.86% 4,173,185 40.15%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 925 1.58% 7,264 1.61% 204,494 1.97%
Valid Votes 58,365 99.38% 451,929 99.34% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 364 0.62% 3,025 0.66% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 58,729 75.58% 454,954 76.51% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 77,705 594,628 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election edit

Party Kamburupitiya[7] Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 37,641 64.63% 279,411 61.85% 4,887,152 50.29%
UNP 19,771 33.95% 165,837 36.71% 4,706,366 48.43%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 825 1.42% 6,474 1.43% 123,521 1.27%
Valid Votes 58,237 99.22% 451,722 99.11% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 458 0.78% 4,077 0.89% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 58,695 77.28% 455,799 78.95% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 75,953 577,327 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election edit

Party Kamburupitiya[8] Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 28,515 56.97% 205,685 54.32% 4,312,157 51.12%
UNP 17,689 35.34% 139,677 36.89% 3,602,748 42.71%
JVP 2,997 5.99% 26,229 6.93% 343,927 4.08%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 853 1.70% 7,047 1.86% 176,679 2.09%
Valid Votes 50,054 98.26% 378,638 97.78% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 887 1.74% 8,583 2.22% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 50,941 72.61% 387,221 73.90% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 70,157 524,002 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election edit

Party Kamburupitiya[9] Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 31,038 67.50% 227,865 64.69% 4,709,205 62.28%
UNP 14,133 30.73% 118,224 33.56% 2,715,283 35.91%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 813 1.77% 6,150 1.75% 137,040 1.81%
Valid Votes 45,984 98.60% 352,239 98.40% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 655 1.40% 5,731 1.60% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 46,639 67.54% 357,970 69.93% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 69,050 511,933 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election edit

Party Kamburupitiya[10] Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLFP 3,228 69.42% 57,424 54.30% 2,289,857 44.95%
UNP 1,256 27.01% 45,399 42.93% 2,569,199 50.43%
SLMP 166 3.57% 2,922 2.76% 235,701 4.63%
Valid Votes 4,650 98.12% 105,745 98.14% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 89 1.88% 2,003 1.86% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 4,739 7.45% 107,748 23.80% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 63,590 452,637 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election edit

Party Kamburupitiya[11] Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLFP 21,408 46.93% 144,587 43.29% 2,546,348 39.05%
UNP 20,549 45.05% 164,725 49.32% 3,450,815 52.93%
JVP 3,267 7.16% 22,117 6.62% 273,428 4.19%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 390 0.86% 2,554 0.76% 249,460 3.83%
Valid Votes 45,614 99.05% 333,983 99.08% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 437 0.95% 3,091 0.92% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 46,051 80.23% 337,074 82.90% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 57,400 406,595 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results edit

Summary edit

The winner of Kamburupitiya has matched the final country result 5 out of 7 times. Hence, Kamburupitiya is a Weak Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.

Year Kamburupitiya Matara Electoral District MAE[12] % Sri Lanka MAE[13] %
2015 UPFA UPFA 4.39% UNP 11.52%
2010 UPFA UPFA 3.42% UPFA 6.67%
2004 UPFA UPFA 1.96% UPFA 9.55%
2001 PA UNP 1.18% UNP 4.60%
2000 PA PA 1.80% PA 5.62%
1994 PA PA 4.97% PA 13.04%
1989 UNP UNP 8.36% UNP 5.85%
Matches/Mean MAE 5/7 6/7 3.73% 7/7 8.12%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election edit

Party Kamburupitiya[14] Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 33,643 57.64% 250,505 52.70% 4,732,664 42.48%
UNP 20,356 34.88% 186,675 39.27% 5,098,916 45.77%
JVP 3,904 6.69% 35,270 7.42% 544,154 4.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 461 0.79% 2,890 0.61% 62,184 0.56%
Valid Votes 58,364 97.47% 475,340 96.93% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 1,427 2.38% 12,692 2.59% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 59,877 73.45% 490,409 78.61% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 81,524 623,818 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election edit

Party Kamburupitiya[15] Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 28,834 69.12% 213,937 65.31% 4,846,388 60.38%
UNP 10,277 24.63% 91,114 27.81% 2,357,057 29.37%
DNA 2,257 5.41% 20,465 6.25% 441,251 5.50%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 350 0.84% 2,066 0.63% 53,531 0.67%
Valid Votes 41,718 95.63% 327,582 95.82% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 1,906 4.37% 14,289 4.18% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 43,624 56.14% 341,871 59.06% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 77,705 578,858 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election edit

Party Kamburupitiya[16] Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 31,927 62.43% 241,235 60.27% 4,223,126 45.70%
UNP 16,879 33.01% 139,633 34.89% 3,486,792 37.73%
JHU 1,988 3.89% 16,229 4.05% 552,723 5.98%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 346 0.68% 3,136 0.78% 54,133 0.59%
Valid Votes 51,140 94.53% 400,233 94.62% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 2,958 5.47% 22,769 5.38% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 54,098 72.68% 423,002 76.84% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 74,434 550,506 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election edit

Party Kamburupitiya[17] Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 23,194 44.15% 171,141 42.37% 3,330,815 37.19%
UNP 21,992 41.86% 171,661 42.49% 4,086,026 45.62%
JVP 6,479 12.33% 54,476 13.49% 815,353 9.10%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 869 1.65% 6,689 1.66% 133,373 1.49%
Valid Votes 52,534 94.95% 403,967 95.10% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 2,795 5.05% 20,820 4.90% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 55,329 76.22% 424,787 79.44% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 72,590 534,694 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election edit

Party Kamburupitiya[18] Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 28,022 54.07% 203,690 51.47% 3,899,329 45.33%
UNP 18,823 36.32% 146,855 37.11% 3,451,765 40.12%
JVP 4,179 8.06% 38,757 9.79% 518,725 6.03%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 803 1.55% 6,462 1.63% 238,931 2.78%
Valid Votes 51,827 N/A 395,764 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election edit

Party Kamburupitiya[19] Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 32,318 65.00% 227,285 59.90% 3,887,805 48.94%
UNP 16,069 32.32% 142,024 37.43% 3,498,370 44.04%
SLPF 1,098 2.21% 8,736 2.30% 90,078 1.13%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 232 0.47% 1,422 0.37% 68,538 0.86%
Valid Votes 49,717 95.55% 379,467 95.67% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 2,318 4.45% 17,167 4.33% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 52,035 75.36% 396,634 77.60% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 69,050 511,109 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election edit

Party Kamburupitiya[20] Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 1,231 46.07% 45,734 56.11% 2,838,005 50.71%
SLFP 1,136 42.51% 28,752 35.28% 1,785,369 31.90%
ELJP 178 6.66% 1,481 1.82% 67,723 1.21%
USA 103 3.85% 4,225 5.18% 141,983 2.54%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 24 0.90% 1,313 1.61% 90,480 1.62%
Valid Votes 2,672 91.92% 81,505 94.08% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 235 8.08% 5,128 5.92% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 2,907 4.65% 86,633 19.17% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 62,577 451,926 9,374,164

Demographics edit

Ethnicity edit

The Kamburupitiya Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (99.2%) . In comparison, the Matara Electoral District (which contains the Kamburupitiya Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (94.3%) [1]

Ethnicity in Kamburupitiya[1]

  Sinhalese (99.2%)
  Other (0.8%)

Religion edit

The Kamburupitiya Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (99.0%) . In comparison, the Matara Electoral District (which contains the Kamburupitiya Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (94.1%) [1]

Religion in Kamburupitiya[1]

  Buddhist (99.0%)
  Other (1.0%)

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e "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 Kamburupitiya and the Matara 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 Kamburupitiya 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 Kamburupitiya and the Matara 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 Kamburupitiya 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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