Polling Division in Sri Lanka
The Wattala Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Gampaha Electoral District , in the Western Province, Sri Lanka .
Presidential Election Results [ edit ] The winner of Wattala has matched the final country result 6 out of 8 times. Hence, Wattala is a Weak Bellwether for Presidential Elections.
Party Wattala[ 4] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NDF 49,463 47.72% 494,671 34.26% 5,564,239 41.99% SLPP 48,214 46.51% 855,870 59.28% 6,924,255 52.25% NMPP 3,428 3.31% 61,760 4.28% 418,553 3.16% Other Parties (with < 1%) 2,557 2.47% 31,499 2.18% 345,452 2.61% Valid Votes 103,662 98.65% 1,443,800 98.92% 13,252,499 98.99% Rejected Votes 1,418 1.35% 15,751 1.08% 135,452 1.01% Total Polled 105,080 80.89% 1,459,551 83.31% 13,387,951 83.71% Registered Electors 129,912 1,751,892 15,992,568
Party Wattala[ 5] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NDF 56,541 59.32% 669,007 49.83% 6,217,162 51.28% UPFA 38,001 39.87% 664,347 49.49% 5,768,090 47.58% Other Parties (with < 1%) 769 0.81% 9,142 0.68% 138,200 1.14% Valid Votes 95,311 98.62% 1,342,496 98.92% 12,123,452 98.85% Rejected Votes 1,332 1.38% 14,647 1.08% 140,925 1.15% Total Polled 96,643 80.22% 1,357,143 80.77% 12,264,377 78.69% Registered Electors 120,471 1,680,263 15,585,942
Party Wattala[ 6] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 39,316 49.67% 718,716 61.66% 6,015,934 57.88% NDF 38,789 49.00% 434,506 37.28% 4,173,185 40.15% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,055 1.33% 12,426 1.07% 204,494 1.97% Valid Votes 79,160 98.96% 1,165,648 99.24% 10,393,613 99.03% Rejected Votes 830 1.04% 8,960 0.76% 101,838 0.97% Total Polled 79,990 76.99% 1,174,608 78.03% 10,495,451 66.70% Registered Electors 103,893 1,505,363 15,734,587
Party Wattala[ 7] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 40,984 56.03% 481,764 44.23% 4,706,366 48.43% UPFA 31,446 42.99% 596,698 54.78% 4,887,152 50.29% Other Parties (with < 1%) 718 0.98% 10,815 0.99% 123,521 1.27% Valid Votes 73,148 98.82% 1,089,277 98.94% 9,717,039 98.88% Rejected Votes 873 1.18% 11,724 1.06% 109,869 1.12% Total Polled 74,021 78.37% 1,101,001 79.17% 9,826,908 69.51% Registered Electors 94,455 1,390,691 14,136,979
Party Wattala[ 8] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 32,954 49.55% 532,796 56.58% 4,312,157 51.12% UNP 30,566 45.96% 353,969 37.59% 3,602,748 42.71% JVP 2,127 3.20% 40,472 4.30% 343,927 4.08% Other Parties (with < 1%) 865 1.30% 14,382 1.53% 176,679 2.09% Valid Votes 66,512 97.74% 941,619 97.84% 8,435,754 97.69% Rejected Votes 1,541 2.26% 20,768 2.16% 199,536 2.31% Total Polled 68,053 77.00% 962,387 77.12% 8,635,290 72.17% Registered Electors 88,377 1,247,860 11,965,536
Party Wattala[ 9] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 37,373 60.55% 550,654 64.74% 4,709,205 62.28% UNP 23,671 38.35% 288,608 33.93% 2,715,283 35.91% Other Parties (with < 1%) 676 1.10% 11,256 1.32% 137,040 1.81% Valid Votes 61,720 98.53% 850,518 98.48% 7,561,526 98.03% Rejected Votes 922 1.47% 13,137 1.52% 151,706 1.97% Total Polled 62,642 73.25% 863,655 74.16% 7,713,232 69.12% Registered Electors 85,516 1,164,625 11,158,880
Party Wattala[ 10] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 27,945 56.79% 350,092 48.08% 2,569,199 50.43% SLFP 19,361 39.35% 355,553 48.83% 2,289,857 44.95% SLMP 1,901 3.86% 22,467 3.09% 235,701 4.63% Valid Votes 49,207 98.66% 728,112 98.63% 5,094,754 98.24% Rejected Votes 666 1.34% 10,108 1.37% 91,499 1.76% Total Polled 49,873 72.83% 738,220 74.93% 5,186,256 55.87% Registered Electors 68,477 985,206 9,283,143
Party Wattala[ 11] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 29,387 62.64% 365,847 52.50% 3,450,815 52.93% SLFP 15,717 33.50% 301,808 43.31% 2,546,348 39.05% JVP 1,402 2.99% 23,701 3.40% 273,428 4.19% Other Parties (with < 1%) 410 0.87% 5,491 0.79% 249,460 3.83% Valid Votes 46,916 99.10% 696,847 99.15% 6,520,156 98.78% Rejected Votes 425 0.90% 5,992 0.85% 80,470 1.22% Total Polled 47,341 81.60% 702,839 82.70% 6,600,626 80.15% Registered Electors 58,015 849,896 8,235,358
Parliamentary Election Results [ edit ] The winner of Wattala has matched the final country result 5 out of 7 times. Hence, Wattala is a Weak Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.
Party Wattala[ 14] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % SLPFA 47,230 52.48% 807,896 65.76% 6,853,693 59.09% SJB 34,706 38.56% 285,809 23.27% 2,771,984 23.9% JJB 3,744 4.16% 61,833 5.03% 445,958 3.84% UNP 2,138 2.38% 28,282 2.3% 249,435 2.15% Other Parties (with < 1%) 2,185 2.42% 44,654 3.64% 1,227,859 11.02% Valid Votes 90,003 67.62% 1,228,474 68.78% 11,598,936 71.32% Rejected Votes 6,673 5.01% 75,509 4.23% 744,373 4.58% Total Polled 96,676 72.63% 1,303,983 73.01% 12,343,309 75.89% Registered Electors 133,103 1,785,964 16,263,885
Party Wattala[ 15] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 51,011 58.35% 577,004 47.17% 5,098,916 45.77% UPFA 30,743 35.16% 549,958 44.96% 4,732,664 42.48% JVP 5,141 5.88% 87,880 7.18% 544,154 4.88% Other Parties (with < 1%) 532 0.61% 8,332 0.68% 81,501 0.73% Valid Votes 87,427 95.12% 1,223,174 95.51% 11,140,333 95.35% Rejected Votes 4,392 4.78% 56,246 4.39% 516,926 4.42% Total Polled 91,910 76.29% 1,280,647 78.21% 11,684,111 77.66% Registered Electors 120,471 1,637,537 15,044,490
Party Wattala[ 16] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 31,444 49.58% 589,476 63.40% 4,846,388 60.38% UNP 26,659 42.03% 266,523 28.67% 2,357,057 29.37% DNA 4,929 7.77% 69,747 7.50% 441,251 5.50% Other Parties (with < 1%) 393 0.62% 3,985 0.43% 19,003 0.24% Valid Votes 63,425 93.57% 929,731 94.83% 8,026,322 96.03% Rejected Votes 4,328 6.38% 50,234 5.12% 581,465 6.96% Total Polled 67,784 65.24% 980,467 65.06% 8,358,246 59.29% Registered Electors 103,893 1,506,969 14,097,690
Party Wattala[ 17] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 34,041 50.19% 367,572 37.14% 3,486,792 37.73% UPFA 28,344 41.79% 509,963 51.52% 4,223,126 45.70% JHU 4,525 6.67% 102,516 10.36% 552,723 5.98% Other Parties (with < 1%) 911 1.34% 9,691 0.98% 57,229 0.62% Valid Votes 67,821 96.07% 989,742 95.96% 9,241,931 94.52% Rejected Votes 2,761 3.91% 41,462 4.02% 534,452 5.47% Total Polled 70,598 76.81% 1,031,464 77.72% 9,777,821 75.74% Registered Electors 91,912 1,327,145 12,909,631
Party Wattala[ 18] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 37,592 53.82% 437,289 43.94% 4,086,026 45.62% PA 24,651 35.29% 428,780 43.08% 3,330,815 37.19% JVP 6,641 9.51% 113,990 11.45% 815,353 9.10% Other Parties (with < 1%) 965 1.38% 15,171 1.52% 137,826 1.54% Valid Votes 69,849 96.16% 995,230 96.30% 8,955,844 94.77% Rejected Votes 2,791 3.84% 38,187 3.70% 494,009 5.23% Total Polled 72,640 78.82% 1,033,417 80.36% 9,449,878 76.03% Registered Electors 92,154 1,285,973 12,428,762
Party Wattala[ 19] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 32,570 48.04% 378,328 39.34% 3,451,765 40.12% PA 29,015 42.79% 470,018 48.87% 3,899,329 45.33% JVP 4,146 6.11% 73,110 7.60% 518,725 6.03% SU 1,320 1.95% 20,297 2.11% 127,859 1.49% Other Parties (with < 1%) 752 1.11% 19,956 2.08% 319,123 3.71% Valid Votes 67,803 N/A 961,709 N/A 8,602,617 N/A
Party Wattala[ 20] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 32,311 50.18% 509,030 56.79% 3,887,805 48.94% UNP 31,482 48.90% 375,631 41.91% 3,498,370 44.04% Other Parties (with < 1%) 593 0.92% 11,627 1.30% 90,078 1.13% Valid Votes 64,386 96.08% 896,288 96.39% 7,943,688 95.20% Rejected Votes 2,627 3.92% 33,553 3.61% 400,395 4.80% Total Polled 67,013 78.36% 929,841 79.65% 8,344,095 74.75% Registered Electors 85,516 1,167,469 11,163,064
Party Wattala[ 21] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 28,841 59.33% 385,733 54.14% 2,838,005 50.71% SLFP 17,229 35.44% 294,490 41.34% 1,785,369 31.90% USA 2,029 4.17% 21,665 3.04% 141,983 2.54% ELJP 512 1.05% 10,549 1.48% 67,723 1.21% Valid Votes 48,611 95.67% 712,437 95.64% 5,596,468 93.87% Rejected Votes 2,200 4.33% 32,497 4.36% 365,563 6.13% Total Polled 50,811 75.16% 744,934 76.82% 5,962,031 63.60% Registered Electors 67,601 969,658 9,374,164
The Wattala Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (71.1%) and a significant Sri Lankan Tamil population (18.8%) . In comparison, the Gampaha Electoral District (which contains the Wattala Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (90.5%) [ 1]
Ethnicity in Wattala[ 1]
Other (1.0%)
The Wattala Polling Division has a Roman Catholic plurality (45.2%), a significant Buddhist population (29.9%) and a significant Hindu population (13.0%) . In comparison, the Gampaha Electoral District (which contains the Wattala Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (71.3%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (19.5%) [ 1]
Religion in Wattala[ 1]
Other (0.1%)