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Polling Division in Sri Lanka
The Kaduwela Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Colombo Electoral District , in the Western Province, Sri Lanka .
Presidential Election Results [ edit ]
The winner of Kaduwela has matched the final country result 6 out of 8 times. Hence, Kaduwela is a Weak Bellwether for Presidential Elections.
Party
Kaduwela[ 4]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
SLPP
98,807
65.35%
727,713
53.19%
6,924,255
52.25%
NDF
41,747
27.61%
559,921
40.92%
5,564,239
41.99%
NMPP
7,605
5.03%
53,803
3.93%
418,553
3.16%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
3,029
2.00%
26,740
1.95%
345,452
2.61%
Valid Votes
151,188
99.02%
1,368,177
98.89%
13,252,499
98.99%
Rejected Votes
1,498
0.98%
15,333
1.11%
135,452
1.01%
Total Polled
152,686
83.08%
1,383,510
82.82%
13,387,951
83.71%
Registered Electors
183,787
1,670,403
15,992,568
Party
Kaduwela[ 5]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UPFA
70,970
50.46%
562,614
43.40%
5,768,090
47.58%
NDF
68,886
48.98%
725,073
55.93%
6,217,162
51.28%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
786
0.56%
8,673
0.67%
138,200
1.14%
Valid Votes
140,642
98.92%
1,296,360
98.83%
12,123,452
98.85%
Rejected Votes
1,534
1.08%
15,334
1.17%
140,925
1.15%
Total Polled
142,176
82.01%
1,311,694
81.34%
12,264,377
78.69%
Registered Electors
173,355
1,612,660
15,585,942
Party
Kaduwela[ 6]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UPFA
76,103
62.24%
614,740
52.93%
6,015,934
57.88%
NDF
45,082
36.87%
533,022
45.90%
4,173,185
40.15%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
1,091
0.89%
13,620
1.17%
204,494
1.97%
Valid Votes
122,276
99.31%
1,161,382
99.03%
10,393,613
99.03%
Rejected Votes
850
0.69%
11,394
0.97%
101,838
0.97%
Total Polled
123,126
77.57%
1,172,776
76.09%
10,495,451
66.70%
Registered Electors
158,736
1,541,242
15,734,587
Party
Kaduwela[ 7]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UPFA
65,829
57.84%
534,431
47.96%
4,887,152
50.29%
UNP
47,025
41.32%
569,627
51.12%
4,706,366
48.43%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
951
0.84%
10,192
0.91%
123,521
1.27%
Valid Votes
113,805
98.95%
1,114,250
98.86%
9,717,039
98.88%
Rejected Votes
1,209
1.05%
12,879
1.14%
109,869
1.12%
Total Polled
115,014
77.48%
1,127,129
75.85%
9,826,908
69.51%
Registered Electors
148,435
1,486,021
14,136,979
Party
Kaduwela[ 8]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
PA
50,535
55.24%
474,310
49.18%
4,312,157
51.12%
UNP
32,951
36.02%
425,185
44.08%
3,602,748
42.71%
JVP
6,170
6.74%
44,009
4.56%
343,927
4.08%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
918
1.00%
12,821
1.33%
140,825
1.67%
SMBP
916
1.00%
8,209
0.85%
35,854
0.43%
Valid Votes
91,490
97.31%
964,534
97.06%
8,435,754
97.69%
Rejected Votes
2,530
2.69%
29,197
2.94%
199,536
2.31%
Total Polled
94,020
74.55%
993,731
73.39%
8,635,290
72.17%
Registered Electors
126,119
1,354,025
11,965,536
Party
Kaduwela[ 9]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
PA
51,876
67.44%
557,708
64.82%
4,709,205
62.28%
UNP
23,475
30.52%
288,741
33.56%
2,715,283
35.91%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
1,566
2.04%
13,937
1.62%
137,040
1.81%
Valid Votes
76,917
98.16%
860,386
98.17%
7,561,526
98.03%
Rejected Votes
1,445
1.84%
16,060
1.83%
151,706
1.97%
Total Polled
78,362
69.24%
876,446
69.59%
7,713,232
69.12%
Registered Electors
113,173
1,259,484
11,158,880
Party
Kaduwela[ 10]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
SLFP
30,600
55.06%
339,958
46.23%
2,289,857
44.95%
UNP
22,872
41.15%
361,337
49.14%
2,569,199
50.43%
SLMP
2,108
3.79%
34,020
4.63%
235,701
4.63%
Valid Votes
55,580
98.57%
735,315
98.49%
5,094,754
98.24%
Rejected Votes
806
1.43%
11,295
1.51%
91,499
1.76%
Total Polled
56,386
64.30%
746,610
67.53%
5,186,256
55.87%
Registered Electors
87,693
1,105,583
9,283,143
Party
Kaduwela[ 11]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
27,963
48.80%
436,290
57.86%
3,450,815
52.93%
SLFP
25,275
44.11%
274,476
36.40%
2,546,348
39.05%
JVP
3,338
5.83%
28,580
3.79%
273,428
4.19%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
721
1.26%
14,685
1.95%
249,460
3.83%
Valid Votes
57,297
98.76%
754,031
98.95%
6,520,156
98.78%
Rejected Votes
719
1.24%
7,990
1.05%
80,470
1.22%
Total Polled
58,016
79.47%
762,021
76.88%
6,600,626
80.15%
Registered Electors
73,006
991,194
8,235,358
Parliamentary Election Results [ edit ]
The winner of Kaduwela has matched the final country result 6 out of 7 times. Hence, Kaduwela is a Strong Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.
Party
Kaduwela[ 14]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
SLPFA
90,489
70.27%
674,603
57.04%
6,853,693
59.09%
SJB
23,797
18.48%
387,145
32.73%
2,771,984
23.9%
JJB
9,594
7.45%
67,600
5.72%
445,958
3.84%
UNP
2,679
2.08%
30,875
2.61%
249,435
2.15%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
2,211
1.72%
22,553
1.9%
1,227,859
11.02%
Valid Votes
128,770
68.32%
1,182,776
69.2%
11,598,936
71.32%
Rejected Votes
6,845
3.63%
81,034
4.74%
744,373
4.58%
Total Polled
135,615
71.96%
1,263,810
73.94%
12,343,309
75.89%
Registered Electors
188,469
1,709,209
16,263,885
Party
Kaduwela[ 15]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UPFA
62,136
47.29%
474,063
39.25%
4,732,664
42.48%
UNP
56,154
42.74%
640,743
53.04%
5,098,916
45.77%
JVP
11,971
9.11%
81,391
6.74%
544,154
4.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
1,128
0.86%
11,752
0.97%
93,045
0.84%
Valid Votes
131,389
97.30%
1,207,949
96.46%
11,140,333
95.35%
Rejected Votes
3,536
2.62%
43,372
3.46%
516,926
4.42%
Total Polled
135,029
77.89%
1,252,271
78.93%
11,684,111
77.66%
Registered Electors
173,355
1,586,598
15,044,490
Party
Kaduwela[ 16]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UPFA
56,539
59.39%
480,896
51.23%
4,846,388
60.38%
UNP
23,546
24.73%
339,750
36.19%
2,357,057
29.37%
DNA
14,460
15.19%
110,683
11.79%
441,251
5.50%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
652
0.68%
7,292
0.78%
48,240
0.60%
Valid Votes
95,197
95.72%
938,723
94.85%
8,026,322
96.03%
Rejected Votes
4,193
4.22%
50,354
5.09%
581,465
6.96%
Total Polled
99,450
62.65%
989,729
64.17%
8,358,246
59.29%
Registered Electors
158,736
1,542,457
14,097,690
Party
Kaduwela[ 17]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UPFA
53,065
50.50%
414,688
39.20%
4,223,126
45.70%
UNP
32,772
31.19%
441,841
41.77%
3,486,792
37.73%
JHU
18,485
17.59%
190,618
18.02%
552,723
5.98%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
749
0.71%
10,713
1.01%
90,868
0.98%
Valid Votes
105,071
96.94%
1,057,860
96.47%
9,241,931
94.52%
Rejected Votes
3,316
3.06%
38,605
3.52%
534,452
5.47%
Total Polled
108,393
75.46%
1,096,571
74.71%
9,777,821
75.74%
Registered Electors
143,644
1,467,751
12,909,631
Party
Kaduwela[ 18]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
43,330
42.60%
546,417
51.62%
4,086,026
45.62%
PA
39,238
38.58%
353,401
33.39%
3,330,815
37.19%
JVP
16,602
16.32%
117,404
11.09%
815,353
9.10%
SU
1,541
1.52%
16,970
1.60%
50,665
0.57%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
1,001
0.98%
24,289
2.29%
510,616
5.70%
Valid Votes
101,712
96.93%
1,058,481
96.28%
8,955,844
94.77%
Rejected Votes
3,218
3.07%
40,901
3.72%
494,009
5.23%
Total Polled
104,930
77.41%
1,099,382
76.31%
9,449,878
76.03%
Registered Electors
135,550
1,440,682
12,428,762
Party
Kaduwela[ 19]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
PA
43,474
45.15%
394,146
38.86%
3,899,329
45.33%
UNP
35,792
37.17%
440,684
43.45%
3,451,765
40.12%
JVP
11,268
11.70%
78,133
7.70%
518,725
6.03%
SU
4,701
4.88%
49,671
4.90%
127,859
1.49%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
1,047
1.09%
51,586
5.09%
375,083
4.36%
Valid Votes
96,282
N/A
1,014,220
N/A
8,602,617
N/A
Party
Kaduwela[ 20]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
PA
46,899
55.97%
469,642
50.94%
3,887,805
48.94%
UNP
30,668
36.60%
385,100
41.77%
3,498,370
44.04%
MEP
4,327
5.16%
42,734
4.64%
68,538
0.86%
SLPF
1,541
1.84%
11,454
1.24%
90,078
1.13%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
357
0.43%
13,003
1.41%
51,995
0.65%
Valid Votes
83,792
96.53%
921,933
96.18%
7,943,688
95.20%
Rejected Votes
3,010
3.47%
36,635
3.82%
400,395
4.80%
Total Polled
86,802
76.70%
958,568
76.04%
8,344,095
74.75%
Registered Electors
113,173
1,260,686
11,163,064
Party
Kaduwela[ 21]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
25,849
45.47%
374,530
51.67%
2,838,005
50.71%
SLFP
21,306
37.48%
205,053
28.29%
1,785,369
31.90%
MEP
7,241
12.74%
76,966
10.62%
90,480
1.62%
USA
1,850
3.25%
31,873
4.40%
141,983
2.54%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
602
1.06%
36,420
5.02%
269,739
4.82%
Valid Votes
56,848
95.83%
724,842
95.36%
5,596,468
93.87%
Rejected Votes
2,473
4.17%
35,271
4.64%
365,563
6.13%
Total Polled
59,321
68.95%
760,113
69.87%
5,962,031
63.60%
Registered Electors
86,029
1,087,891
9,374,164
The Kaduwela Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (95.6%) . In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District (which contains the Kaduwela Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (76.5%), a significant Moor population (10.7%) and a significant Sri Lankan Tamil population (10.1%) [ 1]
Ethnicity in Kaduwela[ 1]
Other (2.5%)
The Kaduwela Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (90.4%) . In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District (which contains the Kaduwela Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (70.2%) and a significant Muslim population (11.8%) [ 1]
Religion in Kaduwela[ 1]
Other (0.2%)