Polling Division in Sri Lanka
The Ja Ela Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Gampaha Electoral District , in the Western Province, Sri Lanka .
Presidential Election Results [ edit ] The winner of Ja Ela has matched the final country result 9 out of 9 times. Hence, Ja Ela is a Perfect Bellwether for Presidential Elections.
Party Ja Ela[ 4] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % SLPP 71,690 58.76% 855,870 59.28% 6,924,255 52.25% NDF 41,649 34.14% 494,671 34.26% 5,564,239 41.99% NMPP 5,556 4.55% 61,760 4.28% 418,553 3.16% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,575 1.29% 20,227 1.40% 295,797 2.23% NPP 1,527 1.25% 11,272 0.78% 49,655 0.37% Valid Votes 121,997 98.69% 1,443,800 98.92% 13,252,499 98.99% Rejected Votes 1,625 1.31% 15,751 1.08% 135,452 1.01% Total Polled 123,622 80.71% 1,459,551 83.31% 13,387,951 83.71% Registered Electors 153,164 1,751,892 15,992,568
Party Ja Ela[ 5] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NDF 58,669 52.01% 669,007 49.83% 6,217,162 51.28% UPFA 53,481 47.41% 664,347 49.49% 5,768,090 47.58% Other Parties (with < 1%) 647 0.57% 9,142 0.68% 138,200 1.14% Valid Votes 112,797 98.62% 1,342,496 98.92% 12,123,452 98.85% Rejected Votes 1,584 1.38% 14,647 1.08% 140,925 1.15% Total Polled 114,381 79.52% 1,357,143 80.77% 12,264,377 78.69% Registered Electors 143,843 1,680,263 15,585,942
Party Ja Ela[ 6] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 56,726 58.31% 718,716 61.66% 6,015,934 57.88% NDF 39,701 40.81% 434,506 37.28% 4,173,185 40.15% Other Parties (with < 1%) 852 0.88% 12,426 1.07% 204,494 1.97% Valid Votes 97,279 99.29% 1,165,648 99.24% 10,393,613 99.03% Rejected Votes 692 0.71% 8,960 0.76% 101,838 0.97% Total Polled 97,971 76.65% 1,174,608 78.03% 10,495,451 66.70% Registered Electors 127,821 1,505,363 15,734,587
Party Ja Ela[ 7] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 46,950 51.96% 596,698 54.78% 4,887,152 50.29% UNP 42,606 47.15% 481,764 44.23% 4,706,366 48.43% Other Parties (with < 1%) 806 0.89% 10,815 0.99% 123,521 1.27% Valid Votes 90,362 98.93% 1,089,277 98.94% 9,717,039 98.88% Rejected Votes 973 1.07% 11,724 1.06% 109,869 1.12% Total Polled 91,335 78.04% 1,101,001 79.17% 9,826,908 69.51% Registered Electors 117,040 1,390,691 14,136,979
Party Ja Ela[ 8] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 44,098 56.64% 532,796 56.58% 4,312,157 51.12% UNP 29,726 38.18% 353,969 37.59% 3,602,748 42.71% JVP 3,089 3.97% 40,472 4.30% 343,927 4.08% Other Parties (with < 1%) 939 1.21% 14,382 1.53% 176,679 2.09% Valid Votes 77,852 97.79% 941,619 97.84% 8,435,754 97.69% Rejected Votes 1,759 2.21% 20,768 2.16% 199,536 2.31% Total Polled 79,611 76.49% 962,387 77.12% 8,635,290 72.17% Registered Electors 104,076 1,247,860 11,965,536
Party Ja Ela[ 9] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 44,166 63.80% 550,654 64.74% 4,709,205 62.28% UNP 24,260 35.04% 288,608 33.93% 2,715,283 35.91% Other Parties (with < 1%) 804 1.16% 11,256 1.32% 137,040 1.81% Valid Votes 69,230 98.38% 850,518 98.48% 7,561,526 98.03% Rejected Votes 1,141 1.62% 13,137 1.52% 151,706 1.97% Total Polled 70,371 72.32% 863,655 74.16% 7,713,232 69.12% Registered Electors 97,305 1,164,625 11,158,880
Party Ja Ela[ 10] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 30,021 52.54% 350,092 48.08% 2,569,199 50.43% SLFP 25,357 44.37% 355,553 48.83% 2,289,857 44.95% SLMP 1,766 3.09% 22,467 3.09% 235,701 4.63% Valid Votes 57,144 98.19% 728,112 98.63% 5,094,754 98.24% Rejected Votes 1,052 1.81% 10,108 1.37% 91,499 1.76% Total Polled 58,196 71.35% 738,220 74.93% 5,186,256 55.87% Registered Electors 81,566 985,206 9,283,143
Party Ja Ela[ 11] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 32,420 58.20% 365,847 52.50% 3,450,815 52.93% SLFP 21,074 37.83% 301,808 43.31% 2,546,348 39.05% JVP 1,683 3.02% 23,701 3.40% 273,428 4.19% Other Parties (with < 1%) 532 0.95% 5,491 0.79% 249,460 3.83% Valid Votes 55,709 99.13% 696,847 99.15% 6,520,156 98.78% Rejected Votes 488 0.87% 5,992 0.85% 80,470 1.22% Total Polled 56,197 80.71% 702,839 82.70% 6,600,626 80.15% Registered Electors 69,624 849,896 8,235,358
Parliamentary Election Results [ edit ] The winner of Ja Ela has matched the final country result 7 out of 7 times. Hence, Ja Ela is a Perfect Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.
Party Ja Ela[ 14] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 51,807 49.89% 577,004 47.17% 5,098,916 45.77% UPFA 43,051 41.46% 549,958 44.96% 4,732,664 42.48% JVP 8,333 8.02% 87,880 7.18% 544,154 4.88% Other Parties (with < 1%) 651 0.63% 8,332 0.68% 81,501 0.73% Valid Votes 103,842 95.88% 1,223,174 95.51% 11,140,333 95.35% Rejected Votes 4,283 3.95% 56,246 4.39% 516,926 4.42% Total Polled 108,301 75.29% 1,280,647 78.21% 11,684,111 77.66% Registered Electors 143,843 1,637,537 15,044,490
Party Ja Ela[ 15] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 43,920 56.82% 589,476 63.40% 4,846,388 60.38% UNP 26,397 34.15% 266,523 28.67% 2,357,057 29.37% DNA 6,544 8.47% 69,747 7.50% 441,251 5.50% Other Parties (with < 1%) 436 0.56% 3,985 0.43% 19,003 0.24% Valid Votes 77,297 94.80% 929,731 94.83% 8,026,322 96.03% Rejected Votes 4,208 5.16% 50,234 5.12% 581,465 6.96% Total Polled 81,537 63.79% 980,467 65.06% 8,358,246 59.29% Registered Electors 127,821 1,506,969 14,097,690
Party Ja Ela[ 16] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 42,453 50.66% 509,963 51.52% 4,223,126 45.70% UNP 34,248 40.87% 367,572 37.14% 3,486,792 37.73% JHU 6,009 7.17% 102,516 10.36% 552,723 5.98% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,083 1.29% 9,691 0.98% 57,229 0.62% Valid Votes 83,793 96.52% 989,742 95.96% 9,241,931 94.52% Rejected Votes 2,997 3.45% 41,462 4.02% 534,452 5.47% Total Polled 86,813 76.45% 1,031,464 77.72% 9,777,821 75.74% Registered Electors 113,559 1,327,145 12,909,631
Party Ja Ela[ 17] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 38,219 45.57% 437,289 43.94% 4,086,026 45.62% PA 34,522 41.16% 428,780 43.08% 3,330,815 37.19% JVP 9,856 11.75% 113,990 11.45% 815,353 9.10% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,273 1.52% 15,171 1.52% 137,826 1.54% Valid Votes 83,870 97.08% 995,230 96.30% 8,955,844 94.77% Rejected Votes 2,524 2.92% 38,187 3.70% 494,009 5.23% Total Polled 86,394 78.68% 1,033,417 80.36% 9,449,878 76.03% Registered Electors 109,799 1,285,973 12,428,762
Party Ja Ela[ 18] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 38,150 47.55% 470,018 48.87% 3,899,329 45.33% UNP 33,089 41.24% 378,328 39.34% 3,451,765 40.12% JVP 6,198 7.72% 73,110 7.60% 518,725 6.03% SU 2,180 2.72% 20,297 2.11% 127,859 1.49% Other Parties (with < 1%) 622 0.78% 19,956 2.08% 319,123 3.71% Valid Votes 80,239 N/A 961,709 N/A 8,602,617 N/A
Party Ja Ela[ 19] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 40,838 55.44% 509,030 56.79% 3,887,805 48.94% UNP 31,851 43.24% 375,631 41.91% 3,498,370 44.04% SLPF 970 1.32% 11,627 1.30% 90,078 1.13% Valid Votes 73,659 96.63% 896,288 96.39% 7,943,688 95.20% Rejected Votes 2,567 3.37% 33,553 3.61% 400,395 4.80% Total Polled 76,226 78.34% 929,841 79.65% 8,344,095 74.75% Registered Electors 97,305 1,167,469 11,163,064
Party Ja Ela[ 20] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 34,415 61.53% 385,733 54.14% 2,838,005 50.71% SLFP 19,230 34.38% 294,490 41.34% 1,785,369 31.90% USA 1,901 3.40% 21,665 3.04% 141,983 2.54% Other Parties (with < 1%) 390 0.70% 10,549 1.48% 67,723 1.21% Valid Votes 55,936 95.49% 712,437 95.64% 5,596,468 93.87% Rejected Votes 2,640 4.51% 32,497 4.36% 365,563 6.13% Total Polled 58,576 73.12% 744,934 76.82% 5,962,031 63.60% Registered Electors 80,113 969,658 9,374,164
The Ja Ela Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (92.3%) . In comparison, the Gampaha Electoral District (which contains the Ja Ela Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (90.5%) [ 1]
Ethnicity in Ja Ela[ 1]
Other (2.0%)
The Ja Ela Polling Division has a Roman Catholic plurality (49.4%) and a significant Buddhist population (43.6%) . In comparison, the Gampaha Electoral District (which contains the Ja Ela Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (71.3%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (19.5%) [ 1]
Religion in Ja Ela[ 1]
Other (0.1%)