| Ampara | |
| Coordinates: | 7.4547°N 81.3731°W |
| Area Total Km2: | 1984.68 |
| Population Total: | 201450 |
| Population Density Km2: | 102 |
| Population As Of: | 2012 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ampara Electoral District |
The Ampara Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Ampara Electoral District, in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka.
The winner of Ampara has matched the final country result 7 out of 8 times. Hence, Ampara is a Strong Bellwether for Presidential Elections.
| - ! | Year !colspan="2" width="144px" | Ampara !colspan="2" width="144px" | Ampara Electoral District ! | MAE[2] % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Sri Lanka ! | MAE[3] % | - | 31.06% | 11.35% | - | 26.91% | 13.19% | - | 19.33% | 9.72% | - | 12.79% | 5.50% | - | 2.84% | 0.45% | - | 17.02% | 7.09% | - | 2.46% | 1.74% | - | 3.12% | 1.21% | - ! | Matches/Mean MAE !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 7/8 !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5/8 !style="text-align:right;" | 14.44% !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8/8 !style="text-align:right;" | 6.28% |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara[4] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 89,674 | 64.69% | 135,058 | 32.82% | 6,924,255 | 52.25% | - | 42,241 | 30.47% | 259,673 | 63.09% | 5,564,239 | 41.99% | - | NMPP | 3,984 | 2.87% | 7,460 | 1.81% | 418,553 | 3.16% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 2,717 | 1.96% | 9,379 | 2.28% | 345,452 | 2.61% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 138,616 !style="text-align:right;" | 99.45% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 411,570 !style="text-align:right;" | 99.24% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 13,252,499 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.99% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 772 !style="text-align:right;" | 0.55% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 3,158 !style="text-align:right;" | 0.76% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 135,452 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.01% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 139,388 !style="text-align:right;" | 87.20% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 414,728 !style="text-align:right;" | 82.32% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 13,387,951 !style="text-align:right;" | 83.71% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 159,857 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 503,790 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 15,992,568 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara[5] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 76,409 | 61.10% | 121,027 | 33.82% | 5,768,090 | 47.58% | - | 47,658 | 38.11% | 233,360 | 65.22% | 6,217,162 | 51.28% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 997 | 0.80% | 3,430 | 0.96% | 138,200 | 1.14% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 125,064 !style="text-align:right;" | 99.28% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 357,817 !style="text-align:right;" | 99.27% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 12,123,452 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.85% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 911 !style="text-align:right;" | 0.72% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 2,625 !style="text-align:right;" | 0.73% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 140,925 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.15% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 125,975 !style="text-align:right;" | 77.76% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 360,442 !style="text-align:right;" | 73.85% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 12,264,377 !style="text-align:right;" | 78.69% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 161,999 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 488,067 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 15,585,942 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara[6] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 73,389 | 67.94% | 146,912 | 47.92% | 6,015,934 | 57.88% | - | 32,895 | 30.45% | 153,105 | 49.94% | 4,173,185 | 40.15% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 1,742 | 1.61% | 6,545 | 2.13% | 204,494 | 1.97% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 108,026 !style="text-align:right;" | 99.44% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 306,562 !style="text-align:right;" | 99.06% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 10,393,613 !style="text-align:right;" | 99.03% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 608 !style="text-align:right;" | 0.56% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 2,912 !style="text-align:right;" | 0.94% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 101,838 !style="text-align:right;" | 0.97% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 108,634 !style="text-align:right;" | 74.67% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 309,474 !style="text-align:right;" | 36.77% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 10,495,451 !style="text-align:right;" | 66.70% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 145,479 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 841,672 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 15,734,587 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara[7] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 57,624 | 55.85% | 122,329 | 42.88% | 4,887,152 | 50.29% | - | 44,218 | 42.86% | 159,198 | 55.81% | 4,706,366 | 48.43% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 1,337 | 1.30% | 3,740 | 1.31% | 123,521 | 1.27% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 103,179 !style="text-align:right;" | 99.09% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 285,267 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.98% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,717,039 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.88% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 949 !style="text-align:right;" | 0.91% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 2,941 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.02% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 109,869 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.12% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 104,128 !style="text-align:right;" | 76.15% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 288,208 !style="text-align:right;" | 70.65% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,826,908 !style="text-align:right;" | 69.51% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 136,738 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 407,918 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 14,136,979 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara[8] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 48,385 | 51.78% | 149,593 | 55.59% | 4,312,157 | 51.12% | - | 39,712 | 42.50% | 109,805 | 40.80% | 3,602,748 | 42.71% | - | 3,275 | 3.50% | 3,822 | 1.42% | 343,927 | 4.08% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 2,074 | 2.22% | 5,634 | 2.09% | 176,679 | 2.09% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 93,446 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.38% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 269,100 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.34% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,435,754 !style="text-align:right;" | 97.69% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,538 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.62% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 4,549 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.66% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 199,536 !style="text-align:right;" | 2.31% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 94,984 !style="text-align:right;" | 78.24% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 273,649 !style="text-align:right;" | 78.47% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,635,290 !style="text-align:right;" | 72.17% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 121,407 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 348,712 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,965,536 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara[9] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 44,423 | 55.11% | 168,289 | 72.36% | 4,709,205 | 62.28% | - | 34,832 | 43.21% | 59,074 | 25.40% | 2,715,283 | 35.91% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 1,353 | 1.68% | 5,218 | 2.24% | 137,040 | 1.81% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 80,608 !style="text-align:right;" | 97.87% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 232,581 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.47% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 7,561,526 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.03% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,751 !style="text-align:right;" | 2.13% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 3,621 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.53% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 151,706 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.97% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 82,359 !style="text-align:right;" | 73.50% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 236,202 !style="text-align:right;" | 74.01% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 7,713,232 !style="text-align:right;" | 69.12% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 112,046 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 319,166 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,158,880 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara[10] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 34,251 | 50.37% | 96,420 | 50.77% | 2,569,199 | 50.43% | - | 32,915 | 48.40% | 83,137 | 43.78% | 2,289,857 | 44.95% | - | 839 | 1.23% | 10,352 | 5.45% | 235,701 | 4.63% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 68,005 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.79% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 189,909 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.04% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5,094,754 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.24% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 831 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.21% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 3,802 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.96% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 91,499 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.76% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 68,836 !style="text-align:right;" | 73.18% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 193,711 !style="text-align:right;" | 72.72% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5,186,256 !style="text-align:right;" | 55.87% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 94,068 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 266,396 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,283,143 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara[11] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 29,049 | 54.71% | 90,772 | 56.39% | 3,450,815 | 52.93% | - | 20,552 | 38.71% | 53,096 | 32.99% | 2,546,348 | 39.05% | - | 3,039 | 5.72% | 7,679 | 4.77% | 273,428 | 4.19% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 459 | 0.86% | 9,423 | 5.85% | 249,460 | 3.83% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 53,099 !style="text-align:right;" | 99.09% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 160,970 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.71% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 6,520,156 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.78% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 486 !style="text-align:right;" | 0.91% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 2,101 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.29% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 80,470 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.22% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 53,585 !style="text-align:right;" | 82.77% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 163,071 !style="text-align:right;" | 79.22% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 6,600,626 !style="text-align:right;" | 80.15% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 64,740 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 205,838 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,235,358 ! |
The winner of Ampara has matched the final country result 6 out of 7 times. Hence, Ampara is a Strong Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.
| - ! | Year !colspan="2" width="144px" | Ampara !colspan="2" width="144px" | Ampara Electoral District ! | MAE[12] % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Sri Lanka ! | MAE[13] % | - | 11.32% | 5.74% | - | 6.20% | 2.60% | - | 22.00% | 9.13% | - | SLMC | 20.69% | 2.99% | - | 4.22% | 3.68% | - | 22.31% | 2.78% | - | 24.61% | 6.33% | - ! | Matches/Mean MAE !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 6/7 !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5/7 !style="text-align:right;" | 15.91% !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 7/7 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.75% |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara[14] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 60,506 | 52.72% | 89,334 | 27.42% | 4,732,664 | 42.48% | - | 49,751 | 43.35% | 151,013 | 46.34% | 5,098,916 | 45.77% | - | 4,029 | 3.51% | 5,391 | 1.65% | 544,154 | 4.88% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 476 | 0.41% | 80,110 | 24.59% | 681,497 | 6.12% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 114,762 !style="text-align:right;" | 94.25% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 325,848 !style="text-align:right;" | 94.55% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,140,333 !style="text-align:right;" | 95.35% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 6,963 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.72% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 18,423 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.35% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 516,926 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.42% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 121,766 !style="text-align:right;" | 75.16% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 344,618 !style="text-align:right;" | 73.99% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,684,111 !style="text-align:right;" | 77.66% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 161,999 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 465,757 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 15,044,490 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara[15] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 51,777 | 61.38% | 132,096 | 51.66% | 4,846,388 | 60.38% | - | 29,812 | 35.34% | 90,757 | 35.50% | 2,357,057 | 29.37% | - | DNA | 2,188 | 2.59% | 2,917 | 1.14% | 441,251 | 5.50% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 575 | 0.68% | 29,711 | 11.62% | 275,183 | 3.43% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 84,352 !style="text-align:right;" | 1687040.00% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 255,688 !style="text-align:right;" | 1345726.32% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,026,322 !style="text-align:right;" | 96.03% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 2 !style="text-align:right;" | 40.00% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9 !style="text-align:right;" | 47.37% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 581,465 !style="text-align:right;" | 6.96% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5 !style="text-align:right;" | 250.00% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 19 !style="text-align:right;" | 237.50% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,358,246 !style="text-align:right;" | 59.29% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 2 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 14,097,690 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara[16] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 55,729 | 61.63% | 111,747 | 38.56% | 4,223,126 | 45.70% | - | 31,525 | 34.86% | 42,121 | 14.53% | 3,486,792 | 37.73% | - | SLMC | 1,681 | 1.86% | 76,563 | 26.42% | 186,880 | 2.02% | - | 945 | 1.05% | 1,130 | 0.39% | 552,723 | 5.98% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 545 | 0.60% | 58,268 | 20.10% | 720,358 | 7.79% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 90,425 !style="text-align:right;" | 92.69% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 289,829 !style="text-align:right;" | 93.91% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,241,931 !style="text-align:right;" | 94.52% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 7,061 !style="text-align:right;" | 7.24% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 18,264 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.92% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 534,452 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.47% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 97,561 !style="text-align:right;" | 73.70% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 308,625 !style="text-align:right;" | 81.42% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,777,821 !style="text-align:right;" | 75.74% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 132,371 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 379,044 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 12,909,631 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara[17] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 41,149 | 45.33% | 58,468 | 20.87% | 4,086,026 | 45.62% | - | 40,243 | 44.33% | 65,246 | 23.29% | 3,330,815 | 37.19% | - | 7,994 | 8.81% | 9,502 | 3.39% | 815,353 | 9.10% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 1,390 | 1.53% | 146,974 | 52.46% | 659,895 | 7.37% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 90,776 !style="text-align:right;" | 92.12% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 280,190 !style="text-align:right;" | 94.20% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,955,844 !style="text-align:right;" | 94.77% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 7,764 !style="text-align:right;" | 7.88% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 17,225 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.79% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 494,009 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.23% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 98,544 !style="text-align:right;" | 77.80% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 297,440 !style="text-align:right;" | 82.51% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,449,878 !style="text-align:right;" | 76.03% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 126,660 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 360,497 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 12,428,762 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara[18] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 44,391 | 49.12% | 136,423 | 51.13% | 3,899,329 | 45.33% | - | 40,526 | 44.84% | 101,628 | 38.09% | 3,451,765 | 40.12% | - | 4,627 | 5.12% | 5,696 | 2.13% | 518,725 | 6.03% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 836 | 0.92% | 23,053 | 8.64% | 225,112 | 2.62% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 90,380 !style="text-align:right;" | N/A !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 266,800 !style="text-align:right;" | N/A !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,602,617 !style="text-align:right;" | N/A |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara[19] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 42,819 | 49.93% | 54,150 | 22.49% | 3,887,805 | 48.94% | - | 42,100 | 49.09% | 78,767 | 32.72% | 3,498,370 | 44.04% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 841 | 0.98% | 107,849 | 44.79% | 439,019 | 5.53% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 85,760 !style="text-align:right;" | 95.08% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 240,766 !style="text-align:right;" | 94.98% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 7,943,688 !style="text-align:right;" | 95.20% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 4,439 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.92% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 12,736 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.02% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 400,395 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.80% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 90,199 !style="text-align:right;" | 80.50% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 253,502 !style="text-align:right;" | 79.54% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,344,095 !style="text-align:right;" | 74.75% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 112,046 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 318,710 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,163,064 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara[20] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 37,611 | 56.02% | 62,600 | 29.29% | 2,838,005 | 50.71% | - | 28,602 | 42.60% | 45,400 | 21.24% | 1,785,369 | 31.90% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 924 | 1.38% | 105,714 | 49.47% | 391,575 | 7.00% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 67,137 !style="text-align:right;" | 94.24% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 213,714 !style="text-align:right;" | 95.22% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5,596,468 !style="text-align:right;" | 93.87% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 4,104 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.76% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 10,727 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.78% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 365,563 !style="text-align:right;" | 6.13% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 71,241 !style="text-align:right;" | 76.68% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 224,441 !style="text-align:right;" | 84.45% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5,962,031 !style="text-align:right;" | 63.60% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 92,901 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 265,768 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,374,164 ! |
The Ampara Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (99.1%) . In comparison, the Ampara Electoral District (which contains the Ampara Polling Division) has a Moor plurality (43.4%), a significant Sinhalese population (38.9%) and a significant Sri Lankan Tamil population (17.3%) [21]
The Ampara Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (98.8%) . In comparison, the Ampara Electoral District (which contains the Ampara Polling Division) has a Muslim plurality (43.4%), a significant Buddhist population (38.7%) and a significant Hindu population (15.8%) [1]