| Galle | |
| Coordinates: | 6.0489°N 80.2118°W |
| Area Total Km2: | 22.22 |
| Population Total: | 101749 |
| Population Density Km2: | 4579 |
| Population As Of: | 2012 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name2: | Galle Electoral District |
The Galle Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Galle Electoral District, in the Southern Province, Sri Lanka.
The winner of Galle has matched the final country result 5 out of 8 times. Hence, Galle is a Weak Bellwether for Presidential Elections.
| - ! | Year !colspan="2" width="144px" | Galle !colspan="2" width="144px" | Galle Electoral District ! | MAE[2] % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Sri Lanka ! | MAE[3] % | - | 16.40% | 5.02% | - | 18.88% | 10.98% | - | 15.83% | 10.28% | - | 10.98% | 2.97% | - | 5.72% | 1.94% | - | 4.33% | 5.35% | - | 6.47% | 1.19% | - | 11.71% | 8.68% | - ! | Matches/Mean MAE !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5/8 !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 6/8 !style="text-align:right;" | 11.29% !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8/8 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.80% |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Galle[4] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Galle Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 31,248 | 46.89% | 217,401 | 29.97% | 5,564,239 | 41.99% | - | 31,108 | 46.68% | 466,148 | 64.26% | 6,924,255 | 52.25% | - | NMPP | 3,044 | 4.57% | 27,006 | 3.72% | 418,553 | 3.16% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 1,238 | 1.86% | 14,803 | 2.04% | 345,452 | 2.61% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 66,638 !style="text-align:right;" | 99.00% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 725,358 !style="text-align:right;" | 99.20% !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" | 673 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.00% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5,878 !style="text-align:right;" | 0.80% !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" | 67,311 !style="text-align:right;" | 83.49% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 731,236 !style="text-align:right;" | 85.15% !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" | 80,618 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 858,749 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 15,992,568 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Galle[5] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Galle Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 39,547 | 62.58% | 293,994 | 43.37% | 6,217,162 | 51.28% | - | 23,184 | 36.69% | 377,126 | 55.64% | 5,768,090 | 47.58% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 459 | 0.73% | 6,691 | 0.99% | 138,200 | 1.14% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 63,190 !style="text-align:right;" | 99.30% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 677,811 !style="text-align:right;" | 99.05% !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" | 447 !style="text-align:right;" | 0.70% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 6,516 !style="text-align:right;" | 0.95% !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" | 63,637 !style="text-align:right;" | 79.86% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 684,327 !style="text-align:right;" | 80.46% !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" | 79,685 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 850,549 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 15,585,942 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Galle[6] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Galle Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 27,625 | 51.12% | 211,633 | 34.83% | 4,173,185 | 40.15% | - | 25,797 | 47.74% | 386,971 | 63.69% | 6,015,934 | 57.88% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 616 | 1.14% | 9,017 | 1.48% | 204,494 | 1.97% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 54,038 !style="text-align:right;" | 99.43% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 607,621 !style="text-align:right;" | 99.38% !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" | 312 !style="text-align:right;" | 0.57% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 3,765 !style="text-align:right;" | 0.62% !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" | 54,350 !style="text-align:right;" | 75.93% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 611,386 !style="text-align:right;" | 77.82% !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" | 71,575 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 785,663 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 15,734,587 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Galle[7] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Galle Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 27,166 | 51.57% | 239,320 | 40.26% | 4,706,366 | 48.43% | - | 24,972 | 47.40% | 347,233 | 58.41% | 4,887,152 | 50.29% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 540 | 1.03% | 7,915 | 1.33% | 123,521 | 1.27% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 52,678 !style="text-align:right;" | 99.02% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 594,468 !style="text-align:right;" | 99.08% !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" | 520 !style="text-align:right;" | 0.98% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5,540 !style="text-align:right;" | 0.92% !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" | 53,198 !style="text-align:right;" | 74.48% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 600,008 !style="text-align:right;" | 79.86% !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" | 71,425 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 751,327 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 14,136,979 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Galle[8] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Galle Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 22,008 | 48.93% | 281,154 | 54.91% | 4,312,157 | 51.12% | - | 20,042 | 44.56% | 195,906 | 38.26% | 3,602,748 | 42.71% | - | 2,207 | 4.91% | 27,257 | 5.32% | 343,927 | 4.08% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 721 | 1.60% | 7,702 | 1.50% | 176,679 | 2.09% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 44,978 !style="text-align:right;" | 97.83% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 512,019 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.14% !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" | 1,000 !style="text-align:right;" | 2.17% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,716 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.86% !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" | 45,978 !style="text-align:right;" | 72.64% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 521,735 !style="text-align:right;" | 77.43% !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" | 63,300 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 673,785 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,965,536 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Galle[9] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Galle Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 23,587 | 57.06% | 285,398 | 61.40% | 4,709,205 | 62.28% | - | 17,258 | 41.75% | 173,282 | 37.28% | 2,715,283 | 35.91% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 493 | 1.19% | 6,135 | 1.32% | 137,040 | 1.81% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 41,338 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.53% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 464,815 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.49% !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" | 615 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.47% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 7,112 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.51% !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" | 41,953 !style="text-align:right;" | 67.65% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 471,927 !style="text-align:right;" | 73.01% !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" | 62,011 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 646,373 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,158,880 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Galle[10] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Galle Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 19,227 | 51.23% | 124,912 | 44.62% | 2,569,199 | 50.43% | - | 17,432 | 46.45% | 148,615 | 53.09% | 2,289,857 | 44.95% | - | 869 | 2.32% | 6,417 | 2.29% | 235,701 | 4.63% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 37,528 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.34% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 279,944 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.43% !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" | 633 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.66% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 4,461 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.57% !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" | 38,161 !style="text-align:right;" | 68.04% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 284,405 !style="text-align:right;" | 49.34% !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" | 56,083 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 576,390 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,283,143 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Galle[11] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Galle Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 23,785 | 62.57% | 211,544 | 50.23% | 3,450,815 | 52.93% | - | 11,508 | 30.27% | 180,925 | 42.96% | 2,546,348 | 39.05% | - | 2,279 | 6.00% | 20,962 | 4.98% | 273,428 | 4.19% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 443 | 1.17% | 7,707 | 1.83% | 249,460 | 3.83% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 38,015 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.99% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 421,138 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.78% !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" | 389 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.01% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5,198 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.22% !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" | 38,404 !style="text-align:right;" | 74.46% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 426,336 !style="text-align:right;" | 81.84% !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" | 51,574 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 520,909 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,235,358 ! |
The winner of Galle has matched the final country result 5 out of 7 times. Hence, Galle is a Weak Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.
| - ! | Year !colspan="2" width="144px" | Galle !colspan="2" width="144px" | Galle Electoral District ! | MAE[12] % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Sri Lanka ! | MAE[13] % | - | 14.89% | 9.42% | - | 13.78% | 8.71% | - | 11.85% | 5.58% | - | 10.09% | 6.82% | - | 6.79% | 4.37% | - | 3.73% | 1.68% | - | 3.40% | 3.22% | - ! | Matches/Mean MAE !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5/7 !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 6/7 !style="text-align:right;" | 9.22% !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 7/7 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.69% |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Galle[14] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Galle Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 33,798 | 57.61% | 265,180 | 42.49% | 5,098,916 | 45.77% | - | 19,613 | 33.43% | 312,518 | 50.07% | 4,732,664 | 42.48% | - | 4,777 | 8.14% | 37,778 | 6.05% | 544,154 | 4.88% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 479 | 0.82% | 8,659 | 1.39% | 82,852 | 0.74% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 58,667 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.10% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 624,135 !style="text-align:right;" | 97.63% !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" | 1,133 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.89% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 15,107 !style="text-align:right;" | 2.36% !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" | 59,804 !style="text-align:right;" | 75.05% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 639,318 !style="text-align:right;" | 78.00% !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" | 79,685 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 819,666 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 15,044,490 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Galle[15] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Galle Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 20,348 | 50.08% | 305,307 | 66.17% | 4,846,388 | 60.38% | - | 14,804 | 36.44% | 120,101 | 26.03% | 2,357,057 | 29.37% | - | DNA | 5,324 | 13.10% | 33,663 | 7.30% | 441,251 | 5.50% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 152 | 0.37% | 2,317 | 0.50% | 32,313 | 0.40% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 40,628 !style="text-align:right;" | 95.88% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 461,388 !style="text-align:right;" | 95.05% !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" | 1,744 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.12% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 24,013 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.95% !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" | 42,372 !style="text-align:right;" | 59.20% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 485,401 !style="text-align:right;" | 61.67% !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" | 71,575 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 787,139 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 14,097,690 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Galle[16] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Galle Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 23,585 | 48.25% | 209,399 | 38.67% | 3,486,792 | 37.73% | - | 20,779 | 42.51% | 306,385 | 56.58% | 4,223,126 | 45.70% | - | 4,166 | 8.52% | 22,826 | 4.22% | 552,723 | 5.98% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 349 | 0.71% | 2,901 | 0.54% | 60,066 | 0.65% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 48,879 !style="text-align:right;" | 95.64% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 541,511 !style="text-align:right;" | 94.69% !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" | 2,227 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.36% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 30,380 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.31% !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" | 51,106 !style="text-align:right;" | 72.80% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 571,891 !style="text-align:right;" | 79.81% !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" | 70,204 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 716,609 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 12,909,631 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Galle[17] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Galle Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 27,516 | 55.80% | 238,989 | 44.10% | 4,086,026 | 45.62% | - | 15,640 | 31.71% | 232,931 | 42.98% | 3,330,815 | 37.19% | - | 5,263 | 10.67% | 61,806 | 11.41% | 815,353 | 9.10% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 897 | 1.82% | 8,188 | 1.51% | 143,033 | 1.60% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 49,316 !style="text-align:right;" | 96.09% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 541,914 !style="text-align:right;" | 95.66% !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" | 2,006 !style="text-align:right;" | 3.91% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 24,561 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.34% !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" | 51,322 !style="text-align:right;" | 74.43% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 566,475 !style="text-align:right;" | 81.09% !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" | 68,949 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 698,558 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 12,428,762 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Galle[18] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Galle Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 22,351 | 47.15% | 212,055 | 40.14% | 3,451,765 | 40.12% | - | 20,004 | 42.20% | 264,601 | 50.08% | 3,899,329 | 45.33% | - | 3,855 | 8.13% | 41,620 | 7.88% | 518,725 | 6.03% | - | SU | 833 | 1.76% | 4,535 | 0.86% | 127,859 | 1.49% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 358 | 0.76% | 5,537 | 1.05% | 122,630 | 1.43% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 47,401 !style="text-align:right;" | N/A !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 528,348 !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" | Galle[19] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Galle Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 23,347 | 52.07% | 277,956 | 56.39% | 3,887,805 | 48.94% | - | 19,885 | 44.34% | 203,268 | 41.24% | 3,498,370 | 44.04% | - | MEP | 983 | 2.19% | 4,145 | 0.84% | 68,538 | 0.86% | - | SLPF | 612 | 1.36% | 7,239 | 1.47% | 90,078 | 1.13% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 15 | 0.03% | 306 | 0.06% | 813 | 0.01% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 44,842 !style="text-align:right;" | 96.93% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 492,914 !style="text-align:right;" | 95.96% !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" | 1,418 !style="text-align:right;" | 3.07% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 20,763 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.04% !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" | 46,260 !style="text-align:right;" | 74.60% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 513,677 !style="text-align:right;" | 79.57% !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" | 62,011 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 645,559 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,163,064 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Galle[20] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Galle Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 17,547 | 48.08% | 183,962 | 50.40% | 2,838,005 | 50.71% | - | 13,523 | 37.05% | 152,096 | 41.67% | 1,785,369 | 31.90% | - | SLMC | 2,899 | 7.94% | 4,014 | 1.10% | 202,016 | 3.61% | - | ELJP | 1,779 | 4.87% | 4,097 | 1.12% | 67,723 | 1.21% | - | USA | 469 | 1.29% | 18,160 | 4.98% | 141,983 | 2.54% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 281 | 0.77% | 2,676 | 0.73% | 90,480 | 1.62% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 36,498 !style="text-align:right;" | 95.83% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 365,005 !style="text-align:right;" | 93.94% !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" | 1,587 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.17% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 23,536 !style="text-align:right;" | 6.06% !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" | 38,085 !style="text-align:right;" | 69.58% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 388,541 !style="text-align:right;" | 68.03% !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" | 54,738 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 571,146 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,374,164 ! |
The Galle Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (66.8%) and a significant Moor population (32.1%) . In comparison, the Galle Electoral District (which contains the Galle Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (94.4%) [21]
The Galle Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (65.7%) and a significant Muslim population (32.3%) . In comparison, the Galle Electoral District (which contains the Galle Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (93.9%) [1]