Polling Division in Sri Lanka
The Avissawella Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Colombo Electoral District , in the Western Province, Sri Lanka .
Presidential Election Results [ ]
Summary [ ]
The winner of Avissawella has matched the final country result 7 out of 8 times. Hence, Avissawella is a Strong Bellwether for Presidential Elections.
Party
Avissawella[4]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
SLPP
61,755
60.85%
727,713
53.19%
6,924,255
52.25%
NDF
34,532
34.03%
559,921
40.92%
5,564,239
41.99%
NMPP
3,184
3.14%
53,803
3.93%
418,553
3.16%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
2,019
1.99%
26,740
1.95%
345,452
2.61%
Valid Votes
101,490
99.13%
1,368,177
98.89%
13,252,499
98.99%
Rejected Votes
887
0.87%
15,333
1.11%
135,452
1.01%
Total Polled
102,377
85.38%
1,383,510
82.82%
13,387,951
83.71%
Registered Electors
119,905
1,670,403
15,992,568
Party
Avissawella[5]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UPFA
51,351
54.12%
562,614
43.40%
5,768,090
47.58%
NDF
42,728
45.03%
725,073
55.93%
6,217,162
51.28%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
801
0.84%
8,673
0.67%
138,200
1.14%
Valid Votes
94,880
98.92%
1,296,360
98.83%
12,123,452
98.85%
Rejected Votes
1,032
1.08%
15,334
1.17%
140,925
1.15%
Total Polled
95,912
81.65%
1,311,694
81.34%
12,264,377
78.69%
Registered Electors
117,472
1,612,660
15,585,942
Party
Avissawella[6]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UPFA
53,664
64.09%
614,740
52.93%
6,015,934
57.88%
NDF
28,875
34.49%
533,022
45.90%
4,173,185
40.15%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
1,193
1.42%
13,620
1.17%
204,494
1.97%
Valid Votes
83,732
99.18%
1,161,382
99.03%
10,393,613
99.03%
Rejected Votes
689
0.82%
11,394
0.97%
101,838
0.97%
Total Polled
84,421
78.07%
1,172,776
76.09%
10,495,451
66.70%
Registered Electors
108,138
1,541,242
15,734,587
Party
Avissawella[7]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UPFA
41,936
53.02%
534,431
47.96%
4,887,152
50.29%
UNP
36,227
45.80%
569,627
51.12%
4,706,366
48.43%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
935
1.18%
10,192
0.91%
123,521
1.27%
Valid Votes
79,098
98.92%
1,114,250
98.86%
9,717,039
98.88%
Rejected Votes
865
1.08%
12,879
1.14%
109,869
1.12%
Total Polled
79,963
79.12%
1,127,129
75.85%
9,826,908
69.51%
Registered Electors
101,065
1,486,021
14,136,979
Party
Avissawella[8]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
PA
33,957
52.10%
474,310
49.18%
4,312,157
51.12%
UNP
26,903
41.27%
425,185
44.08%
3,602,748
42.71%
JVP
2,976
4.57%
44,009
4.56%
343,927
4.08%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
1,346
2.06%
21,030
2.18%
176,679
2.09%
Valid Votes
65,182
97.76%
964,534
97.06%
8,435,754
97.69%
Rejected Votes
1,495
2.24%
29,197
2.94%
199,536
2.31%
Total Polled
66,677
75.84%
993,731
73.39%
8,635,290
72.17%
Registered Electors
87,913
1,354,025
11,965,536
Party
Avissawella[9]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
PA
31,132
55.86%
557,708
64.82%
4,709,205
62.28%
UNP
23,126
41.50%
288,741
33.56%
2,715,283
35.91%
SMBP
787
1.41%
6,059
0.70%
32,651
0.43%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
683
1.23%
7,878
0.92%
104,389
1.38%
Valid Votes
55,728
97.70%
860,386
98.17%
7,561,526
98.03%
Rejected Votes
1,313
2.30%
16,060
1.83%
151,706
1.97%
Total Polled
57,041
70.24%
876,446
69.59%
7,713,232
69.12%
Registered Electors
81,213
1,259,484
11,158,880
Party
Avissawella[10]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
24,292
49.36%
361,337
49.14%
2,569,199
50.43%
SLFP
23,721
48.20%
339,958
46.23%
2,289,857
44.95%
SLMP
1,199
2.44%
34,020
4.63%
235,701
4.63%
Valid Votes
49,212
98.86%
735,315
98.49%
5,094,754
98.24%
Rejected Votes
570
1.14%
11,295
1.51%
91,499
1.76%
Total Polled
49,782
72.26%
746,610
67.53%
5,186,256
55.87%
Registered Electors
68,892
1,105,583
9,283,143
Party
Avissawella[11]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
26,648
50.92%
436,290
57.86%
3,450,815
52.93%
SLFP
23,481
44.87%
274,476
36.40%
2,546,348
39.05%
JVP
1,687
3.22%
28,580
3.79%
273,428
4.19%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
513
0.98%
14,685
1.95%
249,460
3.83%
Valid Votes
52,329
98.96%
754,031
98.95%
6,520,156
98.78%
Rejected Votes
551
1.04%
7,990
1.05%
80,470
1.22%
Total Polled
52,880
84.44%
762,021
76.88%
6,600,626
80.15%
Registered Electors
62,628
991,194
8,235,358
Parliamentary Election Results [ ]
Summary [ ]
The winner of Avissawella has matched the final country result 5 out of 7 times. Hence, Avissawella is a Weak Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.
Party
Avissawella[14]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
SLPFA
58,477
67.93%
674,603
57.04%
6,853,693
59.09%
SJB
20,308
23.59%
387,145
32.73%
2,771,984
23.9%
JJB
3,761
4.37%
67,600
5.72%
445,958
3.84%
UNP
1,712
1.99%
30,875
2.61%
249,435
2.15%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
1,823
2.12%
22,553
1.9%
1,227,859
11.02%
Valid Votes
86,081
70.41%
1,182,776
69.2%
11,598,936
71.32%
Rejected Votes
6,907
5.65%
81,034
4.74%
744,373
4.58%
Total Polled
92,988
76.06%
1,263,810
73.94%
12,343,309
75.89%
Registered Electors
122,257
1,709,209
16,263,885
Party
Avissawella[15]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UPFA
42,895
49.38%
474,063
39.25%
4,732,664
42.48%
UNP
39,106
45.02%
640,743
53.04%
5,098,916
45.77%
JVP
4,346
5.00%
81,391
6.74%
544,154
4.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
513
0.59%
11,752
0.97%
93,045
0.84%
Valid Votes
86,860
95.50%
1,207,949
96.46%
11,140,333
95.35%
Rejected Votes
4,044
4.45%
43,372
3.46%
516,926
4.42%
Total Polled
90,952
77.42%
1,252,271
78.93%
11,684,111
77.66%
Registered Electors
117,472
1,586,598
15,044,490
Party
Avissawella[16]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UPFA
42,259
65.27%
480,896
51.23%
4,846,388
60.38%
UNP
16,730
25.84%
339,750
36.19%
2,357,057
29.37%
DNA
5,432
8.39%
110,683
11.79%
441,251
5.50%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
327
0.51%
7,292
0.78%
48,240
0.60%
Valid Votes
64,748
93.79%
938,723
94.85%
8,026,322
96.03%
Rejected Votes
4,225
6.12%
50,354
5.09%
581,465
6.96%
Total Polled
69,035
63.84%
989,729
64.17%
8,358,246
59.29%
Registered Electors
108,138
1,542,457
14,097,690
Party
Avissawella[17]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UPFA
37,380
51.57%
414,688
39.20%
4,223,126
45.70%
UNP
28,607
39.46%
441,841
41.77%
3,486,792
37.73%
JHU
5,952
8.21%
190,618
18.02%
552,723
5.98%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
552
0.76%
10,713
1.01%
90,868
0.98%
Valid Votes
72,491
95.39%
1,057,860
96.47%
9,241,931
94.52%
Rejected Votes
3,491
4.59%
38,605
3.52%
534,452
5.47%
Total Polled
75,991
77.53%
1,096,571
74.71%
9,777,821
75.74%
Registered Electors
98,012
1,467,751
12,909,631
Party
Avissawella[18]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
32,784
46.46%
546,417
51.62%
4,086,026
45.62%
PA
29,176
41.35%
353,401
33.39%
3,330,815
37.19%
JVP
7,121
10.09%
117,404
11.09%
815,353
9.10%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
1,484
2.10%
41,259
3.90%
561,281
6.27%
Valid Votes
70,565
95.50%
1,058,481
96.28%
8,955,844
94.77%
Rejected Votes
3,324
4.50%
40,901
3.72%
494,009
5.23%
Total Polled
73,889
78.92%
1,099,382
76.31%
9,449,878
76.03%
Registered Electors
93,630
1,440,682
12,428,762
Party
Avissawella[19]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
PA
33,986
49.88%
394,146
38.86%
3,899,329
45.33%
UNP
26,671
39.15%
440,684
43.45%
3,451,765
40.12%
JVP
4,434
6.51%
78,133
7.70%
518,725
6.03%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
1,121
1.65%
46,998
4.63%
352,098
4.09%
SU
1,086
1.59%
49,671
4.90%
127,859
1.49%
CWC
832
1.22%
4,588
0.45%
22,985
0.27%
Valid Votes
68,130
N/A
1,014,220
N/A
8,602,617
N/A
Party
Avissawella[20]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
28,768
46.30%
385,100
41.77%
3,498,370
44.04%
PA
20,782
33.45%
469,642
50.94%
3,887,805
48.94%
MEP
11,846
19.07%
42,734
4.64%
68,538
0.86%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
738
1.19%
24,457
2.65%
142,073
1.79%
Valid Votes
62,134
95.57%
921,933
96.18%
7,943,688
95.20%
Rejected Votes
2,882
4.43%
36,635
3.82%
400,395
4.80%
Total Polled
65,016
80.06%
958,568
76.04%
8,344,095
74.75%
Registered Electors
81,213
1,260,686
11,163,064
Party
Avissawella[21]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
23,462
47.23%
374,530
51.67%
2,838,005
50.71%
MEP
20,225
40.71%
76,966
10.62%
90,480
1.62%
SLFP
4,131
8.32%
205,053
28.29%
1,785,369
31.90%
ELJP
1,172
2.36%
7,112
0.98%
67,723
1.21%
USA
523
1.05%
31,873
4.40%
141,983
2.54%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
168
0.34%
29,308
4.04%
202,016
3.61%
Valid Votes
49,681
95.21%
724,842
95.36%
5,596,468
93.87%
Rejected Votes
2,500
4.79%
35,271
4.64%
365,563
6.13%
Total Polled
52,181
76.91%
760,113
69.87%
5,962,031
63.60%
Registered Electors
67,851
1,087,891
9,374,164
Demographics [ ]
Ethnicity [ ]
The Avissawella Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (90.9%) . In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District (which contains the Avissawella 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 Avissawella[1]
Other (0.2%)
Religion [ ]
The Avissawella Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (86.3%) . In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District (which contains the Avissawella Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (70.2%) and a significant Muslim population (11.8%) [1]
Religion in Avissawella[1]
Other (0.0%)
References [ ]