Polling Division in Sri Lanka
The Colombo Central Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Colombo Electoral District , in the Western Province, Sri Lanka .
Presidential Election Results [ ]
Summary [ ]
The winner of Colombo Central has matched the final country result 4 out of 8 times.
Party
Colombo Central[4]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
NDF
80,076
80.33%
559,921
40.92%
5,564,239
41.99%
SLPP
16,341
16.39%
727,713
53.19%
6,924,255
52.25%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
1,735
1.74%
26,740
1.95%
345,452
2.61%
NMPP
1,528
1.53%
53,803
3.93%
418,553
3.16%
Valid Votes
99,680
98.85%
1,368,177
98.89%
13,252,499
98.99%
Rejected Votes
1,156
1.15%
15,333
1.11%
135,452
1.01%
Total Polled
100,836
81.09%
1,383,510
82.82%
13,387,951
83.71%
Registered Electors
124,354
1,670,403
15,992,568
Party
Colombo Central[5]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
NDF
82,495
81.28%
725,073
55.93%
6,217,162
51.28%
UPFA
17,779
17.52%
562,614
43.40%
5,768,090
47.58%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
1,223
1.20%
8,673
0.67%
138,200
1.14%
Valid Votes
101,497
98.80%
1,296,360
98.83%
12,123,452
98.85%
Rejected Votes
1,237
1.20%
15,334
1.17%
140,925
1.15%
Total Polled
102,734
78.14%
1,311,694
81.34%
12,264,377
78.69%
Registered Electors
131,482
1,612,660
15,585,942
Party
Colombo Central[6]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
NDF
73,152
75.55%
533,022
45.90%
4,173,185
40.15%
UPFA
21,824
22.54%
614,740
52.93%
6,015,934
57.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
1,850
1.91%
13,620
1.17%
204,494
1.97%
Valid Votes
96,826
98.66%
1,161,382
99.03%
10,393,613
99.03%
Rejected Votes
1,320
1.34%
11,394
0.97%
101,838
0.97%
Total Polled
98,146
70.19%
1,172,776
76.09%
10,495,451
66.70%
Registered Electors
139,822
1,541,242
15,734,587
Party
Colombo Central[7]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
78,908
78.57%
569,627
51.12%
4,706,366
48.43%
UPFA
20,395
20.31%
534,431
47.96%
4,887,152
50.29%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
1,121
1.12%
10,192
0.91%
123,521
1.27%
Valid Votes
100,424
98.42%
1,114,250
98.86%
9,717,039
98.88%
Rejected Votes
1,616
1.58%
12,879
1.14%
109,869
1.12%
Total Polled
102,040
70.41%
1,127,129
75.85%
9,826,908
69.51%
Registered Electors
144,916
1,486,021
14,136,979
Party
Colombo Central[8]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
59,234
60.11%
425,185
44.08%
3,602,748
42.71%
PA
35,416
35.94%
474,310
49.18%
4,312,157
51.12%
JVP
1,955
1.98%
44,009
4.56%
343,927
4.08%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
1,930
1.96%
21,030
2.18%
176,679
2.09%
Valid Votes
98,535
97.42%
964,534
97.06%
8,435,754
97.69%
Rejected Votes
2,605
2.58%
29,197
2.94%
199,536
2.31%
Total Polled
101,140
70.24%
993,731
73.39%
8,635,290
72.17%
Registered Electors
143,993
1,354,025
11,965,536
Party
Colombo Central[9]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
PA
56,219
61.78%
557,708
64.82%
4,709,205
62.28%
UNP
33,824
37.17%
288,741
33.56%
2,715,283
35.91%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
956
1.05%
13,937
1.62%
137,040
1.81%
Valid Votes
90,999
97.83%
860,386
98.17%
7,561,526
98.03%
Rejected Votes
2,020
2.17%
16,060
1.83%
151,706
1.97%
Total Polled
93,019
66.91%
876,446
69.59%
7,713,232
69.12%
Registered Electors
139,012
1,259,484
11,158,880
Party
Colombo Central[10]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
58,795
65.77%
361,337
49.14%
2,569,199
50.43%
SLFP
26,083
29.18%
339,958
46.23%
2,289,857
44.95%
SLMP
4,521
5.06%
34,020
4.63%
235,701
4.63%
Valid Votes
89,399
98.27%
735,315
98.49%
5,094,754
98.24%
Rejected Votes
1,572
1.73%
11,295
1.51%
91,499
1.76%
Total Polled
90,971
67.93%
746,610
67.53%
5,186,256
55.87%
Registered Electors
133,920
1,105,583
9,283,143
Party
Colombo Central[11]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
68,346
72.81%
436,290
57.86%
3,450,815
52.93%
SLFP
22,061
23.50%
274,476
36.40%
2,546,348
39.05%
JVP
2,121
2.26%
28,580
3.79%
273,428
4.19%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
1,335
1.42%
14,685
1.95%
249,460
3.83%
Valid Votes
93,863
99.22%
754,031
98.95%
6,520,156
98.78%
Rejected Votes
740
0.78%
7,990
1.05%
80,470
1.22%
Total Polled
94,603
74.23%
762,021
76.88%
6,600,626
80.15%
Registered Electors
127,452
991,194
8,235,358
Parliamentary Election Results [ ]
Summary [ ]
The winner of Colombo Central has matched the final country result 3 out of 7 times.
Party
Colombo Central[14]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
SJB
64,692
73.39%
387,145
32.73%
2,771,984
23.9%
SLPFA
16,688
18.93%
674,603
57.04%
6,853,693
59.09%
UNP
2,978
3.38%
30,875
2.61%
249,435
2.15%
JJB
1,912
2.17%
67,600
5.72%
445,958
3.84%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
1,873
2.13%
22,553
1.9%
1,227,859
11.02%
Valid Votes
88,143
69.94%
1,182,776
93.59%
11,598,929
93.97%
Rejected Votes
8,955
7.11%
81,034
6.41%
744,373
6.03%
Total Polled
97,098
77.05%
1,263,810
73.94%
12,343,302
75.89%
Registered Electors
126,022
1,709,209
16,263,885
Party
Colombo Central[15]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
79,968
84.73%
640,743
53.04%
5,098,916
45.77%
UPFA
11,489
12.17%
474,063
39.25%
4,732,664
42.48%
JVP
2,109
2.23%
81,391
6.74%
544,154
4.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
815
0.86%
11,752
0.97%
93,045
0.84%
Valid Votes
94,381
94.56%
1,207,949
96.46%
11,140,333
95.35%
Rejected Votes
5,332
5.34%
43,372
3.46%
516,926
4.42%
Total Polled
99,809
75.91%
1,252,271
78.93%
11,684,111
77.66%
Registered Electors
131,482
1,586,598
15,044,490
Party
Colombo Central[16]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
51,421
63.80%
339,750
36.19%
2,357,057
29.37%
UPFA
21,794
27.04%
480,896
51.23%
4,846,388
60.38%
DNA
6,243
7.75%
110,683
11.79%
441,251
5.50%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
1,135
1.41%
7,292
0.78%
48,240
0.60%
Valid Votes
80,593
92.32%
938,723
94.85%
8,026,322
96.03%
Rejected Votes
6,606
7.57%
50,354
5.09%
581,465
6.96%
Total Polled
87,297
62.43%
989,729
64.17%
8,358,246
59.29%
Registered Electors
139,822
1,542,457
14,097,690
Party
Colombo Central[17]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
71,599
71.51%
441,841
41.77%
3,486,792
37.73%
UPFA
17,681
17.66%
414,688
39.20%
4,223,126
45.70%
JHU
8,881
8.87%
190,618
18.02%
552,723
5.98%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
1,968
1.97%
10,713
1.01%
90,868
0.98%
Valid Votes
100,129
94.83%
1,057,860
96.47%
9,241,931
94.52%
Rejected Votes
5,451
5.16%
38,605
3.52%
534,452
5.47%
Total Polled
105,593
68.67%
1,096,571
74.71%
9,777,821
75.74%
Registered Electors
153,763
1,467,751
12,909,631
Party
Colombo Central[18]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
80,318
75.08%
546,417
51.62%
4,086,026
45.62%
PA
19,149
17.90%
353,401
33.39%
3,330,815
37.19%
JVP
3,883
3.63%
117,404
11.09%
815,353
9.10%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
1,971
1.84%
28,563
2.70%
213,117
2.38%
TULF
1,649
1.54%
12,696
1.20%
348,164
3.89%
Valid Votes
106,970
94.94%
1,058,481
96.28%
8,955,844
94.77%
Rejected Votes
5,700
5.06%
40,901
3.72%
494,009
5.23%
Total Polled
112,670
70.68%
1,099,382
76.31%
9,449,878
76.03%
Registered Electors
159,417
1,440,682
12,428,762
Party
Colombo Central[19]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
57,578
55.41%
440,684
43.45%
3,451,765
40.12%
PA
20,414
19.65%
394,146
38.86%
3,899,329
45.33%
NUA
16,420
15.80%
27,067
2.67%
185,593
2.16%
JVP
2,806
2.70%
78,133
7.70%
518,725
6.03%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
2,524
2.43%
17,052
1.68%
146,675
1.71%
SU
1,683
1.62%
49,671
4.90%
127,859
1.49%
CWC
1,247
1.20%
4,588
0.45%
22,985
0.27%
PP
1,236
1.19%
2,879
0.28%
19,830
0.23%
Valid Votes
103,908
N/A
1,014,220
N/A
8,602,617
N/A
Party
Colombo Central[20]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
50,136
52.38%
385,100
41.77%
3,498,370
44.04%
PA
42,060
43.95%
469,642
50.94%
3,887,805
48.94%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
1,988
2.08%
57,940
6.28%
162,412
2.04%
IND1
1,526
1.59%
9,251
1.00%
48,199
0.61%
Valid Votes
95,710
94.11%
921,933
96.18%
7,943,688
95.20%
Rejected Votes
5,995
5.89%
36,635
3.82%
400,395
4.80%
Total Polled
101,705
73.16%
958,568
76.04%
8,344,095
74.75%
Registered Electors
139,012
1,260,686
11,163,064
Party
Colombo Central[21]
Colombo Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
49,733
56.90%
374,530
51.67%
2,838,005
50.71%
SLMC
19,874
22.74%
29,308
4.04%
202,016
3.61%
SLFP
11,861
13.57%
205,053
28.29%
1,785,369
31.90%
USA
4,399
5.03%
31,873
4.40%
141,983
2.54%
MEP
1,326
1.52%
76,966
10.62%
90,480
1.62%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
205
0.23%
7,112
0.98%
67,723
1.21%
Valid Votes
87,398
93.45%
724,842
95.36%
5,596,468
93.87%
Rejected Votes
6,126
6.55%
35,271
4.64%
365,563
6.13%
Total Polled
93,524
71.05%
760,113
69.87%
5,962,031
63.60%
Registered Electors
131,624
1,087,891
9,374,164
Demographics [ ]
Ethnicity [ ]
The Colombo Central Polling Division has a Moor majority (52.0%), a significant Sri Lankan Tamil population (24.2%) and a significant Sinhalese population (20.0%) . In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District (which contains the Colombo Central 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 Colombo Central[1]
Other (0.7%)
Religion [ ]
The Colombo Central Polling Division has a Muslim majority (54.0%), a significant Buddhist population (18.2%) and a significant Hindu population (17.6%) . In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District (which contains the Colombo Central Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (70.2%) and a significant Muslim population (11.8%) [1]
Religion in Colombo Central[1]
Other (0.1%)
References [ ]