Colombo Central Polling Division

Colombo Central
Polling Division
Location of Colombo Central
Coordinates: 6°56′32″N 79°50′49″E / 6.942177°N 79.846815°E / 6.942177; 79.846815
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceWestern Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral DistrictColombo Electoral District
Area
 • Total
13.75 km2 (5.31 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total
201,620
 • Density14,663/km2 (37,980/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEC-01B

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.

Year Colombo Central Colombo Electoral District MAE[2] % Sri Lanka MAE[3] %
2019 NDF SLPP 35.80% SLPP 34.89%
2015 NDF NDF 25.41% NDF 29.69%
2010 NDF UPFA 29.70% UPFA 34.67%
2005 UNP UNP 27.30% UPFA 29.68%
1999 UNP PA 13.70% PA 15.28%
1994 PA PA 3.19% PA 0.77%
1988 UNP UNP 16.08% UNP 14.84%
1982 UNP UNP 13.42% UNP 16.73%
Matches/Mean MAE 4/8 7/8 20.57% 8/8 22.07%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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.

Year Colombo Central Colombo Electoral District MAE[12] % Sri Lanka MAE[13] %
2024 NPP NPP - NPP -
2020 SJB SLPFA - SLPFA -
2015 UNP UNP 27.74% UNP 30.84%
2010 UNP UPFA 22.86% UPFA 30.37%
2004 UNP UNP 22.52% UPFA 25.73%
2001 UNP UNP 18.13% UNP 21.21%
2000 UNP UNP 13.57% PA 18.28%
1994 UNP PA 8.18% PA 6.13%
1989 UNP UNP 8.63% UNP 9.76%
Matches/Mean MAE 4/9 7/9 - 9/9 -

2020 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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]

  Moor (52.0%)
  Sri Lankan Tamil (24.2%)
  Sinhalese (20.0%)
  Indian Tamil (1.6%)
  Malay (1.6%)
  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]

  Muslim (54.0%)
  Buddhist (18.2%)
  Hindu (17.6%)
  Roman Catholic (8.2%)
  Other Christian (1.9%)
  Other (0.1%)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Census of Population and Housing 2012". statistics.gov.lk. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. 2012.
  2. ^ The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Colombo Central and the Colombo Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  3. ^ The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Colombo Central and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  4. ^ "2019 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  5. ^ "2015 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2015. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  6. ^ "2010 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2010. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  7. ^ "2005 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2005. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  8. ^ "1999 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1999. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  9. ^ "1994 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1994. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  10. ^ "1988 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1988. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  11. ^ "1982 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1982. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  12. ^ The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Colombo Central and the Colombo Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  13. ^ The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Colombo Central and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  14. ^ "2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2020.
  15. ^ "2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2015.
  16. ^ "2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2010.
  17. ^ "2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2004.
  18. ^ "2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2001.
  19. ^ "2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2000.
  20. ^ "1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1994.
  21. ^ "1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1989.