Colombo West Polling Division

Colombo West
Polling Division
Map
Coordinates: 6°53′28″N 79°51′25″E / 6.891035°N 79.856927°E / 6.891035; 79.856927
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceWestern Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral DistrictColombo Electoral District
Area
 • Total
6.12 km2 (2.36 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total
54,682
 • Density8,935/km2 (23,140/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEC-01E

The Colombo West 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 West has matched the final country result 4 out of 8 times.

Year Colombo West Colombo Electoral District MAE[2] % Sri Lanka MAE[3] %
2019 NDF SLPP 29.42% SLPP 28.50%
2015 NDF NDF 22.90% NDF 27.16%
2010 NDF UPFA 27.91% UPFA 32.90%
2005 UNP UNP 27.88% UPFA 30.26%
1999 UNP PA 19.46% PA 21.10%
1994 PA PA 3.26% PA 0.82%
1988 UNP UNP 13.24% UNP 12.00%
1982 UNP UNP 18.64% UNP 21.88%
Matches/Mean MAE 4/8 7/8 20.34% 8/8 21.83%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Colombo West[4] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 21,345 73.07% 559,921 40.92% 5,564,239 41.99%
SLPP 6,644 22.74% 727,713 53.19% 6,924,255 52.25%
NMPP 647 2.21% 53,803 3.93% 418,553 3.16%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 577 1.98% 26,740 1.95% 345,452 2.61%
Valid Votes 29,213 98.46% 1,368,177 98.89% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 458 1.54% 15,333 1.11% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 29,671 73.83% 1,383,510 82.82% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 40,187 1,670,403 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Colombo West[5] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 23,915 78.99% 725,073 55.93% 6,217,162 51.28%
UPFA 6,164 20.36% 562,614 43.40% 5,768,090 47.58%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 196 0.65% 8,673 0.67% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 30,275 98.94% 1,296,360 98.83% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 325 1.06% 15,334 1.17% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 30,600 75.35% 1,311,694 81.34% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 40,609 1,612,660 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Colombo West[6] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 19,211 73.80% 533,022 45.90% 4,173,185 40.15%
UPFA 6,350 24.39% 614,740 52.93% 6,015,934 57.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 469 1.80% 13,620 1.17% 204,494 1.97%
Valid Votes 26,030 98.32% 1,161,382 99.03% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 444 1.68% 11,394 0.97% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 26,474 68.02% 1,172,776 76.09% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 38,921 1,541,242 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Colombo West[7] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 20,475 79.16% 569,627 51.12% 4,706,366 48.43%
UPFA 5,104 19.73% 534,431 47.96% 4,887,152 50.29%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 286 1.11% 10,192 0.91% 123,521 1.27%
Valid Votes 25,865 98.48% 1,114,250 98.86% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 399 1.52% 12,879 1.14% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 26,264 68.00% 1,127,129 75.85% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 38,621 1,486,021 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Colombo West[8] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 16,531 65.35% 425,185 44.08% 3,602,748 42.71%
PA 7,327 28.96% 474,310 49.18% 4,312,157 51.12%
LDA 539 2.13% 5,000 0.52% 23,668 0.28%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 495 1.96% 16,030 1.66% 153,011 1.81%
JVP 406 1.60% 44,009 4.56% 343,927 4.08%
Valid Votes 25,298 96.58% 964,534 97.06% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 896 3.42% 29,197 2.94% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 26,194 64.03% 993,731 73.39% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 40,908 1,354,025 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Colombo West[9] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 14,329 61.41% 557,708 64.82% 4,709,205 62.28%
UNP 8,557 36.67% 288,741 33.56% 2,715,283 35.91%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 446 1.91% 13,937 1.62% 137,040 1.81%
Valid Votes 23,332 98.07% 860,386 98.17% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 460 1.93% 16,060 1.83% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 23,792 64.45% 876,446 69.59% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 36,915 1,259,484 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Colombo West[10] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 14,670 62.36% 361,337 49.14% 2,569,199 50.43%
SLFP 7,473 31.77% 339,958 46.23% 2,289,857 44.95%
SLMP 1,380 5.87% 34,020 4.63% 235,701 4.63%
Valid Votes 23,523 98.57% 735,315 98.49% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 342 1.43% 11,295 1.51% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 23,865 64.12% 746,610 67.53% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 37,220 1,105,583 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Colombo West[11] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 22,115 77.52% 436,290 57.86% 3,450,815 52.93%
SLFP 4,751 16.65% 274,476 36.40% 2,546,348 39.05%
JVP 576 2.02% 28,580 3.79% 273,428 4.19%
ACTC 521 1.83% 3,022 0.40% 173,934 2.67%
LSSP 409 1.43% 9,655 1.28% 58,531 0.90%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 156 0.55% 2,008 0.27% 16,995 0.26%
Valid Votes 28,528 98.91% 754,031 98.95% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 314 1.09% 7,990 1.05% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 28,842 71.44% 762,021 76.88% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 40,375 991,194 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

The winner of Colombo West has matched the final country result 3 out of 7 times.

Year Colombo West Colombo Electoral District MAE[2] % Sri Lanka MAE[3] %
2020 SJB SLPFA SLPFA
2015 UNP UNP 24.10% UNP 27.44%
2010 UNP UPFA 23.80% UPFA 31.50%
2004 UNP UNP 24.50% UPFA 28.36%
2001 UNP UNP 14.62% UNP 18.50%
2000 UNP UNP 15.17% PA 20.00%
1994 UNP PA 12.09% PA 9.85%
1989 UNP UNP 11.47% UNP 12.57%
Matches/Mean MAE 3/8 6/8 8/8

2020 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Colombo West[12] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SJB 16,521 64.82% 387,145 32.73% 2,771,984 23.9%
SLPFA 6,294 24.69% 674,603 57.04% 6,853,693 59.09%
UNP 1,143 4.48% 30,875 2.61% 249,435 2.15%
JJB 1,074 4.21% 67,600 5.72% 445,958 3.84%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 457 1.8% 22,553 1.9% 1,227,859 11.02%
Valid Votes 25,489 60.93% 1,182,776 69.2% 11,598,936 71.32%
Rejected Votes 1,545 3.69% 81,034 4.74% 744,373 4.58%
Total Polled 27,034 64.63% 1,263,810 73.94% 12,343,309 75.89%
Registered Electors 41,831 1,709,209 16,263,885

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Colombo West[13] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 22,060 80.31% 640,743 53.04% 5,098,916 45.77%
UPFA 4,204 15.31% 474,063 39.25% 4,732,664 42.48%
JVP 875 3.19% 81,391 6.74% 544,154 4.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 328 1.19% 11,752 0.97% 93,045 0.84%
Valid Votes 27,467 95.45% 1,207,949 96.46% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 1,237 4.30% 43,372 3.46% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 28,775 70.86% 1,252,271 78.93% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 40,609 1,586,598 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Colombo West[14] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 13,056 64.33% 339,750 36.19% 2,357,057 29.37%
UPFA 5,169 25.47% 480,896 51.23% 4,846,388 60.38%
DNA 1,675 8.25% 110,683 11.79% 441,251 5.50%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 394 1.94% 7,292 0.78% 48,240 0.60%
Valid Votes 20,294 93.98% 938,723 94.85% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 1,283 5.94% 50,354 5.09% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 21,594 55.48% 989,729 64.17% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 38,921 1,542,457 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Colombo West[15] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 19,084 73.65% 441,841 41.77% 3,486,792 37.73%
UPFA 3,613 13.94% 414,688 39.20% 4,223,126 45.70%
JHU 2,824 10.90% 190,618 18.02% 552,723 5.98%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 390 1.51% 10,713 1.01% 90,868 0.98%
Valid Votes 25,911 96.74% 1,057,860 96.47% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 869 3.24% 38,605 3.52% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 26,783 66.61% 1,096,571 74.71% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 40,209 1,467,751 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Colombo West[16] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 18,020 66.03% 546,417 51.62% 4,086,026 45.62%
PA 4,053 14.85% 353,401 33.39% 3,330,815 37.19%
TULF 3,499 12.82% 12,696 1.20% 348,164 3.89%
JVP 926 3.39% 117,404 11.09% 815,353 9.10%
SU 396 1.45% 16,970 1.60% 50,665 0.57%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 395 1.45% 11,593 1.10% 162,452 1.81%
Valid Votes 27,289 96.61% 1,058,481 96.28% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 959 3.39% 40,901 3.72% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 28,248 67.40% 1,099,382 76.31% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 41,908 1,440,682 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Colombo West[17] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 15,480 59.79% 440,684 43.45% 3,451,765 40.12%
PA 4,999 19.31% 394,146 38.86% 3,899,329 45.33%
SU 1,418 5.48% 49,671 4.90% 127,859 1.49%
ACTC 1,371 5.30% 5,238 0.52% 27,289 0.32%
NUA 925 3.57% 27,067 2.67% 185,593 2.16%
JVP 709 2.74% 78,133 7.70% 518,725 6.03%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 698 2.70% 14,693 1.45% 139,216 1.62%
CWC 289 1.12% 4,588 0.45% 22,985 0.27%
Valid Votes 25,889 N/A 1,014,220 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Colombo West[18] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 12,983 51.06% 385,100 41.77% 3,498,370 44.04%
PA 8,977 35.31% 469,642 50.94% 3,887,805 48.94%
IND1 2,813 11.06% 9,251 1.00% 48,199 0.61%
MEP 462 1.82% 42,734 4.64% 68,538 0.86%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 190 0.75% 15,206 1.65% 93,874 1.18%
Valid Votes 25,425 96.87% 921,933 96.18% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 821 3.13% 36,635 3.82% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 26,246 71.10% 958,568 76.04% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 36,915 1,260,686 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Colombo West[19] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 15,265 66.25% 374,530 51.67% 2,838,005 50.71%
SLFP 4,100 17.79% 205,053 28.29% 1,785,369 31.90%
USA 1,502 6.52% 31,873 4.40% 141,983 2.54%
SLMC 1,259 5.46% 29,308 4.04% 202,016 3.61%
MEP 669 2.90% 76,966 10.62% 90,480 1.62%
ELJP 247 1.07% 7,112 0.98% 67,723 1.21%
Valid Votes 23,042 96.04% 724,842 95.36% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 949 3.96% 35,271 4.64% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 23,991 65.16% 760,113 69.87% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 36,820 1,087,891 9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Colombo West Polling Division has a Sri Lankan Tamil plurality (40.2%), a significant Sinhalese population (34.1%) and a significant Moor population (19.2%) In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District (which contains the Colombo West 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 West[1]

  Sri Lankan Tamil (40.2%)
  Sinhalese (34.1%)
  Moor (19.2%)
  Indian Tamil (2.6%)
  Other (2.0%)
  Other (1.8%)

Religion

The Colombo West Polling Division has a Hindu plurality (36.3%), a significant Buddhist population (27.7%) and a significant Muslim population (21.6%) In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District (which contains the Colombo West Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (70.2%) and a significant Muslim population (11.8%)[1]

Religion in Colombo West[1]

  Hindu (36.3%)
  Buddhist (27.7%)
  Muslim (21.6%)
  Roman Catholic (8.3%)
  Other Christian (5.6%)
  Other (0.4%)

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. ^ a b The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Colombo West and the Colombo Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  3. ^ a b The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Colombo West 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.
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  14. ^ "2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2010.
  15. ^ "2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2004.
  16. ^ "2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2001.
  17. ^ "2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2000.
  18. ^ "1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1994.
  19. ^ "1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1989.