Colombo Electoral District

Colombo Electoral District is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Colombo in the Western province. The district currently elects 19 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 1,765,351 registered electors in 2024. The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 01.

Polling Divisions The Colombo Electoral District consists of the following polling divisions:

A: Colombo North

B: Colombo Central

C: Borella

D: Colombo East

E: Colombo West

F: Dehiwala

G: Ratmalana

H: Kolonnawa

I: Kotte

J: Kaduwela

K: Avissawella

L: Homagama

M: Maharagama

N: Kesbewa

O: Moratuwa

Presidential Elections

1982 presidential election Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982:

CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%   J. R. Jayewardene UNP 26,648 21,383 68,346 21,367 29,380 22,115 23,730 27,981 27,963 25,576 25,221 25,129 26,967 32,096 21,280 11,108 436,290 57.86%  Hector Kobbekaduwa SLFP 23,481 10,946 22,061 11,268 10,641 4,751 13,194 23,135 25,275 26,553 21,153 14,814 23,874 22,744 14,111 6,475 274,476 36.40%  Rohana Wijeweera JVP 1,687 1,058 2,121 1,352 1,645 576 1,139 2,140 3,338 2,248 2,125 1,731 2,595 2,625 1,670 530 28,580 3.79%  Colvin R. de Silva LSSP 238 395 415 828 361 409 695 591 569 851 504 527 946 1,137 778 411 9,655 1.28%  Kumar Ponnambalam ACTC 70 132 810 320 477 521 201 50 33 29 29 32 27 43 99 149 3,022 0.40%  Vasudeva Nanayakkara NSSP 205 63 110 142 60 156 117 205 119 150 86 108 116 137 146 88 2,008 0.27%Valid Votes 52,329 33,977 93,863 35,277 42,564 28,528 39,076 54,102 57,297 55,407 49,118 42,341 54,525 58,782 38,084 18,761 754,031 100.00%Rejected Votes 551 305 740 426 575 314 406 548 719 530 545 374 593 707 415 242 7,990 Total Polled 52,880 34,282 94,603 35,703 43,139 28,842 39,482 54,650 58,016 55,937 49,663 42,715 55,118 59,489 38,499 19,003 762,021 Registered Electors 62,628 47,123 127,452 48,760 57,534 40,375 51,622 68,955 73,006 71,002 62,523 59,048 71,597 80,297 50,269 972,191 Turnout (%) 84.44% 72.75% 74.23% 73.22% 74.98% 71.44% 76.48% 79.25% 79.47% 78.78% 79.43% 72.34% 76.98% 74.09% 76.59% 78.38%

1988 presidential election Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988:

CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%   Ranasinghe Premadasa UNP 24,292 16,452 58,795 16,480 22,389 14,670 18,326 20,810 22,872 25,549 23,895 18,834 20,770 31,546 18,409 7,248 361,337 49.14%  Sirimavo Bandaranaike SLFP 23,721 13,083 26,083 13,477 10,744 7,473 16,599 27,570 30,600 35,184 25,050 22,607 31,396 29,654 18,308 8,409 339,958 46.23%  Ossie Abeygunasekera SLPP 1,199 1,702 4,521 2,298 2,259 1,380 1,707 1,730 2,108 2,228 2,411 2,163 2,260 3,488 1,783 783 34,020 4.63%Valid Votes 49,212 31,237 89,399 32,255 35,392 23,523 36,632 50,110 55,580 62,961 51,356 43,604 54,426 64,688 38,500 16,440 735,315 100.00%Rejected Votes 570 499 1,572 666 647 342 520 679 806 879 849 563 779 977 584 363 11,295 Total Polled 49,782 31,736 90,971 32,921 36,039 23,865 37,152 50,789 56,386 63,840 52,205 44,167 55,205 65,665 39,084 16,803 746,610 Registered Electors 68,892 47,917 133,920 51,225 54,149 37,220 52,969 86,987 87,693 89,277 75,650 67,194 83,598 96,841 55,248 1,088,780 Turnout 72.26% 66.23% 67.93% 64.27% 66.56% 64.12% 70.14% 58.39% 64.30% 71.51% 69.01% 65.73% 66.04% 67.81% 70.74% 68.57%

1994 presidential election Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994:

CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%   Chandrika Kumaratunga PA 31,132 20,837 56,219 23,867 26,250 14,329 23,977 45,072 51,876 54,327 40,296 31,646 47,818 45,403 28,666 15,993 557,708 64.82%  Srima Dissanayake UNP 23,126 13,162 33,824 12,806 15,924 8,557 12,783 22,369 23,475 22,130 21,313 16,331 19,514 24,493 12,275 6,659 288,741 33.56%  Harischandra Wijayatunga SMBP 787 236 245 373 118 179 326 444 599 464 330 521 638 280 273 246 6,059 0.70%  A. J. Ranasinghe Ind 1 230 124 291 182 103 180 195 284 521 268 201 232 240 234 151 97 3,533 0.41%  Hudson Samarasinghe Ind 2 290 96 271 115 138 68 111 279 241 210 202 118 158 127 83 19 2,526 0.29%  Nihal Galappaththi SLPF 163 57 149 72 75 19 78 171 205 179 156 97 153 118 71 56 1,819 0.21%Valid Votes 55,728 34,512 90,999 37,415 42,608 23,332 37,470 68,619 76,917 77,578 62,498 48,945 68,521 70,655 41,519 23,070 860,386 100.00%Rejected Votes 1,313 617 2,020 843 947 460 614 1,102 1,445 1,159 1,120 762 1,328 988 887 455 16,060 Total Polled 57,041 35,129 93,019 38,258 43,555 23,792 38,084 69,721 78,362 78,737 63,618 49,707 69,849 71,643 42,406 23,525 876,446 Registered Electors 81,213 52,007 139,012 57,049 63,528 36,915 55,301 106,536 113,173 110,948 90,167 71,213 101,317 97,831 59,749 1,235,959 Turnout 70.24% 67.55% 66.91% 67.06% 68.56% 64.45% 68.87% 65.44% 69.24% 70.97% 70.56% 69.80% 68.94% 73.23% 70.97% 70.91%

1999 presidential election Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999:

CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%   Chandrika Kumaratunga PA 33,957 17,023 35,416 17,777 18,114 7,327 18,683 46,823 50,535 51,240 36,907 24,782 43,584 41,380 22,868 7,894 474,310 49.18%  Ranil Wickremasinghe UNP 26,903 19,151 59,234 22,281 32,714 16,531 19,126 30,859 32,951 31,302 28,681 21,455 27,338 33,017 17,572 6,070 425,185 44.08%  Nandana Gunathilake JVP 2,976 1,289 1,955 1,486 1,281 406 1,346 4,878 6,170 5,236 3,385 2,075 4,168 3,692 2,514 1,152 44,009 4.56%  Harischandra Wijayatunga SMBP 334 275 272 410 115 210 412 662 916 940 468 763 1,119 431 485 397 8,209 0.85%  Vasudeva Nanayakkara LDA 300 148 424 419 408 539 324 267 338 346 188 231 340 288 203 237 5,000 0.52%  AbdulRasool SLMP 109 119 630 109 163 92 86 91 91 71 107 47 78 76 94 17 1,980 0.21%  RajivaWijesinha LPSL 123 57 137 89 94 99 78 102 101 101 93 87 82 72 55 6 1,376 0.14%  Tennyson Edirisuriya Ind 1 113 42 104 59 86 36 44 129 112 134 113 83 117 127 60 11 1,370 0.14%  W. V. M.Ranjith Ind 2 158 57 178 61 95 17 33 140 102 105 97 37 98 96 42 3 1,319 0.14%  KamalKarunadasa PLSF 91 23 82 34 46 13 17 69 79 70 42 41 68 70 36 2 783 0.08%  Hudson Samarasinghe Ind 3 41 13 53 19 26 15 9 32 32 20 23 10 31 20 10 1 355 0.04%  Ariyawansha Dissanayaka DUNF 30 5 26 16 14 7 20 34 34 32 16 10 25 38 18 4 329 0.03%  A. W. Premawardhana PFF 47 11 24 10 11 6 16 37 29 26 13 15 33 20 7 4 309 0.03%Valid Votes 65,182 38,213 98,535 42,770 53,167 25,298 40,194 84,123 91,490 89,623 70,133 49,636 77,081 79,327 43,964 15,798 964,534 100.00%Rejected Votes 1,495 1,058 2,605 1,388 1,409 896 1,446 2,383 2,530 2,967 1,819 1,675 2,876 2,006 1,500 1,144 29,197 Total Polled 66,677 39,271 101,140 44,158 54,576 26,194 41,640 86,506 94,020 92,590 71,952 51,311 79,957 81,333 45,464 16,942 993,731 Registered Electors 87,913 55,338 143,993 64,386 77,447 40,908 58,407 116,577 126,119 121,836 96,164 70,424 108,622 105,483 63,466 1,337,083 Turnout 75.84% 70.97% 70.24% 68.58% 70.47% 64.03% 71.29% 74.21% 74.55% 76.00% 74.82% 72.86% 73.61% 77.11% 71.64% 74.32%

2005 presidential election Results of the 5th presidential election held on 17 November 2005:

CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%   Ranil Wickremasinghe UNP 36,227 25,784 78,908 28,832 45,161 20,475 24,660 43,477 47,025 42,042 40,744 27,106 36,093 43,207 23,743 6,143 569,627 51.12%  Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 41,936 15,644 20,395 16,919 14,270 5,104 18,005 64,433 65,829 66,660 40,616 26,987 53,681 48,047 25,004 10,901 534,431 47.96%  Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 281 115 448 102 270 52 67 242 192 163 178 83 103 232 92 8 2,628 0.24%  VictorHettigoda ULPP 114 80 117 159 101 129 158 184 207 192 117 117 173 143 121 62 2,174 0.20%  A. A.Suraweera NDF 209 60 189 66 112 22 57 206 236 238 166 88 138 192 76 2 2,057 0.18%  Chamil Jayaneththi NLF 88 32 71 33 59 37 34 68 59 67 47 31 52 52 36 9 775 0.07%  AnuraDe Silva ULF 66 22 93 24 39 10 20 55 54 59 34 19 41 38 26 1 601 0.05%  Arunade Soyza RPP 51 18 28 11 17 3 19 62 69 57 36 17 46 57 23 5 519 0.05%  Wimal Geeganage SLNF 33 17 37 15 20 10 13 64 42 40 27 18 26 33 22 5 422 0.04%  WijeDias SEP 36 23 37 23 27 10 19 25 43 37 24 11 35 37 17 6 410 0.04%  A. K. J. Arachchige DUA 31 10 69 13 27 5 15 44 37 33 19 20 24 34 16 1 398 0.04%  P. NelsonPerera SLPF 16 3 20 4 5 7 5 19 8 10 13 3 5 13 3 0 134 0.01%  H. S. Dharmadwaja UNAF 10 1 12 5 3 1 5 3 4 4 7 4 8 4 2 1 74 0.01%Valid Votes 79,098 41,809 100,424 46,206 60,111 25,865 43,077 108,882 113,805 109,602 82,028 54,504 90,425 92,089 49,181 17,144 1,114,250 100.00%Rejected Votes 865 453 1,616 694 939 399 369 1,035 1,209 1,110 892 516 910 975 557 340 12,879 Total Polled 79,963 42,262 102,040 46,900 61,050 26,264 43,446 109,917 115,014 110,712 82,920 55,020 91,335 93,064 49,738 17,484 1,127,129 Registered Electors 101,065 60,678 144,916 65,732 85,967 38,621 58,728 141,974 148,435 140,094 107,725 73,274 119,137 115,759 66,432 1,468,537 Turnout 79.12% 69.65% 70.41% 71.35% 71.02% 68.00% 73.98% 77.42% 77.48% 79.03% 76.97% 75.09% 76.66% 80.39% 74.87% 76.75%

2010 presidential election Results of the 6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010:

CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%   MahindaRajapaksa UPFA 53,664 16,909 21,824 19,107 17,605 6,350 19,457 80,799 76,103 77,474 46,002 29,125 59,360 52,627 26,215 12,119 614,740 52.93%  SarathFonseka NDF 28,875 23,636 73,152 28,334 42,896 19,211 24,441 39,414 45,082 40,474 39,497 26,129 35,162 37,233 22,589 6,897 533,022 45.90%  A. S. P.Liyanage SLLP 94 109 170 207 99 33 63 115 124 134 178 136 107 157 71 1 1,798 0.15%  M. C. M.Ismail DUNF 151 67 259 81 197 45 52 143 127 106 135 55 65 69 46 8 1,606 0.14%  C. J. Sugathsiri Gamage UDF 129 65 387 74 222 43 33 84 105 83 120 46 51 86 44 7 1,579 0.14%  A. A.Suraweera NDF 215 34 96 43 72 20 34 217 179 189 106 45 103 125 59 3 1,540 0.13%  W. V. M.Ranjith Ind 1 148 47 67 30 57 18 39 131 132 134 96 56 109 108 45 2 1,219 0.10%  VikramabahuKarunaratne LF 68 46 113 109 112 104 73 52 47 47 43 51 49 67 55 16 1,052 0.09%  LalPerera ONF 43 34 134 38 80 18 18 42 40 50 63 31 23 42 24 0 680 0.06%  SarathManamendra NSH 42 29 105 30 89 19 22 39 45 53 47 19 30 37 22 1 629 0.05%  UkkubandaWijekoon Ind 3 52 28 49 31 26 29 25 52 75 70 28 33 40 38 22 2 600 0.05%  M. K.Shivajilingam Ind 5 42 28 81 66 86 63 43 23 20 16 15 10 17 19 17 2 548 0.05%  Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 56 23 86 44 43 10 14 37 45 33 39 24 29 35 22 4 544 0.05%  AithurusM. Illias Ind 2 37 16 73 19 29 12 19 33 41 33 36 16 23 23 24 3 437 0.04%  WijeDias SEP 30 11 32 25 32 21 12 24 26 34 17 9 26 21 17 1 338 0.03%  Ven.BattaramullaSeelaratana Thero JP 12 7 23 14 9 1 6 18 17 19 10 8 13 8 7 4 176 0.02%  SanathPinnaduwa NA 9 7 45 13 12 5 8 10 8 7 15 4 4 12 10 0 169 0.01%  M. MohamedMusthaffa Ind 4 13 7 30 4 10 5 7 13 18 10 7 2 9 11 7 1 154 0.01%  SarathKongahage UNAF 10 7 29 14 10 8 5 7 11 7 7 6 12 4 7 0 144 0.01%  Arunade Soyza RPP 17 8 25 3 7 5 2 11 13 13 14 4 6 11 3 1 143 0.01%  Senaratnade Silva PNF 16 6 23 4 8 5 5 7 11 11 7 10 10 7 6 0 136 0.01%  M. B.Thaminimulla ACAKO 9 8 23 5 14 5 5 8 7 9 4 6 7 12 4 2 128 0.01%Valid Votes 83,732 41,132 96,826 48,295 61,715 26,030 44,383 121,279 122,276 119,006 86,486 55,825 95,255 90,752 49,316 19,074 1,161,382 100.00%Rejected Votes 689 543 1,320 699 1,022 444 465 770 850 803 893 557 768 745 512 314 11,394 Total Polled 84,421 41,675 98,146 48,994 62,737 26,474 44,848 122,049 123,126 119,809 87,379 56,382 96,023 91,497 49,828 19,388 1,172,776 Registered Electors 108,138 58,757 139,822 68,643 95,385 38,921 61,194 155,720 158,736 148,696 112,363 73,009 121,247 114,601 66,622 1,521,854 Turnout 78.07% 70.93% 70.19% 71.38% 65.77% 68.02% 73.29% 78.38% 77.57% 80.57% 77.76% 77.23% 79.20% 79.84% 74.79% 77.06%

2015 presidential election Results of the 7th presidential election held on 8 January 2015: