Polling Division in Sri Lanka
6°53′01″N 80°08′35″E / 6.883521°N 80.143088°E / 6.883521; 80.143088 Country Sri Lanka Province Western Province, Sri Lanka Electoral District Colombo Electoral District Area
• Total 256.81 km2 (99.15 sq mi) Population • Total 179,074 • Density 697/km2 (1,810/sq mi) ISO 3166 code EC-01K 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%)
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