Polling Division in Sri Lanka
6°55′21″N 79°52′31″E / 6.922636°N 79.875391°E / 6.922636; 79.875391 Country Sri Lanka Province Western Province, Sri Lanka Electoral District Colombo Electoral District Area
• Total 8.19 km2 (3.16 sq mi) Population • Total 89,806 • Density 10,965/km2 (28,400/sq mi) ISO 3166 code EC-01C The Borella Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Colombo Electoral District, in the Western Province, Sri Lanka .
Presidential Election Results
Summary The winner of Borella has matched the final country result 4 out of 8 times.
Party Borella[4] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NDF 27,436 56.28% 559,921 40.92% 5,564,239 41.99% SLPP 18,850 38.67% 727,713 53.19% 6,924,255 52.25% NMPP 1,500 3.08% 53,803 3.93% 418,553 3.16% Other Parties (with < 1%) 966 1.98% 26,740 1.95% 345,452 2.61% Valid Votes 48,752 98.64% 1,368,177 98.89% 13,252,499 98.99% Rejected Votes 672 1.36% 15,333 1.11% 135,452 1.01% Total Polled 49,424 80.80% 1,383,510 82.82% 13,387,951 83.71% Registered Electors 61,169 1,670,403 15,992,568
Party Borella[5] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NDF 31,469 66.97% 725,073 55.93% 6,217,162 51.28% UPFA 15,148 32.24% 562,614 43.40% 5,768,090 47.58% Other Parties (with < 1%) 373 0.79% 8,673 0.67% 138,200 1.14% Valid Votes 46,990 98.85% 1,296,360 98.83% 12,123,452 98.85% Rejected Votes 547 1.15% 15,334 1.17% 140,925 1.15% Total Polled 47,537 79.08% 1,311,694 81.34% 12,264,377 78.69% Registered Electors 60,109 1,612,660 15,585,942
Party Borella[6] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NDF 23,636 57.46% 533,022 45.90% 4,173,185 40.15% UPFA 16,909 41.11% 614,740 52.93% 6,015,934 57.88% Other Parties (with < 1%) 587 1.43% 13,620 1.17% 204,494 1.97% Valid Votes 41,132 98.70% 1,161,382 99.03% 10,393,613 99.03% Rejected Votes 543 1.30% 11,394 0.97% 101,838 0.97% Total Polled 41,675 70.93% 1,172,776 76.09% 10,495,451 66.70% Registered Electors 58,757 1,541,242 15,734,587
Party Borella[7] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 25,784 61.67% 569,627 51.12% 4,706,366 48.43% UPFA 15,644 37.42% 534,431 47.96% 4,887,152 50.29% Other Parties (with < 1%) 381 0.91% 10,192 0.91% 123,521 1.27% Valid Votes 41,809 98.93% 1,114,250 98.86% 9,717,039 98.88% Rejected Votes 453 1.07% 12,879 1.14% 109,869 1.12% Total Polled 42,262 69.65% 1,127,129 75.85% 9,826,908 69.51% Registered Electors 60,678 1,486,021 14,136,979
Party Borella[8] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 19,151 50.12% 425,185 44.08% 3,602,748 42.71% PA 17,023 44.55% 474,310 49.18% 4,312,157 51.12% JVP 1,289 3.37% 44,009 4.56% 343,927 4.08% Other Parties (with < 1%) 750 1.96% 21,030 2.18% 176,679 2.09% Valid Votes 38,213 97.31% 964,534 97.06% 8,435,754 97.69% Rejected Votes 1,058 2.69% 29,197 2.94% 199,536 2.31% Total Polled 39,271 70.97% 993,731 73.39% 8,635,290 72.17% Registered Electors 55,338 1,354,025 11,965,536
Party Borella[9] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 20,837 60.38% 557,708 64.82% 4,709,205 62.28% UNP 13,162 38.14% 288,741 33.56% 2,715,283 35.91% Other Parties (with < 1%) 513 1.49% 13,937 1.62% 137,040 1.81% Valid Votes 34,512 98.24% 860,386 98.17% 7,561,526 98.03% Rejected Votes 617 1.76% 16,060 1.83% 151,706 1.97% Total Polled 35,129 67.55% 876,446 69.59% 7,713,232 69.12% Registered Electors 52,007 1,259,484 11,158,880
Party Borella[10] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 16,452 52.67% 361,337 49.14% 2,569,199 50.43% SLFP 13,083 41.88% 339,958 46.23% 2,289,857 44.95% SLMP 1,702 5.45% 34,020 4.63% 235,701 4.63% Valid Votes 31,237 98.43% 735,315 98.49% 5,094,754 98.24% Rejected Votes 499 1.57% 11,295 1.51% 91,499 1.76% Total Polled 31,736 66.23% 746,610 67.53% 5,186,256 55.87% Registered Electors 47,917 1,105,583 9,283,143
Party Borella[11] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 21,383 62.93% 436,290 57.86% 3,450,815 52.93% SLFP 10,946 32.22% 274,476 36.40% 2,546,348 39.05% JVP 1,058 3.11% 28,580 3.79% 273,428 4.19% LSSP 395 1.16% 9,655 1.28% 58,531 0.90% Other Parties (with < 1%) 195 0.57% 5,030 0.67% 190,929 2.93% Valid Votes 33,977 99.11% 754,031 98.95% 6,520,156 98.78% Rejected Votes 305 0.89% 7,990 1.05% 80,470 1.22% Total Polled 34,282 72.75% 762,021 76.88% 6,600,626 80.15% Registered Electors 47,123 991,194 8,235,358
Parliamentary Election Results
Summary The winner of Borella has matched the final country result 3 out of 7 times.
Party Borella[14] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % SJB 20,450 48.31% 387,145 32.73% 2,771,984 23.9% SLPFA 17,680 41.76% 674,603 57.04% 6,853,693 59.09% JJB 1,931 4.56% 67,600 5.72% 445,958 3.84% UNP 1,500 3.54% 30,875 2.61% 249,435 2.15% Other Parties (with < 1%) 774 1.83% 22,553 1.9% 1,227,859 11.02% Valid Votes 42,335 68.4% 1,182,776 69.2% 11,598,936 71.32% Rejected Votes 3,573 5.71% 81,034 4.74% 744,373 4.58% Total Polled 45,872 74.11% 1,263,810 73.94% 12,343,309 75.89% Registered Electors 61,897 1,709,209 16,263,885
Party Borella[15] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 28,968 66.29% 640,743 53.04% 5,098,916 45.77% UPFA 11,842 27.10% 474,063 39.25% 4,732,664 42.48% JVP 2,282 5.22% 81,391 6.74% 544,154 4.88% Other Parties (with < 1%) 610 1.40% 11,752 0.97% 93,045 0.84% Valid Votes 43,702 95.76% 1,207,949 96.46% 11,140,333 95.35% Rejected Votes 1,902 4.17% 43,372 3.46% 516,926 4.42% Total Polled 45,638 75.93% 1,252,271 78.93% 11,684,111 77.66% Registered Electors 60,109 1,586,598 15,044,490
Party Borella[16] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 16,421 48.14% 339,750 36.19% 2,357,057 29.37% UPFA 13,662 40.05% 480,896 51.23% 4,846,388 60.38% DNA 3,619 10.61% 110,683 11.79% 441,251 5.50% Other Parties (with < 1%) 411 1.20% 7,182 0.77% 47,940 0.60% Valid Votes 34,113 94.34% 938,723 94.85% 8,026,322 96.03% Rejected Votes 1,998 5.53% 50,354 5.09% 581,465 6.96% Total Polled 36,160 61.54% 989,729 64.17% 8,358,246 59.29% Registered Electors 58,757 1,542,457 14,097,690
Party Borella[17] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 21,543 52.70% 441,841 41.77% 3,486,792 37.73% UPFA 12,484 30.54% 414,688 39.20% 4,223,126 45.70% JHU 6,360 15.56% 190,618 18.02% 552,723 5.98% Other Parties (with < 1%) 493 1.21% 10,713 1.01% 90,868 0.98% Valid Votes 40,880 96.53% 1,057,860 96.47% 9,241,931 94.52% Rejected Votes 1,457 3.44% 38,605 3.52% 534,452 5.47% Total Polled 42,350 67.52% 1,096,571 74.71% 9,777,821 75.74% Registered Electors 62,722 1,467,751 12,909,631
Party Borella[18] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 24,349 58.83% 546,417 51.62% 4,086,026 45.62% PA 12,710 30.71% 353,401 33.39% 3,330,815 37.19% JVP 2,872 6.94% 117,404 11.09% 815,353 9.10% SU 785 1.90% 16,970 1.60% 50,665 0.57% Other Parties (with < 1%) 672 1.62% 24,289 2.29% 510,616 5.70% Valid Votes 41,388 96.28% 1,058,481 96.28% 8,955,844 94.77% Rejected Votes 1,598 3.72% 40,901 3.72% 494,009 5.23% Total Polled 42,986 70.04% 1,099,382 76.31% 9,449,878 76.03% Registered Electors 61,373 1,440,682 12,428,762
Party Borella[19] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 19,588 48.81% 440,684 43.45% 3,451,765 40.12% PA 14,025 34.95% 394,146 38.86% 3,899,329 45.33% SU 2,106 5.25% 49,671 4.90% 127,859 1.49% JVP 1,990 4.96% 78,133 7.70% 518,725 6.03% NUA 1,441 3.59% 27,067 2.67% 185,593 2.16% Other Parties (with < 1%) 980 2.44% 24,519 2.42% 189,490 2.20% Valid Votes 40,130 N/A 1,014,220 N/A 8,602,617 N/A
Party Borella[20] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 17,076 47.41% 385,100 41.77% 3,498,370 44.04% PA 16,764 46.54% 469,642 50.94% 3,887,805 48.94% MEP 1,345 3.73% 42,734 4.64% 68,538 0.86% Other Parties (with < 1%) 419 1.16% 13,003 1.41% 51,995 0.65% SLPF 414 1.15% 11,454 1.24% 90,078 1.13% Valid Votes 36,018 95.94% 921,933 96.18% 7,943,688 95.20% Rejected Votes 1,524 4.06% 36,635 3.82% 400,395 4.80% Total Polled 37,542 72.19% 958,568 76.04% 8,344,095 74.75% Registered Electors 52,007 1,260,686 11,163,064
Party Borella[21] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 17,324 56.45% 374,530 51.67% 2,838,005 50.71% SLFP 8,721 28.42% 205,053 28.29% 1,785,369 31.90% USA 1,745 5.69% 31,873 4.40% 141,983 2.54% SLMC 1,604 5.23% 29,308 4.04% 202,016 3.61% MEP 1,040 3.39% 76,966 10.62% 90,480 1.62% Other Parties (with < 1%) 254 0.83% 7,112 0.98% 67,723 1.21% Valid Votes 30,688 95.34% 724,842 95.36% 5,596,468 93.87% Rejected Votes 1,501 4.66% 35,271 4.64% 365,563 6.13% Total Polled 32,189 68.23% 760,113 69.87% 5,962,031 63.60% Registered Electors 47,174 1,087,891 9,374,164
Demographics
Ethnicity The Borella Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (57.8%), a significant Sri Lankan Tamil population (19.9%) and a significant Moor population (19.1%) . In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District (which contains the Borella 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 Borella[1]
Other (1.9%)
Religion The Borella Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (53.7%), a significant Muslim population (21.8%) and a significant Hindu population (13.2%) . In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District (which contains the Borella Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (70.2%) and a significant Muslim population (11.8%) [1]
Religion in Borella[1]
Other (0.1%)
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