Polling Division in Sri Lanka
6°53′15″N 79°52′34″E / 6.887472°N 79.876029°E / 6.887472; 79.876029 Country Sri Lanka Province Western Province, Sri Lanka Electoral District Colombo Electoral District Area
• Total 9.13 km2 (3.53 sq mi) Population • Total 93,260 • Density 10,215/km2 (26,460/sq mi) ISO 3166 code EC-01D The Colombo East 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 East has matched the final country result 4 out of 8 times.
Party Colombo East[4] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NDF 28,599 55.81% 559,921 40.92% 5,564,239 41.99% SLPP 19,619 38.28% 727,713 53.19% 6,924,255 52.25% NMPP 1,750 3.41% 53,803 3.93% 418,553 3.16% Other Parties (with < 1%) 706 1.38% 16,405 1.20% 295,797 2.23% NPP 571 1.11% 10,335 0.76% 49,655 0.37% Valid Votes 51,245 98.60% 1,368,177 98.89% 13,252,499 98.99% Rejected Votes 727 1.40% 15,333 1.11% 135,452 1.01% Total Polled 51,972 79.47% 1,383,510 82.82% 13,387,951 83.71% Registered Electors 65,398 1,670,403 15,992,568
Party Colombo East[5] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NDF 35,167 67.45% 725,073 55.93% 6,217,162 51.28% UPFA 16,601 31.84% 562,614 43.40% 5,768,090 47.58% Other Parties (with < 1%) 369 0.71% 8,673 0.67% 138,200 1.14% Valid Votes 52,137 98.73% 1,296,360 98.83% 12,123,452 98.85% Rejected Votes 668 1.27% 15,334 1.17% 140,925 1.15% Total Polled 52,805 78.88% 1,311,694 81.34% 12,264,377 78.69% Registered Electors 66,941 1,612,660 15,585,942
Party Colombo East[6] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NDF 28,334 58.67% 533,022 45.90% 4,173,185 40.15% UPFA 19,107 39.56% 614,740 52.93% 6,015,934 57.88% Other Parties (with < 1%) 854 1.77% 13,620 1.17% 204,494 1.97% Valid Votes 48,295 98.57% 1,161,382 99.03% 10,393,613 99.03% Rejected Votes 699 1.43% 11,394 0.97% 101,838 0.97% Total Polled 48,994 71.38% 1,172,776 76.09% 10,495,451 66.70% Registered Electors 68,643 1,541,242 15,734,587
Party Colombo East[7] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 28,832 62.40% 569,627 51.12% 4,706,366 48.43% UPFA 16,919 36.62% 534,431 47.96% 4,887,152 50.29% Other Parties (with < 1%) 455 0.98% 10,192 0.91% 123,521 1.27% Valid Votes 46,206 98.52% 1,114,250 98.86% 9,717,039 98.88% Rejected Votes 694 1.48% 12,879 1.14% 109,869 1.12% Total Polled 46,900 71.35% 1,127,129 75.85% 9,826,908 69.51% Registered Electors 65,732 1,486,021 14,136,979
Party Colombo East[8] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 22,281 52.09% 425,185 44.08% 3,602,748 42.71% PA 17,777 41.56% 474,310 49.18% 4,312,157 51.12% JVP 1,486 3.47% 44,009 4.56% 343,927 4.08% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,226 2.87% 21,030 2.18% 176,679 2.09% Valid Votes 42,770 96.86% 964,534 97.06% 8,435,754 97.69% Rejected Votes 1,388 3.14% 29,197 2.94% 199,536 2.31% Total Polled 44,158 68.58% 993,731 73.39% 8,635,290 72.17% Registered Electors 64,386 1,354,025 11,965,536
Party Colombo East[9] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 23,867 63.79% 557,708 64.82% 4,709,205 62.28% UNP 12,806 34.23% 288,741 33.56% 2,715,283 35.91% Other Parties (with < 1%) 742 1.98% 13,937 1.62% 137,040 1.81% Valid Votes 37,415 97.80% 860,386 98.17% 7,561,526 98.03% Rejected Votes 843 2.20% 16,060 1.83% 151,706 1.97% Total Polled 38,258 67.06% 876,446 69.59% 7,713,232 69.12% Registered Electors 57,049 1,259,484 11,158,880
Party Colombo East[10] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 16,480 51.09% 361,337 49.14% 2,569,199 50.43% SLFP 13,477 41.78% 339,958 46.23% 2,289,857 44.95% SLMP 2,298 7.12% 34,020 4.63% 235,701 4.63% Valid Votes 32,255 97.98% 735,315 98.49% 5,094,754 98.24% Rejected Votes 666 2.02% 11,295 1.51% 91,499 1.76% Total Polled 32,921 64.27% 746,610 67.53% 5,186,256 55.87% Registered Electors 51,225 1,105,583 9,283,143
Party Colombo East[11] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 21,367 60.57% 436,290 57.86% 3,450,815 52.93% SLFP 11,268 31.94% 274,476 36.40% 2,546,348 39.05% JVP 1,352 3.83% 28,580 3.79% 273,428 4.19% LSSP 828 2.35% 9,655 1.28% 58,531 0.90% Other Parties (with < 1%) 462 1.31% 5,030 0.67% 190,929 2.93% Valid Votes 35,277 98.81% 754,031 98.95% 6,520,156 98.78% Rejected Votes 426 1.19% 7,990 1.05% 80,470 1.22% Total Polled 35,703 73.22% 762,021 76.88% 6,600,626 80.15% Registered Electors 48,760 991,194 8,235,358
Parliamentary Election Results
Summary The winner of Colombo East has matched the final country result 4 out of 7 times. Hence, Colombo East is a Weak Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.
Party Colombo East[12] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % SJB 20,538 46.58% 387,145 32.73% 2,771,984 23.9% SLPFA 18,007 40.84% 674,603 57.04% 6,853,693 59.09% JJB 2,595 5.89% 67,600 5.72% 445,958 3.84% UNP 1,869 4.24% 30,875 2.61% 249,435 2.15% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,083 2.45% 22,553 1.9% 1,227,859 11.02% Valid Votes 44,092 65.57% 1,182,776 69.2% 11,598,936 71.32% Rejected Votes 3,371 5.01% 81,034 4.74% 744,373 4.58% Total Polled 47,463 70.59% 1,263,810 73.94% 12,343,309 75.89% Registered Electors 67,241 1,709,209 16,263,885
Party Colombo East[13] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 31,450 65.52% 640,743 53.04% 5,098,916 45.77% UPFA 12,917 26.91% 474,063 39.25% 4,732,664 42.48% JVP 2,960 6.17% 81,391 6.74% 544,154 4.88% Other Parties (with < 1%) 674 1.40% 11,752 0.97% 93,045 0.84% Valid Votes 48,001 95.81% 1,207,949 96.46% 11,140,333 95.35% Rejected Votes 2,043 4.08% 43,372 3.46% 516,926 4.42% Total Polled 50,099 74.84% 1,252,271 78.93% 11,684,111 77.66% Registered Electors 66,941 1,586,598 15,044,490
Party Colombo East[14] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 19,241 49.36% 339,750 36.19% 2,357,057 29.37% UPFA 14,662 37.62% 480,896 51.23% 4,846,388 60.38% DNA 4,608 11.82% 110,683 11.79% 441,251 5.50% Other Parties (with < 1%) 467 1.20% 7,292 0.78% 48,240 0.60% Valid Votes 38,978 93.79% 938,723 94.85% 8,026,322 96.03% Rejected Votes 2,562 6.16% 50,354 5.09% 581,465 6.96% Total Polled 41,558 60.54% 989,729 64.17% 8,358,246 59.29% Registered Electors 68,643 1,542,457 14,097,690
Party Colombo East[15] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 23,739 52.09% 441,841 41.77% 3,486,792 37.73% UPFA 12,141 26.64% 414,688 39.20% 4,223,126 45.70% JHU 9,116 20.00% 190,618 18.02% 552,723 5.98% Other Parties (with < 1%) 577 1.27% 10,713 1.01% 90,868 0.98% Valid Votes 45,573 96.42% 1,057,860 96.47% 9,241,931 94.52% Rejected Votes 1,689 3.57% 38,605 3.52% 534,452 5.47% Total Polled 47,265 69.63% 1,096,571 74.71% 9,777,821 75.74% Registered Electors 67,885 1,467,751 12,909,631
Party Colombo East[16] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 26,636 58.23% 546,417 51.62% 4,086,026 45.62% PA 11,807 25.81% 353,401 33.39% 3,330,815 37.19% JVP 3,613 7.90% 117,404 11.09% 815,353 9.10% TULF 2,075 4.54% 12,696 1.20% 348,164 3.89% SU 962 2.10% 16,970 1.60% 50,665 0.57% Other Parties (with < 1%) 652 1.43% 11,593 1.10% 162,452 1.81% Valid Votes 45,745 96.10% 1,058,481 96.28% 8,955,844 94.77% Rejected Votes 1,855 3.90% 40,901 3.72% 494,009 5.23% Total Polled 47,600 71.33% 1,099,382 76.31% 9,449,878 76.03% Registered Electors 66,736 1,440,682 12,428,762
Party Colombo East[17] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 22,232 49.86% 440,684 43.45% 3,451,765 40.12% PA 13,922 31.22% 394,146 38.86% 3,899,329 45.33% SU 2,939 6.59% 49,671 4.90% 127,859 1.49% JVP 2,844 6.38% 78,133 7.70% 518,725 6.03% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,193 2.68% 19,281 1.90% 162,201 1.89% ACTC 927 2.08% 5,238 0.52% 27,289 0.32% NUA 534 1.20% 27,067 2.67% 185,593 2.16% Valid Votes 44,591 N/A 1,014,220 N/A 8,602,617 N/A
Party Colombo East[18] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 18,211 45.60% 469,642 50.94% 3,887,805 48.94% UNP 17,858 44.72% 385,100 41.77% 3,498,370 44.04% MEP 1,615 4.04% 42,734 4.64% 68,538 0.86% IND1 1,593 3.99% 9,251 1.00% 48,199 0.61% SLPF 493 1.23% 11,454 1.24% 90,078 1.13% Other Parties (with < 1%) 163 0.41% 3,752 0.41% 3,796 0.05% Valid Votes 39,933 96.11% 921,933 96.18% 7,943,688 95.20% Rejected Votes 1,618 3.89% 36,635 3.82% 400,395 4.80% Total Polled 41,551 72.83% 958,568 76.04% 8,344,095 74.75% Registered Electors 57,049 1,260,686 11,163,064
Party Colombo East[19] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 17,908 56.48% 374,530 51.67% 2,838,005 50.71% SLFP 8,654 27.29% 205,053 28.29% 1,785,369 31.90% USA 2,482 7.83% 31,873 4.40% 141,983 2.54% MEP 1,620 5.11% 76,966 10.62% 90,480 1.62% SLMC 680 2.14% 29,308 4.04% 202,016 3.61% ELJP 363 1.14% 7,112 0.98% 67,723 1.21% Valid Votes 31,707 95.66% 724,842 95.36% 5,596,468 93.87% Rejected Votes 1,439 4.34% 35,271 4.64% 365,563 6.13% Total Polled 33,146 66.30% 760,113 69.87% 5,962,031 63.60% Registered Electors 49,993 1,087,891 9,374,164
Demographics
Ethnicity The Colombo East Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (58.8%) and a significant Sri Lankan Tamil population (28.6%) . In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District (which contains the Colombo East 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 East[1]
Other (2.2%)
Religion The Colombo East Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (54.1%), a significant Hindu population (23.3%) and a significant Muslim population (10.7%) . In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District (which contains the Colombo East Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (70.2%) and a significant Muslim population (11.8%)[1]
Religion in Colombo East[1]
Other (0.2%)
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