Polling Division in Sri Lanka
6°56′09″N 79°54′47″E / 6.935782°N 79.913140°E / 6.935782; 79.913140 Country Sri Lanka Province Western Province, Sri Lanka Electoral District Colombo Electoral District Area
• Total 27.89 km2 (10.77 sq mi) Population • Total 191,687 • Density 6,873/km2 (17,800/sq mi) ISO 3166 code EC-01H The Kolonnawa Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Colombo Electoral District, in the Western Province, Sri Lanka .
Presidential Election Results
Summary The winner of Kolonnawa has matched the final country result 6 out of 8 times. Hence, Kolonnawa is a Weak Bellwether for Presidential Elections.
Party Kolonnawa[4] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % SLPP 53,232 48.62% 727,713 53.19% 6,924,255 52.25% NDF 50,456 46.08% 559,921 40.92% 5,564,239 41.99% NMPP 3,940 3.60% 53,803 3.93% 418,553 3.16% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,867 1.71% 26,740 1.95% 345,452 2.61% Valid Votes 109,495 98.97% 1,368,177 98.89% 13,252,499 98.99% Rejected Votes 1,135 1.03% 15,333 1.11% 135,452 1.01% Total Polled 110,630 83.57% 1,383,510 82.82% 13,387,951 83.71% Registered Electors 132,381 1,670,403 15,992,568
Party Kolonnawa[5] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NDF 56,835 58.39% 725,073 55.93% 6,217,162 51.28% UPFA 39,767 40.86% 562,614 43.40% 5,768,090 47.58% Other Parties (with < 1%) 734 0.75% 8,673 0.67% 138,200 1.14% Valid Votes 97,336 98.71% 1,296,360 98.83% 12,123,452 98.85% Rejected Votes 1,275 1.29% 15,334 1.17% 140,925 1.15% Total Polled 98,611 81.76% 1,311,694 81.34% 12,264,377 78.69% Registered Electors 120,617 1,612,660 15,585,942
Party Kolonnawa[6] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 46,002 53.19% 614,740 52.93% 6,015,934 57.88% NDF 39,497 45.67% 533,022 45.90% 4,173,185 40.15% Other Parties (with < 1%) 987 1.14% 13,620 1.17% 204,494 1.97% Valid Votes 86,486 98.98% 1,161,382 99.03% 10,393,613 99.03% Rejected Votes 893 1.02% 11,394 0.97% 101,838 0.97% Total Polled 87,379 77.76% 1,172,776 76.09% 10,495,451 66.70% Registered Electors 112,363 1,541,242 15,734,587
Party Kolonnawa[7] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 40,744 49.67% 569,627 51.12% 4,706,366 48.43% UPFA 40,616 49.51% 534,431 47.96% 4,887,152 50.29% Other Parties (with < 1%) 668 0.81% 10,192 0.91% 123,521 1.27% Valid Votes 82,028 98.92% 1,114,250 98.86% 9,717,039 98.88% Rejected Votes 892 1.08% 12,879 1.14% 109,869 1.12% Total Polled 82,920 76.97% 1,127,129 75.85% 9,826,908 69.51% Registered Electors 107,725 1,486,021 14,136,979
Party Kolonnawa[8] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 36,907 52.62% 474,310 49.18% 4,312,157 51.12% UNP 28,681 40.90% 425,185 44.08% 3,602,748 42.71% JVP 3,385 4.83% 44,009 4.56% 343,927 4.08% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,160 1.65% 21,030 2.18% 176,679 2.09% Valid Votes 70,133 97.47% 964,534 97.06% 8,435,754 97.69% Rejected Votes 1,819 2.53% 29,197 2.94% 199,536 2.31% Total Polled 71,952 74.82% 993,731 73.39% 8,635,290 72.17% Registered Electors 96,164 1,354,025 11,965,536
Party Kolonnawa[9] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 40,296 64.48% 557,708 64.82% 4,709,205 62.28% UNP 21,313 34.10% 288,741 33.56% 2,715,283 35.91% Other Parties (with < 1%) 889 1.42% 13,937 1.62% 137,040 1.81% Valid Votes 62,498 98.24% 860,386 98.17% 7,561,526 98.03% Rejected Votes 1,120 1.76% 16,060 1.83% 151,706 1.97% Total Polled 63,618 70.56% 876,446 69.59% 7,713,232 69.12% Registered Electors 90,167 1,259,484 11,158,880
Party Kolonnawa[10] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % SLFP 25,050 48.78% 339,958 46.23% 2,289,857 44.95% UNP 23,895 46.53% 361,337 49.14% 2,569,199 50.43% SLMP 2,411 4.69% 34,020 4.63% 235,701 4.63% Valid Votes 51,356 98.37% 735,315 98.49% 5,094,754 98.24% Rejected Votes 849 1.63% 11,295 1.51% 91,499 1.76% Total Polled 52,205 69.01% 746,610 67.53% 5,186,256 55.87% Registered Electors 75,650 1,105,583 9,283,143
Party Kolonnawa[11] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 25,221 51.35% 436,290 57.86% 3,450,815 52.93% SLFP 21,153 43.07% 274,476 36.40% 2,546,348 39.05% JVP 2,125 4.33% 28,580 3.79% 273,428 4.19% LSSP 504 1.03% 9,655 1.28% 58,531 0.90% Other Parties (with < 1%) 115 0.23% 5,030 0.67% 190,929 2.93% Valid Votes 49,118 98.90% 754,031 98.95% 6,520,156 98.78% Rejected Votes 545 1.10% 7,990 1.05% 80,470 1.22% Total Polled 49,663 79.43% 762,021 76.88% 6,600,626 80.15% Registered Electors 62,523 991,194 8,235,358
Parliamentary Election Results
Summary The winner of Kolonnawa has matched the final country result 7 out of 7 times. Hence, Kolonnawa is a Perfect Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.
Party Kolonnawa[14] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % SLPFA 49,742 52.41% 674,603 57.04% 6,853,693 59.09% SJB 36,718 38.54% 387,145 32.73% 2,771,984 23.9% JJB 4,655 4.89% 67,600 5.72% 445,958 3.84% UNP 2,091 2.19% 30,875 2.61% 249,435 2.15% Other Parties (with < 1%) 2,066 1.97% 22,553 1.9% 1,227,859 11.02% Valid Votes 95,272 70.04% 1,182,776 69.2% 11,598,936 71.32% Rejected Votes 6,870 5.05% 81,034 4.74% 744,373 4.58% Total Polled 102,142 75.09% 1,263,810 73.94% 12,343,309 75.89% Registered Electors 136,028 1,709,209 16,263,885
Party Kolonnawa[15] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 49,196 53.77% 640,743 53.04% 5,098,916 45.77% UPFA 35,300 38.59% 474,063 39.25% 4,732,664 42.48% JVP 6,159 6.73% 81,391 6.74% 544,154 4.88% Other Parties (with < 1%) 830 0.91% 11,752 0.97% 93,045 0.84% Valid Votes 91,485 96.44% 1,207,949 96.46% 11,140,333 95.35% Rejected Votes 3,283 3.46% 43,372 3.46% 516,926 4.42% Total Polled 94,859 78.64% 1,252,271 78.93% 11,684,111 77.66% Registered Electors 120,617 1,586,598 15,044,490
Party Kolonnawa[16] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 37,782 53.56% 480,896 51.23% 4,846,388 60.38% UNP 23,949 33.95% 339,750 36.19% 2,357,057 29.37% DNA 8,371 11.87% 110,683 11.79% 441,251 5.50% Other Parties (with < 1%) 446 0.63% 7,292 0.78% 48,240 0.60% Valid Votes 70,548 94.76% 938,723 94.85% 8,026,322 96.03% Rejected Votes 3,863 5.19% 50,354 5.09% 581,465 6.96% Total Polled 74,446 66.25% 989,729 64.17% 8,358,246 59.29% Registered Electors 112,363 1,542,457 14,097,690
Party Kolonnawa[17] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 32,976 42.54% 414,688 39.20% 4,223,126 45.70% UNP 29,540 38.10% 441,841 41.77% 3,486,792 37.73% JHU 14,311 18.46% 190,618 18.02% 552,723 5.98% Other Parties (with < 1%) 697 0.90% 10,713 1.01% 90,868 0.98% Valid Votes 77,524 96.47% 1,057,860 96.47% 9,241,931 94.52% Rejected Votes 2,832 3.52% 38,605 3.52% 534,452 5.47% Total Polled 80,362 75.57% 1,096,571 74.71% 9,777,821 75.74% Registered Electors 106,335 1,467,751 12,909,631
Party Kolonnawa[18] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 37,256 48.76% 546,417 51.62% 4,086,026 45.62% PA 28,465 37.25% 353,401 33.39% 3,330,815 37.19% JVP 8,869 11.61% 117,404 11.09% 815,353 9.10% SU 1,001 1.31% 16,970 1.60% 50,665 0.57% Other Parties (with < 1%) 823 1.08% 24,289 2.29% 510,616 5.70% Valid Votes 76,414 96.51% 1,058,481 96.28% 8,955,844 94.77% Rejected Votes 2,761 3.49% 40,901 3.72% 494,009 5.23% Total Polled 79,175 77.11% 1,099,382 76.31% 9,449,878 76.03% Registered Electors 102,676 1,440,682 12,428,762
Party Kolonnawa[19] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 32,394 43.86% 394,146 38.86% 3,899,329 45.33% UNP 30,522 41.32% 440,684 43.45% 3,451,765 40.12% JVP 5,741 7.77% 78,133 7.70% 518,725 6.03% SU 2,604 3.53% 49,671 4.90% 127,859 1.49% NUA 1,689 2.29% 27,067 2.67% 185,593 2.16% Other Parties (with < 1%) 915 1.24% 24,519 2.42% 189,490 2.20% Valid Votes 73,865 N/A 1,014,220 N/A 8,602,617 N/A
Party Kolonnawa[20] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 36,939 55.47% 469,642 50.94% 3,887,805 48.94% UNP 26,796 40.24% 385,100 41.77% 3,498,370 44.04% MEP 1,646 2.47% 42,734 4.64% 68,538 0.86% SLPF 935 1.40% 11,454 1.24% 90,078 1.13% Other Parties (with < 1%) 277 0.42% 13,003 1.41% 51,995 0.65% Valid Votes 66,593 96.00% 921,933 96.18% 7,943,688 95.20% Rejected Votes 2,775 4.00% 36,635 3.82% 400,395 4.80% Total Polled 69,368 76.93% 958,568 76.04% 8,344,095 74.75% Registered Electors 90,167 1,260,686 11,163,064
Party Kolonnawa[21] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 24,561 49.59% 374,530 51.67% 2,838,005 50.71% SLFP 18,531 37.41% 205,053 28.29% 1,785,369 31.90% USA 2,917 5.89% 31,873 4.40% 141,983 2.54% MEP 2,698 5.45% 76,966 10.62% 90,480 1.62% SLMC 662 1.34% 29,308 4.04% 202,016 3.61% Other Parties (with < 1%) 161 0.33% 7,112 0.98% 67,723 1.21% Valid Votes 49,530 95.24% 724,842 95.36% 5,596,468 93.87% Rejected Votes 2,477 4.76% 35,271 4.64% 365,563 6.13% Total Polled 52,007 69.65% 760,113 69.87% 5,962,031 63.60% Registered Electors 74,671 1,087,891 9,374,164
Demographics
Ethnicity The Kolonnawa Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (67.4%) and a significant Moor population (21.4%) . In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District (which contains the Kolonnawa 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 Kolonnawa[1]
Other (1.6%)
Religion The Kolonnawa Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (64.6%) and a significant Muslim population (23.1%) . In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District (which contains the Kolonnawa Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (70.2%) and a significant Muslim population (11.8%) [1]
Religion in Kolonnawa[1]
Other (0.0%)
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