Colombo East Polling Division

The Colombo East Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Colombo Electoral District, in the Western Province, Sri Lanka.

Colombo East
Polling Division
Coordinates: 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  (2012)[1]
• Total	93,260
• Density	10,215/km2 (26,460/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EC-01D

Presidential Election Results

Summary

The winner of Colombo East has matched the final country result 4 out of 8 times.

Year	Colombo East		Colombo Electoral District		MAE[2] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[3] %
2019		NDF		SLPP	14.04%		SLPP	13.11%
2015		NDF		NDF	11.46%		NDF	15.78%
2010		NDF		UPFA	12.94%		UPFA	18.04%
2005		UNP		UNP	11.21%		UPFA	13.64%
1999		UNP		PA	7.33%		PA	8.92%
1994		PA		PA	0.89%		PA	1.55%
1988		UNP		UNP	3.13%		UNP	1.87%
1982		UNP		UNP	3.21%		UNP	6.90%
Matches/Mean MAE	4/8		7/8		8.03%	8/8		9.98%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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.

Year	Colombo East		Colombo Electoral District		MAE[2] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[3] %
2015		UNP		UNP	11.50%		UNP	15.72%
2010		UNP		UPFA	11.74%		UPFA	19.97%
2004		UNP		UNP	9.59%		UPFA	14.96%
2001		UNP		UNP	6.34%		UNP	10.13%
2000		UNP		UNP	5.99%		PA	10.43%
1994		PA		PA	4.01%		PA	1.98%
1989		UNP		UNP	3.58%		UNP	4.64%
Matches/Mean MAE	4/7		5/7		7.54%	7/7		11.12%

2020 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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]

1. Sinhalese (58.8%)
2. Sri Lankan Tamil (28.6%)
3. Moor (8.90%)
4. Other (2.20%)
5. Indian Tamil (1.50%)

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]

1. Buddhist (54.1%)
2. Hindu (23.3%)
3. Muslim (10.7%)
4. Roman Catholic (6.90%)
5. Other Christian (4.80%)
6. Other (0.20%)