Colombo North Polling Division

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

Colombo North
Polling Division
Coordinates: 6.961662°N 79.865974°E / 6.961662; 79.865974
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Western Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District	Colombo Electoral District
Area
• Total	7.64 km2 (2.95 sq mi)
Population  (2012)[1]
• Total	121,603
• Density	15,917/km2 (41,220/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EC-01A

Presidential Election Results

Summary

The winner of Colombo North has matched the final country result 5 out of 9 times.

Year	Colombo North		Colombo Electoral District		MAE[2] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[3] %
2024		SJB		NPP	21.25%		NPP	16.35%
2019		NDF		SLPP	29.05%		SLPP	28.13%
2015		NDF		NDF	19.16%		NDF	23.46%
2010		NDF		UPFA	23.76%		UPFA	28.78%
2005		UNP		UNP	23.89%		UPFA	26.29%
1999		UNP		PA	15.22%		PA	16.82%
1994		PA		PA	3.37%		PA	0.95%
1988		UNP		UNP	14.36%		UNP	13.11%
1982		UNP		UNP	10.62%		UNP	14.07%
Matches/Mean MAE	5/9		8/9		17.85%	9/9		18.66%

2024 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Colombo North[4]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SJB		32,289	46.63%		342,108	25.64%		4,363,035	32.76%
	NPP		17,978	25.96%		629,963	47.21%		5,634,915	42.31%
	IND-16		15,692	22.66%		281,436	21.09%		2,299,767	17.27%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		2,330	3.36%		50,456	3.78%		679,118	5.10%
	SLPP		954	1.58%		30,432	2.28%		342,781	2.57%
Valid Votes		69,243		96.82%	1,334,390		97.67%	13,319,616		97.80%
Rejected Votes		2,276		3.18%	31,796		2.33%	300,300		2.20%
Total Polled		71,519		73.26%	1,366,186		77.39%	13,619,916		79.46%
Registered Electors		97,620			1,765,351			17,140,354

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Colombo North[5]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	NDF		52,983	72.94%		559,921	40.92%		5,564,239	41.99%
	SLPP		16,986	23.38%		727,713	53.19%		6,924,255	52.25%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,590	2.19%		26,740	1.95%		345,452	2.61%
	NPP		1,084	1.49%		53,803	3.93%		418,553	3.16%
Valid Votes		72,643		98.17%	1,368,177		98.89%	13,252,499		98.99%
Rejected Votes		1,355		1.83%	15,333		1.11%	135,452		1.01%
Total Polled		73,998		78.97%	1,383,510		82.82%	13,387,951		83.71%
Registered Electors		93,705			1,670,403			15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Colombo North[6]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	NDF		51,537	75.07%		725,073	55.93%		6,217,162	51.28%
	UPFA		16,423	23.92%		562,614	43.40%		5,768,090	47.58%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		689	1.00%		8,673	0.67%		138,200	1.14%
Valid Votes		68,649		98.36%	1,296,360		98.83%	12,123,452		98.85%
Rejected Votes		1,146		1.64%	15,334		1.17%	140,925		1.15%
Total Polled		69,795		77.75%	1,311,694		81.34%	12,264,377		78.69%
Registered Electors		89,771			1,612,660			15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Colombo North[7]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	NDF		42,896	69.51%		533,022	45.90%		4,173,185	40.15%
	UPFA		17,605	28.53%		614,740	52.93%		6,015,934	57.88%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,214	1.97%		13,620	1.17%		204,494	1.97%
Valid Votes		61,715		98.37%	1,161,382		99.03%	10,393,613		99.03%
Rejected Votes		1,022		1.63%	11,394		0.97%	101,838		0.97%
Total Polled		62,737		65.77%	1,172,776		76.09%	10,495,451		66.70%
Registered Electors		95,385			1,541,242			15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Colombo North[8]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		45,161	75.13%		569,627	51.12%		4,706,366	48.43%
	UPFA		14,270	23.74%		534,431	47.96%		4,887,152	50.29%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		680	1.13%		10,192	0.91%		123,521	1.27%
Valid Votes		60,111		98.46%	1,114,250		98.86%	9,717,039		98.88%
Rejected Votes		939		1.54%	12,879		1.14%	109,869		1.12%
Total Polled		61,050		71.02%	1,127,129		75.85%	9,826,908		69.51%
Registered Electors		85,967			1,486,021			14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Colombo North[9]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		32,714	61.53%		425,185	44.08%		3,602,748	42.71%
	PA		18,114	34.07%		474,310	49.18%		4,312,157	51.12%
	JVP		1,281	2.41%		44,009	4.56%		343,927	4.08%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,058	1.99%		21,030	2.18%		176,679	2.09%
Valid Votes		53,167		97.42%	964,534		97.06%	8,435,754		97.69%
Rejected Votes		1,409		2.58%	29,197		2.94%	199,536		2.31%
Total Polled		54,576		70.47%	993,731		73.39%	8,635,290		72.17%
Registered Electors		77,447			1,354,025			11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Colombo North[10]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		26,250	61.61%		557,708	64.82%		4,709,205	62.28%
	UNP		15,924	37.37%		288,741	33.56%		2,715,283	35.91%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		434	1.02%		13,937	1.62%		137,040	1.81%
Valid Votes		42,608		97.83%	860,386		98.17%	7,561,526		98.03%
Rejected Votes		947		2.17%	16,060		1.83%	151,706		1.97%
Total Polled		43,555		68.56%	876,446		69.59%	7,713,232		69.12%
Registered Electors		63,528			1,259,484			11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Colombo North[11]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		22,389	63.26%		361,337	49.14%		2,569,199	50.43%
	SLFP		10,744	30.36%		339,958	46.23%		2,289,857	44.95%
	SLMP		2,259	6.38%		34,020	4.63%		235,701	4.63%
Valid Votes		35,392		98.20%	735,315		98.49%	5,094,754		98.24%
Rejected Votes		647		1.80%	11,295		1.51%	91,499		1.76%
Total Polled		36,039		66.56%	746,610		67.53%	5,186,256		55.87%
Registered Electors		54,149			1,105,583			9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Colombo North[12]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		29,380	69.03%		436,290	57.86%		3,450,815	52.93%
	SLFP		10,641	25.00%		274,476	36.40%		2,546,348	39.05%
	JVP		1,645	3.86%		28,580	3.79%		273,428	4.19%
	ACTC		477	1.12%		3,022	0.40%		173,934	2.67%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		421	0.99%		11,663	1.55%		75,526	1.16%
Valid Votes		42,564		98.67%	754,031		98.95%	6,520,156		98.78%
Rejected Votes		575		1.33%	7,990		1.05%	80,470		1.22%
Total Polled		43,139		74.98%	762,021		76.88%	6,600,626		80.15%
Registered Electors		57,534			991,194			8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

The winner of Colombo North has matched the final country result 4 out of 9 times.

Year	Colombo North		Colombo Electoral District		MAE[13] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[14] %
2024		NPP		NPP	12.08%		NPP	5.01%
2020		SJB		SLPP	30.52%		SLPP	32.57%
2015		UNP		UNP	23.67%		UNP	26.98%
2010		UNP		UPFA	19.63%		UPFA	26.71%
2004		UNP		UNP	20.76%		UPFA	23.03%
2001		UNP		UNP	14.23%		UNP	17.52%
2000		UNP		UNP	13.34%		PA	17.70%
1994		UNP		PA	10.93%		PA	8.86%
1989		UNP		UNP	11.89%		UNP	12.95%
Matches/Mean MAE	4/9		7/9		17.45%	9/9		19.04%

2024 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party[15]			Colombo North			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
			Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
		JJB		33,285	56.55%		788,636	68.63%		6,863,186	61.56%
		SJB		18,883	32.08%		208,249	18.12%		1,968,716	17.66%
		NDF		1,606	2,73%		51,020	4.44%		500,835	4.49%
		UDV		738	1.25%		6,381	0.56%		83,488	0.75%
		DLF		690	1.17%		4,900	0.43%		50,836	0.46%
		Other Parties (with < 1%)		2,953	2.41%		22,553	5.04%		1,227,859	11.02%
Valid Votes			58,862		90.71%	1,149,125		84.83%	11,148,006		94.35%
Rejected Votes			6,028		9.29%	62,613		5.17%	667,240		5.65%
Total Polled			64,890		66.49%	1,211,738		68.64%	11,815,246		68.93%
Registered Electors			97,590			1,765,351			17,140,354

2020 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party			Colombo North[16]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
			Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
		SJB		41,059	64.9%		387,145	32.73%		2,771,984	23.9%
		SLPFA		16,775	26.52%		674,603	57.04%		6,853,693	59.09%
		UNP		2,676	4.23%		30,875	2.61%		249,435	2.15%
		JJB		1,230	1.94%		67,600	5.72%		445,958	3.84%
		Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,523	2.41%		22,553	1.9%		1,227,859	11.02%
Valid Votes			63,263		67.54%	1,182,776		69.2%	11,598,936		71.32%
Rejected Votes			7,113		7.59%	81,034		4.74%	744,373		4.58%
Total Polled			70,376		75.13%	1,263,810		73.94%	12,343,309		75.89%
Registered Electors			93,672			1,709,209			16,263,885

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Colombo North[17]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		50,571	80.13%		640,743	53.04%		5,098,916	45.77%
	UPFA		10,256	16.25%		474,063	39.25%		4,732,664	42.48%
	JVP		1,647	2.61%		81,391	6.74%		544,154	4.88%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		640	1.01%		11,752	0.97%		93,045	0.84%
Valid Votes		63,114		93.85%	1,207,949		96.46%	11,140,333		95.35%
Rejected Votes		4,055		6.03%	43,372		3.46%	516,926		4.42%
Total Polled		67,248		74.91%	1,252,271		78.93%	11,684,111		77.66%
Registered Electors		89,771			1,586,598			15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Colombo North[18]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		30,825	60.61%		339,750	36.19%		2,357,057	29.37%
	UPFA		15,976	31.41%		480,896	51.23%		4,846,388	60.38%
	DNA		3,226	6.34%		110,683	11.79%		441,251	5.50%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		831	1.63%		7,254	0.77%		48,012	0.60%
Valid Votes		50,858		91.79%	938,723		94.85%	8,026,322		96.03%
Rejected Votes		4,495		8.11%	50,354		5.09%	581,465		6.96%
Total Polled		55,404		58.08%	989,729		64.17%	8,358,246		59.29%
Registered Electors		95,385			1,542,457			14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Colombo North[19]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		40,387	70.21%		441,841	41.77%		3,486,792	37.73%
	UPFA		12,724	22.12%		414,688	39.20%		4,223,126	45.70%
	JHU		3,409	5.93%		190,618	18.02%		552,723	5.98%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,000	1.74%		10,713	1.01%		90,868	0.98%
Valid Votes		57,520		94.36%	1,057,860		96.47%	9,241,931		94.52%
Rejected Votes		3,431		5.63%	38,605		3.52%	534,452		5.47%
Total Polled		60,959		70.56%	1,096,571		74.71%	9,777,821		75.74%
Registered Electors		86,388			1,467,751			12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Colombo North[20]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		41,052	69.06%		546,417	51.62%		4,086,026	45.62%
	PA		11,792	19.84%		353,401	33.39%		3,330,815	37.19%
	JVP		3,098	5.21%		117,404	11.09%		815,353	9.10%
	TULF		2,483	4.18%		12,696	1.20%		348,164	3.89%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,023	1.72%		28,563	2.70%		213,117	2.38%
Valid Votes		59,448		94.66%	1,058,481		96.28%	8,955,844		94.77%
Rejected Votes		3,352		5.34%	40,901		3.72%	494,009		5.23%
Total Polled		62,800		72.32%	1,099,382		76.31%	9,449,878		76.03%
Registered Electors		86,842			1,440,682			12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Colombo North[21]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		33,212	59.68%		440,684	43.45%		3,451,765	40.12%
	PA		13,422	24.12%		394,146	38.86%		3,899,329	45.33%
	NUA		3,149	5.66%		27,067	2.67%		185,593	2.16%
	JVP		2,031	3.65%		78,133	7.70%		518,725	6.03%
	CWC		1,099	1.97%		4,588	0.45%		22,985	0.27%
	SU		1,043	1.87%		49,671	4.90%		127,859	1.49%
	ACTC		910	1.64%		5,238	0.52%		27,289	0.32%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		782	1.41%		14,693	1.45%		139,216	1.62%
Valid Votes		55,648		N/A	1,014,220		N/A	8,602,617		N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Colombo North[22]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		24,522	54.63%		385,100	41.77%		3,498,370	44.04%
	PA		18,140	40.41%		469,642	50.94%		3,887,805	48.94%
	IND1		1,254	2.79%		9,251	1.00%		48,199	0.61%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		973	2.17%		57,940	6.28%		162,412	2.04%
Valid Votes		44,889		94.54%	921,933		96.18%	7,943,688		95.20%
Rejected Votes		2,593		5.46%	36,635		3.82%	400,395		4.80%
Total Polled		47,482		74.74%	958,568		76.04%	8,344,095		74.75%
Registered Electors		63,528			1,260,686			11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Colombo North[23]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		22,052	66.46%		374,530	51.67%		2,838,005	50.71%
	SLFP		5,691	17.15%		205,053	28.29%		1,785,369	31.90%
	SLMC		2,786	8.40%		29,308	4.04%		202,016	3.61%
	USA		1,680	5.06%		31,873	4.40%		141,983	2.54%
	MEP		732	2.21%		76,966	10.62%		90,480	1.62%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		239	0.72%		7,112	0.98%		67,723	1.21%
Valid Votes		33,180		93.10%	724,842		95.36%	5,596,468		93.87%
Rejected Votes		2,460		6.90%	35,271		4.64%	365,563		6.13%
Total Polled		35,640		66.80%	760,113		69.87%	5,962,031		63.60%
Registered Electors		53,356			1,087,891			9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Colombo North Polling Division has a Sri Lankan Tamil plurality (42.6%), a significant Sinhalese population (33.2%) and a significant Moor population (20.3%) . In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District (which contains the Colombo North 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 North^[1]

1. Sri Lankan Tamil (42.6%)
2. Sinhalese (33.2%)
3. Moor (20.3%)
4. Indian Tamil (2.50%)
5. Other (1.30%)

Religion

The Colombo North Polling Division has a Hindu plurality (31.1%), a significant Muslim population (21.5%), a significant Roman Catholic population (21.3%) and a significant Buddhist population (20.4%) . In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District (which contains the Colombo North Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (70.2%) and a significant Muslim population (11.8%) ^[1]

Religion in Colombo North^[1]

1. Hindu (31.1%)
2. Muslim (21.5%)
3. Roman Catholic (21.3%)
4. Buddhist (20.4%)
5. Other Christian (5.60%)
6. Other (0.10%)