| Colombo Central | |
| Coordinates: | 6.9422°N 79.8468°W |
| Area Total Km2: | 13.75 |
| Population Total: | 201620 |
| Population Density Km2: | 14663 |
| Population As Of: | 2012 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name2: | Colombo Electoral District |
The Colombo Central Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Colombo Electoral District, in the Western Province, Sri Lanka.
The winner of Colombo Central has matched the final country result 4 out of 8 times.
| - ! | Year !colspan="2" width="144px" | Colombo Central !colspan="2" width="144px" | Colombo Electoral District ! | MAE[2] % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Sri Lanka ! | MAE[3] % | - | 35.80% | 34.89% | - | 25.41% | 29.69% | - | 29.70% | 34.67% | - | 27.30% | 29.68% | - | 13.70% | 15.28% | - | 3.19% | 0.77% | - | 16.08% | 14.84% | - | 13.42% | 16.73% | - ! | Matches/Mean MAE !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 4/8 !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 7/8 !style="text-align:right;" | 20.57% !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8/8 !style="text-align:right;" | 22.07% |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Colombo Central[4] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Colombo Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 80,076 | 80.33% | 559,921 | 40.92% | 5,564,239 | 41.99% | - | 16,341 | 16.39% | 727,713 | 53.19% | 6,924,255 | 52.25% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 1,735 | 1.74% | 26,740 | 1.95% | 345,452 | 2.61% | - | NMPP | 1,528 | 1.53% | 53,803 | 3.93% | 418,553 | 3.16% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 99,680 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.85% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,368,177 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.89% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 13,252,499 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.99% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,156 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.15% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 15,333 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.11% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 135,452 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.01% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 100,836 !style="text-align:right;" | 81.09% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,383,510 !style="text-align:right;" | 82.82% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 13,387,951 !style="text-align:right;" | 83.71% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 124,354 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,670,403 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 15,992,568 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Colombo Central[5] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Colombo Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 82,495 | 81.28% | 725,073 | 55.93% | 6,217,162 | 51.28% | - | 17,779 | 17.52% | 562,614 | 43.40% | 5,768,090 | 47.58% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 1,223 | 1.20% | 8,673 | 0.67% | 138,200 | 1.14% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 101,497 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.80% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,296,360 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.83% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 12,123,452 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.85% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,237 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.20% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 15,334 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.17% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 140,925 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.15% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 102,734 !style="text-align:right;" | 78.14% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,311,694 !style="text-align:right;" | 81.34% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 12,264,377 !style="text-align:right;" | 78.69% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 131,482 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,612,660 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 15,585,942 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Colombo Central[6] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Colombo Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 73,152 | 75.55% | 533,022 | 45.90% | 4,173,185 | 40.15% | - | 21,824 | 22.54% | 614,740 | 52.93% | 6,015,934 | 57.88% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 1,850 | 1.91% | 13,620 | 1.17% | 204,494 | 1.97% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 96,826 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.66% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,161,382 !style="text-align:right;" | 99.03% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 10,393,613 !style="text-align:right;" | 99.03% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,320 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.34% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,394 !style="text-align:right;" | 0.97% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 101,838 !style="text-align:right;" | 0.97% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 98,146 !style="text-align:right;" | 70.19% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,172,776 !style="text-align:right;" | 76.09% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 10,495,451 !style="text-align:right;" | 66.70% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 139,822 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,541,242 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 15,734,587 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Colombo Central[7] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Colombo Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 78,908 | 78.57% | 569,627 | 51.12% | 4,706,366 | 48.43% | - | 20,395 | 20.31% | 534,431 | 47.96% | 4,887,152 | 50.29% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 1,121 | 1.12% | 10,192 | 0.91% | 123,521 | 1.27% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 100,424 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.42% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,114,250 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.86% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,717,039 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.88% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,616 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.58% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 12,879 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.14% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 109,869 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.12% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 102,040 !style="text-align:right;" | 70.41% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,127,129 !style="text-align:right;" | 75.85% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,826,908 !style="text-align:right;" | 69.51% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 144,916 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,486,021 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 14,136,979 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Colombo Central[8] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Colombo Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 59,234 | 60.11% | 425,185 | 44.08% | 3,602,748 | 42.71% | - | 35,416 | 35.94% | 474,310 | 49.18% | 4,312,157 | 51.12% | - | 1,955 | 1.98% | 44,009 | 4.56% | 343,927 | 4.08% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 1,930 | 1.96% | 21,030 | 2.18% | 176,679 | 2.09% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 98,535 !style="text-align:right;" | 97.42% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 964,534 !style="text-align:right;" | 97.06% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,435,754 !style="text-align:right;" | 97.69% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 2,605 !style="text-align:right;" | 2.58% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 29,197 !style="text-align:right;" | 2.94% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 199,536 !style="text-align:right;" | 2.31% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 101,140 !style="text-align:right;" | 70.24% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 993,731 !style="text-align:right;" | 73.39% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,635,290 !style="text-align:right;" | 72.17% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 143,993 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,354,025 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,965,536 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Colombo Central[9] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Colombo Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 56,219 | 61.78% | 557,708 | 64.82% | 4,709,205 | 62.28% | - | 33,824 | 37.17% | 288,741 | 33.56% | 2,715,283 | 35.91% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 956 | 1.05% | 13,937 | 1.62% | 137,040 | 1.81% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 90,999 !style="text-align:right;" | 97.83% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 860,386 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.17% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 7,561,526 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.03% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 2,020 !style="text-align:right;" | 2.17% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 16,060 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.83% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 151,706 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.97% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 93,019 !style="text-align:right;" | 66.91% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 876,446 !style="text-align:right;" | 69.59% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 7,713,232 !style="text-align:right;" | 69.12% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 139,012 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,259,484 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,158,880 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Colombo Central[10] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Colombo Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 58,795 | 65.77% | 361,337 | 49.14% | 2,569,199 | 50.43% | - | 26,083 | 29.18% | 339,958 | 46.23% | 2,289,857 | 44.95% | - | 4,521 | 5.06% | 34,020 | 4.63% | 235,701 | 4.63% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 89,399 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.27% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 735,315 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.49% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5,094,754 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.24% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,572 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.73% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,295 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.51% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 91,499 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.76% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 90,971 !style="text-align:right;" | 67.93% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 746,610 !style="text-align:right;" | 67.53% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5,186,256 !style="text-align:right;" | 55.87% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 133,920 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,105,583 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,283,143 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Colombo Central[11] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Colombo Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 68,346 | 72.81% | 436,290 | 57.86% | 3,450,815 | 52.93% | - | 22,061 | 23.50% | 274,476 | 36.40% | 2,546,348 | 39.05% | - | 2,121 | 2.26% | 28,580 | 3.79% | 273,428 | 4.19% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 1,335 | 1.42% | 14,685 | 1.95% | 249,460 | 3.83% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 93,863 !style="text-align:right;" | 99.22% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 754,031 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.95% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 6,520,156 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.78% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 740 !style="text-align:right;" | 0.78% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 7,990 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.05% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 80,470 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.22% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 94,603 !style="text-align:right;" | 74.23% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 762,021 !style="text-align:right;" | 76.88% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 6,600,626 !style="text-align:right;" | 80.15% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 127,452 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 991,194 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,235,358 ! |
The winner of Colombo Central has matched the final country result 3 out of 7 times.
| - ! | Year !colspan="2" width="144px" | Colombo Central !colspan="2" width="144px" | Colombo Electoral District ! | MAE[12] % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Sri Lanka ! | MAE[13] % | - | 27.74% | 30.84% | - | 22.86% | 30.37% | - | 22.52% | 25.73% | - | 18.13% | 21.21% | - | 13.57% | 18.28% | - | 8.18% | 6.13% | - | 8.63% | 9.76% | - ! | Matches/Mean MAE !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 3/7 !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5/7 !style="text-align:right;" | 17.37% !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 7/7 !style="text-align:right;" | 20.33% |
| - !colspan="3" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Colombo Central[14] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Colombo Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 64,692 | 73.39% | 387,145 | 32.73% | 2,771,984 | 23.9% | - | 16,688 | 18.93% | 674,603 | 57.04% | 6,853,693 | 59.09% | - | 2,978 | 3.38% | 30,875 | 2.61% | 249,435 | 2.15% | - | 1,912 | 2.17% | 67,600 | 5.72% | 445,958 | 3.84% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 1,873 | 2.13% | 22,553 | 1.9% | 1,227,859 | 11.02% | - !colspan="3" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 88,143 !style="text-align:right;" | 69.94% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,182,776 !style="text-align:right;" | 93.59% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,598,929 !style="text-align:right;" | 93.97% | - !colspan="3" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,955 !style="text-align:right;" | 7.11% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 81,034 !style="text-align:right;" | 6.41% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 744,373 !style="text-align:right;" | 6.03% | - !colspan="3" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 97,098 !style="text-align:right;" | 77.05% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,263,810 !style="text-align:right;" | 73.94% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 12,343,302 !style="text-align:right;" | 75.89% | - !colspan="3" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 126,022 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,709,209 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 16,263,885 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Colombo Central[15] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Colombo Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 79,968 | 84.73% | 640,743 | 53.04% | 5,098,916 | 45.77% | - | 11,489 | 12.17% | 474,063 | 39.25% | 4,732,664 | 42.48% | - | 2,109 | 2.23% | 81,391 | 6.74% | 544,154 | 4.88% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 815 | 0.86% | 11,752 | 0.97% | 93,045 | 0.84% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 94,381 !style="text-align:right;" | 94.56% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,207,949 !style="text-align:right;" | 96.46% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,140,333 !style="text-align:right;" | 95.35% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5,332 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.34% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 43,372 !style="text-align:right;" | 3.46% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 516,926 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.42% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 99,809 !style="text-align:right;" | 75.91% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,252,271 !style="text-align:right;" | 78.93% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,684,111 !style="text-align:right;" | 77.66% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 131,482 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,586,598 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 15,044,490 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Colombo Central[16] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Colombo Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 51,421 | 63.80% | 339,750 | 36.19% | 2,357,057 | 29.37% | - | 21,794 | 27.04% | 480,896 | 51.23% | 4,846,388 | 60.38% | - | DNA | 6,243 | 7.75% | 110,683 | 11.79% | 441,251 | 5.50% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 1,135 | 1.41% | 7,292 | 0.78% | 48,240 | 0.60% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 80,593 !style="text-align:right;" | 92.32% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 938,723 !style="text-align:right;" | 94.85% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,026,322 !style="text-align:right;" | 96.03% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 6,606 !style="text-align:right;" | 7.57% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 50,354 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.09% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 581,465 !style="text-align:right;" | 6.96% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 87,297 !style="text-align:right;" | 62.43% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 989,729 !style="text-align:right;" | 64.17% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,358,246 !style="text-align:right;" | 59.29% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 139,822 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,542,457 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 14,097,690 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Colombo Central[17] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Colombo Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 71,599 | 71.51% | 441,841 | 41.77% | 3,486,792 | 37.73% | - | 17,681 | 17.66% | 414,688 | 39.20% | 4,223,126 | 45.70% | - | 8,881 | 8.87% | 190,618 | 18.02% | 552,723 | 5.98% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 1,968 | 1.97% | 10,713 | 1.01% | 90,868 | 0.98% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 100,129 !style="text-align:right;" | 94.83% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,057,860 !style="text-align:right;" | 96.47% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,241,931 !style="text-align:right;" | 94.52% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5,451 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.16% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 38,605 !style="text-align:right;" | 3.52% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 534,452 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.47% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 105,593 !style="text-align:right;" | 68.67% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,096,571 !style="text-align:right;" | 74.71% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,777,821 !style="text-align:right;" | 75.74% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 153,763 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,467,751 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 12,909,631 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Colombo Central[18] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Colombo Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 80,318 | 75.08% | 546,417 | 51.62% | 4,086,026 | 45.62% | - | 19,149 | 17.90% | 353,401 | 33.39% | 3,330,815 | 37.19% | - | 3,883 | 3.63% | 117,404 | 11.09% | 815,353 | 9.10% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 1,971 | 1.84% | 28,563 | 2.70% | 213,117 | 2.38% | - | 1,649 | 1.54% | 12,696 | 1.20% | 348,164 | 3.89% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 106,970 !style="text-align:right;" | 94.94% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,058,481 !style="text-align:right;" | 96.28% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,955,844 !style="text-align:right;" | 94.77% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5,700 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.06% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 40,901 !style="text-align:right;" | 3.72% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 494,009 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.23% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 112,670 !style="text-align:right;" | 70.68% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,099,382 !style="text-align:right;" | 76.31% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,449,878 !style="text-align:right;" | 76.03% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 159,417 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,440,682 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 12,428,762 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Colombo Central[19] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Colombo Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 57,578 | 55.41% | 440,684 | 43.45% | 3,451,765 | 40.12% | - | 20,414 | 19.65% | 394,146 | 38.86% | 3,899,329 | 45.33% | - | 16,420 | 15.80% | 27,067 | 2.67% | 185,593 | 2.16% | - | 2,806 | 2.70% | 78,133 | 7.70% | 518,725 | 6.03% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 2,524 | 2.43% | 17,052 | 1.68% | 146,675 | 1.71% | - | SU | 1,683 | 1.62% | 49,671 | 4.90% | 127,859 | 1.49% | - | 1,247 | 1.20% | 4,588 | 0.45% | 22,985 | 0.27% | - | PP | 1,236 | 1.19% | 2,879 | 0.28% | 19,830 | 0.23% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 103,908 !style="text-align:right;" | N/A !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,014,220 !style="text-align:right;" | N/A !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,602,617 !style="text-align:right;" | N/A |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Colombo Central[20] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Colombo Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 50,136 | 52.38% | 385,100 | 41.77% | 3,498,370 | 44.04% | - | 42,060 | 43.95% | 469,642 | 50.94% | 3,887,805 | 48.94% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 1,988 | 2.08% | 57,940 | 6.28% | 162,412 | 2.04% | - | IND1 | 1,526 | 1.59% | 9,251 | 1.00% | 48,199 | 0.61% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 95,710 !style="text-align:right;" | 94.11% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 921,933 !style="text-align:right;" | 96.18% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 7,943,688 !style="text-align:right;" | 95.20% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5,995 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.89% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 36,635 !style="text-align:right;" | 3.82% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 400,395 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.80% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 101,705 !style="text-align:right;" | 73.16% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 958,568 !style="text-align:right;" | 76.04% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,344,095 !style="text-align:right;" | 74.75% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 139,012 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,260,686 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,163,064 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Colombo Central[21] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Colombo Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 49,733 | 56.90% | 374,530 | 51.67% | 2,838,005 | 50.71% | - | SLMC | 19,874 | 22.74% | 29,308 | 4.04% | 202,016 | 3.61% | - | 11,861 | 13.57% | 205,053 | 28.29% | 1,785,369 | 31.90% | - | USA | 4,399 | 5.03% | 31,873 | 4.40% | 141,983 | 2.54% | - | MEP | 1,326 | 1.52% | 76,966 | 10.62% | 90,480 | 1.62% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 205 | 0.23% | 7,112 | 0.98% | 67,723 | 1.21% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 87,398 !style="text-align:right;" | 93.45% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 724,842 !style="text-align:right;" | 95.36% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5,596,468 !style="text-align:right;" | 93.87% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 6,126 !style="text-align:right;" | 6.55% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 35,271 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.64% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 365,563 !style="text-align:right;" | 6.13% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 93,524 !style="text-align:right;" | 71.05% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 760,113 !style="text-align:right;" | 69.87% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5,962,031 !style="text-align:right;" | 63.60% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 131,624 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,087,891 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,374,164 ! |
The Colombo Central Polling Division has a Moor majority (52.0%), a significant Sri Lankan Tamil population (24.2%) and a significant Sinhalese population (20.0%) . In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District (which contains the Colombo Central Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (76.5%), a significant Moor population (10.7%) and a significant Sri Lankan Tamil population (10.1%) [22]
The Colombo Central Polling Division has a Muslim majority (54.0%), a significant Buddhist population (18.2%) and a significant Hindu population (17.6%) . In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District (which contains the Colombo Central Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (70.2%) and a significant Muslim population (11.8%) [1]