| Colombo East | |
| Coordinates: | 6.8875°N 79.876°W |
| Area Total Km2: | 9.13 |
| Population Total: | 93260 |
| Population Density Km2: | 10215 |
| Population As Of: | 2012 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name2: | Colombo Electoral District |
The Colombo East Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Colombo Electoral District, in the Western Province, Sri Lanka.
The winner of Colombo East has matched the final country result 4 out of 8 times.
| - ! | Year !colspan="2" width="144px" | Colombo East !colspan="2" width="144px" | Colombo Electoral District ! | MAE[1] % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Sri Lanka ! | MAE[2] % | - | 14.04% | 13.11% | - | 11.46% | 15.78% | - | 12.94% | 18.04% | - | 11.21% | 13.64% | - | 7.33% | 8.92% | - | 0.89% | 1.55% | - | 3.13% | 1.87% | - | 3.21% | 6.90% | - ! | 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;" | 8.03% !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8/8 !style="text-align:right;" | 9.98% |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Colombo East[3] !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 ! | % | - | 28,599 | 55.81% | 559,921 | 40.92% | 5,564,239 | 41.99% | - | 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% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 51,245 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.60% !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" | 727 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.40% !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" | 51,972 !style="text-align:right;" | 79.47% !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" | 65,398 ! | !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 East[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 ! | % | - | 35,167 | 67.45% | 725,073 | 55.93% | 6,217,162 | 51.28% | - | 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% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 52,137 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.73% !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" | 668 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.27% !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" | 52,805 !style="text-align:right;" | 78.88% !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" | 66,941 ! | !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 East[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 ! | % | - | 28,334 | 58.67% | 533,022 | 45.90% | 4,173,185 | 40.15% | - | 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% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 48,295 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.57% !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" | 699 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.43% !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" | 48,994 !style="text-align:right;" | 71.38% !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" | 68,643 ! | !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 East[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 ! | % | - | 28,832 | 62.40% | 569,627 | 51.12% | 4,706,366 | 48.43% | - | 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% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 46,206 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.52% !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" | 694 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.48% !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" | 46,900 !style="text-align:right;" | 71.35% !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" | 65,732 ! | !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 East[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 ! | % | - | 22,281 | 52.09% | 425,185 | 44.08% | 3,602,748 | 42.71% | - | 17,777 | 41.56% | 474,310 | 49.18% | 4,312,157 | 51.12% | - | 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% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 42,770 !style="text-align:right;" | 96.86% !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" | 1,388 !style="text-align:right;" | 3.14% !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" | 44,158 !style="text-align:right;" | 68.58% !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" | 64,386 ! | !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 East[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 ! | % | - | 23,867 | 63.79% | 557,708 | 64.82% | 4,709,205 | 62.28% | - | 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% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 37,415 !style="text-align:right;" | 97.80% !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" | 843 !style="text-align:right;" | 2.20% !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" | 38,258 !style="text-align:right;" | 67.06% !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" | 57,049 ! | !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 East[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 ! | % | - | 16,480 | 51.09% | 361,337 | 49.14% | 2,569,199 | 50.43% | - | 13,477 | 41.78% | 339,958 | 46.23% | 2,289,857 | 44.95% | - | 2,298 | 7.12% | 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" | 32,255 !style="text-align:right;" | 97.98% !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" | 666 !style="text-align:right;" | 2.02% !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" | 32,921 !style="text-align:right;" | 64.27% !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" | 51,225 ! | !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 East[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 ! | % | - | 21,367 | 60.57% | 436,290 | 57.86% | 3,450,815 | 52.93% | - | 11,268 | 31.94% | 274,476 | 36.40% | 2,546,348 | 39.05% | - | 1,352 | 3.83% | 28,580 | 3.79% | 273,428 | 4.19% | - | 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% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 35,277 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.81% !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" | 426 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.19% !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" | 35,703 !style="text-align:right;" | 73.22% !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" | 48,760 ! | !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 East has matched the final country result 4 out of 7 times. Hence, Colombo East is a Weak Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.
| - ! | Year !colspan="2" width="144px" | Colombo East !colspan="2" width="144px" | Colombo Electoral District ! | MAE % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Sri Lanka ! | MAE % | - | 11.50% | 15.72% | - | 11.74% | 19.97% | - | 9.59% | 14.96% | - | 6.34% | 10.13% | - | 5.99% | 10.43% | - | 4.01% | 1.98% | - | 3.58% | 4.64% | - ! | Matches/Mean MAE !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 4/7 !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5/7 !style="text-align:right;" | 7.54% !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 7/7 !style="text-align:right;" | 11.12% |
| - !colspan="3" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Colombo East[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 ! | % | - | 20,538 | 46.58% | 387,145 | 32.73% | 2,771,984 | 23.9% | - | 18,007 | 40.84% | 674,603 | 57.04% | 6,853,693 | 59.09% | - | 2,595 | 5.89% | 67,600 | 5.72% | 445,958 | 3.84% | - | 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% | - !colspan="3" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 44,092 !style="text-align:right;" | 65.57% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,182,776 !style="text-align:right;" | 69.2% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,598,936 !style="text-align:right;" | 71.32% | - !colspan="3" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 3,371 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.01% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 81,034 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.74% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 744,373 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.58% | - !colspan="3" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 47,463 !style="text-align:right;" | 70.59% !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" | 12,343,309 !style="text-align:right;" | 75.89% | - !colspan="3" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 67,241 ! | !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 East[12] !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 ! | % | - | 31,450 | 65.52% | 640,743 | 53.04% | 5,098,916 | 45.77% | - | 12,917 | 26.91% | 474,063 | 39.25% | 4,732,664 | 42.48% | - | 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% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 48,001 !style="text-align:right;" | 95.81% !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" | 2,043 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.08% !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" | 50,099 !style="text-align:right;" | 74.84% !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" | 66,941 ! | !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 East[13] !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 ! | % | - | 19,241 | 49.36% | 339,750 | 36.19% | 2,357,057 | 29.37% | - | 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% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 38,978 !style="text-align:right;" | 93.79% !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" | 2,562 !style="text-align:right;" | 6.16% !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" | 41,558 !style="text-align:right;" | 60.54% !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" | 68,643 ! | !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 East[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 ! | % | - | 23,739 | 52.09% | 441,841 | 41.77% | 3,486,792 | 37.73% | - | 12,141 | 26.64% | 414,688 | 39.20% | 4,223,126 | 45.70% | - | 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% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 45,573 !style="text-align:right;" | 96.42% !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" | 1,689 !style="text-align:right;" | 3.57% !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" | 47,265 !style="text-align:right;" | 69.63% !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" | 67,885 ! | !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 East[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 ! | % | - | 26,636 | 58.23% | 546,417 | 51.62% | 4,086,026 | 45.62% | - | 11,807 | 25.81% | 353,401 | 33.39% | 3,330,815 | 37.19% | - | 3,613 | 7.90% | 117,404 | 11.09% | 815,353 | 9.10% | - | 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% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 45,745 !style="text-align:right;" | 96.10% !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" | 1,855 !style="text-align:right;" | 3.90% !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" | 47,600 !style="text-align:right;" | 71.33% !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" | 66,736 ! | !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 East[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 ! | % | - | 22,232 | 49.86% | 440,684 | 43.45% | 3,451,765 | 40.12% | - | 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% | - | 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% | - | 534 | 1.20% | 27,067 | 2.67% | 185,593 | 2.16% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 44,591 !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 East[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 ! | % | - | 18,211 | 45.60% | 469,642 | 50.94% | 3,887,805 | 48.94% | - | 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% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 39,933 !style="text-align:right;" | 96.11% !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" | 1,618 !style="text-align:right;" | 3.89% !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" | 41,551 !style="text-align:right;" | 72.83% !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" | 57,049 ! | !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 East[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 ! | % | - | 17,908 | 56.48% | 374,530 | 51.67% | 2,838,005 | 50.71% | - | 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% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 31,707 !style="text-align:right;" | 95.66% !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" | 1,439 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.34% !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" | 33,146 !style="text-align:right;" | 66.30% !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" | 49,993 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,087,891 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,374,164 ! |
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%)
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%)