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class="infobox-data">1,765,351</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #efefef;">Current constituency</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created</th><td class="infobox-data">1978</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data">20 (1989–01)<br />21 (2001–04)<br />20 (2004–10)<br />19 (2010–2024)<br />18 (2024-present)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">MPs</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output 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title="Chathuranga Abeysinghe">Chathuranga Abeysinghe</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Watagala" title="Sunil Watagala">Sunil Watagala</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Lakshman_Nipuna_Arachchi" title="Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi">Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Aruna_Panagoda" title="Aruna Panagoda">Aruna Panagoda</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Eranga_Gunasekara" title="Eranga Gunasekara">Eranga Gunasekara</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Harshana_Nanayakkara" title="Harshana Nanayakkara">Harshana Nanayakkara</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kaushalya_Ariyarathne" title="Kaushalya Ariyarathne">Kaushalya Ariyarathne</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Asitha_Niroshana" title="Asitha Niroshana">Asitha Niroshana</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Rizvie_Salih" title="Rizvie Salih">Rizvie Salih</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Susantha_Dodawatta" title="Susantha Dodawatta">Susantha Dodawatta</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Chandana_Sooriyaarachchi" title="Chandana Sooriyaarachchi">Chandana Sooriyaarachchi</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Samanmalee_Gunasinghe" title="Samanmalee Gunasinghe">Samanmalee Gunasinghe</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Dewananda_Suraweera" title="Dewananda Suraweera">Dewananda Suraweera</a></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0B9444; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Samagi_Jana_Balawegaya" title="Samagi Jana Balawegaya">SJB</a> (4)</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <a href="/wiki/Sajith_Premadasa" title="Sajith Premadasa">Sajith Premadasa</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Harsha_de_Silva" title="Harsha de Silva">Harsha de Silva</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Mujibur_Rahman_(Sri_Lankan_politician)" title="Mujibur Rahman (Sri Lankan politician)">Mujibur Rahman</a><br /><a href="/wiki/S._M._Marikkar" title="S. M. Marikkar">S. M. Marikkar</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Colombo Electoral District</b> is one of the 22 <a href="/wiki/Multi-member" class="mw-redirect" title="Multi-member">multi-member</a> <a href="/wiki/Electoral_districts_in_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Electoral districts in Sri Lanka">electoral districts</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a> created by the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Constitution of Sri Lanka">1978 Constitution</a> of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Districts of Sri Lanka">administrative district</a> of <a href="/wiki/Colombo_District" title="Colombo District">Colombo</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Western Province, Sri Lanka">Western province</a>. The district currently elects 19 of the 225 members of the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan Parliament">Sri Lankan Parliament</a> and had 1,765,351 registered electors in 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 01.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Polling_Divisions">Polling Divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombo_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Polling Divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Colombo Electoral District consists of the following polling divisions:<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A: <a href="/wiki/Colombo_North_Polling_Division" title="Colombo North Polling Division">Colombo North</a> </p><p>B: <a href="/wiki/Colombo_Central_Polling_Division" title="Colombo Central Polling Division">Colombo Central</a> </p><p>C: <a href="/wiki/Borella_Polling_Division" title="Borella Polling Division">Borella</a> </p><p>D: <a href="/wiki/Colombo_East_Polling_Division" title="Colombo East Polling Division">Colombo East</a> </p><p>E: <a href="/wiki/Colombo_West_Polling_Division" title="Colombo West Polling Division">Colombo West</a> </p><p>F: <a href="/wiki/Dehiwala_Polling_Division" title="Dehiwala Polling Division">Dehiwala</a> </p><p>G: <a href="/wiki/Ratmalana_Polling_Division" title="Ratmalana Polling Division">Ratmalana</a> </p><p>H: <a href="/wiki/Kolonnawa_Polling_Division" title="Kolonnawa Polling Division">Kolonnawa</a> </p><p>I: <a href="/wiki/Kotte_Polling_Division" title="Kotte Polling Division">Kotte</a> </p><p>J: <a href="/wiki/Kaduwela_Polling_Division" title="Kaduwela Polling Division">Kaduwela</a> </p><p>K: <a href="/wiki/Avissawella_Polling_Division" title="Avissawella Polling Division">Avissawella</a> </p><p>L: <a href="/wiki/Homagama_Polling_Division" title="Homagama Polling Division">Homagama</a> </p><p>M: <a href="/wiki/Maharagama_Polling_Division" title="Maharagama Polling Division">Maharagama</a> </p><p>N: <a href="/wiki/Kesbewa_Polling_Division" title="Kesbewa Polling Division">Kesbewa</a> </p><p>O: <a href="/wiki/Moratuwa_Polling_Division" title="Moratuwa Polling Division">Moratuwa</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Presidential_Elections">Presidential Elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombo_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Presidential Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1982_presidential_election">1982 presidential election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombo_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1982 presidential election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/1982_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="1982 Sri Lankan presidential election">1st presidential election</a> held on 20 October 1982:<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:left; vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Candidate</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:left; width:40px;">Party</th> <th colspan="15">Votes per Polling Division</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Postal<br />Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Total Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">% </th></tr> <tr> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1221560606">@supports(writing-mode:vertical-rl){.mw-parser-output .ts-vertical-header{line-height:1;max-width:1em;padding:0.4em;vertical-align:bottom;width:1em}html.client-js .mw-parser-output .sortable:not(.jquery-tablesorter) .ts-vertical-header:not(.unsortable),html.client-js .mw-parser-output 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rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Dehiwala_Polling_Division" title="Dehiwala Polling Division">Dehiwala</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Homagama_Polling_Division" title="Homagama Polling Division">Homagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kaduwela_Polling_Division" title="Kaduwela Polling Division">Kaduwela</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kesbewa_Polling_Division" title="Kesbewa Polling Division">Kesbewa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kolonnawa_Polling_Division" title="Kolonnawa Polling Division">Kolonnawa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kotte_Polling_Division" title="Kotte Polling Division">Kotte</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Maharagama_Polling_Division" title="Maharagama Polling Division">Maharagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Moratuwa_Polling_Division" title="Moratuwa Polling Division">Moratuwa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Ratmalana_Polling_Division" title="Ratmalana Polling Division">Ratmalana</a></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/J._R._Jayewardene" title="J. R. Jayewardene">J. R. Jayewardene</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a></td> <td>26,648</td> <td>21,383</td> <td>68,346</td> <td>21,367</td> <td>29,380</td> <td>22,115</td> <td>23,730</td> <td>27,981</td> <td>27,963</td> <td>25,576</td> <td>25,221</td> <td>25,129</td> <td>26,967</td> <td>32,096</td> <td>21,280</td> <td>11,108</td> <td><b>436,290</b></td> <td>57.86% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Hector_Kobbekaduwa" title="Hector Kobbekaduwa">Hector Kobbekaduwa</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a></td> <td>23,481</td> <td>10,946</td> <td>22,061</td> <td>11,268</td> <td>10,641</td> <td>4,751</td> <td>13,194</td> <td>23,135</td> <td>25,275</td> <td>26,553</td> <td>21,153</td> <td>14,814</td> <td>23,874</td> <td>22,744</td> <td>14,111</td> <td>6,475</td> <td><b>274,476</b></td> <td>36.40% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Rohana_Wijeweera" title="Rohana Wijeweera">Rohana Wijeweera</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a></td> <td>1,687</td> <td>1,058</td> <td>2,121</td> <td>1,352</td> <td>1,645</td> <td>576</td> <td>1,139</td> <td>2,140</td> <td>3,338</td> <td>2,248</td> <td>2,125</td> <td>1,731</td> <td>2,595</td> <td>2,625</td> <td>1,670</td> <td>530</td> <td><b>28,580</b></td> <td>3.79% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Colvin_R._de_Silva" title="Colvin R. de Silva">Colvin R. de Silva</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Lanka_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Lanka Sama Samaja Party">LSSP</a></td> <td>238</td> <td>395</td> <td>415</td> <td>828</td> <td>361</td> <td>409</td> <td>695</td> <td>591</td> <td>569</td> <td>851</td> <td>504</td> <td>527</td> <td>946</td> <td>1,137</td> <td>778</td> <td>411</td> <td><b>9,655</b></td> <td>1.28% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFF00"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Kumar_Ponnambalam" title="Kumar Ponnambalam">Kumar Ponnambalam</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/All_Ceylon_Tamil_Congress" title="All Ceylon Tamil Congress">ACTC</a></td> <td>70</td> <td>132</td> <td>810</td> <td>320</td> <td>477</td> <td>521</td> <td>201</td> <td>50</td> <td>33</td> <td>29</td> <td>29</td> <td>32</td> <td>27</td> <td>43</td> <td>99</td> <td>149</td> <td><b>3,022</b></td> <td>0.40% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Vasudeva_Nanayakkara" title="Vasudeva Nanayakkara">Vasudeva Nanayakkara</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Nava_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Nava Sama Samaja Party">NSSP</a></td> <td>205</td> <td>63</td> <td>110</td> <td>142</td> <td>60</td> <td>156</td> <td>117</td> <td>205</td> <td>119</td> <td>150</td> <td>86</td> <td>108</td> <td>116</td> <td>137</td> <td>146</td> <td>88</td> <td><b>2,008</b></td> <td>0.27% </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Valid Votes</td> <td>52,329</td> <td>33,977</td> <td>93,863</td> <td>35,277</td> <td>42,564</td> <td>28,528</td> <td>39,076</td> <td>54,102</td> <td>57,297</td> <td>55,407</td> <td>49,118</td> <td>42,341</td> <td>54,525</td> <td>58,782</td> <td>38,084</td> <td>18,761</td> <td>754,031</td> <td>100.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Rejected Votes</td> <td>551</td> <td>305</td> <td>740</td> <td>426</td> <td>575</td> <td>314</td> <td>406</td> <td>548</td> <td>719</td> <td>530</td> <td>545</td> <td>374</td> <td>593</td> <td>707</td> <td>415</td> <td>242</td> <td>7,990</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Total Polled</td> <td>52,880</td> <td>34,282</td> <td>94,603</td> <td>35,703</td> <td>43,139</td> <td>28,842</td> <td>39,482</td> <td>54,650</td> <td>58,016</td> <td>55,937</td> <td>49,663</td> <td>42,715</td> <td>55,118</td> <td>59,489</td> <td>38,499</td> <td>19,003</td> <td>762,021</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Registered Electors</td> <td>62,628</td> <td>47,123</td> <td>127,452</td> <td>48,760</td> <td>57,534</td> <td>40,375</td> <td>51,622</td> <td>68,955</td> <td>73,006</td> <td>71,002</td> <td>62,523</td> <td>59,048</td> <td>71,597</td> <td>80,297</td> <td>50,269</td> <td></td> <td>972,191</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Turnout (%)</td> <td>84.44%</td> <td>72.75%</td> <td>74.23%</td> <td>73.22%</td> <td>74.98%</td> <td>71.44%</td> <td>76.48%</td> <td>79.25%</td> <td>79.47%</td> <td>78.78%</td> <td>79.43%</td> <td>72.34%</td> <td>76.98%</td> <td>74.09%</td> <td>76.59%</td> <td></td> <td>78.38%</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1988_presidential_election">1988 presidential election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombo_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1988 presidential election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/1988_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="1988 Sri Lankan presidential election">2nd presidential election</a> held on 19 December 1988:<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:left; vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Candidate</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:left; width:40px;">Party</th> <th colspan="15">Votes per Polling Division</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Postal<br />Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Total Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">% </th></tr> <tr> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Avissawella_Polling_Division" title="Avissawella Polling Division">Avissawella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Borella_Polling_Division" title="Borella Polling Division">Borella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_Central_Polling_Division" title="Colombo Central Polling Division">Colombo Central</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_East_Polling_Division" title="Colombo East Polling Division">Colombo East</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_North_Polling_Division" title="Colombo North Polling Division">Colombo North</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_West_Polling_Division" title="Colombo West Polling Division">Colombo West</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Dehiwala_Polling_Division" title="Dehiwala Polling Division">Dehiwala</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Homagama_Polling_Division" title="Homagama Polling Division">Homagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kaduwela_Polling_Division" title="Kaduwela Polling Division">Kaduwela</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kesbewa_Polling_Division" title="Kesbewa Polling Division">Kesbewa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kolonnawa_Polling_Division" title="Kolonnawa Polling Division">Kolonnawa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kotte_Polling_Division" title="Kotte Polling Division">Kotte</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Maharagama_Polling_Division" title="Maharagama Polling Division">Maharagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Moratuwa_Polling_Division" title="Moratuwa Polling Division">Moratuwa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Ratmalana_Polling_Division" title="Ratmalana Polling Division">Ratmalana</a></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ranasinghe_Premadasa" title="Ranasinghe Premadasa">Ranasinghe Premadasa</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a></td> <td>24,292</td> <td>16,452</td> <td>58,795</td> <td>16,480</td> <td>22,389</td> <td>14,670</td> <td>18,326</td> <td>20,810</td> <td>22,872</td> <td>25,549</td> <td>23,895</td> <td>18,834</td> <td>20,770</td> <td>31,546</td> <td>18,409</td> <td>7,248</td> <td>361,337</td> <td>49.14% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sirimavo_Bandaranaike" title="Sirimavo Bandaranaike">Sirimavo Bandaranaike</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a></td> <td>23,721</td> <td>13,083</td> <td>26,083</td> <td>13,477</td> <td>10,744</td> <td>7,473</td> <td>16,599</td> <td>27,570</td> <td>30,600</td> <td>35,184</td> <td>25,050</td> <td>22,607</td> <td>31,396</td> <td>29,654</td> <td>18,308</td> <td>8,409</td> <td>339,958</td> <td>46.23% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#92278f"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ossie_Abeygunasekera" title="Ossie Abeygunasekera">Ossie Abeygunasekera</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_People%27s_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lanka People's Party">SLPP</a></td> <td>1,199</td> <td>1,702</td> <td>4,521</td> <td>2,298</td> <td>2,259</td> <td>1,380</td> <td>1,707</td> <td>1,730</td> <td>2,108</td> <td>2,228</td> <td>2,411</td> <td>2,163</td> <td>2,260</td> <td>3,488</td> <td>1,783</td> <td>783</td> <td>34,020</td> <td>4.63% </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Valid Votes</td> <td>49,212</td> <td>31,237</td> <td>89,399</td> <td>32,255</td> <td>35,392</td> <td>23,523</td> <td>36,632</td> <td>50,110</td> <td>55,580</td> <td>62,961</td> <td>51,356</td> <td>43,604</td> <td>54,426</td> <td>64,688</td> <td>38,500</td> <td>16,440</td> <td>735,315</td> <td>100.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Rejected Votes</td> <td>570</td> <td>499</td> <td>1,572</td> <td>666</td> <td>647</td> <td>342</td> <td>520</td> <td>679</td> <td>806</td> <td>879</td> <td>849</td> <td>563</td> <td>779</td> <td>977</td> <td>584</td> <td>363</td> <td>11,295</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Total Polled</td> <td>49,782</td> <td>31,736</td> <td>90,971</td> <td>32,921</td> <td>36,039</td> <td>23,865</td> <td>37,152</td> <td>50,789</td> <td>56,386</td> <td>63,840</td> <td>52,205</td> <td>44,167</td> <td>55,205</td> <td>65,665</td> <td>39,084</td> <td>16,803</td> <td>746,610</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Registered Electors</td> <td>68,892</td> <td>47,917</td> <td>133,920</td> <td>51,225</td> <td>54,149</td> <td>37,220</td> <td>52,969</td> <td>86,987</td> <td>87,693</td> <td>89,277</td> <td>75,650</td> <td>67,194</td> <td>83,598</td> <td>96,841</td> <td>55,248</td> <td></td> <td>1,088,780</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Turnout</td> <td>72.26%</td> <td>66.23%</td> <td>67.93%</td> <td>64.27%</td> <td>66.56%</td> <td>64.12%</td> <td>70.14%</td> <td>58.39%</td> <td>64.30%</td> <td>71.51%</td> <td>69.01%</td> <td>65.73%</td> <td>66.04%</td> <td>67.81%</td> <td>70.74%</td> <td></td> <td>68.57%</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1994_presidential_election">1994 presidential election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombo_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1994 presidential election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/1994_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="1994 Sri Lankan presidential election">3rd presidential election</a> held on 9 November 1994:<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:left; vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Candidate</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:left; width:40px;">Party</th> <th colspan="15">Votes per Polling Division</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Postal<br />Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Total Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">% </th></tr> <tr> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Avissawella_Polling_Division" title="Avissawella Polling Division">Avissawella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Borella_Polling_Division" title="Borella Polling Division">Borella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_Central_Polling_Division" title="Colombo Central Polling Division">Colombo Central</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_East_Polling_Division" title="Colombo East Polling Division">Colombo East</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_North_Polling_Division" title="Colombo North Polling Division">Colombo North</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_West_Polling_Division" title="Colombo West Polling Division">Colombo West</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Dehiwala_Polling_Division" title="Dehiwala Polling Division">Dehiwala</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Homagama_Polling_Division" title="Homagama Polling Division">Homagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kaduwela_Polling_Division" title="Kaduwela Polling Division">Kaduwela</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kesbewa_Polling_Division" title="Kesbewa Polling Division">Kesbewa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kolonnawa_Polling_Division" title="Kolonnawa Polling Division">Kolonnawa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kotte_Polling_Division" title="Kotte Polling Division">Kotte</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Maharagama_Polling_Division" title="Maharagama Polling Division">Maharagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Moratuwa_Polling_Division" title="Moratuwa Polling Division">Moratuwa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Ratmalana_Polling_Division" title="Ratmalana Polling Division">Ratmalana</a></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Kumaratunga" title="Chandrika Kumaratunga">Chandrika Kumaratunga</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a></td> <td>31,132</td> <td>20,837</td> <td>56,219</td> <td>23,867</td> <td>26,250</td> <td>14,329</td> <td>23,977</td> <td>45,072</td> <td>51,876</td> <td>54,327</td> <td>40,296</td> <td>31,646</td> <td>47,818</td> <td>45,403</td> <td>28,666</td> <td>15,993</td> <td><b>557,708</b></td> <td>64.82% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Srima_Dissanayake" title="Srima Dissanayake">Srima Dissanayake</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a></td> <td>23,126</td> <td>13,162</td> <td>33,824</td> <td>12,806</td> <td>15,924</td> <td>8,557</td> <td>12,783</td> <td>22,369</td> <td>23,475</td> <td>22,130</td> <td>21,313</td> <td>16,331</td> <td>19,514</td> <td>24,493</td> <td>12,275</td> <td>6,659</td> <td><b>288,741</b></td> <td>33.56% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#00008B"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Harischandra_Wijayatunga" title="Harischandra Wijayatunga">Harischandra Wijayatunga</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sinhalaye_Mahasammatha_Bhoomiputra_Pakshaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya">SMBP</a></td> <td>787</td> <td>236</td> <td>245</td> <td>373</td> <td>118</td> <td>179</td> <td>326</td> <td>444</td> <td>599</td> <td>464</td> <td>330</td> <td>521</td> <td>638</td> <td>280</td> <td>273</td> <td>246</td> <td><b>6,059</b></td> <td>0.70% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/A._J._Ranasinghe" title="A. J. Ranasinghe">A. J. Ranasinghe</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 1</a></td> <td>230</td> <td>124</td> <td>291</td> <td>182</td> <td>103</td> <td>180</td> <td>195</td> <td>284</td> <td>521</td> <td>268</td> <td>201</td> <td>232</td> <td>240</td> <td>234</td> <td>151</td> <td>97</td> <td><b>3,533</b></td> <td>0.41% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left">Hudson Samarasinghe</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 2</a></td> <td>290</td> <td>96</td> <td>271</td> <td>115</td> <td>138</td> <td>68</td> <td>111</td> <td>279</td> <td>241</td> <td>210</td> <td>202</td> <td>118</td> <td>158</td> <td>127</td> <td>83</td> <td>19</td> <td><b>2,526</b></td> <td>0.29% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Nihal_Galappaththi" title="Nihal Galappaththi">Nihal Galappaththi</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Progressive_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lanka Progressive Front">SLPF</a></td> <td>163</td> <td>57</td> <td>149</td> <td>72</td> <td>75</td> <td>19</td> <td>78</td> <td>171</td> <td>205</td> <td>179</td> <td>156</td> <td>97</td> <td>153</td> <td>118</td> <td>71</td> <td>56</td> <td><b>1,819</b></td> <td>0.21% </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Valid Votes</td> <td>55,728</td> <td>34,512</td> <td>90,999</td> <td>37,415</td> <td>42,608</td> <td>23,332</td> <td>37,470</td> <td>68,619</td> <td>76,917</td> <td>77,578</td> <td>62,498</td> <td>48,945</td> <td>68,521</td> <td>70,655</td> <td>41,519</td> <td>23,070</td> <td>860,386</td> <td>100.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Rejected Votes</td> <td>1,313</td> <td>617</td> <td>2,020</td> <td>843</td> <td>947</td> <td>460</td> <td>614</td> <td>1,102</td> <td>1,445</td> <td>1,159</td> <td>1,120</td> <td>762</td> <td>1,328</td> <td>988</td> <td>887</td> <td>455</td> <td>16,060</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Total Polled</td> <td>57,041</td> <td>35,129</td> <td>93,019</td> <td>38,258</td> <td>43,555</td> <td>23,792</td> <td>38,084</td> <td>69,721</td> <td>78,362</td> <td>78,737</td> <td>63,618</td> <td>49,707</td> <td>69,849</td> <td>71,643</td> <td>42,406</td> <td>23,525</td> <td>876,446</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Registered Electors</td> <td>81,213</td> <td>52,007</td> <td>139,012</td> <td>57,049</td> <td>63,528</td> <td>36,915</td> <td>55,301</td> <td>106,536</td> <td>113,173</td> <td>110,948</td> <td>90,167</td> <td>71,213</td> <td>101,317</td> <td>97,831</td> <td>59,749</td> <td></td> <td>1,235,959</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Turnout</td> <td>70.24%</td> <td>67.55%</td> <td>66.91%</td> <td>67.06%</td> <td>68.56%</td> <td>64.45%</td> <td>68.87%</td> <td>65.44%</td> <td>69.24%</td> <td>70.97%</td> <td>70.56%</td> <td>69.80%</td> <td>68.94%</td> <td>73.23%</td> <td>70.97%</td> <td></td> <td>70.91%</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1999_presidential_election">1999 presidential election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombo_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1999 presidential election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/1999_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="1999 Sri Lankan presidential election">4th presidential election</a> held on 21 December 1999:<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:left; vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Candidate</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:left; width:40px;">Party</th> <th colspan="15">Votes per Polling Division</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Postal<br />Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Total Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">% </th></tr> <tr> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Avissawella_Polling_Division" title="Avissawella Polling Division">Avissawella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Borella_Polling_Division" title="Borella Polling Division">Borella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_Central_Polling_Division" title="Colombo Central Polling Division">Colombo Central</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_East_Polling_Division" title="Colombo East Polling Division">Colombo East</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_North_Polling_Division" title="Colombo North Polling Division">Colombo North</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_West_Polling_Division" title="Colombo West Polling Division">Colombo West</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Dehiwala_Polling_Division" title="Dehiwala Polling Division">Dehiwala</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Homagama_Polling_Division" title="Homagama Polling Division">Homagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kaduwela_Polling_Division" title="Kaduwela Polling Division">Kaduwela</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kesbewa_Polling_Division" title="Kesbewa Polling Division">Kesbewa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kolonnawa_Polling_Division" title="Kolonnawa Polling Division">Kolonnawa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kotte_Polling_Division" title="Kotte Polling Division">Kotte</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Maharagama_Polling_Division" title="Maharagama Polling Division">Maharagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Moratuwa_Polling_Division" title="Moratuwa Polling Division">Moratuwa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Ratmalana_Polling_Division" title="Ratmalana Polling Division">Ratmalana</a></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Kumaratunga" title="Chandrika Kumaratunga">Chandrika Kumaratunga</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a></td> <td>33,957</td> <td>17,023</td> <td>35,416</td> <td>17,777</td> <td>18,114</td> <td>7,327</td> <td>18,683</td> <td>46,823</td> <td>50,535</td> <td>51,240</td> <td>36,907</td> <td>24,782</td> <td>43,584</td> <td>41,380</td> <td>22,868</td> <td>7,894</td> <td><b>474,310</b></td> <td>49.18% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremasinghe" class="mw-redirect" title="Ranil Wickremasinghe">Ranil Wickremasinghe</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a></td> <td>26,903</td> <td>19,151</td> <td>59,234</td> <td>22,281</td> <td>32,714</td> <td>16,531</td> <td>19,126</td> <td>30,859</td> <td>32,951</td> <td>31,302</td> <td>28,681</td> <td>21,455</td> <td>27,338</td> <td>33,017</td> <td>17,572</td> <td>6,070</td> <td><b>425,185</b></td> <td>44.08% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Nandana_Gunathilake" title="Nandana Gunathilake">Nandana Gunathilake</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a></td> <td>2,976</td> <td>1,289</td> <td>1,955</td> <td>1,486</td> <td>1,281</td> <td>406</td> <td>1,346</td> <td>4,878</td> <td>6,170</td> <td>5,236</td> <td>3,385</td> <td>2,075</td> <td>4,168</td> <td>3,692</td> <td>2,514</td> <td>1,152</td> <td><b>44,009</b></td> <td>4.56% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#00008B"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Harischandra_Wijayatunga" title="Harischandra Wijayatunga">Harischandra Wijayatunga</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sinhalaye_Mahasammatha_Bhoomiputra_Pakshaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya">SMBP</a></td> <td>334</td> <td>275</td> <td>272</td> <td>410</td> <td>115</td> <td>210</td> <td>412</td> <td>662</td> <td>916</td> <td>940</td> <td>468</td> <td>763</td> <td>1,119</td> <td>431</td> <td>485</td> <td>397</td> <td><b>8,209</b></td> <td>0.85% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F90818"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Vasudeva_Nanayakkara" title="Vasudeva Nanayakkara">Vasudeva Nanayakkara</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Left_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Democratic Left Front (Sri Lanka)">LDA</a></td> <td>300</td> <td>148</td> <td>424</td> <td>419</td> <td>408</td> <td>539</td> <td>324</td> <td>267</td> <td>338</td> <td>346</td> <td>188</td> <td>231</td> <td>340</td> <td>288</td> <td>203</td> <td>237</td> <td><b>5,000</b></td> <td>0.52% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Abdul<br />Rasool</td> <td align="left">SLMP</td> <td>109</td> <td>119</td> <td>630</td> <td>109</td> <td>163</td> <td>92</td> <td>86</td> <td>91</td> <td>91</td> <td>71</td> <td>107</td> <td>47</td> <td>78</td> <td>76</td> <td>94</td> <td>17</td> <td><b>1,980</b></td> <td>0.21% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFDE17"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Rajiva_Wijesinha" title="Rajiva Wijesinha">Rajiva<br />Wijesinha</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Sri Lanka">LPSL</a></td> <td>123</td> <td>57</td> <td>137</td> <td>89</td> <td>94</td> <td>99</td> <td>78</td> <td>102</td> <td>101</td> <td>101</td> <td>93</td> <td>87</td> <td>82</td> <td>72</td> <td>55</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>1,376</b></td> <td>0.14% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left">Tennyson Edirisuriya</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 1</a></td> <td>113</td> <td>42</td> <td>104</td> <td>59</td> <td>86</td> <td>36</td> <td>44</td> <td>129</td> <td>112</td> <td>134</td> <td>113</td> <td>83</td> <td>117</td> <td>127</td> <td>60</td> <td>11</td> <td><b>1,370</b></td> <td>0.14% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left">W. V. M.<br />Ranjith</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 2</a></td> <td>158</td> <td>57</td> <td>178</td> <td>61</td> <td>95</td> <td>17</td> <td>33</td> <td>140</td> <td>102</td> <td>105</td> <td>97</td> <td>37</td> <td>98</td> <td>96</td> <td>42</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>1,319</b></td> <td>0.14% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Kamal<br />Karunadasa</td> <td align="left">PLSF</td> <td>91</td> <td>23</td> <td>82</td> <td>34</td> <td>46</td> <td>13</td> <td>17</td> <td>69</td> <td>79</td> <td>70</td> <td>42</td> <td>41</td> <td>68</td> <td>70</td> <td>36</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>783</b></td> <td>0.08% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left">Hudson Samarasinghe</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 3</a></td> <td>41</td> <td>13</td> <td>53</td> <td>19</td> <td>26</td> <td>15</td> <td>9</td> <td>32</td> <td>32</td> <td>20</td> <td>23</td> <td>10</td> <td>31</td> <td>20</td> <td>10</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>355</b></td> <td>0.04% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="green"> </td> <td align="left">Ariyawansha Dissanayaka</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_United_National_Front" title="Democratic United National Front">DUNF</a></td> <td>30</td> <td>5</td> <td>26</td> <td>16</td> <td>14</td> <td>7</td> <td>20</td> <td>34</td> <td>34</td> <td>32</td> <td>16</td> <td>10</td> <td>25</td> <td>38</td> <td>18</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>329</b></td> <td>0.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">A. W. Premawardhana</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Bahujana_Nidahas_Peramuna" title="Bahujana Nidahas Peramuna">PFF</a></td> <td>47</td> <td>11</td> <td>24</td> <td>10</td> <td>11</td> <td>6</td> <td>16</td> <td>37</td> <td>29</td> <td>26</td> <td>13</td> <td>15</td> <td>33</td> <td>20</td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>309</b></td> <td>0.03% </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Valid Votes</td> <td>65,182</td> <td>38,213</td> <td>98,535</td> <td>42,770</td> <td>53,167</td> <td>25,298</td> <td>40,194</td> <td>84,123</td> <td>91,490</td> <td>89,623</td> <td>70,133</td> <td>49,636</td> <td>77,081</td> <td>79,327</td> <td>43,964</td> <td>15,798</td> <td>964,534</td> <td>100.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Rejected Votes</td> <td>1,495</td> <td>1,058</td> <td>2,605</td> <td>1,388</td> <td>1,409</td> <td>896</td> <td>1,446</td> <td>2,383</td> <td>2,530</td> <td>2,967</td> <td>1,819</td> <td>1,675</td> <td>2,876</td> <td>2,006</td> <td>1,500</td> <td>1,144</td> <td>29,197</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Total Polled</td> <td>66,677</td> <td>39,271</td> <td>101,140</td> <td>44,158</td> <td>54,576</td> <td>26,194</td> <td>41,640</td> <td>86,506</td> <td>94,020</td> <td>92,590</td> <td>71,952</td> <td>51,311</td> <td>79,957</td> <td>81,333</td> <td>45,464</td> <td>16,942</td> <td>993,731</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Registered Electors</td> <td>87,913</td> <td>55,338</td> <td>143,993</td> <td>64,386</td> <td>77,447</td> <td>40,908</td> <td>58,407</td> <td>116,577</td> <td>126,119</td> <td>121,836</td> <td>96,164</td> <td>70,424</td> <td>108,622</td> <td>105,483</td> <td>63,466</td> <td></td> <td>1,337,083</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Turnout</td> <td>75.84%</td> <td>70.97%</td> <td>70.24%</td> <td>68.58%</td> <td>70.47%</td> <td>64.03%</td> <td>71.29%</td> <td>74.21%</td> <td>74.55%</td> <td>76.00%</td> <td>74.82%</td> <td>72.86%</td> <td>73.61%</td> <td>77.11%</td> <td>71.64%</td> <td></td> <td>74.32%</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2005_presidential_election">2005 presidential election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombo_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2005 presidential election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/2005_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2005 Sri Lankan presidential election">5th presidential election</a> held on 17 November 2005:<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:left; vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Candidate</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:left; width:40px;">Party</th> <th colspan="15">Votes per Polling Division</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Postal<br />Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Total Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">% </th></tr> <tr> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Avissawella_Polling_Division" title="Avissawella Polling Division">Avissawella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Borella_Polling_Division" title="Borella Polling Division">Borella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_Central_Polling_Division" title="Colombo Central Polling Division">Colombo Central</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_East_Polling_Division" title="Colombo East Polling Division">Colombo East</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_North_Polling_Division" title="Colombo North Polling Division">Colombo North</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_West_Polling_Division" title="Colombo West Polling Division">Colombo West</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Dehiwala_Polling_Division" title="Dehiwala Polling Division">Dehiwala</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Homagama_Polling_Division" title="Homagama Polling Division">Homagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kaduwela_Polling_Division" title="Kaduwela Polling Division">Kaduwela</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kesbewa_Polling_Division" title="Kesbewa Polling Division">Kesbewa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kolonnawa_Polling_Division" title="Kolonnawa Polling Division">Kolonnawa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kotte_Polling_Division" title="Kotte Polling Division">Kotte</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Maharagama_Polling_Division" title="Maharagama Polling Division">Maharagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Moratuwa_Polling_Division" title="Moratuwa Polling Division">Moratuwa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Ratmalana_Polling_Division" title="Ratmalana Polling Division">Ratmalana</a></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremasinghe" class="mw-redirect" title="Ranil Wickremasinghe">Ranil Wickremasinghe</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a></td> <td>36,227</td> <td>25,784</td> <td>78,908</td> <td>28,832</td> <td>45,161</td> <td>20,475</td> <td>24,660</td> <td>43,477</td> <td>47,025</td> <td>42,042</td> <td>40,744</td> <td>27,106</td> <td>36,093</td> <td>43,207</td> <td>23,743</td> <td>6,143</td> <td><b>569,627</b></td> <td>51.12% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a></td> <td>41,936</td> <td>15,644</td> <td>20,395</td> <td>16,919</td> <td>14,270</td> <td>5,104</td> <td>18,005</td> <td>64,433</td> <td>65,829</td> <td>66,660</td> <td>40,616</td> <td>26,987</td> <td>53,681</td> <td>48,047</td> <td>25,004</td> <td>10,901</td> <td><b>534,431</b></td> <td>47.96% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Siritunga_Jayasuriya" title="Siritunga Jayasuriya">Siritunga Jayasuriya</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_Socialist_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)">USP</a></td> <td>281</td> <td>115</td> <td>448</td> <td>102</td> <td>270</td> <td>52</td> <td>67</td> <td>242</td> <td>192</td> <td>163</td> <td>178</td> <td>83</td> <td>103</td> <td>232</td> <td>92</td> <td>8</td> <td><b>2,628</b></td> <td>0.24% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DAEA67"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Victor_Hettigoda" title="Victor Hettigoda">Victor<br />Hettigoda</a></td> <td align="left">ULPP</td> <td>114</td> <td>80</td> <td>117</td> <td>159</td> <td>101</td> <td>129</td> <td>158</td> <td>184</td> <td>207</td> <td>192</td> <td>117</td> <td>117</td> <td>173</td> <td>143</td> <td>121</td> <td>62</td> <td><b>2,174</b></td> <td>0.20% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">A. A.<br />Suraweera</td> <td align="left">NDF</td> <td>209</td> <td>60</td> <td>189</td> <td>66</td> <td>112</td> <td>22</td> <td>57</td> <td>206</td> <td>236</td> <td>238</td> <td>166</td> <td>88</td> <td>138</td> <td>192</td> <td>76</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>2,057</b></td> <td>0.18% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left">Chamil Jayaneththi</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_Left_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="New Left Front">NLF</a></td> <td>88</td> <td>32</td> <td>71</td> <td>33</td> <td>59</td> <td>37</td> <td>34</td> <td>68</td> <td>59</td> <td>67</td> <td>47</td> <td>31</td> <td>52</td> <td>52</td> <td>36</td> <td>9</td> <td><b>775</b></td> <td>0.07% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Anura<br />De Silva</td> <td align="left">ULF</td> <td>66</td> <td>22</td> <td>93</td> <td>24</td> <td>39</td> <td>10</td> <td>20</td> <td>55</td> <td>54</td> <td>59</td> <td>34</td> <td>19</td> <td>41</td> <td>38</td> <td>26</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>601</b></td> <td>0.05% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#683053"> </td> <td align="left">Aruna<br />de Soyza</td> <td align="left">RPP</td> <td>51</td> <td>18</td> <td>28</td> <td>11</td> <td>17</td> <td>3</td> <td>19</td> <td>62</td> <td>69</td> <td>57</td> <td>36</td> <td>17</td> <td>46</td> <td>57</td> <td>23</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>519</b></td> <td>0.05% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#87171A"> </td> <td align="left">Wimal Geeganage</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_National_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lanka National Front">SLNF</a></td> <td>33</td> <td>17</td> <td>37</td> <td>15</td> <td>20</td> <td>10</td> <td>13</td> <td>64</td> <td>42</td> <td>40</td> <td>27</td> <td>18</td> <td>26</td> <td>33</td> <td>22</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>422</b></td> <td>0.04% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left">Wije<br />Dias</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Equality_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)">SEP</a></td> <td>36</td> <td>23</td> <td>37</td> <td>23</td> <td>27</td> <td>10</td> <td>19</td> <td>25</td> <td>43</td> <td>37</td> <td>24</td> <td>11</td> <td>35</td> <td>37</td> <td>17</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>410</b></td> <td>0.04% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8A718"> </td> <td align="left">A. K. J. Arachchige</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unity_Alliance" title="Democratic Unity Alliance">DUA</a></td> <td>31</td> <td>10</td> <td>69</td> <td>13</td> <td>27</td> <td>5</td> <td>15</td> <td>44</td> <td>37</td> <td>33</td> <td>19</td> <td>20</td> <td>24</td> <td>34</td> <td>16</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>398</b></td> <td>0.04% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left">P. Nelson<br />Perera</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Progressive_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lanka Progressive Front">SLPF</a></td> <td>16</td> <td>3</td> <td>20</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>7</td> <td>5</td> <td>19</td> <td>8</td> <td>10</td> <td>13</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>13</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>134</b></td> <td>0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">H. S. Dharmadwaja</td> <td align="left">UNAF</td> <td>10</td> <td>1</td> <td>12</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td>8</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>74</b></td> <td>0.01% </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Valid Votes</td> <td>79,098</td> <td>41,809</td> <td>100,424</td> <td>46,206</td> <td>60,111</td> <td>25,865</td> <td>43,077</td> <td>108,882</td> <td>113,805</td> <td>109,602</td> <td>82,028</td> <td>54,504</td> <td>90,425</td> <td>92,089</td> <td>49,181</td> <td>17,144</td> <td>1,114,250</td> <td>100.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Rejected Votes</td> <td>865</td> <td>453</td> <td>1,616</td> <td>694</td> <td>939</td> <td>399</td> <td>369</td> <td>1,035</td> <td>1,209</td> <td>1,110</td> <td>892</td> <td>516</td> <td>910</td> <td>975</td> <td>557</td> <td>340</td> <td>12,879</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Total Polled</td> <td>79,963</td> <td>42,262</td> <td>102,040</td> <td>46,900</td> <td>61,050</td> <td>26,264</td> <td>43,446</td> <td>109,917</td> <td>115,014</td> <td>110,712</td> <td>82,920</td> <td>55,020</td> <td>91,335</td> <td>93,064</td> <td>49,738</td> <td>17,484</td> <td>1,127,129</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Registered Electors</td> <td>101,065</td> <td>60,678</td> <td>144,916</td> <td>65,732</td> <td>85,967</td> <td>38,621</td> <td>58,728</td> <td>141,974</td> <td>148,435</td> <td>140,094</td> <td>107,725</td> <td>73,274</td> <td>119,137</td> <td>115,759</td> <td>66,432</td> <td></td> <td>1,468,537</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Turnout</td> <td>79.12%</td> <td>69.65%</td> <td>70.41%</td> <td>71.35%</td> <td>71.02%</td> <td>68.00%</td> <td>73.98%</td> <td>77.42%</td> <td>77.48%</td> <td>79.03%</td> <td>76.97%</td> <td>75.09%</td> <td>76.66%</td> <td>80.39%</td> <td>74.87%</td> <td></td> <td>76.75%</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_presidential_election">2010 presidential election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombo_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2010 presidential election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/2010_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2010 Sri Lankan presidential election">6th presidential election</a> held on 26 January 2010:<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:left; vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Candidate</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:left; width:40px;">Party</th> <th colspan="15">Votes per Polling Division</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Postal<br />Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Total Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">% </th></tr> <tr> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Avissawella_Polling_Division" title="Avissawella Polling Division">Avissawella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Borella_Polling_Division" title="Borella Polling Division">Borella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_Central_Polling_Division" title="Colombo Central Polling Division">Colombo Central</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_East_Polling_Division" title="Colombo East Polling Division">Colombo East</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_North_Polling_Division" title="Colombo North Polling Division">Colombo North</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_West_Polling_Division" title="Colombo West Polling Division">Colombo West</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Dehiwala_Polling_Division" title="Dehiwala Polling Division">Dehiwala</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Homagama_Polling_Division" title="Homagama Polling Division">Homagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kaduwela_Polling_Division" title="Kaduwela Polling Division">Kaduwela</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kesbewa_Polling_Division" title="Kesbewa Polling Division">Kesbewa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kolonnawa_Polling_Division" title="Kolonnawa Polling Division">Kolonnawa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kotte_Polling_Division" title="Kotte Polling Division">Kotte</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Maharagama_Polling_Division" title="Maharagama Polling Division">Maharagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Moratuwa_Polling_Division" title="Moratuwa Polling Division">Moratuwa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Ratmalana_Polling_Division" title="Ratmalana Polling Division">Ratmalana</a></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda<br />Rajapaksa</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a></td> <td>53,664</td> <td>16,909</td> <td>21,824</td> <td>19,107</td> <td>17,605</td> <td>6,350</td> <td>19,457</td> <td>80,799</td> <td>76,103</td> <td>77,474</td> <td>46,002</td> <td>29,125</td> <td>59,360</td> <td>52,627</td> <td>26,215</td> <td>12,119</td> <td><b>614,740</b></td> <td>52.93% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#2C5A45"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sarath_Fonseka" title="Sarath Fonseka">Sarath<br />Fonseka</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="New Democratic Front (Sri Lanka)">NDF</a></td> <td>28,875</td> <td>23,636</td> <td>73,152</td> <td>28,334</td> <td>42,896</td> <td>19,211</td> <td>24,441</td> <td>39,414</td> <td>45,082</td> <td>40,474</td> <td>39,497</td> <td>26,129</td> <td>35,162</td> <td>37,233</td> <td>22,589</td> <td>6,897</td> <td><b>533,022</b></td> <td>45.90% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0C9DD4"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/A._S._P_Liyanage" class="mw-redirect" title="A. S. P Liyanage">A. S. P.<br />Liyanage</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Labour_Party" title="Sri Lanka Labour Party">SLLP</a></td> <td>94</td> <td>109</td> <td>170</td> <td>207</td> <td>99</td> <td>33</td> <td>63</td> <td>115</td> <td>124</td> <td>134</td> <td>178</td> <td>136</td> <td>107</td> <td>157</td> <td>71</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>1,798</b></td> <td>0.15% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="green"> </td> <td align="left">M. C. M.<br />Ismail</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_United_National_Front" title="Democratic United National Front">DUNF</a></td> <td>151</td> <td>67</td> <td>259</td> <td>81</td> <td>197</td> <td>45</td> <td>52</td> <td>143</td> <td>127</td> <td>106</td> <td>135</td> <td>55</td> <td>65</td> <td>69</td> <td>46</td> <td>8</td> <td><b>1,606</b></td> <td>0.14% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#add8e6"> </td> <td align="left">C. J. Sugathsiri Gamage</td> <td align="left">UDF</td> <td>129</td> <td>65</td> <td>387</td> <td>74</td> <td>222</td> <td>43</td> <td>33</td> <td>84</td> <td>105</td> <td>83</td> <td>120</td> <td>46</td> <td>51</td> <td>86</td> <td>44</td> <td>7</td> <td><b>1,579</b></td> <td>0.14% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">A. A.<br />Suraweera</td> <td align="left">NDF</td> <td>215</td> <td>34</td> <td>96</td> <td>43</td> <td>72</td> <td>20</td> <td>34</td> <td>217</td> <td>179</td> <td>189</td> <td>106</td> <td>45</td> <td>103</td> <td>125</td> <td>59</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>1,540</b></td> <td>0.13% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left">W. V. M.<br />Ranjith</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 1</a></td> <td>148</td> <td>47</td> <td>67</td> <td>30</td> <td>57</td> <td>18</td> <td>39</td> <td>131</td> <td>132</td> <td>134</td> <td>96</td> <td>56</td> <td>109</td> <td>108</td> <td>45</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>1,219</b></td> <td>0.10% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Vikramabahu_Karunaratne" title="Vikramabahu Karunaratne">Vikramabahu<br />Karunaratne</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Left_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" class="mw-redirect" title="Left Front (Sri Lanka)">LF</a></td> <td>68</td> <td>46</td> <td>113</td> <td>109</td> <td>112</td> <td>104</td> <td>73</td> <td>52</td> <td>47</td> <td>47</td> <td>43</td> <td>51</td> <td>49</td> <td>67</td> <td>55</td> <td>16</td> <td><b>1,052</b></td> <td>0.09% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Lal<br />Perera</td> <td align="left">ONF</td> <td>43</td> <td>34</td> <td>134</td> <td>38</td> <td>80</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>42</td> <td>40</td> <td>50</td> <td>63</td> <td>31</td> <td>23</td> <td>42</td> <td>24</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>680</b></td> <td>0.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="maroon"> </td> <td align="left">Sarath<br />Manamendra</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_Sinhala_Heritage" title="New Sinhala Heritage">NSH</a></td> <td>42</td> <td>29</td> <td>105</td> <td>30</td> <td>89</td> <td>19</td> <td>22</td> <td>39</td> <td>45</td> <td>53</td> <td>47</td> <td>19</td> <td>30</td> <td>37</td> <td>22</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>629</b></td> <td>0.05% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left">Ukkubanda<br />Wijekoon</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 3</a></td> <td>52</td> <td>28</td> <td>49</td> <td>31</td> <td>26</td> <td>29</td> <td>25</td> <td>52</td> <td>75</td> <td>70</td> <td>28</td> <td>33</td> <td>40</td> <td>38</td> <td>22</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>600</b></td> <td>0.05% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/M._K._Shivajilingam" title="M. K. Shivajilingam">M. K.<br />Shivajilingam</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 5</a></td> <td>42</td> <td>28</td> <td>81</td> <td>66</td> <td>86</td> <td>63</td> <td>43</td> <td>23</td> <td>20</td> <td>16</td> <td>15</td> <td>10</td> <td>17</td> <td>19</td> <td>17</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>548</b></td> <td>0.05% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Siritunga_Jayasuriya" title="Siritunga Jayasuriya">Siritunga Jayasuriya</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_Socialist_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)">USP</a></td> <td>56</td> <td>23</td> <td>86</td> <td>44</td> <td>43</td> <td>10</td> <td>14</td> <td>37</td> <td>45</td> <td>33</td> <td>39</td> <td>24</td> <td>29</td> <td>35</td> <td>22</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>544</b></td> <td>0.05% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left">Aithurus<br />M. Illias</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 2</a></td> <td>37</td> <td>16</td> <td>73</td> <td>19</td> <td>29</td> <td>12</td> <td>19</td> <td>33</td> <td>41</td> <td>33</td> <td>36</td> <td>16</td> <td>23</td> <td>23</td> <td>24</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>437</b></td> <td>0.04% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left">Wije<br />Dias</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Equality_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)">SEP</a></td> <td>30</td> <td>11</td> <td>32</td> <td>25</td> <td>32</td> <td>21</td> <td>12</td> <td>24</td> <td>26</td> <td>34</td> <td>17</td> <td>9</td> <td>26</td> <td>21</td> <td>17</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>338</b></td> <td>0.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Ven.Battaramulla<br />Seelaratana Thero</td> <td align="left">JP</td> <td>12</td> <td>7</td> <td>23</td> <td>14</td> <td>9</td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> <td>18</td> <td>17</td> <td>19</td> <td>10</td> <td>8</td> <td>13</td> <td>8</td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>176</b></td> <td>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Sanath<br />Pinnaduwa</td> <td align="left">NA</td> <td>9</td> <td>7</td> <td>45</td> <td>13</td> <td>12</td> <td>5</td> <td>8</td> <td>10</td> <td>8</td> <td>7</td> <td>15</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>12</td> <td>10</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>169</b></td> <td>0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/M._Mohamed_Musthaffa" class="mw-redirect" title="M. Mohamed Musthaffa">M. Mohamed<br />Musthaffa</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 4</a></td> <td>13</td> <td>7</td> <td>30</td> <td>4</td> <td>10</td> <td>5</td> <td>7</td> <td>13</td> <td>18</td> <td>10</td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td>9</td> <td>11</td> <td>7</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>154</b></td> <td>0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Sarath<br />Kongahage</td> <td align="left">UNAF</td> <td>10</td> <td>7</td> <td>29</td> <td>14</td> <td>10</td> <td>8</td> <td>5</td> <td>7</td> <td>11</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>12</td> <td>4</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>144</b></td> <td>0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#683053"> </td> <td align="left">Aruna<br />de Soyza</td> <td align="left">RPP</td> <td>17</td> <td>8</td> <td>25</td> <td>3</td> <td>7</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>11</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>14</td> <td>4</td> <td>6</td> <td>11</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>143</b></td> <td>0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Senaratna<br />de Silva</td> <td align="left">PNF</td> <td>16</td> <td>6</td> <td>23</td> <td>4</td> <td>8</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>7</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>7</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>136</b></td> <td>0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">M. B.<br />Thaminimulla</td> <td align="left">ACAKO</td> <td>9</td> <td>8</td> <td>23</td> <td>5</td> <td>14</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>8</td> <td>7</td> <td>9</td> <td>4</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>12</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>128</b></td> <td>0.01% </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Valid Votes</td> <td>83,732</td> <td>41,132</td> <td>96,826</td> <td>48,295</td> <td>61,715</td> <td>26,030</td> <td>44,383</td> <td>121,279</td> <td>122,276</td> <td>119,006</td> <td>86,486</td> <td>55,825</td> <td>95,255</td> <td>90,752</td> <td>49,316</td> <td>19,074</td> <td>1,161,382</td> <td>100.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Rejected Votes</td> <td>689</td> <td>543</td> <td>1,320</td> <td>699</td> <td>1,022</td> <td>444</td> <td>465</td> <td>770</td> <td>850</td> <td>803</td> <td>893</td> <td>557</td> <td>768</td> <td>745</td> <td>512</td> <td>314</td> <td>11,394</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Total Polled</td> <td>84,421</td> <td>41,675</td> <td>98,146</td> <td>48,994</td> <td>62,737</td> <td>26,474</td> <td>44,848</td> <td>122,049</td> <td>123,126</td> <td>119,809</td> <td>87,379</td> <td>56,382</td> <td>96,023</td> <td>91,497</td> <td>49,828</td> <td>19,388</td> <td>1,172,776</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Registered Electors</td> <td>108,138</td> <td>58,757</td> <td>139,822</td> <td>68,643</td> <td>95,385</td> <td>38,921</td> <td>61,194</td> <td>155,720</td> <td>158,736</td> <td>148,696</td> <td>112,363</td> <td>73,009</td> <td>121,247</td> <td>114,601</td> <td>66,622</td> <td></td> <td>1,521,854</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Turnout</td> <td>78.07%</td> <td>70.93%</td> <td>70.19%</td> <td>71.38%</td> <td>65.77%</td> <td>68.02%</td> <td>73.29%</td> <td>78.38%</td> <td>77.57%</td> <td>80.57%</td> <td>77.76%</td> <td>77.23%</td> <td>79.20%</td> <td>79.84%</td> <td>74.79%</td> <td></td> <td>77.06%</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2015_presidential_election">2015 presidential election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombo_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2015 presidential election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/2015_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2015 Sri Lankan presidential election">7th presidential election</a> held on 8 January 2015:<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:left; vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Candidate</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:left; width:40px;">Party</th> <th colspan="15">Votes per Polling Division</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Postal<br />Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Total Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">% </th></tr> <tr> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Avissawella_Polling_Division" title="Avissawella Polling Division">Avissawella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Borella_Polling_Division" title="Borella Polling Division">Borella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_Central_Polling_Division" title="Colombo Central Polling Division">Colombo Central</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_East_Polling_Division" title="Colombo East Polling Division">Colombo East</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_North_Polling_Division" title="Colombo North Polling Division">Colombo North</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_West_Polling_Division" title="Colombo West Polling Division">Colombo West</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Dehiwala_Polling_Division" title="Dehiwala Polling Division">Dehiwala</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Homagama_Polling_Division" title="Homagama Polling Division">Homagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kaduwela_Polling_Division" title="Kaduwela Polling Division">Kaduwela</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kesbewa_Polling_Division" title="Kesbewa Polling Division">Kesbewa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kolonnawa_Polling_Division" title="Kolonnawa Polling Division">Kolonnawa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kotte_Polling_Division" title="Kotte Polling Division">Kotte</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Maharagama_Polling_Division" title="Maharagama Polling Division">Maharagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Moratuwa_Polling_Division" title="Moratuwa Polling Division">Moratuwa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Ratmalana_Polling_Division" title="Ratmalana Polling Division">Ratmalana</a></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#2C5A45"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Maithripala_Sirisena" title="Maithripala Sirisena">Maithripala<br />Sirisena</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="New Democratic Front (Sri Lanka)">NDF</a></td> <td>47,728</td> <td>31,469</td> <td>82,495</td> <td>35,167</td> <td>51,537</td> <td>23,915</td> <td>30,955</td> <td>63,563</td> <td>68,886</td> <td>61,116</td> <td>56,835</td> <td>36,614</td> <td>51,480</td> <td>48,599</td> <td>29,554</td> <td>12,160</td> <td><b>725,073</b></td> <td>55.93% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda<br />Rajapaksa</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a></td> <td>51,351</td> <td>15,148</td> <td>17,779</td> <td>16,601</td> <td>16,423</td> <td>6,164</td> <td>15,932</td> <td>77,415</td> <td>70,970</td> <td>74,189</td> <td>39,767</td> <td>24,663</td> <td>53,327</td> <td>46,885</td> <td>23,144</td> <td>12,856</td> <td><b>562,614</b></td> <td>43.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0C9DD4"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/A._S._P_Liyanage" class="mw-redirect" title="A. S. P Liyanage">A. S. P.<br />Liyanage</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Labour_Party" title="Sri Lanka Labour Party">SLLP</a></td> <td>66</td> <td>78</td> <td>185</td> <td>47</td> <td>101</td> <td>21</td> <td>34</td> <td>74</td> <td>70</td> <td>57</td> <td>90</td> <td>41</td> <td>57</td> <td>49</td> <td>29</td> <td>8</td> <td><b>1,007</b></td> <td>0.08% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">M. I. Mohanmed<br />Mishlar</td> <td align="left">UPF</td> <td>61</td> <td>36</td> <td>298</td> <td>32</td> <td>90</td> <td>14</td> <td>39</td> <td>55</td> <td>57</td> <td>45</td> <td>129</td> <td>17</td> <td>37</td> <td>39</td> <td>26</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>978</b></td> <td>0.08% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">R. A.<br />Sirisena</td> <td align="left">PNF</td> <td>112</td> <td>37</td> <td>73</td> <td>23</td> <td>61</td> <td>12</td> <td>32</td> <td>128</td> <td>84</td> <td>83</td> <td>80</td> <td>39</td> <td>66</td> <td>78</td> <td>30</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>943</b></td> <td>0.07% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DAEA67"> </td> <td align="left">R. Peduru<br />Arachchi</td> <td align="left">ULPP</td> <td>80</td> <td>37</td> <td>131</td> <td>33</td> <td>75</td> <td>15</td> <td>17</td> <td>53</td> <td>81</td> <td>56</td> <td>86</td> <td>27</td> <td>38</td> <td>28</td> <td>25</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>786</b></td> <td>0.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Namal<br />Rajapaksa</td> <td align="left">ONF</td> <td>80</td> <td>30</td> <td>39</td> <td>32</td> <td>48</td> <td>13</td> <td>14</td> <td>80</td> <td>84</td> <td>70</td> <td>50</td> <td>33</td> <td>49</td> <td>57</td> <td>31</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>716</b></td> <td>0.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#D0180D"> </td> <td align="left">Duminda<br />Nagamuwa</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Frontline_Socialist_Party" title="Frontline Socialist Party">FSP</a></td> <td>84</td> <td>22</td> <td>59</td> <td>31</td> <td>39</td> <td>8</td> <td>26</td> <td>67</td> <td>80</td> <td>85</td> <td>46</td> <td>22</td> <td>65</td> <td>31</td> <td>29</td> <td>21</td> <td><b>715</b></td> <td>0.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left">Aithurus<br />M. Illias</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 1</a></td> <td>67</td> <td>31</td> <td>120</td> <td>25</td> <td>59</td> <td>12</td> <td>28</td> <td>70</td> <td>64</td> <td>54</td> <td>62</td> <td>17</td> <td>7</td> <td>45</td> <td>18</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>702</b></td> <td>0.05% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Siritunga_Jayasuriya" title="Siritunga Jayasuriya">Siritunga<br />Jayasuriya</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_Socialist_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)">USP</a></td> <td>57</td> <td>21</td> <td>69</td> <td>36</td> <td>50</td> <td>19</td> <td>9</td> <td>36</td> <td>41</td> <td>40</td> <td>27</td> <td>22</td> <td>39</td> <td>30</td> <td>22</td> <td>7</td> <td><b>525</b></td> <td>0.04% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Ven.Battaramulla<br />Seelarathana Thero</td> <td align="left">JSP</td> <td>30</td> <td>16</td> <td>22</td> <td>13</td> <td>10</td> <td>8</td> <td>21</td> <td>50</td> <td>75</td> <td>53</td> <td>38</td> <td>28</td> <td>47</td> <td>24</td> <td>24</td> <td>20</td> <td><b>479</b></td> <td>0.04% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left">Vajirapani<br />Wijesiriwardene</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Equality_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)">SEP</a></td> <td>19</td> <td>16</td> <td>32</td> <td>21</td> <td>29</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>23</td> <td>31</td> <td>30</td> <td>28</td> <td>10</td> <td>38</td> <td>27</td> <td>15</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>346</b></td> <td>0.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="maroon"> </td> <td align="left">Sarath Manamendra</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_Sinhala_Heritage" title="New Sinhala Heritage">NSH</a></td> <td>39</td> <td>7</td> <td>43</td> <td>16</td> <td>25</td> <td>11</td> <td>6</td> <td>33</td> <td>35</td> <td>24</td> <td>22</td> <td>7</td> <td>17</td> <td>25</td> <td>9</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>321</b></td> <td>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left">Anurudha<br />Polgampola</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 2</a></td> <td>26</td> <td>7</td> <td>44</td> <td>14</td> <td>25</td> <td>9</td> <td>8</td> <td>26</td> <td>27</td> <td>17</td> <td>21</td> <td>7</td> <td>16</td> <td>14</td> <td>11</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>274</b></td> <td>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left">Sundaram<br />Mahendran</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Nava_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Nava Sama Samaja Party">NSSP</a></td> <td>28</td> <td>10</td> <td>25</td> <td>18</td> <td>28</td> <td>22</td> <td>14</td> <td>21</td> <td>8</td> <td>7</td> <td>15</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>14</td> <td>10</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>236</b></td> <td>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">M. B.<br />Theminimulla</td> <td align="left">ACAKO</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>26</td> <td>11</td> <td>17</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>19</td> <td>15</td> <td>21</td> <td>18</td> <td>12</td> <td>17</td> <td>14</td> <td>10</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>214</b></td> <td>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Prasanna<br />Priyankara</td> <td align="left">DNM</td> <td>16</td> <td>5</td> <td>19</td> <td>3</td> <td>15</td> <td>8</td> <td>9</td> <td>21</td> <td>18</td> <td>14</td> <td>8</td> <td>14</td> <td>12</td> <td>11</td> <td>7</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>181</b></td> <td>0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#87171A"> </td> <td align="left">Wimal<br />Geeganage</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_National_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lanka National Front">SLNF</a></td> <td>11</td> <td>2</td> <td>17</td> <td>5</td> <td>9</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>15</td> <td>5</td> <td>12</td> <td>10</td> <td>3</td> <td>13</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>126</b></td> <td>0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Jayantha<br />Kulathunga</td> <td align="left">ULGC</td> <td>10</td> <td>3</td> <td>21</td> <td>9</td> <td>8</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>13</td> <td>11</td> <td>10</td> <td>4</td> <td>6</td> <td>11</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>124</b></td> <td>0.01% </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Valid Votes</td> <td>94,880</td> <td>46,990</td> <td>101,497</td> <td>52,137</td> <td>68,649</td> <td>30,275</td> <td>47,169</td> <td>141,762</td> <td>140,642</td> <td>135,983</td> <td>97,336</td> <td>59,588</td> <td>105,353</td> <td>95,981</td> <td>53,004</td> <td>25,114</td> <td>1,296,360</td> <td>100.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Rejected Votes</td> <td>1,032</td> <td>547</td> <td>1,237</td> <td>668</td> <td>1,146</td> <td>325</td> <td>599</td> <td>1,481</td> <td>1,534</td> <td>1,393</td> <td>1,275</td> <td>703</td> <td>1220</td> <td>958</td> <td>680</td> <td>536</td> <td>15,334</td> <td>1.17% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Total Polled</td> <td>95,912</td> <td>45,537</td> <td>102,734</td> <td>52,805</td> <td>69,795</td> <td>30,600</td> <td>47,768</td> <td>143,243</td> <td>142,176</td> <td>137,376</td> <td>98,611</td> <td>60,291</td> <td>106,573</td> <td>96,939</td> <td>53,684</td> <td>25,650</td> <td>1,311,694</td> <td>82.67% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Registered Electors</td> <td>117,472</td> <td>60,109</td> <td>131,482</td> <td>66,941</td> <td>89,771</td> <td>40,609</td> <td>59,812</td> <td>174,909</td> <td>173,355</td> <td>164,774</td> <td>120,617</td> <td>74,934</td> <td>129,801</td> <td>115,219</td> <td>66,793</td> <td>26,062</td> <td>1,586,598</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2019_presidential_election">2019 presidential election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombo_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2019 presidential election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/2019_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2019 Sri Lankan presidential election">8th presidential election</a> held on 16 November 2019:<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:left; vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Candidate</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:left; width:40px;">Party</th> <th colspan="15">Votes per Polling Division</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Postal<br />Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Total Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">% </th></tr> <tr> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Avissawella_Polling_Division" title="Avissawella Polling Division">Avissawella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Borella_Polling_Division" title="Borella Polling Division">Borella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_Central_Polling_Division" title="Colombo Central Polling Division">Colombo Central</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link 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style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Homagama_Polling_Division" title="Homagama Polling Division">Homagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kaduwela_Polling_Division" title="Kaduwela Polling Division">Kaduwela</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kesbewa_Polling_Division" title="Kesbewa Polling Division">Kesbewa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kolonnawa_Polling_Division" title="Kolonnawa Polling Division">Kolonnawa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kotte_Polling_Division" title="Kotte Polling Division">Kotte</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Maharagama_Polling_Division" title="Maharagama Polling Division">Maharagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Moratuwa_Polling_Division" title="Moratuwa Polling Division">Moratuwa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Ratmalana_Polling_Division" title="Ratmalana Polling Division">Ratmalana</a></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#87171A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Gotabaya_Rajapaksa" title="Gotabaya Rajapaksa">Gotabaya<br />Rajapaksa</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Podujana_Peramuna" title="Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna">SLPP</a></td> <td>61,755</td> <td>18,850</td> <td>16,341</td> <td>19,619</td> <td>16,986</td> <td>6,644</td> <td>19,122</td> <td>106,102</td> <td>98,807</td> <td>99,062</td> <td>53,232</td> <td>31,853</td> <td>71,893</td> <td>57,645</td> <td>28,085</td> <td>21,717</td> <td><b>727,713</b></td> <td>53.19% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#2C5A45"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sajith_Premadasa" title="Sajith Premadasa">Sajith<br />Premadasa</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="New Democratic Front (Sri Lanka)">NDF</a></td> <td>34,532</td> <td>27,436</td> <td>80,076</td> <td>28,599</td> <td>52,983</td> <td>21,345</td> <td>25,004</td> <td>40,157</td> <td>41,747</td> <td>37,430</td> <td>50,456</td> <td>22,628</td> <td>29,688</td> <td>36,390</td> <td>23,156</td> <td>8,294</td> <td><b>559,921</b></td> <td>40.92% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#C4094A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Anura_Kumara_Dissanayake" title="Anura Kumara Dissanayake">Anura Kumara<br />Dissanayake</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Power" title="National People's Power">NMPP</a></td> <td>3,184</td> <td>1,500</td> <td>1,528</td> <td>1,750</td> <td>1,084</td> <td>647</td> <td>1,480</td> <td>7,596</td> <td>7,605</td> <td>7,343</td> <td>3,940</td> <td>2,439</td> <td>5,820</td> <td>3,534</td> <td>2,124</td> <td>2,229</td> <td><b>53,803</b></td> <td>3.93% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DDBBCC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mahesh_Senanayake" title="Mahesh Senanayake">Mahesh<br />Senanayake</a></td> <td align="left">NPP</td> <td>364</td> <td>329</td> <td>186</td> <td>571</td> <td>119</td> <td>236</td> <td>414</td> <td>946</td> <td>1,424</td> <td>1,172</td> <td>526</td> <td>875</td> <td>1,165</td> <td>906</td> <td>500</td> <td>522</td> <td><b>10,335</b></td> <td>0.76% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Rohan<br />Pallewatte</td> <td align="left">JSWP</td> <td>171</td> <td>58</td> <td>56</td> <td>85</td> <td>73</td> <td>42</td> <td>86</td> <td>266</td> <td>315</td> <td>267</td> <td>173</td> <td>152</td> <td>235</td> <td>190</td> <td>111</td> <td>37</td> <td><b>2,317</b></td> <td>0.17% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="red"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ajantha_Perera" title="Ajantha Perera">Ajantha<br />Perera</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Socialist Party of Sri Lanka">SPSL</a></td> <td>256</td> <td>60</td> <td>50</td> <td>76</td> <td>68</td> <td>27</td> <td>59</td> <td>291</td> <td>255</td> <td>204</td> <td>131</td> <td>75</td> <td>172</td> <td>157</td> <td>94</td> <td>27</td> <td><b>2,002</b></td> <td>0.15% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/M._L._A._M._Hizbullah" title="M. L. A. M. Hizbullah">M. L. A. M.<br />Hizbullah</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 11</a></td> <td>156</td> <td>11</td> <td>207</td> <td>56</td> <td>136</td> <td>26</td> <td>68</td> <td>180</td> <td>145</td> <td>130</td> <td>152</td> <td>53</td> <td>82</td> <td>124</td> <td>71</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>1,660</b></td> <td>0.12% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="green"> </td> <td align="left">Ariyawansa<br />Dissanayake</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_United_National_Front" title="Democratic United National Front">DUNF</a></td> <td>154</td> <td>74</td> <td>157</td> <td>74</td> <td>193</td> <td>29</td> <td>29</td> <td>90</td> <td>103</td> <td>93</td> <td>129</td> <td>28</td> <td>54</td> <td>106</td> <td>49</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>1,367</b></td> <td>0.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Ven.Battaramulla<br />Seelarathana Thero</td> <td align="left">JSP</td> <td>70</td> <td>43</td> <td>166</td> <td>33</td> <td>113</td> <td>22</td> <td>37</td> <td>57</td> <td>69</td> <td>72</td> <td>94</td> <td>43</td> <td>54</td> <td>52</td> <td>36</td> <td>13</td> <td><b>974</b></td> <td>0.07% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Milroy_Fernando" title="Milroy Fernando">Milroy<br />Fernando</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 09</a></td> <td>87</td> <td>52</td> <td>170</td> <td>40</td> <td>121</td> <td>16</td> <td>27</td> <td>56</td> <td>59</td> <td>47</td> <td>96</td> <td>25</td> <td>24</td> <td>53</td> <td>33</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>911</b></td> <td>0.07% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0F0"> </td> <td align="left">Namal<br />Rajapaksa</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/National_Unity_Alliance" title="National Unity Alliance">NUA</a></td> <td>66</td> <td>28</td> <td>34</td> <td>19</td> <td>32</td> <td>8</td> <td>19</td> <td>104</td> <td>101</td> <td>86</td> <td>51</td> <td>29</td> <td>56</td> <td>70</td> <td>32</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>741</b></td> <td>0.05% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left">Siripala<br />Amarasinghe</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 02</a></td> <td>95</td> <td>30</td> <td>120</td> <td>30</td> <td>97</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>52</td> <td>51</td> <td>39</td> <td>66</td> <td>15</td> <td>30</td> <td>35</td> <td>30</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>725</b></td> <td>0.05% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#683053"> </td> <td align="left">Ajantha<br />de zoysa</td> <td align="left">RJP</td> <td>82</td> <td>15</td> <td>31</td> <td>19</td> <td>41</td> <td>6</td> <td>16</td> <td>79</td> <td>83</td> <td>53</td> <td>67</td> <td>21</td> <td>41</td> <td>91</td> <td>26</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>675</b></td> <td>0.05% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#D0180D"> </td> <td align="left">Duminda<br />Nagamuwa</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Frontline_Socialist_Party" title="Frontline Socialist Party">FSP</a></td> <td>73</td> <td>14</td> <td>19</td> <td>21</td> <td>23</td> <td>4</td> <td>28</td> <td>68</td> <td>75</td> <td>62</td> <td>30</td> <td>26</td> <td>58</td> <td>24</td> <td>37</td> <td>27</td> <td><b>589</b></td> <td>0.04% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Aparekke_Punnananda_Thero" title="Aparekke Punnananda Thero">Ven.Aparekke<br />Punnananda Thero</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 01</a></td> <td>44</td> <td>18</td> <td>77</td> <td>22</td> <td>55</td> <td>15</td> <td>14</td> <td>40</td> <td>32</td> <td>30</td> <td>34</td> <td>8</td> <td>21</td> <td>22</td> <td>20</td> <td>16</td> <td><b>468</b></td> <td>0.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jayantha_Ketagoda" title="Jayantha Ketagoda">Jayantha<br />Ketagoda</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 07</a></td> <td>41</td> <td>30</td> <td>51</td> <td>25</td> <td>44</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>30</td> <td>30</td> <td>28</td> <td>43</td> <td>11</td> <td>24</td> <td>33</td> <td>15</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>420</b></td> <td>0.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left">Anuruddha<br />Polgampola</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 08</a></td> <td>38</td> <td>12</td> <td>50</td> <td>15</td> <td>51</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>33</td> <td>23</td> <td>12</td> <td>35</td> <td>8</td> <td>10</td> <td>26</td> <td>12</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>343</b></td> <td>0.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/M._K._Shivajilingam" title="M. K. Shivajilingam">M. K.<br />Shivajilingam</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 10</a></td> <td>19</td> <td>69</td> <td>41</td> <td>38</td> <td>62</td> <td>53</td> <td>16</td> <td>10</td> <td>11</td> <td>9</td> <td>15</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>24</td> <td>13</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>335</b></td> <td>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0C9DD4"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/A._S._P._Liyanage" title="A. S. P. Liyanage">A. S. P.<br />Liyanage</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Labour_Party" title="Sri Lanka Labour Party">SLLP</a></td> <td>32</td> <td>24</td> <td>37</td> <td>12</td> <td>34</td> <td>6</td> <td>13</td> <td>32</td> <td>22</td> <td>17</td> <td>29</td> <td>10</td> <td>23</td> <td>24</td> <td>11</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>327</b></td> <td>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Subramanium<br />Gunaratnam</td> <td align="left">ONF</td> <td>40</td> <td>12</td> <td>25</td> <td>17</td> <td>32</td> <td>9</td> <td>4</td> <td>27</td> <td>21</td> <td>10</td> <td>24</td> <td>5</td> <td>10</td> <td>18</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>265</b></td> <td>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left">Vajirapani<br />Wijesiriwardene</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Equality_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)">SEP</a></td> <td>19</td> <td>8</td> <td>24</td> <td>21</td> <td>18</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>22</td> <td>21</td> <td>22</td> <td>18</td> <td>8</td> <td>21</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>246</b></td> <td>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left">Aithurus<br />M. Illias</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 03</a></td> <td>20</td> <td>11</td> <td>22</td> <td>11</td> <td>23</td> <td>9</td> <td>4</td> <td>25</td> <td>22</td> <td>16</td> <td>17</td> <td>6</td> <td>15</td> <td>13</td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>221</b></td> <td>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Siritunga_Jayasuriya" title="Siritunga Jayasuriya">Sirithunga<br />Jayasuriya</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_Socialist_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)">USP</a></td> <td>21</td> <td>8</td> <td>33</td> <td>17</td> <td>9</td> <td>4</td> <td>6</td> <td>15</td> <td>17</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>8</td> <td>12</td> <td>13</td> <td>9</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>207</b></td> <td>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Rajiva_Wijesinha" title="Rajiva Wijesinha">Rajiva<br />Wijesinha</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 14</a></td> <td>12</td> <td>5</td> <td>27</td> <td>12</td> <td>22</td> <td>12</td> <td>7</td> <td>10</td> <td>12</td> <td>22</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>13</td> <td>11</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>204</b></td> <td>0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Aruna<br />de soyza</td> <td align="left">DNM</td> <td>18</td> <td>5</td> <td>17</td> <td>9</td> <td>15</td> <td>5</td> <td>6</td> <td>11</td> <td>22</td> <td>21</td> <td>12</td> <td>8</td> <td>11</td> <td>23</td> <td>11</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>198</b></td> <td>0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="maroon"> </td> <td align="left">Sarath<br />Manamendra</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Nawa_Sihala_Urumaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Nawa Sihala Urumaya">NSU</a></td> <td>17</td> <td>10</td> <td>18</td> <td>9</td> <td>16</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>12</td> <td>13</td> <td>16</td> <td>14</td> <td>4</td> <td>12</td> <td>15</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>167</b></td> <td>0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Piyasiri_Wijenayake" title="Piyasiri Wijenayake">Piyasiri<br />Wijenayake</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 13</a></td> <td>33</td> <td>4</td> <td>11</td> <td>3</td> <td>17</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>19</td> <td>21</td> <td>12</td> <td>10</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>19</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>165</b></td> <td>0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ashoka_Wadigamangawa" title="Ashoka Wadigamangawa">Ashoka<br />Wadigamangawa</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 12</a></td> <td>16</td> <td>2</td> <td>13</td> <td>9</td> <td>13</td> <td>3</td> <td>7</td> <td>15</td> <td>18</td> <td>10</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>11</td> <td>12</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>149</b></td> <td>0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left">A. H. M.<br />Alavi</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 04</a></td> <td>14</td> <td>6</td> <td>20</td> <td>5</td> <td>15</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>15</td> <td>13</td> <td>11</td> <td>14</td> <td>2</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>141</b></td> <td>0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left">Sarath<br />Keerthirathna</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 05</a></td> <td>9</td> <td>5</td> <td>13</td> <td>3</td> <td>15</td> <td>3</td> <td>7</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>10</td> <td>8</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>9</td> <td>6</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>121</b></td> <td>0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Saman<br />Perera</td> <td align="left">OPPP</td> <td>12</td> <td>4</td> <td>12</td> <td>9</td> <td>21</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>8</td> <td>16</td> <td>9</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>10</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>120</b></td> <td>0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left">B. G.<br />Nandimithra</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Nava_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Nava Sama Samaja Party">NSSP</a></td> <td>12</td> <td>5</td> <td>17</td> <td>3</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>8</td> <td>4</td> <td>12</td> <td>13</td> <td>2</td> <td>11</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>105</b></td> <td>0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Priyantha<br />Edirisinghe</td> <td align="left">ACAKO</td> <td>10</td> <td>6</td> <td>14</td> <td>5</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>8</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>11</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>98</b></td> <td>0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Samaraweera_Weerawanni" title="Samaraweera Weerawanni">Samaraweera<br />Weeravanni</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 15</a></td> <td>15</td> <td>6</td> <td>9</td> <td>6</td> <td>11</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>9</td> <td>8</td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>92</b></td> <td>0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Samansiri_Herath" title="Samansiri Herath">Samansiri<br />Herath</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 06</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>8</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>8</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>52</b></td> <td>0.00% </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Valid Votes</td> <td>101,490</td> <td>48,752</td> <td>99,680</td> <td>51,245</td> <td>72,643</td> <td>29,213</td> <td>46,525</td> <td>156,400</td> <td>151,188</td> <td>146,360</td> <td>109,495</td> <td>58,386</td> <td>109,601</td> <td>99,689</td> <td>54,550</td> <td>32,962</td> <td>1,368,177</td> <td>100.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Rejected Votes</td> <td>887</td> <td>672</td> <td>1,156</td> <td>727</td> <td>1,335</td> <td>458</td> <td>576</td> <td>1,314</td> <td>1,498</td> <td>1,444</td> <td>1,135</td> <td>745</td> <td>1,129</td> <td>1,008</td> <td>698</td> <td>531</td> <td>15,333</td> <td>0.92% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Total Polled</td> <td>102,377</td> <td>49,424</td> <td>100,836</td> <td>51,972</td> <td>73,998</td> <td>29,671</td> <td>47,701</td> <td>157,714</td> <td>152,686</td> <td>147,804</td> <td>110,630</td> <td>59,131</td> <td>110,730</td> <td>100,695</td> <td>55,248</td> <td>33,493</td> <td>1,383,510</td> <td>82.82% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Registered Electors</td> <td>119,905</td> <td>61,169</td> <td>124,354</td> <td>65,398</td> <td>93,705</td> <td>40,187</td> <td>58,892</td> <td>186,252</td> <td>183,787</td> <td>174,829</td> <td>132,381</td> <td>73,926</td> <td>133,614</td> <td>118,956</td> <td>69,128</td> <td>33,920</td> <td>1,670,403</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2024_presidential_election">2024 presidential election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombo_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2024 presidential election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/2024_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2024 Sri Lankan presidential election">9th presidential election</a> held on 21 September 2024:<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:left; vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Candidate</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:left; width:40px;">Party</th> <th colspan="15">Votes per Polling Division</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Postal<br />Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:40px;">% </th></tr> <tr> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Avissawella_Polling_Division" title="Avissawella Polling Division">Avissawella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Borella_Polling_Division" title="Borella Polling Division">Borella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_Central_Polling_Division" title="Colombo Central Polling Division">Colombo Central</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_East_Polling_Division" title="Colombo East Polling Division">Colombo East</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_North_Polling_Division" title="Colombo North Polling Division">Colombo North</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_West_Polling_Division" title="Colombo West Polling Division">Colombo West</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Dehiwala_Polling_Division" title="Dehiwala Polling Division">Dehiwala</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Homagama_Polling_Division" title="Homagama Polling Division">Homagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kaduwela_Polling_Division" title="Kaduwela Polling Division">Kaduwela</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kesbewa_Polling_Division" title="Kesbewa Polling Division">Kesbewa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kolonnawa_Polling_Division" title="Kolonnawa Polling Division">Kolonnawa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kotte_Polling_Division" title="Kotte Polling Division">Kotte</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Maharagama_Polling_Division" title="Maharagama Polling Division">Maharagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Moratuwa_Polling_Division" title="Moratuwa Polling Division">Moratuwa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Ratmalana_Polling_Division" title="Ratmalana Polling Division">Ratmalana</a></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#C4094A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Anura_Kumara_Dissanayake" title="Anura Kumara Dissanayake">Anura Kumara<br />Dissanayake</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Power" title="National People's Power">NPP</a></td> <td>47,219</td> <td>17,290</td> <td>20,220</td> <td>18,523</td> <td>17,978</td> <td>7,778</td> <td>19,338</td> <td>91,770</td> <td>84,299</td> <td>83,049</td> <td>49,239</td> <td>25,123</td> <td>58,692</td> <td>45,299</td> <td>23,282</td> <td>20,864</td> <td><b>629,963</b></td> <td>47.21% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0B9444"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sajith_Premadasa" title="Sajith Premadasa">Sajith<br />Premadasa</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Samagi_Jana_Balawegaya" title="Samagi Jana Balawegaya">SJB</a></td> <td>28,767</td> <td>15,497</td> <td>46,063</td> <td>13,637</td> <td>32,289</td> <td>9,697</td> <td>12,505</td> <td>29,912</td> <td>26,538</td> <td>24,312</td> <td>33,127</td> <td>11,979</td> <td>17,174</td> <td>24,319</td> <td>12,212</td> <td>4,080</td> <td><b>342,108</b></td> <td>25.64% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil<br />Wickremesinghe</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind16</a></td> <td>19,669</td> <td>10,188</td> <td>19,397</td> <td>12,566</td> <td>15,692</td> <td>8,382</td> <td>11,565</td> <td>29,348</td> <td>30,670</td> <td>29,622</td> <td>20,069</td> <td>12,725</td> <td>22,782</td> <td>19,025</td> <td>11,091</td> <td>7,625</td> <td><b>281,436</b></td> <td>21.09% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#87171A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Namal_Rajapaksa" title="Namal Rajapaksa">Namal<br />Rajapaksa</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Podujana_Peramuna" title="Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna">SLPP</a></td> <td>2,929</td> <td>1,101</td> <td>1,123</td> <td>825</td> <td>954</td> <td>348</td> <td>1,163</td> <td>3,979</td> <td>3,095</td> <td>4,076</td> <td>2,350</td> <td>1,239</td> <td>2,424</td> <td>2,483</td> <td>1,422</td> <td>561</td> <td><b>30,432</b></td> <td>2.24% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Dilith_Jayaweera" title="Dilith Jayaweera">Dilith<br />Jayaweera</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Communist Party of Sri Lanka">SLCP</a></td> <td>1,818</td> <td>659</td> <td>367</td> <td>706</td> <td>442</td> <td>233</td> <td>753</td> <td>4,304</td> <td>3,771</td> <td>4,053</td> <td>1,730</td> <td>1,312</td> <td>3,020</td> <td>1,712</td> <td>924</td> <td>552</td> <td><b>26,356</b></td> <td>1.98% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/P._Ariyanethiran" title="P. Ariyanethiran">Pakkiyaselvam<br />Ariyanethiran</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind09</a></td> <td>39</td> <td>60</td> <td>295</td> <td>519</td> <td>585</td> <td>783</td> <td>375</td> <td>27</td> <td>24</td> <td>29</td> <td>58</td> <td>18</td> <td>14</td> <td>105</td> <td>174</td> <td>63</td> <td><b>3,168</b></td> <td>0.24% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sarath_Fonseka" title="Sarath Fonseka">Sarath<br />Fonseka</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind12</a></td> <td>156</td> <td>71</td> <td>126</td> <td>90</td> <td>109</td> <td>35</td> <td>81</td> <td>190</td> <td>224</td> <td>215</td> <td>142</td> <td>124</td> <td>169</td> <td>143</td> <td>106</td> <td>63</td> <td><b>2,044</b></td> <td>0.15% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left">D. M.<br />Bandaranayake</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind13</a></td> <td>188</td> <td>71</td> <td>106</td> <td>55</td> <td>96</td> <td>17</td> <td>42</td> <td>199</td> <td>253</td> <td>147</td> <td>157</td> <td>68</td> <td>112</td> <td>119</td> <td>49</td> <td>12</td> <td><b>1,691</b></td> <td>0.13% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Wijeyadasa_Rajapakshe" title="Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe">Wijeyadasa<br />Rajapakshe</a></td> <td align="left">JPF</td> <td>146</td> <td>41</td> <td>97</td> <td>41</td> <td>97</td> <td>16</td> <td>23</td> <td>159</td> <td>174</td> <td>142</td> <td>101</td> <td>72</td> <td>229</td> <td>97</td> <td>46</td> <td>73</td> <td><b>1,554</b></td> <td>0.12% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="green"> </td> <td align="left">Suranjeewa<br />Anoj de Silva</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_United_National_Front" title="Democratic United National Front">DUNF</a></td> <td>164</td> <td>32</td> <td>29</td> <td>16</td> <td>27</td> <td>11</td> <td>46</td> <td>276</td> <td>239</td> <td>176</td> <td>87</td> <td>70</td> <td>141</td> <td>73</td> <td>45</td> <td>51</td> <td><b>1,483</b></td> <td>0.11% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left">K. K.<br />Piyadasa</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind04</a></td> <td>216</td> <td>77</td> <td>237</td> <td>51</td> <td>183</td> <td>31</td> <td>32</td> <td>109</td> <td>83</td> <td>82</td> <td>154</td> <td>29</td> <td>37</td> <td>101</td> <td>44</td> <td>11</td> <td><b>1,477</b></td> <td>0.11% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FD327C"> </td> <td align="left">Namal<br />Rajapaksa</td> <td align="left">SBP</td> <td>95</td> <td>31</td> <td>39</td> <td>34</td> <td>37</td> <td>8</td> <td>25</td> <td>154</td> <td>107</td> <td>171</td> <td>77</td> <td>52</td> <td>88</td> <td>103</td> <td>46</td> <td>32</td> <td><b>1.099</b></td> <td>0.08% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CB000B"> </td> <td align="left">Nuwan<br />Bopege</td> <td align="left">SPF</td> <td>89</td> <td>14</td> <td>32</td> <td>26</td> <td>29</td> <td>24</td> <td>46</td> <td>121</td> <td>119</td> <td>86</td> <td>82</td> <td>47</td> <td>109</td> <td>64</td> <td>84</td> <td>46</td> <td><b>1,018</b></td> <td>0.08% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left">Anuruddha<br />Polgampola</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind11</a></td> <td>87</td> <td>44</td> <td>146</td> <td>37</td> <td>107</td> <td>19</td> <td>23</td> <td>84</td> <td>73</td> <td>56</td> <td>87</td> <td>29</td> <td>40</td> <td>71</td> <td>36</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>942</b></td> <td>0.07% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left">Sarath<br />Keerthirathne</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind05</a></td> <td>126</td> <td>23</td> <td>56</td> <td>24</td> <td>43</td> <td>13</td> <td>22</td> <td>133</td> <td>111</td> <td>91</td> <td>76</td> <td>33</td> <td>56</td> <td>76</td> <td>27</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>912</b></td> <td>0.07% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Ven.Battaramulle<br />Seelarathana Thero</td> <td align="left">JSP</td> <td>75</td> <td>33</td> <td>32</td> <td>36</td> <td>22</td> <td>12</td> <td>17</td> <td>120</td> <td>140</td> <td>101</td> <td>59</td> <td>45</td> <td>77</td> <td>67</td> <td>27</td> <td>28</td> <td><b>891</b></td> <td>0.07% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#683053"> </td> <td align="left">Ajantha<br />de Zoyza</td> <td align="left">RJA</td> <td>84</td> <td>29</td> <td>49</td> <td>28</td> <td>56</td> <td>10</td> <td>25</td> <td>93</td> <td>84</td> <td>84</td> <td>62</td> <td>30</td> <td>49</td> <td>61</td> <td>26</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>775</b></td> <td>0.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left">Priyantha<br />Wickremesinghe</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Nava_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Nava Sama Samaja Party">NSSP</a></td> <td>83</td> <td>23</td> <td>98</td> <td>26</td> <td>47</td> <td>13</td> <td>24</td> <td>78</td> <td>59</td> <td>60</td> <td>58</td> <td>25</td> <td>53</td> <td>54</td> <td>29</td> <td>17</td> <td><b>737</b></td> <td>0.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Akmeemana_Dayarathana_Thero" title="Akmeemana Dayarathana Thero">Ven.Akmeemana<br />Dayarathana Thero</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind01</a></td> <td>77</td> <td>18</td> <td>48</td> <td>25</td> <td>53</td> <td>13</td> <td>78</td> <td>73</td> <td>72</td> <td>54</td> <td>42</td> <td>27</td> <td>31</td> <td>52</td> <td>17</td> <td>10</td> <td><b>690</b></td> <td>0.05% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Keerthi<br />Wickremeratne</td> <td align="left">AJP</td> <td>44</td> <td>15</td> <td>21</td> <td>24</td> <td>14</td> <td>8</td> <td>12</td> <td>66</td> <td>68</td> <td>69</td> <td>23</td> <td>29</td> <td>53</td> <td>20</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td><b>496</b></td> <td>0.04% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left">Siripala<br />Amarasinghe</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind02</a></td> <td>61</td> <td>15</td> <td>31</td> <td>15</td> <td>31</td> <td>9</td> <td>13</td> <td>54</td> <td>28</td> <td>48</td> <td>30</td> <td>14</td> <td>32</td> <td>44</td> <td>21</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>449</b></td> <td>0.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Roshan_Ranasinghe" title="Roshan Ranasinghe">Roshan<br />Ranasinghe</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind15</a></td> <td>18</td> <td>11</td> <td>12</td> <td>17</td> <td>21</td> <td>3</td> <td>19</td> <td>51</td> <td>53</td> <td>45</td> <td>37</td> <td>24</td> <td>54</td> <td>40</td> <td>23</td> <td>16</td> <td><b>444</b></td> <td>0.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#5DDDD6"> </td> <td align="left">K. R.<br />Krishan</td> <td align="left">APP</td> <td>78</td> <td>7</td> <td>36</td> <td>9</td> <td>27</td> <td>5</td> <td>6</td> <td>50</td> <td>46</td> <td>37</td> <td>43</td> <td>14</td> <td>11</td> <td>34</td> <td>13</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>415</b></td> <td>0.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8A718"> </td> <td align="left">Abubakar Mohamed<br />Infaz</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unity_Alliance" title="Democratic Unity Alliance">DUA</a></td> <td>28</td> <td>16</td> <td>61</td> <td>16</td> <td>48</td> <td>9</td> <td>12</td> <td>35</td> <td>25</td> <td>19</td> <td>59</td> <td>12</td> <td>13</td> <td>26</td> <td>16</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>396</b></td> <td>0.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left">Vajirapani<br />Wijesiriwardene</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Equality_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)">SEP</a></td> <td>32</td> <td>14</td> <td>31</td> <td>26</td> <td>33</td> <td>9</td> <td>11</td> <td>40</td> <td>33</td> <td>33</td> <td>32</td> <td>11</td> <td>32</td> <td>26</td> <td>20</td> <td>17</td> <td><b>388</b></td> <td>0.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Siritunga_Jayasuriya" title="Siritunga Jayasuriya">Sirithunga<br />Jayasuriya</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_Socialist_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)">USP</a></td> <td>50</td> <td>13</td> <td>42</td> <td>28</td> <td>22</td> <td>6</td> <td>9</td> <td>54</td> <td>35</td> <td>29</td> <td>23</td> <td>14</td> <td>23</td> <td>22</td> <td>14</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>388</b></td> <td>0.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Victor_Anthony_Perera" title="Victor Anthony Perera">Victor<br />Anthony Perera</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind10</a></td> <td>37</td> <td>14</td> <td>38</td> <td>8</td> <td>48</td> <td>9</td> <td>7</td> <td>25</td> <td>24</td> <td>23</td> <td>28</td> <td>4</td> <td>11</td> <td>32</td> <td>12</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>320</b></td> <td>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="red"> </td> <td align="left">Mahinda<br />Dewage</td> <td align="left">SLSP</td> <td>29</td> <td>4</td> <td>18</td> <td>5</td> <td>16</td> <td>5</td> <td>11</td> <td>31</td> <td>45</td> <td>40</td> <td>34</td> <td>7</td> <td>24</td> <td>22</td> <td>14</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>306</b></td> <td>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F7B930"> </td> <td align="left">Lalith<br />De Silva</td> <td align="left">UNFP</td> <td>21</td> <td>13</td> <td>18</td> <td>10</td> <td>15</td> <td>9</td> <td>7</td> <td>21</td> <td>40</td> <td>32</td> <td>16</td> <td>18</td> <td>33</td> <td>19</td> <td>15</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>292</b></td> <td>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Oshala<br />Herath</td> <td align="left">NIF</td> <td>36</td> <td>6</td> <td>18</td> <td>9</td> <td>22</td> <td>3</td> <td>11</td> <td>18</td> <td>24</td> <td>33</td> <td>31</td> <td>10</td> <td>11</td> <td>17</td> <td>18</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>272</b></td> <td>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DAEA67"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janaka_Ratnayake" title="Janaka Ratnayake">Janaka<br />Ratnayake</a></td> <td align="left">ULPP</td> <td>14</td> <td>18</td> <td>14</td> <td>26</td> <td>14</td> <td>10</td> <td>8</td> <td>25</td> <td>33</td> <td>22</td> <td>13</td> <td>12</td> <td>23</td> <td>19</td> <td>9</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>261</b></td> <td>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Pemasiri_Manage" title="Pemasiri Manage">Premasiri<br />Manage</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind14</a></td> <td>39</td> <td>7</td> <td>32</td> <td>13</td> <td>28</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>17</td> <td>16</td> <td>14</td> <td>17</td> <td>7</td> <td>12</td> <td>17</td> <td>6</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>236</b></td> <td>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ananda_Kularatne" title="Ananda Kularatne">Ananda<br />Kularatne</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind06</a></td> <td>19</td> <td>6</td> <td>11</td> <td>7</td> <td>9</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>28</td> <td>24</td> <td>24</td> <td>24</td> <td>5</td> <td>14</td> <td>22</td> <td>10</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>212</b></td> <td>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">P. W. S. K.<br />Bandaranayake</td> <td align="left">NDF</td> <td>21</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>13</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>26</td> <td>15</td> <td>27</td> <td>26</td> <td>7</td> <td>12</td> <td>14</td> <td>12</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>196</b></td> <td>0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Jayarathna" title="Sidney Jayarathna">Sidney<br />Jayarathna</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind07</a></td> <td>13</td> <td>8</td> <td>7</td> <td>8</td> <td>13</td> <td>2</td> <td>8</td> <td>30</td> <td>14</td> <td>25</td> <td>10</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>14</td> <td>9</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>179</b></td> <td>0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0C9DD4"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/A._S._P._Liyanage" title="A. S. P. Liyanage">A. S. P.<br />Liyanage</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Labour_Party" title="Sri Lanka Labour Party">SLLP</a></td> <td>19</td> <td>9</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>12</td> <td>13</td> <td>17</td> <td>20</td> <td>7</td> <td>8</td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>140</b></td> <td>0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/M._Thilakarajah" title="M. Thilakarajah">Mylvanagam<br />Thilakarajah</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind08</a></td> <td>8</td> <td>1</td> <td>14</td> <td>11</td> <td>16</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>10</td> <td>8</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>119</b></td> <td>0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="maroon"> </td> <td align="left">Sarath<br />Manamendra</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_Sinhala_Heritage" title="New Sinhala Heritage">NSU</a></td> <td>10</td> <td>14</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>9</td> <td>4</td> <td>9</td> <td>14</td> <td>7</td> <td>11</td> <td>1</td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>105</b></td> <td>0.01% </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Valid Votes</td> <td>102,104</td> <td>45,486</td> <td>88,982</td> <td>45,513</td> <td>69,243</td> <td>27,558</td> <td>46,312</td> <td>161,728</td> <td>150,692</td> <td>147,160</td> <td>108,242</td> <td>54,258</td> <td>105,675</td> <td>94,790</td> <td>49,927</td> <td>34,190</td> <td>1,334,390</td> <td>100.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Rejected Votes</td> <td>2,385</td> <td>1,078</td> <td>2,522</td> <td>1,215</td> <td>2,276</td> <td>731</td> <td>1,172</td> <td>3,689</td> <td>3,097</td> <td>3,181</td> <td>2,431</td> <td>1,360</td> <td>2,380</td> <td>1,946</td> <td>1,274</td> <td>1,059</td> <td>31,796</td> <td>2.33% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Total Polled</td> <td>104,989</td> <td>46,564</td> <td>91,504</td> <td>48,728</td> <td>71,519</td> <td>28,289</td> <td>47,514</td> <td>165,417</td> <td>153,789</td> <td>150,341</td> <td>110,673</td> <td>55,618</td> <td>108,055</td> <td>96,736</td> <td>51,201</td> <td>35,249</td> <td>1,336,186</td> <td>77.39% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="3">Registered Electors</td> <td>129,439</td> <td>62,623</td> <td>118,986</td> <td>67,112</td> <td>97,620</td> <td>42,048</td> <td>66,062</td> <td>207,235</td> <td>198,793</td> <td>190,053</td> <td>142,482</td> <td>75,810</td> <td>140,699</td> <td>120,503</td> <td>70,250</td> <td>35,636</td> <td>1,765,351</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Preferential votes</b><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="color:white"> <td style="background:#C4094A; width:34%"><b>17,902</b> </td> <td style="background:#0B9444; width:66%"><b>35,488</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:#C4094A"><b><a href="/wiki/Anura_Kumara_Dissanayake" title="Anura Kumara Dissanayake">Anura Kumara Dissanayake</a></b> </td> <td style="color:#0B9444"><b><a href="/wiki/Sajith_Premadasa" title="Sajith Premadasa">Sajith Premadasa</a></b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parliamentary_General_Elections">Parliamentary General Elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombo_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Parliamentary General Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1989_parliamentary_general_election">1989 parliamentary general election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombo_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 1989 parliamentary general election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/1989_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">9th parliamentary election</a> held on 15 February 1989:<sup id="cite_ref-1989ge_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1989ge-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:left; vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Party</th> <th colspan="15">Votes per Polling Division</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Postal<br />Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Total Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">%</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:40px;">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Avissawella_Polling_Division" title="Avissawella Polling Division">Avissawella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Borella_Polling_Division" title="Borella Polling Division">Borella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_Central_Polling_Division" title="Colombo Central Polling Division">Colombo Central</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_East_Polling_Division" title="Colombo East Polling Division">Colombo East</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_North_Polling_Division" title="Colombo North Polling Division">Colombo North</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_West_Polling_Division" title="Colombo West Polling Division">Colombo West</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Dehiwala_Polling_Division" title="Dehiwala Polling Division">Dehiwala</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Homagama_Polling_Division" title="Homagama Polling Division">Homagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kaduwela_Polling_Division" title="Kaduwela Polling Division">Kaduwela</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kesbewa_Polling_Division" title="Kesbewa Polling Division">Kesbewa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kolonnawa_Polling_Division" title="Kolonnawa Polling Division">Kolonnawa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kotte_Polling_Division" title="Kotte Polling Division">Kotte</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Maharagama_Polling_Division" title="Maharagama Polling Division">Maharagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Moratuwa_Polling_Division" title="Moratuwa Polling Division">Moratuwa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Ratmalana_Polling_Division" title="Ratmalana Polling Division">Ratmalana</a></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>23,462</td> <td>17,324</td> <td>49,733</td> <td>17,908</td> <td>22,052</td> <td>15,265</td> <td>19,768</td> <td>24,795</td> <td>25,849</td> <td>27,415</td> <td>24,561</td> <td>20,113</td> <td>22,042</td> <td>33,090</td> <td>21,237</td> <td>9,916</td> <td><b>374,530</b></td> <td>51.67%</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a></td> <td>4,131</td> <td>8,721</td> <td>11,861</td> <td>8,654</td> <td>5,691</td> <td>4,100</td> <td>12,193</td> <td>14,872</td> <td>21,306</td> <td>25,830</td> <td>18,531</td> <td>17,007</td> <td>11,002</td> <td>22,024</td> <td>13,063</td> <td>6,067</td> <td><b>205,053</b></td> <td>28.29%</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna">Mahajana Eksath Peramuna</a></td> <td>20,225</td> <td>1,040</td> <td>1,326</td> <td>1,620</td> <td>732</td> <td>669</td> <td>1,724</td> <td>7,920</td> <td>7,241</td> <td>4,351</td> <td>2,698</td> <td>3,030</td> <td>19,152</td> <td>1,859</td> <td>1,407</td> <td>1,972</td> <td><b>76,966</b></td> <td>10.62%</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_Socialist_Alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="United Socialist Alliance">United Socialist Alliance</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>523</td> <td>1,745</td> <td>4,399</td> <td>2,482</td> <td>1,680</td> <td>1,502</td> <td>1,341</td> <td>1,440</td> <td>1,850</td> <td>1,890</td> <td>2,917</td> <td>2,041</td> <td>1,758</td> <td>3,796</td> <td>1,500</td> <td>1,009</td> <td><b>31,873</b></td> <td>4.40%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#007B48"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">Sri Lanka Muslim Congress</a></td> <td>168</td> <td>1,604</td> <td>19,874</td> <td>680</td> <td>2,786</td> <td>1,259</td> <td>790</td> <td>81</td> <td>117</td> <td>73</td> <td>662</td> <td>284</td> <td>158</td> <td>301</td> <td>415</td> <td>56</td> <td><b>29,308</b></td> <td>4.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DAEA67"> </td> <td align="left">United Lanka People's Party</td> <td>1,172</td> <td>254</td> <td>205</td> <td>363</td> <td>239</td> <td>247</td> <td>184</td> <td>1,846</td> <td>485</td> <td>266</td> <td>161</td> <td>386</td> <td>671</td> <td>238</td> <td>217</td> <td>178</td> <td><b>7,112</b></td> <td>0.98%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Valid Votes</td> <td>49,681</td> <td>30,688</td> <td>87,398</td> <td>31,707</td> <td>33,180</td> <td>23,042</td> <td>36,000</td> <td>50,954</td> <td>56,848</td> <td>59,825</td> <td>49,530</td> <td>42,861</td> <td>54,783</td> <td>61,308</td> <td>37,839</td> <td>19,198</td> <td>724,842</td> <td>100.00%</td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Rejected Votes</td> <td>2,500</td> <td>1,501</td> <td>6,126</td> <td>1,439</td> <td>2,460</td> <td>949</td> <td>1,351</td> <td>3,068</td> <td>2,473</td> <td>2,710</td> <td>2,477</td> <td>1,507</td> <td>2,138</td> <td>2,463</td> <td>1,602</td> <td>507</td> <td>35,271</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Total Polled</td> <td>52,181</td> <td>32,189</td> <td>93,524</td> <td>33,146</td> <td>35,640</td> <td>23,991</td> <td>37,351</td> <td>54,022</td> <td>59,321</td> <td>62,535</td> <td>52,007</td> <td>44,368</td> <td>56,921</td> <td>63,771</td> <td>39,441</td> <td>19,705</td> <td>760,113</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Registered Electors</td> <td>67,851</td> <td>47,174</td> <td>131,624</td> <td>49,993</td> <td>53,356</td> <td>36,820</td> <td>52,176</td> <td>82,139</td> <td>86,029</td> <td>87,609</td> <td>74,671</td> <td>65,984</td> <td>81,774</td> <td>95,786</td> <td>54,316</td> <td>20,589</td> <td>1,087,891</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Turnout</td> <td>76.91%</td> <td>68.23%</td> <td>71.05%</td> <td>66.30%</td> <td>66.80%</td> <td>65.16%</td> <td>71.59%</td> <td>65.77%</td> <td>68.95%</td> <td>71.38%</td> <td>69.65%</td> <td>67.24%</td> <td>69.61%</td> <td>66.58%</td> <td>72.61%</td> <td>95.71%</td> <td>69.87%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"> <caption class="nowrap">Preferential votes<sup id="cite_ref-1989ge_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1989ge-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Alliance </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Candidate </th> <th>votes </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lalith_Athulathmudali" title="Lalith Athulathmudali">Lalith Athulathmudali</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>235,447 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sirisena_Cooray" title="Sirisena Cooray">Sirisena Cooray</a> </td> <td>92,263 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Tillekeratne" title="Stanley Tillekeratne">Stanley Tillekeratne</a> </td> <td>83,636 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna">MEP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna">MEP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Gunawardena" title="Dinesh Gunawardena">Dinesh Gunawardena</a> </td> <td>70,616 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jinadasa_Niyathapala" title="Jinadasa Niyathapala">Jinadasa Niyathapala</a> </td> <td>67,804 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C._V._Gunaratne" title="C. V. Gunaratne">C. V. Gunaratne</a> </td> <td>60,603 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna">MEP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna">MEP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bandula_Gunawardane" title="Bandula Gunawardane">Bandula Gunawardane</a> </td> <td>50,861 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dixon_Perera" class="mw-redirect" title="Dixon Perera">Dixon Perera</a> </td> <td>50,735 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gamini_Lokuge" title="Gamini Lokuge">Gamini Lokuge</a> </td> <td>48,790 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._H._Mohamed" title="M. H. Mohamed">M. H. Mohamed</a> </td> <td>47,451 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tyronne_Fernando" title="Tyronne Fernando">Tyronne Fernando</a> </td> <td>44,718 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Premaratne Gunasekera </td> <td>44,559 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Perera" title="Vincent Perera">Vincent Perera</a> </td> <td>42,776 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Weerasinghe_Mallimarachchi" title="Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi">Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi</a> </td> <td>41,508 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kingsley_Wickramaratne" title="Kingsley Wickramaratne">Kingsley Wickramaratne</a> </td> <td>38,815 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nimal_Siripala_de_Silva" title="Nimal Siripala de Silva">Nimal Siripala de Silva</a> </td> <td>38,647 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sunethra_Ranasinghe" title="Sunethra Ranasinghe">Sunethra Ranasinghe</a> </td> <td>37,165 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Workers%27_Congress" title="Ceylon Workers' Congress">CWC</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._S._Sellasamy" title="M. S. Sellasamy">M. S. Sellasamy</a> </td> <td>36,480 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jabir_Cader" title="Jabir Cader">Jabir Cader</a> </td> <td>30,252 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Nimal Rathnasiri Peiris </td> <td>27,130 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1994_parliamentary_general_election">1994 parliamentary general election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombo_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 1994 parliamentary general election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/1994_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">10th parliamentary election</a> held on 16 August 1994:<sup id="cite_ref-1994ge_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1994ge-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:left; vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Party</th> <th colspan="15">Votes per Polling Division</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Postal<br />Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Total Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">%</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:40px;">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Avissawella_Polling_Division" title="Avissawella Polling Division">Avissawella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Borella_Polling_Division" title="Borella Polling Division">Borella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_Central_Polling_Division" title="Colombo Central Polling Division">Colombo Central</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_East_Polling_Division" title="Colombo East Polling Division">Colombo East</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_North_Polling_Division" title="Colombo North Polling Division">Colombo North</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_West_Polling_Division" title="Colombo West Polling Division">Colombo West</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Dehiwala_Polling_Division" title="Dehiwala Polling Division">Dehiwala</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Homagama_Polling_Division" title="Homagama Polling Division">Homagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kaduwela_Polling_Division" title="Kaduwela Polling Division">Kaduwela</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kesbewa_Polling_Division" title="Kesbewa Polling Division">Kesbewa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kolonnawa_Polling_Division" title="Kolonnawa Polling Division">Kolonnawa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kotte_Polling_Division" title="Kotte Polling Division">Kotte</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Maharagama_Polling_Division" title="Maharagama Polling Division">Maharagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Moratuwa_Polling_Division" title="Moratuwa Polling Division">Moratuwa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Ratmalana_Polling_Division" title="Ratmalana Polling Division">Ratmalana</a></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">People's Alliance</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>20,782</td> <td>16,764</td> <td>42,060</td> <td>18,211</td> <td>18,140</td> <td>8,977</td> <td>20,882</td> <td>40,034</td> <td>46,899</td> <td>49,342</td> <td>36,939</td> <td>28,106</td> <td>41,034</td> <td>41,670</td> <td>25,967</td> <td>13,835</td> <td><b>469,642</b></td> <td>50.94%</td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a> <sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>28,768</td> <td>17,076</td> <td>50,136</td> <td>17,858</td> <td>24,522</td> <td>12,983</td> <td>16,942</td> <td>29,566</td> <td>30,668</td> <td>29,585</td> <td>26,796</td> <td>21,215</td> <td>25,269</td> <td>30,360</td> <td>15,860</td> <td>7,496</td> <td><b>385,100</b></td> <td>41.77%</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna">Mahajana Eksath Peramuna</a></td> <td>11,846</td> <td>1,345</td> <td>878</td> <td>1,615</td> <td>399</td> <td>462</td> <td>1,145</td> <td>3,409</td> <td>4,327</td> <td>2,709</td> <td>1,646</td> <td>1,975</td> <td>6,932</td> <td>1,543</td> <td>1,061</td> <td>1,442</td> <td><b>42,734</b></td> <td>4.64%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Progressive_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lanka Progressive Front">Sri Lanka Progressive Front</a><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>476</td> <td>414</td> <td>502</td> <td>493</td> <td>268</td> <td>90</td> <td>327</td> <td>1,180</td> <td>1,541</td> <td>1,418</td> <td>935</td> <td>742</td> <td>1,142</td> <td>992</td> <td>666</td> <td>268</td> <td><b>11,454</b></td> <td>1.24%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 01</a></td> <td>46</td> <td>258</td> <td>1,526</td> <td>1,593</td> <td>1,254</td> <td>2,813</td> <td>813</td> <td>31</td> <td>57</td> <td>33</td> <td>42</td> <td>140</td> <td>51</td> <td>96</td> <td>311</td> <td>187</td> <td><b>9,251</b></td> <td>1.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Nava_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Nava Sama Samaja Party">Nava Sama Samaja Party</a></td> <td>95</td> <td>93</td> <td>319</td> <td>58</td> <td>157</td> <td>44</td> <td>71</td> <td>169</td> <td>183</td> <td>165</td> <td>138</td> <td>104</td> <td>152</td> <td>155</td> <td>115</td> <td>32</td> <td><b>2,050</b></td> <td>0.22%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Eelam_Revolutionary_Organisation_of_Students" title="Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students">EROS</a> / <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Organisation_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam">PLOTE</a> / <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization" title="Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization">TELO</a></td> <td>73</td> <td>36</td> <td>130</td> <td>87</td> <td>96</td> <td>31</td> <td>44</td> <td>106</td> <td>94</td> <td>105</td> <td>71</td> <td>39</td> <td>89</td> <td>60</td> <td>50</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>1,113</b></td> <td>0.12%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Workers%27_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Workers' Congress">Democratic Workers' Congress</a></td> <td>48</td> <td>32</td> <td>159</td> <td>18</td> <td>53</td> <td>25</td> <td>11</td> <td>49</td> <td>23</td> <td>46</td> <td>26</td> <td>18</td> <td>29</td> <td>34</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td><b>589</b></td> <td>0.06%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Valid Votes</td> <td>62,134</td> <td>36,018</td> <td>95,710</td> <td>39,933</td> <td>44,889</td> <td>25,425</td> <td>40,235</td> <td>74,544</td> <td>83,792</td> <td>83,403</td> <td>66,593</td> <td>52,339</td> <td>74,698</td> <td>74,910</td> <td>44,039</td> <td>23,271</td> <td>921,933</td> <td>100.00%</td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Rejected Votes</td> <td>2,882</td> <td>1,524</td> <td>5,995</td> <td>1,618</td> <td>2,593</td> <td>821</td> <td>1,273</td> <td>2,938</td> <td>3,010</td> <td>2,932</td> <td>2,775</td> <td>1,485</td> <td>2,082</td> <td>2,701</td> <td>1,652</td> <td>354</td> <td>36,635</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Total Polled</td> <td>65,016</td> <td>37,542</td> <td>101,705</td> <td>41,551</td> <td>47,482</td> <td>26,246</td> <td>41,508</td> <td>77,482</td> <td>86,802</td> <td>86,335</td> <td>69,368</td> <td>53,824</td> <td>76,780</td> <td>77,611</td> <td>45,691</td> <td>23,625</td> <td>958,568</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Registered Electors</td> <td>81,213</td> <td>52,007</td> <td>139,012</td> <td>57,049</td> <td>63,528</td> <td>36,915</td> <td>55,301</td> <td>106,536</td> <td>113,173</td> <td>110,948</td> <td>90,167</td> <td>71,213</td> <td>101,317</td> <td>97,831</td> <td>59,749</td> <td></td> <td>1,235,959</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Turnout</td> <td>80.06%</td> <td>72.19%</td> <td>73.16%</td> <td>72.83%</td> <td>74.74%</td> <td>71.10%</td> <td>75.06%</td> <td>72.73%</td> <td>76.70%</td> <td>77.82%</td> <td>76.93%</td> <td>75.58%</td> <td>75.78%</td> <td>79.33%</td> <td>76.47%</td> <td></td> <td>77.56%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"> <caption class="nowrap">Preferential votes </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Alliance </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Candidate </th> <th>votes </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremasinghe" class="mw-redirect" title="Ranil Wickremasinghe">Ranil Wickremasinghe</a> </td> <td>291,194 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="green"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_United_National_Front" title="Democratic United National Front">DUNF</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Srimani_Athulathmudali" title="Srimani Athulathmudali">Srimani Athulathmudali</a> </td> <td>148,727 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C._V._Gunaratne" title="C. V. Gunaratne">C. V. Gunaratne</a><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>g<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>114,756 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nimal_Siripala_de_Silva" title="Nimal Siripala de Silva">Nimal Siripala de Silva</a> </td> <td>111,730 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ossie_Abeygunasekera" title="Ossie Abeygunasekera">Ossie Abeygunasekera</a><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>h<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>98,022 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeewan_Kumaranatunga" title="Jeewan Kumaranatunga">Jeewan Kumaranatunga</a> </td> <td>95,767 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kingsley_Wickramaratne" title="Kingsley Wickramaratne">Kingsley Wickramaratne</a> </td> <td>95,077 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/A._H._M._Fowzie" title="A. H. M. Fowzie">A. H. M. Fowzie</a> </td> <td>72,294 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td>Benet Cooray </td> <td>66,976 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatha_Lakshman_Premachandra" title="Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra">Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra</a> </td> <td>63,421 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Susil_Moonesinghe" title="Susil Moonesinghe">Susil Moonesinghe</a> </td> <td>61,610 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indika_Gunawardena" title="Indika Gunawardena">Indika Gunawardena</a> </td> <td>58,753 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td>Amal Senalankadikara </td> <td>54,321 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Lanka_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Lanka Sama Samaja Party">LSSP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Soysa" title="Bernard Soysa">Bernard Soysa</a> </td> <td>50,872 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gamini_Lokuge" title="Gamini Lokuge">Gamini Lokuge</a> </td> <td>47,058 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karunasena_Kodituwakku" title="Karunasena Kodituwakku">Karunasena Kodituwakku</a> </td> <td>46,134 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._H._Mohamed" title="M. H. Mohamed">M. H. Mohamed</a> </td> <td>44,527 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Weerasinghe_Mallimarachchi" title="Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi">Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi</a><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>i<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>44,322 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tyronne_Fernando" title="Tyronne Fernando">Tyronne Fernando</a> </td> <td>42,872 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Gunasekara Premaratne </td> <td>40,646 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000_parliamentary_general_election">2000 parliamentary general election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombo_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 2000 parliamentary general election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/2000_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">11th parliamentary election</a> held on 10 October 2000:<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:left; vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Party</th> <th colspan="15">Votes per Polling Division</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Postal<br />Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Total Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">%</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:40px;">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Avissawella_Polling_Division" title="Avissawella Polling Division">Avissawella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Borella_Polling_Division" title="Borella Polling Division">Borella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_Central_Polling_Division" title="Colombo Central Polling Division">Colombo Central</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_East_Polling_Division" title="Colombo East Polling Division">Colombo East</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_North_Polling_Division" title="Colombo North Polling Division">Colombo North</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_West_Polling_Division" title="Colombo West Polling Division">Colombo West</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Dehiwala_Polling_Division" title="Dehiwala Polling Division">Dehiwala</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Homagama_Polling_Division" title="Homagama Polling Division">Homagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kaduwela_Polling_Division" title="Kaduwela Polling Division">Kaduwela</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kesbewa_Polling_Division" title="Kesbewa Polling Division">Kesbewa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kolonnawa_Polling_Division" title="Kolonnawa Polling Division">Kolonnawa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kotte_Polling_Division" title="Kotte Polling Division">Kotte</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Maharagama_Polling_Division" title="Maharagama Polling Division">Maharagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Moratuwa_Polling_Division" title="Moratuwa Polling Division">Moratuwa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Ratmalana_Polling_Division" title="Ratmalana Polling Division">Ratmalana</a></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>j<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>26,671</td> <td>19,588</td> <td>57,578</td> <td>22,232</td> <td>33,212</td> <td>15,480</td> <td>19,646</td> <td>33,930</td> <td>35,792</td> <td>34,978</td> <td>30,522</td> <td>22,207</td> <td>28,952</td> <td>35,570</td> <td>18,556</td> <td>5,770</td> <td><b>440,684</b></td> <td>43.48%</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">People's Alliance</a><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>k<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>33,986</td> <td>14,025</td> <td>20,414</td> <td>13,922</td> <td>13,422</td> <td>4,999</td> <td>14,382</td> <td>41,330</td> <td>43,474</td> <td>41,977</td> <td>32,394</td> <td>20,249</td> <td>36,995</td> <td>36,883</td> <td>17,886</td> <td>7,808</td> <td><b>394,146</b></td> <td>38.89%</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna</a></td> <td>4,434</td> <td>1,990</td> <td>2,806</td> <td>2,844</td> <td>2,031</td> <td>709</td> <td>2,556</td> <td>8,758</td> <td>11,268</td> <td>10,219</td> <td>5,741</td> <td>3,566</td> <td>8,174</td> <td>6,849</td> <td>4,454</td> <td>1,734</td> <td><b>78,133</b></td> <td>7.71%</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFA500"> </td> <td align="left">Sinhala Heritage</td> <td>1,086</td> <td>2,106</td> <td>1,683</td> <td>2,939</td> <td>1,043</td> <td>1,418</td> <td>3,200</td> <td>3,283</td> <td>4,701</td> <td>6,211</td> <td>2,604</td> <td>4,881</td> <td>6,302</td> <td>3,721</td> <td>3,356</td> <td>1,137</td> <td><b>49,671</b></td> <td>4.73%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0F0"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Muslim_National_Unity_Alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim National Unity Alliance">Muslim National Unity Alliance</a><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>l<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>316</td> <td>1,441</td> <td>16,420</td> <td>534</td> <td>3,149</td> <td>925</td> <td>977</td> <td>39</td> <td>1,08</td> <td>33</td> <td>1,689</td> <td>266</td> <td>93</td> <td>478</td> <td>548</td> <td>51</td> <td><b>27,067</b></td> <td>2.77%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFF00"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/All_Ceylon_Tamil_Congress" title="All Ceylon Tamil Congress">All Ceylon Tamil Congress</a></td> <td>26</td> <td>136</td> <td>747</td> <td>927</td> <td>910</td> <td>1,371</td> <td>622</td> <td>10</td> <td>11</td> <td>3</td> <td>16</td> <td>19</td> <td>9</td> <td>171</td> <td>210</td> <td>50</td> <td><b>5,238</b></td> <td>0.52%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Workers%27_Congress" title="Ceylon Workers' Congress">Ceylon Workers' Congress</a></td> <td>832</td> <td>210</td> <td>1,247</td> <td>411</td> <td>1,099</td> <td>289</td> <td>122</td> <td>11</td> <td>12</td> <td>16</td> <td>205</td> <td>41</td> <td>3</td> <td>10</td> <td>59</td> <td>21</td> <td><b>4,588</b></td> <td>0.45%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_Left_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="New Left Front">New Left Front</a><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>m<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>369</td> <td>163</td> <td>378</td> <td>231</td> <td>282</td> <td>253</td> <td>194</td> <td>350</td> <td>279</td> <td>336</td> <td>204</td> <td>155</td> <td>252</td> <td>231</td> <td>154</td> <td>46</td> <td><b>3,877</b></td> <td>0.39%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Citizen's<br />Front</td> <td>72</td> <td>143</td> <td>1,236</td> <td>169</td> <td>155</td> <td>91</td> <td>59</td> <td>97</td> <td>87</td> <td>99</td> <td>117</td> <td>120</td> <td>127</td> <td>201</td> <td>81</td> <td>25</td> <td><b>2,879</b></td> <td>0.28%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DDBBCC"> </td> <td align="left">National People's Party</td> <td>32</td> <td>42</td> <td>96</td> <td>97</td> <td>49</td> <td>105</td> <td>82</td> <td>71</td> <td>127</td> <td>123</td> <td>77</td> <td>106</td> <td>148</td> <td>122</td> <td>91</td> <td>32</td> <td><b>1,400</b></td> <td>0.14%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Muslim United Liberation Front</td> <td>39</td> <td>54</td> <td>797</td> <td>30</td> <td>60</td> <td>15</td> <td>25</td> <td>50</td> <td>32</td> <td>56</td> <td>54</td> <td>16</td> <td>25</td> <td>22</td> <td>44</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>1,321</b></td> <td>0.13%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#00008B"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sinhalaye_Mahasammatha_Bhoomiputra_Pakshaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya">Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya</a></td> <td>65</td> <td>37</td> <td>46</td> <td>52</td> <td>23</td> <td>22</td> <td>57</td> <td>101</td> <td>136</td> <td>200</td> <td>72</td> <td>87</td> <td>149</td> <td>57</td> <td>73</td> <td>51</td> <td><b>1,228</b></td> <td>0.12%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 3</a></td> <td>21</td> <td>14</td> <td>75</td> <td>9</td> <td>24</td> <td>21</td> <td>50</td> <td>28</td> <td>20</td> <td>27</td> <td>12</td> <td>17</td> <td>23</td> <td>40</td> <td>421</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>808</b></td> <td>0.08%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">United Lalith Front</td> <td>70</td> <td>22</td> <td>80</td> <td>27</td> <td>47</td> <td>15</td> <td>23</td> <td>95</td> <td>68</td> <td>50</td> <td>35</td> <td>28</td> <td>59</td> <td>31</td> <td>28</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>684</b></td> <td>0.07%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFDE17"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Sri Lanka">Liberal Party of Sri Lanka</a></td> <td>17</td> <td>29</td> <td>16</td> <td>35</td> <td>5</td> <td>88</td> <td>36</td> <td>19</td> <td>40</td> <td>40</td> <td>11</td> <td>33</td> <td>40</td> <td>31</td> <td>57</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>497</b></td> <td>0.05%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Equality_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)">Socialist Equality Party</a></td> <td>9</td> <td>17</td> <td>26</td> <td>25</td> <td>8</td> <td>14</td> <td>20</td> <td>8</td> <td>38</td> <td>41</td> <td>30</td> <td>21</td> <td>45</td> <td>52</td> <td>26</td> <td>9</td> <td><b>389</b></td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 2</a></td> <td>5</td> <td>56</td> <td>98</td> <td>15</td> <td>46</td> <td>8</td> <td>4</td> <td>11</td> <td>9</td> <td>11</td> <td>18</td> <td>27</td> <td>32</td> <td>7</td> <td>8</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>357</b></td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="green"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_United_National_Front" title="Democratic United National Front">Democratic United National Front</a></td> <td>30</td> <td>16</td> <td>24</td> <td>13</td> <td>17</td> <td>7</td> <td>14</td> <td>39</td> <td>32</td> <td>38</td> <td>26</td> <td>18</td> <td>32</td> <td>28</td> <td>16</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>355</b></td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Sri Lanka Muslim Party</td> <td>6</td> <td>8</td> <td>40</td> <td>29</td> <td>35</td> <td>36</td> <td>23</td> <td>10</td> <td>6</td> <td>10</td> <td>6</td> <td>8</td> <td>5</td> <td>7</td> <td>13</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>244</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 5</a></td> <td>15</td> <td>11</td> <td>19</td> <td>4</td> <td>9</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>18</td> <td>14</td> <td>15</td> <td>14</td> <td>12</td> <td>17</td> <td>10</td> <td>12</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>179</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#683053"> </td> <td align="left">Ruhunu People's Party</td> <td>6</td> <td>11</td> <td>16</td> <td>33</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>23</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>9</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>143</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 4</a></td> <td>8</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>4</td> <td>9</td> <td>6</td> <td>14</td> <td>2</td> <td>9</td> <td>12</td> <td>3</td> <td>8</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>109</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Progressive_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lanka Progressive Front">Sri Lanka Progressive Front</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>49</td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>90</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 1</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>8</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>75</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Bahujana_Nidahas_Peramuna" title="Bahujana Nidahas Peramuna">People's Freedom Front</a></td> <td>9</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>9</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>58</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Valid Votes</td> <td>68,130</td> <td>40,130</td> <td>103,908</td> <td>44,591</td> <td>55,648</td> <td>25,889</td> <td>42,111</td> <td>88,289</td> <td>96,282</td> <td>94,533</td> <td>73,865</td> <td>51,900</td> <td>81,518</td> <td>84,545</td> <td>46,116</td> <td>16,765</td> <td>1,014,220</td> <td>100.00%</td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Rejected Votes</td> <td>3,153</td> <td>1,611</td> <td>5,986</td> <td>1,882</td> <td>3,229</td> <td>1,042</td> <td>1,246</td> <td>3,529</td> <td>3,107</td> <td>2,999</td> <td>2,745</td> <td>1,380</td> <td>2,517</td> <td>2,888</td> <td>1,702</td> <td>408</td> <td>39,424</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Total Polled</td> <td>71,283</td> <td>41,741</td> <td>109,894</td> <td>46,473</td> <td>58,877</td> <td>26,931</td> <td>43,357</td> <td>91,818</td> <td>99,389</td> <td>97,532</td> <td>76,610</td> <td>53,280</td> <td>84,035</td> <td>87,433</td> <td>47,818</td> <td>17,173</td> <td>1,053,644</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Registered Electors</td> <td>90,721</td> <td>58,676</td> <td>152,701</td> <td>66,374</td> <td>80,510</td> <td>40,939</td> <td>58,883</td> <td>121,170</td> <td>130,721</td> <td>125,802</td> <td>99,486</td> <td>71,617</td> <td>111,204</td> <td>111,701</td> <td>65,042</td> <td></td> <td>1,385,547</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Turnout (%)</td> <td>78.57%</td> <td>71.14%</td> <td>71.97%</td> <td>70.02%</td> <td>73.13%</td> <td>65.78%</td> <td>73.63%</td> <td>75.78%</td> <td>76.03%</td> <td>77.53%</td> <td>77.01%</td> <td>74.40%</td> <td>75.57%</td> <td>78.27%</td> <td>73.52%</td> <td></td> <td>76.05%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"> <caption class="nowrap">Preferential votes </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Alliance </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Candidate<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>votes </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremasinghe" class="mw-redirect" title="Ranil Wickremasinghe">Ranil Wickremasinghe</a> </td> <td>363,668 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Karunanayake" title="Ravi Karunanayake">Ravi Karunanayake</a> </td> <td>145,593 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/G._L._Peiris" title="G. L. Peiris">G. L. Peiris</a> </td> <td>139,123 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna">MEP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Gunawardena" title="Dinesh Gunawardena">Dinesh Gunawardena</a> </td> <td>114,795 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/A._H._M._Fowzie" title="A. H. M. Fowzie">A. H. M. Fowzie</a> </td> <td>100,200 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeewan_Kumaranatunga" title="Jeewan Kumaranatunga">Jeewan Kumaranatunga</a> </td> <td>88,620 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna">MEP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bandula_Gunawardane" title="Bandula Gunawardane">Bandula Gunawardane</a> </td> <td>70,537 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indika_Gunawardena" title="Indika Gunawardena">Indika Gunawardena</a> </td> <td>70,341 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Mahroof" class="mw-redirect" title="M. Mahroof">M. Mahroof</a> </td> <td>65,400 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatha_Lakshman_Premachandra" title="Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra">Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra</a> </td> <td>62,237 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td>Chandana Kathriarachchi </td> <td>61,301 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karunasena_Kodituwakku" title="Karunasena Kodituwakku">Karunasena Kodituwakku</a> </td> <td>60,318 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gamini_Lokuge" title="Gamini Lokuge">Gamini Lokuge</a> </td> <td>58,009 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._H._Mohamed" title="M. H. Mohamed">M. H. Mohamed</a> </td> <td>49,239 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Lilantha Perera </td> <td>48,848 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tyronne_Fernando" title="Tyronne Fernando">Tyronne Fernando</a> </td> <td>41,439 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Jayantha Perera </td> <td>39,242 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Samson Silva </td> <td>38,894 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wimal_Weerawansa" title="Wimal Weerawansa">Wimal Weerawansa</a> </td> <td>13,284 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a> </td> <td>Nimal Upatissa Fernando </td> <td>5,717 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2001_parliamentary_general_election">2001 parliamentary general election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombo_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: 2001 parliamentary general election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/2001_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">12th parliamentary election</a> held on 5 December 2001:<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:left; vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Party</th> <th colspan="15">Votes per Polling Division</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Postal<br />Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Total Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">%</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:40px;">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Avissawella_Polling_Division" title="Avissawella Polling Division">Avissawella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Borella_Polling_Division" title="Borella Polling Division">Borella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_Central_Polling_Division" title="Colombo Central Polling Division">Colombo Central</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_East_Polling_Division" title="Colombo East Polling Division">Colombo East</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_North_Polling_Division" title="Colombo North Polling Division">Colombo North</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_West_Polling_Division" title="Colombo West Polling Division">Colombo West</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Dehiwala_Polling_Division" title="Dehiwala Polling Division">Dehiwala</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Homagama_Polling_Division" title="Homagama Polling Division">Homagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kaduwela_Polling_Division" title="Kaduwela Polling Division">Kaduwela</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kesbewa_Polling_Division" title="Kesbewa Polling Division">Kesbewa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kolonnawa_Polling_Division" title="Kolonnawa Polling Division">Kolonnawa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kotte_Polling_Division" title="Kotte Polling Division">Kotte</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Maharagama_Polling_Division" title="Maharagama Polling Division">Maharagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Moratuwa_Polling_Division" title="Moratuwa Polling Division">Moratuwa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Ratmalana_Polling_Division" title="Ratmalana Polling Division">Ratmalana</a></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">United National Front</a> <sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>32,784</td> <td>24,349</td> <td>80,318</td> <td>26,636</td> <td>41,052</td> <td>18,020</td> <td>24,219</td> <td>39,943</td> <td>43,330</td> <td>42,260</td> <td>37,256</td> <td>27,717</td> <td>35,932</td> <td>42,150</td> <td>23,432</td> <td></td> <td><b>546,417</b></td> <td>51.62%</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">People's Alliance</a> <sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>o<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>29,176</td> <td>12,710</td> <td>19,149</td> <td>11,807</td> <td>11,792</td> <td>4,053</td> <td>12,686</td> <td>37,389</td> <td>39,238</td> <td>37,815</td> <td>28,465</td> <td>18,573</td> <td>32,800</td> <td>33,627</td> <td>17,344</td> <td></td> <td><b>353,401</b></td> <td>33.39%</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna</a></td> <td>7,121</td> <td>2,872</td> <td>3,883</td> <td>3,613</td> <td>3,098</td> <td>926</td> <td>3,786</td> <td>14,159</td> <td>16,602</td> <td>16,045</td> <td>8,869</td> <td>5,275</td> <td>12,776</td> <td>9,932</td> <td>5,750</td> <td></td> <td><b>117,404</b></td> <td>11.09%</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFA500"> </td> <td align="left">Sinhala Heritage</td> <td>515</td> <td>785</td> <td>731</td> <td>962</td> <td>342</td> <td>396</td> <td>944</td> <td>1,229</td> <td>1,541</td> <td>2,170</td> <td>1,001</td> <td>1,694</td> <td>2,106</td> <td>1,161</td> <td>1,014</td> <td></td> <td><b>16,970</b></td> <td>1.60%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F7E20F"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tamil_National_Alliance" title="Tamil National Alliance">Tamil National Alliance</a> <sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>p<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>11</td> <td>244</td> <td>1,649</td> <td>2,075</td> <td>2,483</td> <td>3,499</td> <td>1,434</td> <td>5</td> <td>22</td> <td>10</td> <td>41</td> <td>73</td> <td>38</td> <td>450</td> <td>571</td> <td></td> <td><b>12,696</b></td> <td>1.20%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_Left_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="New Left Front">New Left Front</a><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>q<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>335</td> <td>135</td> <td>308</td> <td>142</td> <td>184</td> <td>83</td> <td>121</td> <td>385</td> <td>284</td> <td>355</td> <td>236</td> <td>155</td> <td>272</td> <td>255</td> <td>180</td> <td></td> <td><b>3,457</b></td> <td>0.33%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F90818"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Left_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Democratic Left Front (Sri Lanka)">Democratic Left Front</a></td> <td>271</td> <td>85</td> <td>178</td> <td>203</td> <td>138</td> <td>129</td> <td>193</td> <td>347</td> <td>302</td> <td>360</td> <td>182</td> <td>202</td> <td>298</td> <td>227</td> <td>132</td> <td></td> <td><b>3,322</b></td> <td>0.31%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_Socialist_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)">United Socialist Party</a></td> <td>93</td> <td>64</td> <td>315</td> <td>101</td> <td>142</td> <td>43</td> <td>38</td> <td>92</td> <td>117</td> <td>97</td> <td>120</td> <td>46</td> <td>67</td> <td>111</td> <td>52</td> <td></td> <td><b>1,503</b></td> <td>0.14%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">United Lalith Front</td> <td>98</td> <td>57</td> <td>212</td> <td>39</td> <td>76</td> <td>32</td> <td>32</td> <td>102</td> <td>95</td> <td>73</td> <td>76</td> <td>40</td> <td>54</td> <td>72</td> <td>36</td> <td></td> <td><b>1,101</b></td> <td>0.10%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Democratic_Party" title="Eelam People's Democratic Party">Eelam People's Democratic Party</a></td> <td>54</td> <td>19</td> <td>77</td> <td>88</td> <td>62</td> <td>58</td> <td>28</td> <td>45</td> <td>35</td> <td>25</td> <td>33</td> <td>15</td> <td>37</td> <td>40</td> <td>24</td> <td></td> <td><b>640</b></td> <td>0.06%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#00008B"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sinhalaye_Mahasammatha_Bhoomiputra_Pakshaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya">Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya</a></td> <td>35</td> <td>22</td> <td>20</td> <td>26</td> <td>7</td> <td>9</td> <td>29</td> <td>37</td> <td>43</td> <td>50</td> <td>55</td> <td>32</td> <td>44</td> <td>36</td> <td>33</td> <td></td> <td><b>478</b></td> <td>0.05%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Equality_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)">Socialist Equality Party</a></td> <td>12</td> <td>14</td> <td>6</td> <td>12</td> <td>10</td> <td>9</td> <td>8</td> <td>22</td> <td>20</td> <td>21</td> <td>18</td> <td>16</td> <td>25</td> <td>31</td> <td>15</td> <td></td> <td><b>239</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Sri Lanka Muslim Party</td> <td>7</td> <td>12</td> <td>50</td> <td>2</td> <td>15</td> <td>10</td> <td>8</td> <td>4</td> <td>11</td> <td>7</td> <td>19</td> <td>12</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>8</td> <td></td> <td><b>174</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">National Development Front</td> <td>14</td> <td>4</td> <td>9</td> <td>8</td> <td>6</td> <td>2</td> <td>8</td> <td>9</td> <td>19</td> <td>11</td> <td>7</td> <td>11</td> <td>8</td> <td>12</td> <td>9</td> <td></td> <td><b>137</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 2</a></td> <td>11</td> <td>1</td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td>8</td> <td>4</td> <td>7</td> <td>8</td> <td>14</td> <td>8</td> <td>5</td> <td>8</td> <td>9</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td></td> <td><b>100</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Progressive_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lanka Progressive Front">Sri Lanka Progressive Front</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>3</td> <td>15</td> <td>3</td> <td>15</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>7</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td></td> <td><b>81</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 4</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td>12</td> <td>8</td> <td>5</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>9</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td></td> <td><b>77</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 1</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>11</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>10</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td><b>76</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#87171A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_National_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lanka National Front">Sri Lanka National Front</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>12</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>9</td> <td>8</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td></td> <td><b>71</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#683053"> </td> <td align="left">Ruhuna People's Party</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>8</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td><b>65</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 3</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>10</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td></td> <td><b>42</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Valid Votes</td> <td>70,565</td> <td>41,388</td> <td>106,970</td> <td>45,745</td> <td>59,448</td> <td>27,289</td> <td>43,556</td> <td>93,806</td> <td>101,712</td> <td>99,339</td> <td>76,414</td> <td>53,884</td> <td>84,500</td> <td>88,144</td> <td>48,614</td> <td></td> <td>1,058,481</td> <td>100.00%</td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Rejected Votes</td> <td>3,324</td> <td>1,598</td> <td>5,700</td> <td>1,855</td> <td>3,352</td> <td>959</td> <td>1,448</td> <td>3,725</td> <td>3,218</td> <td>3,356</td> <td>2,761</td> <td>1,698</td> <td>2,608</td> <td>3,294</td> <td>1,664</td> <td></td> <td>40,901</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Total Polled</td> <td>73,889</td> <td>42,986</td> <td>112,670</td> <td>47,600</td> <td>62,800</td> <td>28,248</td> <td>45,004</td> <td>97,531</td> <td>104,930</td> <td>102,695</td> <td>79,175</td> <td>55,582</td> <td>87,108</td> <td>91,438</td> <td>50,278</td> <td></td> <td>1,099,382</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Registered Electors</td> <td>93,630</td> <td>61,373</td> <td>159,417</td> <td>66,736</td> <td>86,842</td> <td>41,908</td> <td>61,222</td> <td>127,422</td> <td>135,550</td> <td>131,571</td> <td>102,676</td> <td>74,140</td> <td>114,854</td> <td>115,430</td> <td>67,911</td> <td></td> <td>1,440,682</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Turnout</td> <td>78.92%</td> <td>70.04%</td> <td>70.68%</td> <td>71.33%</td> <td>72.32%</td> <td>67.40%</td> <td>73.51%</td> <td>76.54%</td> <td>77.41%</td> <td>78.05%</td> <td>77.11%</td> <td>74.97%</td> <td>75.84%</td> <td>79.22%</td> <td>74.04%</td> <td></td> <td>76.31%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"> <caption class="nowrap">Preferential votes </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Alliance </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Candidate<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>votes </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">UNF</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremasinghe" class="mw-redirect" title="Ranil Wickremasinghe">Ranil Wickremasinghe</a> </td> <td>415,686 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">UNF</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Milinda_Moragoda" title="Milinda Moragoda">Milinda Moragoda</a> </td> <td>134,132 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">UNF</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Karunanayake" title="Ravi Karunanayake">Ravi Karunanayake</a> </td> <td>129,893 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/A._H._M._Fowzie" title="A. H. M. Fowzie">A. H. M. Fowzie</a> </td> <td>103,817 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arjuna_Ranatunga" title="Arjuna Ranatunga">Arjuna Ranatunga</a> </td> <td>97,409 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Susil_Premajayanth" class="mw-redirect" title="Susil Premajayanth">Susil Premajayanth</a> </td> <td>90,170 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna">MEP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Gunawardena" title="Dinesh Gunawardena">Dinesh Gunawardena</a> </td> <td>87,615 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">UNF</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Mahroof" class="mw-redirect" title="M. Mahroof">M. Mahroof</a> </td> <td>85,988 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">UNF</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karunasena_Kodituwakku" title="Karunasena Kodituwakku">Karunasena Kodituwakku</a> </td> <td>78,093 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeewan_Kumaranatunga" title="Jeewan Kumaranatunga">Jeewan Kumaranatunga</a> </td> <td>70,790 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">UNF</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gamini_Lokuge" title="Gamini Lokuge">Gamini Lokuge</a> </td> <td>66,968 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">UNF</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bandula_Gunawardane" title="Bandula Gunawardane">Bandula Gunawardane</a> </td> <td>66,516 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">UNF</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._H._Mohamed" title="M. H. Mohamed">M. H. Mohamed</a> </td> <td>64,783 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatha_Lakshman_Premachandra" title="Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra">Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra</a> </td> <td>61,530 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td>Chandana Kathriarachchi </td> <td>57,673 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">UNF</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_People%27s_Front" title="Democratic People's Front">WPF</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mano_Ganesan" title="Mano Ganesan">Mano Ganesan</a> </td> <td>54,942 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">UNF</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jayantha_Ketagoda" title="Jayantha Ketagoda">Jayantha Ketagoda</a> </td> <td>54,274 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">UNF</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tyronne_Fernando" title="Tyronne Fernando">Tyronne Fernando</a> </td> <td>46,129 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">UNF</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Lilantha Perera </td> <td>43,887 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wimal_Weerawansa" title="Wimal Weerawansa">Wimal Weerawansa</a> </td> <td>19,687 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Handunnetti" title="Sunil Handunnetti">Sunil Handunnetti</a> </td> <td>9,438 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2004_parliamentary_general_election">2004 parliamentary general election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombo_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: 2004 parliamentary general election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/2004_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">13th parliamentary election</a> held on 2 April 2004:<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:left; vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Party</th> <th colspan="15">Votes per Polling Division</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Postal<br />Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Total Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">%</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:40px;">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Avissawella_Polling_Division" title="Avissawella Polling Division">Avissawella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Borella_Polling_Division" title="Borella Polling Division">Borella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_Central_Polling_Division" title="Colombo Central Polling Division">Colombo Central</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_East_Polling_Division" title="Colombo East Polling Division">Colombo East</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_North_Polling_Division" title="Colombo North Polling Division">Colombo North</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_West_Polling_Division" title="Colombo West Polling Division">Colombo West</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Dehiwala_Polling_Division" title="Dehiwala Polling Division">Dehiwala</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Homagama_Polling_Division" title="Homagama Polling Division">Homagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kaduwela_Polling_Division" title="Kaduwela Polling Division">Kaduwela</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kesbewa_Polling_Division" title="Kesbewa Polling Division">Kesbewa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kolonnawa_Polling_Division" title="Kolonnawa Polling Division">Kolonnawa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kotte_Polling_Division" title="Kotte Polling Division">Kotte</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Maharagama_Polling_Division" title="Maharagama Polling Division">Maharagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Moratuwa_Polling_Division" title="Moratuwa Polling Division">Moratuwa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Ratmalana_Polling_Division" title="Ratmalana Polling Division">Ratmalana</a></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">United National Front</a> <sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>r<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>28,607</td> <td>21,543</td> <td>71,599</td> <td>23,739</td> <td>40,387</td> <td>19,084</td> <td>19,865</td> <td>29,029</td> <td>32,772</td> <td>26,302</td> <td>29,540</td> <td>19,635</td> <td>22,337</td> <td>34,313</td> <td>18,448</td> <td>4,641</td> <td><b>441,841</b></td> <td>41.76%</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">United People's Freedom Alliance</a> <sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>s<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>37,380</td> <td>12,484</td> <td>17,681</td> <td>12,141</td> <td>12,724</td> <td>3,613</td> <td>12,577</td> <td>49,520</td> <td>53,065</td> <td>45,939</td> <td>32,976</td> <td>20,070</td> <td>37,919</td> <td>38,833</td> <td>19,284</td> <td>8,482</td> <td><b>414,688</b></td> <td>39.20%</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFA500"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jathika_Hela_Urumaya" title="Jathika Hela Urumaya">Jathika Hela Urumaya</a></td> <td>5,952</td> <td>6,360</td> <td>8,881</td> <td>9,116</td> <td>3,409</td> <td>2,824</td> <td>9,247</td> <td>17,768</td> <td>18,485</td> <td>29,850</td> <td>14,311</td> <td>13,192</td> <td>25,385</td> <td>13,493</td> <td>9,085</td> <td>3,260</td> <td><b>190,618</b></td> <td>18.02%</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">National Development Front</td> <td>96</td> <td>109</td> <td>230</td> <td>91</td> <td>415</td> <td>44</td> <td>63</td> <td>175</td> <td>202</td> <td>215</td> <td>194</td> <td>140</td> <td>177</td> <td>168</td> <td>86</td> <td>15</td> <td><b>2,420</b></td> <td>0.23%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_Left_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="New Left Front">New Left Front</a><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>t<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>133</td> <td>89</td> <td>225</td> <td>166</td> <td>175</td> <td>150</td> <td>112</td> <td>129</td> <td>139</td> <td>121</td> <td>106</td> <td>95</td> <td>135</td> <td>161</td> <td>71</td> <td>30</td> <td><b>2,037</b></td> <td>0.19%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DDBBCC"> </td> <td align="left">National People's Party</td> <td>72</td> <td>41</td> <td>49</td> <td>45</td> <td>24</td> <td>19</td> <td>43</td> <td>175</td> <td>115</td> <td>244</td> <td>78</td> <td>55</td> <td>160</td> <td>102</td> <td>50</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>1,273</b></td> <td>0.12%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_Socialist_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)">United Socialist Party</a></td> <td>71</td> <td>27</td> <td>204</td> <td>57</td> <td>93</td> <td>20</td> <td>30</td> <td>59</td> <td>53</td> <td>40</td> <td>74</td> <td>29</td> <td>32</td> <td>73</td> <td>31</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>894</b></td> <td>0.08%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">United Muslim People's Party</td> <td>40</td> <td>61</td> <td>317</td> <td>40</td> <td>75</td> <td>22</td> <td>24</td> <td>29</td> <td>30</td> <td>29</td> <td>81</td> <td>30</td> <td>22</td> <td>33</td> <td>23</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>858</b></td> <td>0.08%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 7</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>54</td> <td>501</td> <td>5</td> <td>42</td> <td>4</td> <td>10</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>40</td> <td>9</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>683</b></td> <td>0.06%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">United Lalith Front</td> <td>43</td> <td>20</td> <td>117</td> <td>25</td> <td>57</td> <td>19</td> <td>17</td> <td>39</td> <td>37</td> <td>27</td> <td>29</td> <td>16</td> <td>34</td> <td>49</td> <td>20</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>550</b></td> <td>0.05%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Democratic_Party" title="Eelam People's Democratic Party">Eelam People's Democratic Party</a></td> <td>34</td> <td>12</td> <td>66</td> <td>65</td> <td>45</td> <td>21</td> <td>30</td> <td>32</td> <td>48</td> <td>41</td> <td>26</td> <td>15</td> <td>36</td> <td>38</td> <td>26</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>539</b></td> <td>0.05%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFA07A"> </td> <td align="left">Swarajya<br />Party</td> <td>2</td> <td>29</td> <td>98</td> <td>37</td> <td>8</td> <td>55</td> <td>25</td> <td>7</td> <td>22</td> <td>30</td> <td>15</td> <td>26</td> <td>9</td> <td>11</td> <td>27</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>404</b></td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#00008B"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sinhalaye_Mahasammatha_Bhoomiputra_Pakshaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya">Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya</a></td> <td>12</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>10</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>15</td> <td>17</td> <td>26</td> <td>31</td> <td>15</td> <td>14</td> <td>28</td> <td>9</td> <td>8</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>203</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Equality_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)">Socialist Equality Party</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>11</td> <td>10</td> <td>11</td> <td>10</td> <td>5</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>4</td> <td>7</td> <td>14</td> <td>24</td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>159</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 11</a></td> <td>11</td> <td>2</td> <td>13</td> <td>6</td> <td>10</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>10</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>114</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 10</a></td> <td>9</td> <td>6</td> <td>13</td> <td>3</td> <td>8</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>18</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>98</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Sri Lanka Muslim Party</td> <td>1</td> <td>10</td> <td>35</td> <td>7</td> <td>5</td> <td>9</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>97</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Progressive_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lanka Progressive Front">Sri Lanka Progressive Front</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>34</td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>71</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 8</a></td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>8</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>8</td> <td>11</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>67</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 1</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>13</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>49</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 2</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>12</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>46</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 4</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>43</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#87171A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_National_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lanka National Front">Sri Lanka National Front</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>42</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 6</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>1</td> <td>12</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>40</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 5</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>36</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 3</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>34</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 9</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>32</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#683053"> </td> <td align="left">Ruhuna People's Party</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>30</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Valid Votes</td> <td>72,500</td> <td>40,893</td> <td>100,142</td> <td>45,576</td> <td>57,528</td> <td>25,914</td> <td>42,087</td> <td>97,061</td> <td>105,077</td> <td>102,942</td> <td>77,530</td> <td>53,359</td> <td>86,327</td> <td>87,376</td> <td>47,202</td> <td>16,452</td> <td>1,057,966</td> <td>100.00%</td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Rejected Votes</td> <td>3,491</td> <td>1,457</td> <td>5,451</td> <td>1,689</td> <td>3,431</td> <td>869</td> <td>1,173</td> <td>3,516</td> <td>3,316</td> <td>2,831</td> <td>2,832</td> <td>1,413</td> <td>2,161</td> <td>3,139</td> <td>1,531</td> <td>305</td> <td>38,605</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Total Polled</td> <td>75,991</td> <td>42,350</td> <td>105,593</td> <td>47,265</td> <td>60,959</td> <td>26,783</td> <td>43,260</td> <td>100,577</td> <td>108,393</td> <td>105,773</td> <td>80,362</td> <td>54,772</td> <td>88,488</td> <td>90,515</td> <td>48,733</td> <td>16,757</td> <td>1,096,571</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Registered Electors</td> <td>98,012</td> <td>62,722</td> <td>153,763</td> <td>67,885</td> <td>86,388</td> <td>40,209</td> <td>60,159</td> <td>135,242</td> <td>143,644</td> <td>137,285</td> <td>106,335</td> <td>74,159</td> <td>118,318</td> <td>116,454</td> <td>67,176</td> <td></td> <td>1,467,751</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Turnout</td> <td>77.53%</td> <td>67.52%</td> <td>68.67%</td> <td>69.63%</td> <td>70.56%</td> <td>66.61%</td> <td>71.91%</td> <td>74.37%</td> <td>75.46%</td> <td>77.05%</td> <td>75.57%</td> <td>73.86%</td> <td>74.79%</td> <td>77.73%</td> <td>72.55%</td> <td></td> <td>74.71%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"> <caption class="nowrap">Preferential votes </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Alliance </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Candidate<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>votes </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">UNF</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremasinghe" class="mw-redirect" title="Ranil Wickremasinghe">Ranil Wickremasinghe</a> </td> <td>329,524 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wimal_Weerawansa" title="Wimal Weerawansa">Wimal Weerawansa</a> </td> <td>237,185 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Handunnetti" title="Sunil Handunnetti">Sunil Handunnetti</a> </td> <td>152,942 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lakshman_Nipuna_Arachchi" title="Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi">Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi</a> </td> <td>122,645 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Susil_Premajayanth" class="mw-redirect" title="Susil Premajayanth">Susil Premajayanth</a> </td> <td>100,074 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">UNF</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Milinda_Moragoda" title="Milinda Moragoda">Milinda Moragoda</a> </td> <td>99,146 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna">MEP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Gunawardena" title="Dinesh Gunawardena">Dinesh Gunawardena</a> </td> <td>82,626 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arjuna_Ranatunga" title="Arjuna Ranatunga">Arjuna Ranatunga</a> </td> <td>81,914 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">UNF</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Karunanayake" title="Ravi Karunanayake">Ravi Karunanayake</a> </td> <td>69,975 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">UNF</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._H._Mohamed" title="M. H. Mohamed">M. H. Mohamed</a> </td> <td>62,559 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">UNF</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/T._Maheswaran" title="T. Maheswaran">T. Maheswaran</a><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>u<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>57,978 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">UNF</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bandula_Gunawardane" title="Bandula Gunawardane">Bandula Gunawardane</a> </td> <td>57,460 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">UNF</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Mahroof" class="mw-redirect" title="M. Mahroof">M. Mahroof</a> </td> <td>55,919 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">UNF</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gamini_Lokuge" title="Gamini Lokuge">Gamini Lokuge</a> </td> <td>53,810 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeewan_Kumaranatunga" title="Jeewan Kumaranatunga">Jeewan Kumaranatunga</a> </td> <td>51,583 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">UNF</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_People%27s_Front" title="Democratic People's Front">WPF</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mano_Ganesan" title="Mano Ganesan">Mano Ganesan</a> </td> <td>51,508 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/A._H._M._Fowzie" title="A. H. M. Fowzie">A. H. M. Fowzie</a> </td> <td>49,719 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFA500"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jathika_Hela_Urumaya" title="Jathika Hela Urumaya">JHU</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFA500"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jathika_Hela_Urumaya" title="Jathika Hela Urumaya">JHU</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uduwe_Dhammaloka" title="Uduwe Dhammaloka">Ven. Uduwe Dhammaloka Thero</a> </td> <td>42,850 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFA500"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jathika_Hela_Urumaya" title="Jathika Hela Urumaya">JHU</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFA500"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jathika_Hela_Urumaya" title="Jathika Hela Urumaya">JHU</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kotapola_Amarakitti_Thero" title="Kotapola Amarakitti Thero">Ven. Kotapola Amarakitti Thero</a> </td> <td>26,539 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFA500"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jathika_Hela_Urumaya" title="Jathika Hela Urumaya">JHU</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFA500"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jathika_Hela_Urumaya" title="Jathika Hela Urumaya">JHU</a> </td> <td>Ven. Kataluwe Ratanasiya Thero<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>v<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>10,512 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_parliamentary_general_election">2010 parliamentary general election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombo_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: 2010 parliamentary general election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/2010_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">14th parliamentary election</a> held on 8 April 2010:<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:left; vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Party</th> <th colspan="15">Votes per Polling Division</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Postal<br />Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Total Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">%</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:40px;">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Avissawella_Polling_Division" title="Avissawella Polling Division">Avissawella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Borella_Polling_Division" title="Borella Polling Division">Borella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_Central_Polling_Division" title="Colombo Central Polling Division">Colombo Central</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_East_Polling_Division" title="Colombo East Polling Division">Colombo East</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_North_Polling_Division" title="Colombo North Polling Division">Colombo North</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_West_Polling_Division" title="Colombo West Polling Division">Colombo West</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Dehiwala_Polling_Division" title="Dehiwala Polling Division">Dehiwala</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Homagama_Polling_Division" title="Homagama Polling Division">Homagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kaduwela_Polling_Division" title="Kaduwela Polling Division">Kaduwela</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kesbewa_Polling_Division" title="Kesbewa Polling Division">Kesbewa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kolonnawa_Polling_Division" title="Kolonnawa Polling Division">Kolonnawa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kotte_Polling_Division" title="Kotte Polling Division">Kotte</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Maharagama_Polling_Division" title="Maharagama Polling Division">Maharagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Moratuwa_Polling_Division" title="Moratuwa Polling Division">Moratuwa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Ratmalana_Polling_Division" title="Ratmalana Polling Division">Ratmalana</a></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">United People's Freedom Alliance</a> <sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>w<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>42,259</td> <td>13,662</td> <td>21,794</td> <td>14,662</td> <td>15,976</td> <td>5,169</td> <td>15,472</td> <td>57,951</td> <td>56,539</td> <td>60,139</td> <td>37,782</td> <td>22,799</td> <td>44,200</td> <td>40,369</td> <td>19,486</td> <td>12,637</td> <td><b>480,896</b></td> <td>51.19%</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">United National Front</a> <sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>x<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>16,730</td> <td>16,421</td> <td>51,421</td> <td>19,241</td> <td>30,825</td> <td>13,056</td> <td>15,831</td> <td>26,841</td> <td>23,546</td> <td>21,953</td> <td>23,949</td> <td>16,374</td> <td>18,937</td> <td>25,356</td> <td>15,384</td> <td>3,885</td> <td><b>339,750</b></td> <td>36.17%</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCC33"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_National_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Democratic National Alliance (Sri Lanka)">Democratic National Alliance</a> <sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>y<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>5,432</td> <td>3,619</td> <td>6,243</td> <td>4,608</td> <td>3,226</td> <td>1,675</td> <td>4,256</td> <td>10,103</td> <td>14,460</td> <td>13,532</td> <td>8,371</td> <td>6,729</td> <td>12,313</td> <td>8,159</td> <td>5,061</td> <td>2,896</td> <td><b>110,683</b></td> <td>11.78%</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DAEA67"> </td> <td align="left">United Lanka People's Party</td> <td>118</td> <td>90</td> <td>302</td> <td>82</td> <td>93</td> <td>39</td> <td>53</td> <td>121</td> <td>188</td> <td>180</td> <td>173</td> <td>73</td> <td>125</td> <td>92</td> <td>78</td> <td>21</td> <td><b>1,828</b></td> <td>0.19%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#87171A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_National_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lanka National Front">Sri Lanka National Front</a></td> <td>15</td> <td>20</td> <td>24</td> <td>20</td> <td>102</td> <td>10</td> <td>7</td> <td>42</td> <td>231</td> <td>82</td> <td>50</td> <td>20</td> <td>60</td> <td>191</td> <td>37</td> <td>13</td> <td><b>924</b></td> <td>0.10%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFF00"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tamil_United_Liberation_Front" title="Tamil United Liberation Front">Tamil United Liberation Front</a></td> <td>5</td> <td>8</td> <td>90</td> <td>176</td> <td>138</td> <td>183</td> <td>94</td> <td>7</td> <td>9</td> <td>16</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td>11</td> <td>33</td> <td>46</td> <td>9</td> <td><b>834</b></td> <td>0.09%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Left_Liberation_Front" title="Left Liberation Front">Left Liberation Front</a></td> <td>20</td> <td>78</td> <td>142</td> <td>38</td> <td>115</td> <td>67</td> <td>48</td> <td>19</td> <td>21</td> <td>26</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>23</td> <td>30</td> <td>37</td> <td>10</td> <td><b>706</b></td> <td>0.08%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">National Development Front</td> <td>15</td> <td>106</td> <td>192</td> <td>23</td> <td>84</td> <td>5</td> <td>15</td> <td>20</td> <td>11</td> <td>12</td> <td>27</td> <td>5</td> <td>12</td> <td>23</td> <td>24</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>578</b></td> <td>0.06%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Our National Front</td> <td>21</td> <td>7</td> <td>28</td> <td>7</td> <td>26</td> <td>7</td> <td>11</td> <td>41</td> <td>43</td> <td>39</td> <td>28</td> <td>17</td> <td>37</td> <td>41</td> <td>16</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>373</b></td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_Socialist_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)">United Socialist Party</a></td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>70</td> <td>38</td> <td>54</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>9</td> <td>14</td> <td>17</td> <td>15</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>20</td> <td>18</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>352</b></td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">United National Alternative Front</td> <td>19</td> <td>14</td> <td>51</td> <td>10</td> <td>44</td> <td>19</td> <td>11</td> <td>24</td> <td>18</td> <td>11</td> <td>20</td> <td>12</td> <td>9</td> <td>25</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>292</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 10</a></td> <td>14</td> <td>12</td> <td>28</td> <td>16</td> <td>42</td> <td>15</td> <td>6</td> <td>13</td> <td>7</td> <td>9</td> <td>18</td> <td>9</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>212</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Muslim National Alliance</td> <td>9</td> <td>0</td> <td>28</td> <td>8</td> <td>11</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>17</td> <td>12</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>14</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>147</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 16</a></td> <td>19</td> <td>7</td> <td>25</td> <td>5</td> <td>11</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>15</td> <td>14</td> <td>9</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>9</td> <td>6</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>142</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">All Are Citizens All Are Kings Organisation</td> <td>19</td> <td>8</td> <td>35</td> <td>9</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>10</td> <td>16</td> <td>8</td> <td>14</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>140</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Equality_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)">Socialist Equality Party</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>5</td> <td>7</td> <td>14</td> <td>8</td> <td>3</td> <td>11</td> <td>14</td> <td>13</td> <td>9</td> <td>3</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>7</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>132</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Janasetha Peramuna</td> <td>1</td> <td>11</td> <td>20</td> <td>2</td> <td>40</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>9</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>11</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>131</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">United Lanka Great Council</td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> <td>35</td> <td>2</td> <td>11</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>7</td> <td>11</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>31</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>126</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 11</a></td> <td>13</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td>12</td> <td>15</td> <td>17</td> <td>7</td> <td>3</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>119</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 15</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>20</td> <td>25</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>7</td> <td>9</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>8</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>115</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#add8e6"> </td> <td align="left">United Democratic Front</td> <td>11</td> <td>5</td> <td>19</td> <td>4</td> <td>8</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>7</td> <td>8</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>15</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>114</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 12</a></td> <td>8</td> <td>10</td> <td>20</td> <td>2</td> <td>12</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>11</td> <td>5</td> <td>9</td> <td>6</td> <td>4</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>107</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 13</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>8</td> <td>5</td> <td>9</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>11</td> <td>15</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>84</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 7</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>9</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>11</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>27</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>75</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 14</a></td> <td>12</td> <td>0</td> <td>11</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>6</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>64</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 8</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>12</td> <td>5</td> <td>8</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>63</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 1</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>9</td> <td>2</td> <td>7</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>48</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 4</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>15</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>45</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 9</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>11</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>43</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 2</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>14</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>38</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#00008B"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sinhalaye_Mahasammatha_Bhoomiputra_Pakshaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya">Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>35</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 3</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>31</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0C9DD4"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Labour_Party" title="Sri Lanka Labour Party">Sri Lanka Labour Party</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>30</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DDBBCC"> </td> <td align="left">National People’s Party</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>29</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Democratic_Unity_Alliance" title="Ceylon Democratic Unity Alliance">Ceylon Democratic Unity Alliance</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>27</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Patriotic National Front</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>26</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 6</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>20</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 5</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>16</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Valid Votes</td> <td>64,810</td> <td>34,162</td> <td>80,691</td> <td>38,996</td> <td>50,909</td> <td>20,311</td> <td>35,868</td> <td>95,311</td> <td>95,257</td> <td>96,179</td> <td>70,583</td> <td>46,159</td> <td>75,847</td> <td>74,517</td> <td>40,263</td> <td>19,512</td> <td>939,375</td> <td>100.00%</td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Rejected Votes</td> <td>4,225</td> <td>1,998</td> <td>6,606</td> <td>2,562</td> <td>4,495</td> <td>1,283</td> <td>1,606</td> <td>4,206</td> <td>4,193</td> <td>4,160</td> <td>3,863</td> <td>1,877</td> <td>3,014</td> <td>3,725</td> <td>1,990</td> <td>551</td> <td>50,354</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Total Polled</td> <td>69,035</td> <td>36,160</td> <td>87,297</td> <td>41,558</td> <td>55,404</td> <td>21,594</td> <td>37,474</td> <td>99,517</td> <td>99,450</td> <td>100,339</td> <td>74,446</td> <td>48,036</td> <td>78,861</td> <td>78,242</td> <td>42,253</td> <td>20,063</td> <td>989,729</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Registered Electors</td> <td>108,138</td> <td>58,757</td> <td>139,822</td> <td>68,643</td> <td>95,385</td> <td>38,921</td> <td>61,194</td> <td>155,720</td> <td>158,736</td> <td>148,696</td> <td>112,363</td> <td>73,009</td> <td>121,247</td> <td>114,601</td> <td>66,622</td> <td></td> <td>1,521,854</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Turnout</td> <td>63.84%</td> <td>61.54%</td> <td>62.43%</td> <td>60.54%</td> <td>58.08%</td> <td>55.48%</td> <td>61.24%</td> <td>63.91%</td> <td>62.65%</td> <td>67.48%</td> <td>66.25%</td> <td>65.79%</td> <td>65.04%</td> <td>68.27%</td> <td>63.42%</td> <td></td> <td>65.03%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"> <caption class="nowrap">Preferential votes </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Alliance </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Candidate<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>votes </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFD700"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jathika_Nidahas_Peramuna" title="Jathika Nidahas Peramuna">NFF</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wimal_Weerawansa" title="Wimal Weerawansa">Wimal Weerawansa</a> </td> <td>280,672 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">UNF</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremasinghe" class="mw-redirect" title="Ranil Wickremasinghe">Ranil Wickremasinghe</a> </td> <td>232,957 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Duminda_Silva" title="Duminda Silva">Duminda Silva</a> </td> <td>146,336 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFA500"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jathika_Hela_Urumaya" title="Jathika Hela Urumaya">JHU</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Champika_Ranawaka" title="Champika Ranawaka">Champika Ranawaka</a> </td> <td>120,333 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna">MEP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Gunawardena" title="Dinesh Gunawardena">Dinesh Gunawardena</a> </td> <td>116,860 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCC33"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_National_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Democratic National Alliance (Sri Lanka)">DNA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#CCCC33"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_National_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Democratic National Alliance (Sri Lanka)">DNA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sarath_Fonseka" title="Sarath Fonseka">Sarath Fonseka</a><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>z<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>98,458 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCC33"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_National_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Democratic National Alliance (Sri Lanka)">DNA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Handunnetti" title="Sunil Handunnetti">Sunil Handunnetti</a> </td> <td>78,126 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">UNF</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Karunanayake" title="Ravi Karunanayake">Ravi Karunanayake</a> </td> <td>70,328 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">UNF</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Lal_Grero" title="Mohan Lal Grero">Mohan Lal Grero</a> </td> <td>68,008 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">UNF</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rosy_Senanayake" title="Rosy Senanayake">Rosy Senanayake</a> </td> <td>66,357 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bandula_Gunawardane" title="Bandula Gunawardane">Bandula Gunawardane</a> </td> <td>64,654 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thilanga_Sumathipala" title="Thilanga Sumathipala">Thilanga Sumathipala</a> </td> <td>60,848 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">UNF</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wijeyadasa_Rajapaksa" class="mw-redirect" title="Wijeyadasa Rajapaksa">Wijeyadasa Rajapaksa</a> </td> <td>60,030 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Susil_Premajayanth" class="mw-redirect" title="Susil Premajayanth">Susil Premajayanth</a> </td> <td>54,702 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">UNF</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sujeewa_Senasinghe" title="Sujeewa Senasinghe">Sujeewa Senasinghe</a> </td> <td>52,559 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/A._H._M._Fowzie" title="A. H. M. Fowzie">A. H. M. Fowzie</a> </td> <td>51,641 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeewan_Kumaranatunga" title="Jeewan Kumaranatunga">Jeewan Kumaranatunga</a> </td> <td>51,080 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gamini_Lokuge" title="Gamini Lokuge">Gamini Lokuge</a> </td> <td>49,750 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">UNF</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_People%27s_Front" title="Democratic People's Front">DPF</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Praba_Ganesan" title="Praba Ganesan">Praba Ganesan</a> </td> <td>42,851 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2015_parliamentary_general_election">2015 parliamentary general election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombo_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: 2015 parliamentary general election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/2015_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">15th parliamentary election</a> held on 17 August 2015:<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:left; vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Party</th> <th colspan="15">Votes per Polling Division</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Postal<br />Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Total Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">%</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:40px;">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Avissawella_Polling_Division" title="Avissawella Polling Division">Avissawella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Borella_Polling_Division" title="Borella Polling Division">Borella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_Central_Polling_Division" title="Colombo Central Polling Division">Colombo Central</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_East_Polling_Division" title="Colombo East Polling Division">Colombo East</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_North_Polling_Division" title="Colombo North Polling Division">Colombo North</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_West_Polling_Division" title="Colombo West Polling Division">Colombo West</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Dehiwala_Polling_Division" title="Dehiwala Polling Division">Dehiwala</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Homagama_Polling_Division" title="Homagama Polling Division">Homagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kaduwela_Polling_Division" title="Kaduwela Polling Division">Kaduwela</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kesbewa_Polling_Division" title="Kesbewa Polling Division">Kesbewa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kolonnawa_Polling_Division" title="Kolonnawa Polling Division">Kolonnawa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kotte_Polling_Division" title="Kotte Polling Division">Kotte</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Maharagama_Polling_Division" title="Maharagama Polling Division">Maharagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Moratuwa_Polling_Division" title="Moratuwa Polling Division">Moratuwa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Ratmalana_Polling_Division" title="Ratmalana Polling Division">Ratmalana</a></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1CAE05"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_for_Good_Governance" class="mw-redirect" title="United National Front for Good Governance">United National Front for Good Governance</a><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>aa<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>39,106</td> <td>28,968</td> <td>79,968</td> <td>31,450</td> <td>50,571</td> <td>22,060</td> <td>28,153</td> <td>52,336</td> <td>56,154</td> <td>49,637</td> <td>49,196</td> <td>30,247</td> <td>41,374</td> <td>43,665</td> <td>26,412</td> <td>11,446</td> <td><b>640,743</b></td> <td>53.00%</td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">United People's Freedom Alliance</a><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>ab<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>42,895</td> <td>11,842</td> <td>11,489</td> <td>12,917</td> <td>10,256</td> <td>4,204</td> <td>13,273</td> <td>66,450</td> <td>62,136</td> <td>65,243</td> <td>35,300</td> <td>20,797</td> <td>47,049</td> <td>40,142</td> <td>19,203</td> <td>10,867</td> <td><b>474,063</b></td> <td>39.21%</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna</a></td> <td>4,346</td> <td>2,282</td> <td>2,109</td> <td>2,960</td> <td>1,647</td> <td>875</td> <td>2,366</td> <td>10,719</td> <td>11,971</td> <td>11,193</td> <td>6,159</td> <td>4,075</td> <td>9,001</td> <td>5,384</td> <td>3,217</td> <td>3,087</td> <td><b>81,391</b></td> <td>6.73%</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#800080"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Democratic Party (Sri Lanka)">Democratic Party</a></td> <td>172</td> <td>284</td> <td>209</td> <td>238</td> <td>121</td> <td>71</td> <td>204</td> <td>678</td> <td>564</td> <td>580</td> <td>293</td> <td>327</td> <td>584</td> <td>420</td> <td>214</td> <td>279</td> <td><b>5,238</b></td> <td>0.43%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Bodu Jana Peramuna</td> <td>86</td> <td>100</td> <td>68</td> <td>169</td> <td>45</td> <td>36</td> <td>94</td> <td>207</td> <td>199</td> <td>224</td> <td>229</td> <td>147</td> <td>207</td> <td>134</td> <td>138</td> <td>54</td> <td><b>2,137</b></td> <td>0.18%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFF00"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tamil_United_Liberation_Front" title="Tamil United Liberation Front">Tamil United Liberation Front</a></td> <td>28</td> <td>23</td> <td>86</td> <td>99</td> <td>162</td> <td>112</td> <td>44</td> <td>1</td> <td>16</td> <td>7</td> <td>58</td> <td>8</td> <td>6</td> <td>36</td> <td>17</td> <td>20</td> <td><b>723</b></td> <td>0.06%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Our National Front</td> <td>50</td> <td>13</td> <td>19</td> <td>11</td> <td>17</td> <td>4</td> <td>16</td> <td>71</td> <td>63</td> <td>71</td> <td>30</td> <td>23</td> <td>42</td> <td>39</td> <td>25</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>497</b></td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#D0180D"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Frontline_Socialist_Party" title="Frontline Socialist Party">Frontline Socialist Party</a></td> <td>56</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>21</td> <td>23</td> <td>3</td> <td>19</td> <td>41</td> <td>46</td> <td>59</td> <td>26</td> <td>16</td> <td>72</td> <td>17</td> <td>24</td> <td>22</td> <td><b>463</b></td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_Socialist_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)">United Socialist Party</a></td> <td>22</td> <td>31</td> <td>78</td> <td>21</td> <td>64</td> <td>10</td> <td>13</td> <td>20</td> <td>31</td> <td>31</td> <td>39</td> <td>20</td> <td>10</td> <td>19</td> <td>16</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>429</b></td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#A3B847"> </td> <td align="left">United People's Party</td> <td>28</td> <td>23</td> <td>63</td> <td>23</td> <td>49</td> <td>11</td> <td>16</td> <td>31</td> <td>41</td> <td>19</td> <td>31</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>20</td> <td>16</td> <td>9</td> <td><b>422</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 01</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>54</td> <td>89</td> <td>26</td> <td>81</td> <td>11</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>9</td> <td>22</td> <td>25</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>339</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Nava_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Nava Sama Samaja Party">Nava Sama Samaja Party</a></td> <td>10</td> <td>11</td> <td>105</td> <td>8</td> <td>18</td> <td>28</td> <td>19</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>11</td> <td>9</td> <td>18</td> <td>28</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>303</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Jana Setha Peramuna</td> <td>12</td> <td>26</td> <td>25</td> <td>14</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>24</td> <td>52</td> <td>24</td> <td>30</td> <td>25</td> <td>31</td> <td>17</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>296</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 12</a></td> <td>5</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>14</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>10</td> <td>9</td> <td>52</td> <td>18</td> <td>48</td> <td>27</td> <td>34</td> <td>26</td> <td>15</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>286</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 11</a></td> <td>20</td> <td>10</td> <td>36</td> <td>9</td> <td>29</td> <td>8</td> <td>5</td> <td>9</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>15</td> <td>6</td> <td>8</td> <td>9</td> <td>8</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>211</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 09</a></td> <td>5</td> <td>10</td> <td>13</td> <td>14</td> <td>5</td> <td>16</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>24</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>20</td> <td>14</td> <td>4</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>149</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 10</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>8</td> <td>18</td> <td>12</td> <td>51</td> <td>9</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>8</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>140</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 15</a></td> <td>9</td> <td>8</td> <td>11</td> <td>3</td> <td>18</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>15</td> <td>11</td> <td>7</td> <td>15</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td>9</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>137</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">United Peace Front</td> <td>11</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>27</td> <td>19</td> <td>12</td> <td>10</td> <td>5</td> <td>6</td> <td>15</td> <td>7</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>134</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Equality_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)">Socialist Equality Party</a></td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>8</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>10</td> <td>9</td> <td>19</td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td>21</td> <td>16</td> <td>8</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>125</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">All Lanka Tamil Great Council</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>21</td> <td>6</td> <td>17</td> <td>5</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td>9</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>104</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DAEA67"> </td> <td align="left">United Lanka People's Party</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>8</td> <td>20</td> <td>15</td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>82</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 08</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>13</td> <td>5</td> <td>10</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>59</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 14</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>9</td> <td>2</td> <td>7</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>8</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>57</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#00008B"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Motherland_People%27s_Party" title="Motherland People's Party">Motherland People's Party</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>13</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>55</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 02</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>6</td> <td>2</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>6</td> <td>8</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>52</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Sri Lanka Vanguard Party</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>15</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>49</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 05</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>10</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>42</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="maroon"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_Sinhala_Heritage" title="New Sinhala Heritage">New Sinhala Heritage</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>33</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 03</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>24</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFDE17"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Sri Lanka">Liberal Party of Sri Lanka</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>23</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 13</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>23</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 07</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>20</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 06</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>19</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 04</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>17</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Sri Lanka National Force</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>14</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Valid Votes</td> <td>89,908</td> <td>43,736</td> <td>94,477</td> <td>48,056</td> <td>63,193</td> <td>27,538</td> <td>44,289</td> <td>130,740</td> <td>131,493</td> <td>127,240</td> <td>91,576</td> <td>55,843</td> <td>98,548</td> <td>90,041</td> <td>49,394</td> <td>25,827</td> <td>1,208,899</td> <td>100.00%</td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Rejected Votes</td> <td>7,044</td> <td>1,902</td> <td>5,332</td> <td>2,043</td> <td>4,055</td> <td>1,237</td> <td>1,330</td> <td>4,026</td> <td>3,536</td> <td>3,452</td> <td>3,283</td> <td>1,457</td> <td>2,492</td> <td>2,990</td> <td>1,634</td> <td>559</td> <td>43,372</td> <td>3.46%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Total Polled</td> <td>90,952</td> <td>45,638</td> <td>99,809</td> <td>50,099</td> <td>67,248</td> <td>28,775</td> <td>45,619</td> <td>134,766</td> <td>135,029</td> <td>130,692</td> <td>94,859</td> <td>57,300</td> <td>101,040</td> <td>93,031</td> <td>51,028</td> <td>26,386</td> <td>1,252,271</td> <td>78.93%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Registered Electors</td> <td>117,472</td> <td>60,109</td> <td>131,482</td> <td>66,941</td> <td>89,771</td> <td>40,609</td> <td>59,812</td> <td>174,909</td> <td>173,355</td> <td>164,774</td> <td>120,617</td> <td>74,934</td> <td>129,801</td> <td>115,219</td> <td>66,793</td> <td></td> <td>1,586,598</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"> <caption class="nowrap">Preferential votes </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Alliance </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Candidate<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>votes </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1CAE05"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_for_Good_Governance" class="mw-redirect" title="United National Front for Good Governance">UNFGG</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a> </td> <td>500,566 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFD700"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jathika_Nidahas_Peramuna" title="Jathika Nidahas Peramuna">NFF</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wimal_Weerawansa" title="Wimal Weerawansa">Wimal Weerawansa</a> </td> <td>313,801 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="white"> </td> <td align="left">PHU </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Udaya_Gammanpila" title="Udaya Gammanpila">Udaya Gammanpila</a> </td> <td>198,818 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Susil_Premajayantha" title="Susil Premajayantha">Susil Premajayantha</a> </td> <td>174,075 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna">MEP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Gunawardena" title="Dinesh Gunawardena">Dinesh Gunawardena</a> </td> <td>124,451 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1CAE05"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_for_Good_Governance" class="mw-redirect" title="United National Front for Good Governance">UNFGG</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sujeewa_Senasinghe" title="Sujeewa Senasinghe">Sujeewa Senasinghe</a> </td> <td>117,049 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1CAE05"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_for_Good_Governance" class="mw-redirect" title="United National Front for Good Governance">UNFGG</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harsha_de_Silva" title="Harsha de Silva">Harsha de Silva</a> </td> <td>114,147 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1CAE05"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_for_Good_Governance" class="mw-redirect" title="United National Front for Good Governance">UNFGG</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Karunanayake" title="Ravi Karunanayake">Ravi Karunanayake</a> </td> <td>111,399 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1CAE05"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_for_Good_Governance" class="mw-redirect" title="United National Front for Good Governance">UNFGG</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFA500"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jathika_Hela_Urumaya" title="Jathika Hela Urumaya">JHU</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Champika_Ranawaka" title="Champika Ranawaka">Champika Ranawaka</a> </td> <td>100,444 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bandula_Gunawardena" class="mw-redirect" title="Bandula Gunawardena">Bandula Gunawardena</a> </td> <td>96,057 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1CAE05"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_for_Good_Governance" class="mw-redirect" title="United National Front for Good Governance">UNFGG</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saidulla_Marikkar" class="mw-redirect" title="Saidulla Marikkar">S. M. Marikar</a> </td> <td>92,526 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1CAE05"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_for_Good_Governance" class="mw-redirect" title="United National Front for Good Governance">UNFGG</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mujibur_Rahman_(Sri_Lankan_politician)" title="Mujibur Rahman (Sri Lankan politician)">Mujibur Rahman</a> </td> <td>83,884 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1CAE05"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_for_Good_Governance" class="mw-redirect" title="United National Front for Good Governance">UNFGG</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eran_Wickramaratne" title="Eran Wickramaratne">Eran Wickramaratne</a> </td> <td>82,737 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1CAE05"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_for_Good_Governance" class="mw-redirect" title="United National Front for Good Governance">UNFGG</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wijeyadasa_Rajapakshe" title="Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe">Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe</a> </td> <td>81,758 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1CAE05"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_for_Good_Governance" class="mw-redirect" title="United National Front for Good Governance">UNFGG</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hirunika_Premachandra" title="Hirunika Premachandra">Hirunika Premachandra</a> </td> <td>70,584 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1CAE05"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_for_Good_Governance" class="mw-redirect" title="United National Front for Good Governance">UNFGG</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_People%27s_Front" title="Democratic People's Front">DPF</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mano_Ganeshan" class="mw-redirect" title="Mano Ganeshan">Mano Ganeshan</a> </td> <td>69,064 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anura_Kumara_Dissanayake" title="Anura Kumara Dissanayake">Anura Kumara Dissanayake</a> </td> <td>65,966 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Lal_Grero" title="Mohan Lal Grero">Mohan Lal Grero</a> </td> <td>65,703 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gamini_Lokuge" title="Gamini Lokuge">Gamini Lokuge</a> </td> <td>58,527 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_parliamentary_general_election">2020 parliamentary general election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombo_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: 2020 parliamentary general election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/2020_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">16th parliamentary election</a> held on 5 August 2020:<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:left; vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Party</th> <th colspan="15">Votes per Polling Division</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Postal<br />Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Total Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">%</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:40px;">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Avissawella_Polling_Division" title="Avissawella Polling Division">Avissawella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Borella_Polling_Division" title="Borella Polling Division">Borella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_Central_Polling_Division" title="Colombo Central Polling Division">Colombo Central</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_East_Polling_Division" title="Colombo East Polling Division">Colombo East</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_North_Polling_Division" title="Colombo North Polling Division">Colombo North</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_West_Polling_Division" title="Colombo West Polling Division">Colombo West</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Dehiwala_Polling_Division" title="Dehiwala Polling Division">Dehiwala</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Homagama_Polling_Division" title="Homagama Polling Division">Homagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kaduwela_Polling_Division" title="Kaduwela Polling Division">Kaduwela</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kesbewa_Polling_Division" title="Kesbewa Polling Division">Kesbewa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kolonnawa_Polling_Division" title="Kolonnawa Polling Division">Kolonnawa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kotte_Polling_Division" title="Kotte Polling Division">Kotte</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Maharagama_Polling_Division" title="Maharagama Polling Division">Maharagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Moratuwa_Polling_Division" title="Moratuwa Polling Division">Moratuwa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Ratmalana_Polling_Division" title="Ratmalana Polling Division">Ratmalana</a></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#87171A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance">Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance</a><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>ac<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>58,477</td> <td>17,680</td> <td>16,688</td> <td>18,007</td> <td>16,775</td> <td>6,294</td> <td>18,244</td> <td>95,118</td> <td>90,489</td> <td>89,240</td> <td>49,742</td> <td>29,436</td> <td>64,309</td> <td>55,000</td> <td>25,320</td> <td>23,784</td> <td><b>647,687</b></td> <td>57.04%</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0B9444"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Samagi_Jana_Balawegaya" title="Samagi Jana Balawegaya">Samagi Jana Balawegaya</a><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>ad<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>20,308</td> <td>20,450</td> <td>64,692</td> <td>20,538</td> <td>41,059</td> <td>16,521</td> <td>18,611</td> <td>23,184</td> <td>23,793</td> <td>23,687</td> <td>36,718</td> <td>14,946</td> <td>17,733</td> <td>23,747</td> <td>15,646</td> <td>5,512</td> <td><b>387,145</b></td> <td>32.73%</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#C4094A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Power" title="National People's Power">National People's Power</a><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>ae<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>3,761</td> <td>1,931</td> <td>1,912</td> <td>2,595</td> <td>1,230</td> <td>1,074</td> <td>2,094</td> <td>8,712</td> <td>9,594</td> <td>9,160</td> <td>4,655</td> <td>3,405</td> <td>7,371</td> <td>4,404</td> <td>2,901</td> <td>2,801</td> <td><b>67,600</b></td> <td>5.72%</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>1,712</td> <td>1,500</td> <td>2,978</td> <td>1,869</td> <td>2,676</td> <td>1,143</td> <td>1,706</td> <td>2,476</td> <td>2,679</td> <td>2,098</td> <td>2,091</td> <td>1,563</td> <td>2,128</td> <td>1,754</td> <td>1,440</td> <td>1,062</td> <td><b>30,875</b></td> <td>2.61%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">National Development Front</td> <td>188</td> <td>61</td> <td>111</td> <td>103</td> <td>112</td> <td>40</td> <td>140</td> <td>334</td> <td>228</td> <td>216</td> <td>182</td> <td>119</td> <td>162</td> <td>188</td> <td>120</td> <td>39</td> <td><b>2,343</b></td> <td>0.2%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 07</a></td> <td>97</td> <td>66</td> <td>48</td> <td>104</td> <td>46</td> <td>58</td> <td>103</td> <td>158</td> <td>201</td> <td>213</td> <td>82</td> <td>204</td> <td>263</td> <td>143</td> <td>120</td> <td>15</td> <td><b>1,921</b></td> <td>0.16%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 17</a></td> <td>214</td> <td>37</td> <td>37</td> <td>42</td> <td>63</td> <td>13</td> <td>30</td> <td>232</td> <td>206</td> <td>223</td> <td>160</td> <td>58</td> <td>96</td> <td>139</td> <td>67</td> <td>10</td> <td><b>1,627</b></td> <td>0.14%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 02</a></td> <td>116</td> <td>31</td> <td>181</td> <td>47</td> <td>88</td> <td>19</td> <td>35</td> <td>105</td> <td>94</td> <td>67</td> <td>114</td> <td>46</td> <td>57</td> <td>106</td> <td>83</td> <td>15</td> <td><b>1,204</b></td> <td>0.1%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 19</a></td> <td>129</td> <td>69</td> <td>166</td> <td>47</td> <td>148</td> <td>23</td> <td>23</td> <td>106</td> <td>73</td> <td>73</td> <td>127</td> <td>44</td> <td>33</td> <td>78</td> <td>34</td> <td>8</td> <td><b>1,181</b></td> <td>0.1%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#D0180D"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Frontline_Socialist_Party" title="Frontline Socialist Party">Frontline Socialist Party</a></td> <td>102</td> <td>20</td> <td>23</td> <td>23</td> <td>54</td> <td>13</td> <td>41</td> <td>143</td> <td>131</td> <td>127</td> <td>54</td> <td>40</td> <td>148</td> <td>43</td> <td>57</td> <td>66</td> <td><b>1,085</b></td> <td>0.09%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 08</a></td> <td>57</td> <td>43</td> <td>177</td> <td>38</td> <td>136</td> <td>27</td> <td>41</td> <td>50</td> <td>38</td> <td>38</td> <td>95</td> <td>25</td> <td>23</td> <td>67</td> <td>35</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>896</b></td> <td>0.08%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DDBBCC"> </td> <td align="left">National People's Party</td> <td>41</td> <td>20</td> <td>23</td> <td>199</td> <td>17</td> <td>14</td> <td>39</td> <td>62</td> <td>74</td> <td>71</td> <td>47</td> <td>57</td> <td>72</td> <td>96</td> <td>28</td> <td>24</td> <td><b>884</b></td> <td>0.07%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFDE17"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Sri Lanka">Liberal Party of Sri Lanka</a></td> <td>52</td> <td>18</td> <td>29</td> <td>25</td> <td>20</td> <td>17</td> <td>23</td> <td>96</td> <td>116</td> <td>99</td> <td>49</td> <td>39</td> <td>103</td> <td>70</td> <td>29</td> <td>15</td> <td><b>800</b></td> <td>0.07%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 10</a></td> <td>20</td> <td>5</td> <td>56</td> <td>23</td> <td>60</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>66</td> <td>39</td> <td>49</td> <td>46</td> <td>30</td> <td>227</td> <td>19</td> <td>10</td> <td>26</td> <td><b>698</b></td> <td>0.06%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">United Left Front</td> <td>58</td> <td>27</td> <td>70</td> <td>31</td> <td>72</td> <td>11</td> <td>20</td> <td>61</td> <td>57</td> <td>51</td> <td>55</td> <td>17</td> <td>48</td> <td>65</td> <td>23</td> <td>12</td> <td><b>678</b></td> <td>0.06%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 11</a></td> <td>41</td> <td>33</td> <td>161</td> <td>38</td> <td>82</td> <td>4</td> <td>15</td> <td>35</td> <td>37</td> <td>40</td> <td>55</td> <td>14</td> <td>21</td> <td>62</td> <td>12</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>652</b></td> <td>0.06%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="red"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Socialist Party of Sri Lanka">Socialist Party of Sri Lanka</a></td> <td>54</td> <td>17</td> <td>31</td> <td>35</td> <td>40</td> <td>13</td> <td>28</td> <td>77</td> <td>65</td> <td>55</td> <td>57</td> <td>27</td> <td>45</td> <td>52</td> <td>37</td> <td>9</td> <td><b>642</b></td> <td>0.05%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 13</a></td> <td>83</td> <td>26</td> <td>92</td> <td>27</td> <td>85</td> <td>21</td> <td>14</td> <td>34</td> <td>48</td> <td>32</td> <td>59</td> <td>10</td> <td>29</td> <td>36</td> <td>21</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>618</b></td> <td>0.05%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 15</a></td> <td>103</td> <td>17</td> <td>29</td> <td>18</td> <td>23</td> <td>4</td> <td>11</td> <td>82</td> <td>65</td> <td>46</td> <td>50</td> <td>12</td> <td>26</td> <td>64</td> <td>29</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>583</b></td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Sinhaladeepa National Front</td> <td>16</td> <td>13</td> <td>9</td> <td>8</td> <td>6</td> <td>4</td> <td>6</td> <td>81</td> <td>190</td> <td>34</td> <td>28</td> <td>11</td> <td>59</td> <td>15</td> <td>11</td> <td>24</td> <td><b>515</b></td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 24</a></td> <td>75</td> <td>25</td> <td>30</td> <td>9</td> <td>15</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>52</td> <td>28</td> <td>24</td> <td>130</td> <td>12</td> <td>25</td> <td>8</td> <td>33</td> <td>10</td> <td><b>482</b></td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="green"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_United_National_Front" title="Democratic United National Front">Democratic United National Front</a></td> <td>14</td> <td>22</td> <td>13</td> <td>17</td> <td>12</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>13</td> <td>42</td> <td>25</td> <td>219</td> <td>12</td> <td>14</td> <td>34</td> <td>7</td> <td>21</td> <td><b>471</b></td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 05</a></td> <td>29</td> <td>18</td> <td>94</td> <td>13</td> <td>94</td> <td>9</td> <td>7</td> <td>29</td> <td>31</td> <td>20</td> <td>38</td> <td>14</td> <td>17</td> <td>31</td> <td>13</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>463</b></td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Jana Setha Peramuna</td> <td>18</td> <td>22</td> <td>30</td> <td>11</td> <td>22</td> <td>9</td> <td>51</td> <td>26</td> <td>53</td> <td>30</td> <td>45</td> <td>17</td> <td>39</td> <td>21</td> <td>13</td> <td>14</td> <td><b>421</b></td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 01</a></td> <td>10</td> <td>4</td> <td>20</td> <td>53</td> <td>34</td> <td>60</td> <td>14</td> <td>19</td> <td>27</td> <td>34</td> <td>9</td> <td>21</td> <td>22</td> <td>34</td> <td>18</td> <td>17</td> <td><b>396</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_Socialist_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)">United Socialist Party</a></td> <td>31</td> <td>9</td> <td>40</td> <td>21</td> <td>45</td> <td>7</td> <td>14</td> <td>25</td> <td>25</td> <td>27</td> <td>33</td> <td>10</td> <td>22</td> <td>23</td> <td>7</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>342</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 03</a></td> <td>30</td> <td>16</td> <td>28</td> <td>13</td> <td>9</td> <td>3</td> <td>11</td> <td>32</td> <td>41</td> <td>47</td> <td>16</td> <td>17</td> <td>25</td> <td>33</td> <td>10</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>323</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 25</a></td> <td>16</td> <td>19</td> <td>78</td> <td>10</td> <td>11</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td>16</td> <td>8</td> <td>18</td> <td>46</td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td>21</td> <td>47</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>310</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Equality_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)">Socialist Equality Party</a></td> <td>15</td> <td>10</td> <td>29</td> <td>24</td> <td>20</td> <td>9</td> <td>12</td> <td>23</td> <td>33</td> <td>27</td> <td>32</td> <td>8</td> <td>21</td> <td>20</td> <td>15</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>303</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 04</a></td> <td>26</td> <td>19</td> <td>72</td> <td>11</td> <td>30</td> <td>5</td> <td>10</td> <td>24</td> <td>21</td> <td>13</td> <td>17</td> <td>6</td> <td>18</td> <td>13</td> <td>7</td> <td>8</td> <td><b>300</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 26</a></td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>30</td> <td>7</td> <td>14</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>25</td> <td>50</td> <td>34</td> <td>22</td> <td>9</td> <td>33</td> <td>15</td> <td>4</td> <td>7</td> <td><b>297</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="maroon"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_Sinhala_Heritage" title="New Sinhala Heritage">New Sinhala Heritage</a></td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>12</td> <td>19</td> <td>11</td> <td>4</td> <td>6</td> <td>22</td> <td>35</td> <td>23</td> <td>36</td> <td>27</td> <td>25</td> <td>6</td> <td>16</td> <td>10</td> <td><b>294</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 09</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>8</td> <td>5</td> <td>8</td> <td>15</td> <td>12</td> <td>16</td> <td>29</td> <td>29</td> <td>30</td> <td>6</td> <td>4</td> <td>24</td> <td>47</td> <td>44</td> <td>8</td> <td><b>291</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 20</a></td> <td>12</td> <td>11</td> <td>55</td> <td>14</td> <td>29</td> <td>13</td> <td>5</td> <td>16</td> <td>14</td> <td>19</td> <td>32</td> <td>9</td> <td>13</td> <td>23</td> <td>6</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>275</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 06</a></td> <td>31</td> <td>14</td> <td>26</td> <td>9</td> <td>31</td> <td>2</td> <td>9</td> <td>29</td> <td>17</td> <td>22</td> <td>26</td> <td>8</td> <td>15</td> <td>16</td> <td>8</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>265</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 21</a></td> <td>26</td> <td>6</td> <td>23</td> <td>7</td> <td>10</td> <td>6</td> <td>10</td> <td>26</td> <td>25</td> <td>26</td> <td>16</td> <td>5</td> <td>16</td> <td>27</td> <td>5</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>240</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 12</a></td> <td>10</td> <td>11</td> <td>13</td> <td>11</td> <td>27</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>22</td> <td>14</td> <td>12</td> <td>43</td> <td>4</td> <td>6</td> <td>15</td> <td>10</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>215</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 22</a></td> <td>21</td> <td>5</td> <td>10</td> <td>5</td> <td>7</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>28</td> <td>22</td> <td>19</td> <td>7</td> <td>8</td> <td>5</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>168</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 18</a></td> <td>25</td> <td>3</td> <td>8</td> <td>3</td> <td>16</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>19</td> <td>14</td> <td>15</td> <td>13</td> <td>5</td> <td>11</td> <td>6</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>150</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 14</a></td> <td>8</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>14</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>12</td> <td>9</td> <td>6</td> <td>9</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>86</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 16</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>6</td> <td>22</td> <td>7</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>7</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>78</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(Politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (Politician)">Independent Group 23</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>7</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>56</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Valid Votes</td> <td>86,081</td> <td>43,335</td> <td>88,143</td> <td>44,092</td> <td>63,263</td> <td>25,489</td> <td>41,434</td> <td>131,726</td> <td>128,770</td> <td>126,103</td> <td>95,272</td> <td>50,313</td> <td>93,317</td> <td>86,560</td> <td>46,301</td> <td>33,577</td> <td>1,182,776</td> <td>100.00%</td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Rejected Votes</td> <td>6,907</td> <td>3,537</td> <td>8,955</td> <td>3,371</td> <td>7,113</td> <td>1,545</td> <td>2,529</td> <td>8,032</td> <td>6,845</td> <td>6,760</td> <td>6,870</td> <td>2,789</td> <td>4,931</td> <td>5,895</td> <td>3,254</td> <td>1,701</td> <td>81,034</td> <td>4.74%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Total Polled</td> <td>92,988</td> <td>45,872</td> <td>97,098</td> <td>47,463</td> <td>70,376</td> <td>27,034</td> <td>43,963</td> <td>139,758</td> <td>135,615</td> <td>132,863</td> <td>102,142</td> <td>53,102</td> <td>98,248</td> <td>92,455</td> <td>49,555</td> <td>35,278</td> <td>1,263,810</td> <td>73.98%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Registered Electors</td> <td>122,257</td> <td>61,897</td> <td>126,022</td> <td>67,241</td> <td>93,672</td> <td>41,831</td> <td>62,406</td> <td>191,627</td> <td>188,469</td> <td>179,289</td> <td>136,028</td> <td>75,197</td> <td>136,304</td> <td>119,911</td> <td>70,528</td> <td>36,530</td> <td>1,709,209</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"> <caption class="nowrap">Preferential votes </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Alliance </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Candidate<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>votes </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#87171A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance">SLPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#87171A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Podujana_Peramuna" title="Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna">SLPP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sarath_Weerasekara" title="Sarath Weerasekara">Sarath Weerasekara</a> </td> <td>328,092 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0B9444"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Samagi_Jana_Balawegaya" title="Samagi Jana Balawegaya">SJB</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0B9444"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Samagi_Jana_Balawegaya" title="Samagi Jana Balawegaya">SJB</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sajith_Premadasa" title="Sajith Premadasa">Sajith Premadasa</a> </td> <td>305,744 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#87171A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance">SLPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFD700"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/National_Freedom_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="National Freedom Front">NFF</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wimal_Weerawansa" title="Wimal Weerawansa">Wimal Weerawansa</a> </td> <td>267,084 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#87171A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance">SLPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="white"> </td> <td align="left">PHU </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Udaya_Gammanpila" title="Udaya Gammanpila">Udaya Gammanpila</a> </td> <td>136,331 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#87171A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance">SLPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#87171A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Podujana_Peramuna" title="Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna">SLPP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wijeyadasa_Rajapakshe" title="Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe">Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe</a> </td> <td>120,626 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#87171A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance">SLPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#87171A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Podujana_Peramuna" title="Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna">SLPP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bandula_Gunawardena" class="mw-redirect" title="Bandula Gunawardena">Bandula Gunawardena</a> </td> <td>101,644 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0B9444"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Samagi_Jana_Balawegaya" title="Samagi Jana Balawegaya">SJB</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0B9444"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Samagi_Jana_Balawegaya" title="Samagi Jana Balawegaya">SJB</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._M._Marikkar" title="S. M. Marikkar">S. M. Marikkar</a> </td> <td>96,916 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#87171A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance">SLPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#87171A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Podujana_Peramuna" title="Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna">SLPP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pradeep_Undugoda" title="Pradeep Undugoda">Pradeep Undugoda</a> </td> <td>91,958 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0B9444"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Samagi_Jana_Balawegaya" title="Samagi Jana Balawegaya">SJB</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0B9444"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Samagi_Jana_Balawegaya" title="Samagi Jana Balawegaya">SJB</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mujibur_Rahman_(Sri_Lankan_politician)" title="Mujibur Rahman (Sri Lankan politician)">Mujibur Rahman</a> </td> <td>87,589 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#87171A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance">SLPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna">MEP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Gunawardena" title="Dinesh Gunawardena">Dinesh Gunawardena</a> </td> <td>85,287 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0B9444"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Samagi_Jana_Balawegaya" title="Samagi Jana Balawegaya">SJB</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0B9444"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Samagi_Jana_Balawegaya" title="Samagi Jana Balawegaya">SJB</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harsha_de_Silva" title="Harsha de Silva">Harsha de Silva</a> </td> <td>82,845 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#87171A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance">SLPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#87171A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Podujana_Peramuna" title="Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna">SLPP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madhura_Withanage" title="Madhura Withanage">Madhura Withanage</a> </td> <td>70,205 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#87171A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance">SLPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#87171A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Podujana_Peramuna" title="Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna">SLPP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Premnath_C._Dolawaththa" title="Premnath C. Dolawaththa">Premnath C. Dolawaththa</a> </td> <td>69,055 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0B9444"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Samagi_Jana_Balawegaya" title="Samagi Jana Balawegaya">SJB</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFA500"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jathika_Hela_Urumaya" title="Jathika Hela Urumaya">JHU</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patali_Champika_Ranawaka" class="mw-redirect" title="Patali Champika Ranawaka">Patali Champika Ranawaka</a> </td> <td>65,574 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#87171A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance">SLPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#87171A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Podujana_Peramuna" title="Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna">SLPP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gamini_Lokuge" title="Gamini Lokuge">Gamini Lokuge</a> </td> <td>62,543 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0B9444"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Samagi_Jana_Balawegaya" title="Samagi Jana Balawegaya">SJB</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_People%27s_Front" title="Democratic People's Front">DPF</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mano_Ganeshan" class="mw-redirect" title="Mano Ganeshan">Mano Ganeshan</a> </td> <td>62,091 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#87171A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance">SLPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#87171A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Podujana_Peramuna" title="Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna">SLPP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Susil_Premajayantha" title="Susil Premajayantha">Susil Premajayantha</a> </td> <td>50,321 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#C4094A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Power" title="National People's Power">NPP</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anura_Kumara_Dissanayake" title="Anura Kumara Dissanayake">Anura Kumara Dissanayake</a> </td> <td>49,814 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#87171A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance">SLPFA</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#87171A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Podujana_Peramuna" title="Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna">SLPP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jagath_Kumara" title="Jagath Kumara">Jagath Kumara</a> </td> <td>47,693 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Provincial_Council_Elections">Provincial Council Elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombo_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Provincial Council Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1988_provincial_council_election">1988 provincial council election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombo_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: 1988 provincial council election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=1988_Sri_Lankan_provincial_council_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988 Sri Lankan provincial council elections (page does not exist)">1st Western provincial council election</a> held on 2 June 1988<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:left; vertical-align:bottom;" colspan="2">Party</th> <th style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Total Votes</th> <th style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">%</th> <th style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>265,845</td> <td>53.45%</td> <td>23 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_Socialist_Alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="United Socialist Alliance">United Socialist Alliance</a><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>af<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>190,116</td> <td>38.23%</td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#007B48"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">Sri Lanka Muslim Congress</a></td> <td>37,598</td> <td>7.56%</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFDE17"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Sri Lanka">Liberal Party of Sri Lanka</a></td> <td>3,781</td> <td>0.76%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Valid Votes</td> <td>497,340</td> <td>100.00%</td> <td>43 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1993_provincial_council_election">1993 provincial council election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombo_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: 1993 provincial council election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=1993_Sri_Lankan_provincial_council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1993 Sri Lankan provincial council election (page does not exist)">2nd Western provincial council election</a> held on 17 May 1993:<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Party</th> <th style="text-align:center; width:60px;">Votes</th> <th style="text-align:center; width:60px;">%</th> <th style="text-align:center; width:40px;">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">People's Alliance</a> <sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>ag<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>307,471</td> <td>38.14%</td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>303,179</td> <td>37.59%</td> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="green"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_United_National_Front" title="Democratic United National Front">Democratic United National Front</a></td> <td>176,511</td> <td>21.87%</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Nava_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Nava Sama Samaja Party">Nava Sama Samaja Party</a></td> <td>6,983</td> <td>0.87%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#007B48"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">Sri Lanka Muslim Congress</a></td> <td>4,854</td> <td>0.6%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Workers_Congress" title="Democratic Workers Congress">Democratic Workers Congress</a></td> <td>2,624</td> <td>0.33%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 02</a></td> <td>2,495</td> <td>0.31%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 01</a></td> <td>2,290</td> <td>0.29%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Valid Votes</td> <td>806,487</td> <td>100.00%</td> <td>43 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1999_provincial_council_election">1999 provincial council election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombo_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: 1999 provincial council election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/1999_Sri_Lankan_provincial_council_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1999 Sri Lankan provincial council election">3rd Western provincial council election</a> held on 6 April 1999:<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:left; vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Party</th> <th colspan="15">Votes per Polling Division</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Postal<br />Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Total Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">%</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:40px;">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Avissawella_Polling_Division" title="Avissawella Polling Division">Avissawella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Borella_Polling_Division" title="Borella Polling Division">Borella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_Central_Polling_Division" title="Colombo Central Polling Division">Colombo Central</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_East_Polling_Division" title="Colombo East Polling Division">Colombo East</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_North_Polling_Division" title="Colombo North Polling Division">Colombo North</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_West_Polling_Division" title="Colombo West Polling Division">Colombo West</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Dehiwala_Polling_Division" title="Dehiwala Polling Division">Dehiwala</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Homagama_Polling_Division" title="Homagama Polling Division">Homagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kaduwela_Polling_Division" title="Kaduwela Polling Division">Kaduwela</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kesbewa_Polling_Division" title="Kesbewa Polling Division">Kesbewa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kolonnawa_Polling_Division" title="Kolonnawa Polling Division">Kolonnawa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kotte_Polling_Division" title="Kotte Polling Division">Kotte</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Maharagama_Polling_Division" title="Maharagama Polling Division">Maharagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Moratuwa_Polling_Division" title="Moratuwa Polling Division">Moratuwa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Ratmalana_Polling_Division" title="Ratmalana Polling Division">Ratmalana</a></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>23,077</td> <td>18,534</td> <td>50,132</td> <td>19,492</td> <td>26,448</td> <td>12,348</td> <td>15,548</td> <td>28,150</td> <td>28,065</td> <td>26,785</td> <td>25,989</td> <td>16,956</td> <td>22,576</td> <td>31,232</td> <td>14,971</td> <td>2,333</td> <td><b>362,336</b></td> <td>45.07%</td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">People's Alliance</a> <sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>ah<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>21,057</td> <td>11,230</td> <td>24,182</td> <td>11,979</td> <td>11,483</td> <td>4,659</td> <td>13,416</td> <td>30,493</td> <td>30,989</td> <td>35,377</td> <td>24,217</td> <td>19,351</td> <td>27,843</td> <td>28,688</td> <td>15,373</td> <td>3,259</td> <td><b>313,576</b></td> <td>38.98%</td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna</a></td> <td>2,800</td> <td>1,736</td> <td>2,457</td> <td>1,997</td> <td>1,734</td> <td>490</td> <td>1,751</td> <td>5,576</td> <td>8,066</td> <td>7,257</td> <td>4,777</td> <td>2,543</td> <td>4,869</td> <td>5,430</td> <td>3,535</td> <td>363</td> <td><b>55,361</b></td> <td>6.88%</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna">Mahajana Eksath Peramuna</a></td> <td>9,055</td> <td>619</td> <td>765</td> <td>891</td> <td>518</td> <td>413</td> <td>1,234</td> <td>3,915</td> <td>6,471</td> <td>3,375</td> <td>2,187</td> <td>2,289</td> <td>7,433</td> <td>2,004</td> <td>1,287</td> <td>552</td> <td><b>43,008</b></td> <td>5.35%</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/National_Union_of_Workers_(Sri_Lanka)" title="National Union of Workers (Sri Lanka)">National Union of Workers</a> <sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>ai<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>1,088</td> <td>330</td> <td>4,654</td> <td>650</td> <td>3,897</td> <td>812</td> <td>231</td> <td>45</td> <td>84</td> <td>51</td> <td>331</td> <td>113</td> <td>40</td> <td>80</td> <td>96</td> <td>8</td> <td><b>12,510</b></td> <td>1.55%</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_Left_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="New Left Front">New Left Front</a> <sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>aj<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>505</td> <td>324</td> <td>1,080</td> <td>886</td> <td>864</td> <td>1,007</td> <td>558</td> <td>567</td> <td>520</td> <td>580</td> <td>416</td> <td>333</td> <td>484</td> <td>547</td> <td>445</td> <td>24</td> <td><b>9,140</b></td> <td>1.14%</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Muslim United Liberation Front</td> <td>76</td> <td>122</td> <td>3,896</td> <td>48</td> <td>243</td> <td>55</td> <td>60</td> <td>58</td> <td>78</td> <td>80</td> <td>169</td> <td>42</td> <td>53</td> <td>60</td> <td>45</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>5,087</b></td> <td>0.63%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFDE17"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Sri Lanka">Liberal Party of Sri Lanka</a></td> <td>56</td> <td>57</td> <td>90</td> <td>117</td> <td>74</td> <td>148</td> <td>102</td> <td>70</td> <td>63</td> <td>78</td> <td>51</td> <td>103</td> <td>91</td> <td>152</td> <td>148</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>1,411</b></td> <td>0.18%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 01</a></td> <td>16</td> <td>41</td> <td>284</td> <td>44</td> <td>625</td> <td>84</td> <td>39</td> <td>15</td> <td>30</td> <td>17</td> <td>56</td> <td>9</td> <td>20</td> <td>24</td> <td>12</td> <td>10</td> <td><b>1,326</b></td> <td>0.16%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Progressive_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lanka Progressive Front">Sri Lanka Progressive Front</a></td> <td>22</td> <td>7</td> <td>27</td> <td>17</td> <td>15</td> <td>8</td> <td>12</td> <td>70</td> <td>40</td> <td>35</td> <td>21</td> <td>49</td> <td>72</td> <td>43</td> <td>56</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>495</b></td> <td>0.06%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Valid Votes</td> <td>57,762</td> <td>33,000</td> <td>87,567</td> <td>36,121</td> <td>45,881</td> <td>20,024</td> <td>32,951</td> <td>68,959</td> <td>74,406</td> <td>73,635</td> <td>58,214</td> <td>41,786</td> <td>63,461</td> <td>68,260</td> <td>35,968</td> <td>6,553</td> <td>804,550</td> <td>100.00%</td> <td>43 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Rejected Votes</td> <td>3,676</td> <td>1,976</td> <td>6,738</td> <td>2,303</td> <td>3,539</td> <td>1,308</td> <td>1,835</td> <td>4,440</td> <td>4,174</td> <td>4,491</td> <td>3,674</td> <td>2,385</td> <td>3,794</td> <td>3,525</td> <td>2,231</td> <td>366</td> <td>50,435</td> <td>5.9%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Total Polled</td> <td>61,438</td> <td>34,976</td> <td>94,305</td> <td>38,424</td> <td>49,420</td> <td>21,332</td> <td>34,786</td> <td>73,339</td> <td>78,580</td> <td>28,126</td> <td>66,888</td> <td>44,153</td> <td>67,255</td> <td>71,785</td> <td>38,199</td> <td>6,919</td> <td>854,985</td> <td>64.45%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Registered Electors</td> <td>86,614</td> <td>55,841</td> <td>144,202</td> <td>64,542</td> <td>75,761</td> <td>40,640</td> <td>58,766</td> <td>113,810</td> <td>123,171</td> <td>120,054</td> <td>94,877</td> <td>70,405</td> <td>107,710</td> <td>106,359</td> <td>63,735</td> <td></td> <td>1,326,487</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"> <caption class="nowrap">Preferential votes </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Candidate<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>votes </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karu_Jayasuriya" title="Karu Jayasuriya">Karu Jayasuriya</a> </td> <td>250,179 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Susil_Premajayantha" title="Susil Premajayantha">Susil Premajayantha</a> </td> <td>162,415 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Lilantha Perera </td> <td>39,670 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Jayantha Perera </td> <td>39,096 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna">MEP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bandula_Gunawardane" title="Bandula Gunawardane">Bandula Gunawardane</a> </td> <td>31,984 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td>Gamini Thilakasiri </td> <td>31,975 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td>Chandana Kathirarachchi </td> <td>30,429 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td>Navusar Fauzi </td> <td>29,837 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Hameed Mohomad </td> <td>29,384 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td>Hector Bethgamage </td> <td>28,894 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Samson Silva </td> <td>28,392 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ajith_Nivard_Cabraal" class="mw-redirect" title="Ajith Nivard Cabraal">Ajith Nivard Cabraal</a> </td> <td>27,990 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Jayantha de Silva </td> <td>27,352 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td>Ashoka Lankathilaka </td> <td>26,174 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td>Renuka Dushyantha Perera </td> <td>25,291 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Janaka Malimaarachchi </td> <td>24,734 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Laxman Abegunaratne </td> <td>24,163 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Thompson Joseph Mendis </td> <td>22,414 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Almon Pieris </td> <td>22,264 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td>Mahesh Jayathissa </td> <td>22,172 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td>Upali Kodikara </td> <td>21,812 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wirantha_Fernando" title="Wirantha Fernando">Wirantha Fernando</a> </td> <td>21,426 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td>Sunil Jayamini </td> <td>21,374 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Nimal Rathnasiri Pieris </td> <td>20,750 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td>Ananda Wasantha </td> <td>20,271 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ratnasiri_Rajapakse" title="Ratnasiri Rajapakse">Ratnasiri Rajapakse</a> </td> <td>20,179 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Mohomed Ishfahani </td> <td>19,568 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Senaka Damyantha de Silva </td> <td>19,376 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td>Susantha Sirinatha </td> <td>19,032 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Premasiri Perera </td> <td>18,946 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Mohomed Nawfer </td> <td>18,666 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td>Thilakaratna Rajapaksa </td> <td>17,701 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Chandrasiri Dias </td> <td>17,626 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Joseph Charles </td> <td>17,263 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Isura_Devapriya" title="Isura Devapriya">Isura Devapriya</a> </td> <td>16,099 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td>Ranjith Mahinda </td> <td>15,893 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a> </td> <td>Terrance Balasooriya </td> <td>15,419 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna">MEP</a> </td> <td>Lionel Kariyawasam </td> <td>7,924 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a> </td> <td>Dharmadasa Perera </td> <td>5,423 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aruna_Panagoda" title="Aruna Panagoda">Aruna Panagoda</a> </td> <td>4,057 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a> </td> <td>Sanath Weerakon </td> <td>3,932 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_Left_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="New Left Front">NLF</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vikramabahu_Karunaratne" title="Vikramabahu Karunaratne">Vikramabahu Karunaratne</a> </td> <td>3,755 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/National_Union_of_Workers_(Sri_Lanka)" title="National Union of Workers (Sri Lanka)">NUW</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mano_Ganeshan" class="mw-redirect" title="Mano Ganeshan">Mano Ganeshan</a> </td> <td>3,663 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2004_provincial_council_election">2004 provincial council election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombo_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: 2004 provincial council election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/2004_Sri_Lankan_provincial_council_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 Sri Lankan provincial council election">4th Western provincial council election</a> held on 10 July 2004:<sup id="cite_ref-2004pc_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2004pc-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:left; vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Party</th> <th colspan="15">Votes per Polling Division</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Postal<br />Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Total Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">%</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:40px;">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Avissawella_Polling_Division" title="Avissawella Polling Division">Avissawella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Borella_Polling_Division" title="Borella Polling Division">Borella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_Central_Polling_Division" title="Colombo Central Polling Division">Colombo Central</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_East_Polling_Division" title="Colombo East Polling Division">Colombo East</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_North_Polling_Division" title="Colombo North Polling Division">Colombo North</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_West_Polling_Division" title="Colombo West Polling Division">Colombo West</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Dehiwala_Polling_Division" title="Dehiwala Polling Division">Dehiwala</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Homagama_Polling_Division" title="Homagama Polling Division">Homagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kaduwela_Polling_Division" title="Kaduwela Polling Division">Kaduwela</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kesbewa_Polling_Division" title="Kesbewa Polling Division">Kesbewa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kolonnawa_Polling_Division" title="Kolonnawa Polling Division">Kolonnawa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kotte_Polling_Division" title="Kotte Polling Division">Kotte</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Maharagama_Polling_Division" title="Maharagama Polling Division">Maharagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Moratuwa_Polling_Division" title="Moratuwa Polling Division">Moratuwa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Ratmalana_Polling_Division" title="Ratmalana Polling Division">Ratmalana</a></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">United People's Freedom Alliance</a> <sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>ak<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>29,534</td> <td>8,968</td> <td>14,580</td> <td>9,372</td> <td>9,615</td> <td>2,632</td> <td>10,374</td> <td>35,610</td> <td>40,785</td> <td>38,289</td> <td>25,690</td> <td>16,436</td> <td>31,251</td> <td>30,382</td> <td>14,621</td> <td>4,514</td> <td><b>322,653</b></td> <td>49.11%</td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a> <sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>al<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>18,113</td> <td>15,020</td> <td>35,680</td> <td>14,251</td> <td>23,661</td> <td>7,622</td> <td>10,850</td> <td>20,694</td> <td>20,364</td> <td>21,088</td> <td>20,889</td> <td>12,758</td> <td>16,794</td> <td>25,453</td> <td>11,369</td> <td>2,153</td> <td><b>276,759</b></td> <td>42.12%</td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#007B48"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">Sri Lanka Muslim Congress</a></td> <td>413</td> <td>1,524</td> <td>18,727</td> <td>578</td> <td>4,209</td> <td>975</td> <td>554</td> <td>54</td> <td>142</td> <td>43</td> <td>2,716</td> <td>480</td> <td>62</td> <td>352</td> <td>336</td> <td>19</td> <td><b>31,184</b></td> <td>4.75%</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Western_People%27s_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="Western People's Front">Western People's Front</a></td> <td>400</td> <td>688</td> <td>3,282</td> <td>1,423</td> <td>3,637</td> <td>997</td> <td>308</td> <td>15</td> <td>77</td> <td>10</td> <td>703</td> <td>266</td> <td>11</td> <td>237</td> <td>155</td> <td>10</td> <td><b>12,219</b></td> <td>1.86%</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8A718"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unity_Alliance" title="Democratic Unity Alliance">Democratic Unity Alliance</a></td> <td>61</td> <td>586</td> <td>2,882</td> <td>263</td> <td>667</td> <td>332</td> <td>337</td> <td>62</td> <td>103</td> <td>62</td> <td>273</td> <td>92</td> <td>55</td> <td>278</td> <td>151</td> <td>15</td> <td><b>6,219</b></td> <td>0.95%</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_Left_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="New Left Front">New Left Front</a> <sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>am<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>185</td> <td>297</td> <td>447</td> <td>168</td> <td>247</td> <td>218</td> <td>106</td> <td>229</td> <td>111</td> <td>174</td> <td>207</td> <td>165</td> <td>145</td> <td>202</td> <td>98</td> <td>25</td> <td><b>3,024</b></td> <td>0.46%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#00008B"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sinhalaye_Mahasammatha_Bhoomiputra_Pakshaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya">Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya</a></td> <td>81</td> <td>79</td> <td>74</td> <td>87</td> <td>38</td> <td>22</td> <td>93</td> <td>152</td> <td>191</td> <td>275</td> <td>386</td> <td>202</td> <td>221</td> <td>134</td> <td>96</td> <td>63</td> <td><b>2,194</b></td> <td>0.33%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">National Development Front</td> <td>75</td> <td>70</td> <td>85</td> <td>46</td> <td>217</td> <td>20</td> <td>26</td> <td>100</td> <td>126</td> <td>115</td> <td>94</td> <td>65</td> <td>82</td> <td>172</td> <td>42</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>1,337</b></td> <td>0.20%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">United Lalith Front</td> <td>63</td> <td>33</td> <td>144</td> <td>33</td> <td>69</td> <td>11</td> <td>20</td> <td>59</td> <td>42</td> <td>69</td> <td>56</td> <td>41</td> <td>36</td> <td>52</td> <td>37</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>771</b></td> <td>0.12%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">United Sinhala Great Council</td> <td>16</td> <td>11</td> <td>27</td> <td>17</td> <td>12</td> <td>1</td> <td>17</td> <td>19</td> <td>24</td> <td>33</td> <td>17</td> <td>18</td> <td>21</td> <td>16</td> <td>17</td> <td>10</td> <td><b>276</b></td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 01</a></td> <td>19</td> <td>8</td> <td>29</td> <td>15</td> <td>10</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>19</td> <td>15</td> <td>29</td> <td>11</td> <td>12</td> <td>25</td> <td>22</td> <td>18</td> <td>11</td> <td><b>251</b></td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#87171A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_National_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lanka National Front">Sri Lanka National Front</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td>28</td> <td>5</td> <td>15</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>10</td> <td>8</td> <td>4</td> <td>9</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>113</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Valid Votes</td> <td>48,967</td> <td>27,288</td> <td>75,985</td> <td>26,258</td> <td>42,397</td> <td>12,837</td> <td>22,693</td> <td>57,015</td> <td>61,984</td> <td>60,197</td> <td>51,050</td> <td>30,539</td> <td>48,712</td> <td>57,306</td> <td>26,943</td> <td>6,829</td> <td>657,000</td> <td>100.00%</td> <td>43 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Rejected Votes</td> <td>3,022</td> <td>1,753</td> <td>4,952</td> <td>1,809</td> <td>2,696</td> <td>694</td> <td>1,508</td> <td>3,789</td> <td>3,936</td> <td>4,749</td> <td>3,694</td> <td>2,191</td> <td>3,979</td> <td>3,590</td> <td>1,989</td> <td>653</td> <td>45,004</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Total Polled</td> <td>51,989</td> <td>29,041</td> <td>80,937</td> <td>28,067</td> <td>45,093</td> <td>13,531</td> <td>24,201</td> <td>60,804</td> <td>65,920</td> <td>64,946</td> <td>54,744</td> <td>32,730</td> <td>52,691</td> <td>60,896</td> <td>28,932</td> <td>7,482</td> <td>702,004</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Registered Electors</td> <td>98,012</td> <td>62,722</td> <td>153,763</td> <td>67,885</td> <td>86,388</td> <td>40,209</td> <td>60,159</td> <td>135,242</td> <td>143,644</td> <td>137,285</td> <td>106,335</td> <td>74,159</td> <td>118,318</td> <td>116,454</td> <td>67,176</td> <td></td> <td>1,467,751</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Turnout</td> <td>53.04%</td> <td>46.30%</td> <td>52.64%</td> <td>41.34%</td> <td>52.20%</td> <td>33.65%</td> <td>40.23%</td> <td>44.96%</td> <td>45.89%</td> <td>47.31%</td> <td>51.48%</td> <td>44.13%</td> <td>44.53%</td> <td>52.29%</td> <td>43.07%</td> <td></td> <td>47.83%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"> <caption class="nowrap">Preferential votes </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Candidate<sup id="cite_ref-2004pc_77-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2004pc-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>votes </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Duminda_Silva" title="Duminda Silva">Duminda Silva</a> </td> <td>56,569 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Anura Hemapala </td> <td>36,029 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Gamini Thilakasiri </td> <td>34,992 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Jayantha de Silva </td> <td>34,776 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Kanchana Peiris </td> <td>34,658 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Hector Bethmage </td> <td>31,924 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Watagala" title="Sunil Watagala">Sunil Watagala</a> </td> <td>31,836 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Luxman Abeygunarathna </td> <td>30,945 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Priyanga Kothalawala </td> <td>30,876 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Lal_Grero" title="Mohan Lal Grero">Mohan Lal Grero</a> </td> <td>30,436 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>G. H. Buddhadasa </td> <td>29,682 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Sarath Pathirana </td> <td>29,375 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Sunil Jayamini </td> <td>29,082 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Ajantha Niroshan Padukka </td> <td>28,104 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Mahesh Almeida </td> <td>26,886 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Nimal Rathnasiri Peiris </td> <td>26,851 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Navusar Fauzi </td> <td>25,085 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Wasantha Malini </td> <td>24,727 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Upali Kodikara </td> <td>22,786 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Chandrasiri Karunaratne </td> <td>22,588 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Thilakarathne Rajapaksha </td> <td>22,026 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Prince Sagara Senaratne </td> <td>21,547 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Mohomed Nafli </td> <td>21,012 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Sumith De Zoysa </td> <td>20,967 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Senaka Damayantha de Silva </td> <td>20,927 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Murugan Mohan </td> <td>20,909 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Ashoka Lankathilaka </td> <td>20,293 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Krishantha Yogadas Pancharathnam </td> <td>20,281 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Hameed Mohomed </td> <td>20,146 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Keerthi Udawatta </td> <td>19,598 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Joseph Mendis </td> <td>19,434 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Isura_Devapriya" title="Isura Devapriya">Isura Devapriya</a> </td> <td>18,898 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Harischandra de Kostha </td> <td>17,798 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sujeewa_Senasinghe" title="Sujeewa Senasinghe">Sujeewa Senasinghe</a> </td> <td>17,405 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Kithsiri Fernando </td> <td>16,796 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Janaka Mallimarachchi </td> <td>16,349 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Sunil Magammana </td> <td>16,265 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Mohamad Fairoz </td> <td>15,588 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Welamma Sellasami </td> <td>14,382 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#007B48"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">SLMC</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Rajabdeen" title="Mohamed Rajabdeen">Mohamed Rajabdeen</a> </td> <td>11,625 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#007B48"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">SLMC</a> </td> <td>Hassan Mohideen </td> <td>6,562 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Western_People%27s_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="Western People's Front">WPF</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Praba_Ganesan" title="Praba Ganesan">Praba Ganesan</a> </td> <td>6,459 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8A718"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unity_Alliance" title="Democratic Unity Alliance">DUA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/A._J._M._Muzammil" title="A. J. M. Muzammil">A. J. M. Muzammil</a> </td> <td>1,904 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2009_provincial_council_election">2009 provincial council election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombo_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: 2009 provincial council election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Provincial_Council_elections,_2008%E2%80%932009" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lanka Provincial Council elections, 2008–2009">5th Western provincial council election</a> held on 25 April 2009:<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:left; vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Party</th> <th colspan="15">Votes per Polling Division</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Postal<br />Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Total Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">%</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:40px;">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Avissawella_Polling_Division" title="Avissawella Polling Division">Avissawella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Borella_Polling_Division" title="Borella Polling Division">Borella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_Central_Polling_Division" title="Colombo Central Polling Division">Colombo Central</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_East_Polling_Division" title="Colombo East Polling Division">Colombo East</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_North_Polling_Division" title="Colombo North Polling Division">Colombo North</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_West_Polling_Division" title="Colombo West Polling Division">Colombo West</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Dehiwala_Polling_Division" title="Dehiwala Polling Division">Dehiwala</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Homagama_Polling_Division" title="Homagama Polling Division">Homagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kaduwela_Polling_Division" title="Kaduwela Polling Division">Kaduwela</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kesbewa_Polling_Division" title="Kesbewa Polling Division">Kesbewa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kolonnawa_Polling_Division" title="Kolonnawa Polling Division">Kolonnawa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kotte_Polling_Division" title="Kotte Polling Division">Kotte</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Maharagama_Polling_Division" title="Maharagama Polling Division">Maharagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Moratuwa_Polling_Division" title="Moratuwa Polling Division">Moratuwa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Ratmalana_Polling_Division" title="Ratmalana Polling Division">Ratmalana</a></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">United People's Freedom Alliance</a> <sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>an<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>45,368</td> <td>14,950</td> <td>25,505</td> <td>16,890</td> <td>15,746</td> <td>5,483</td> <td>17,377</td> <td>61,542</td> <td>66,362</td> <td>65,459</td> <td>42,086</td> <td>26,902</td> <td>52,439</td> <td>45,787</td> <td>22,560</td> <td>5,914</td> <td><b>530,370</b></td> <td>57.78%</td> <td>25 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>17,984</td> <td>16,994</td> <td>45,414</td> <td>18,922</td> <td>27,866</td> <td>12,244</td> <td>14,612</td> <td>28,355</td> <td>24,219</td> <td>22,933</td> <td>22,932</td> <td>14,819</td> <td>18,350</td> <td>25,873</td> <td>14,201</td> <td>1,853</td> <td><b>327,571</b></td> <td>35.69%</td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna</a></td> <td>1,405</td> <td>587</td> <td>507</td> <td>1,061</td> <td>387</td> <td>152</td> <td>551</td> <td>2,792</td> <td>3,084</td> <td>3,331</td> <td>1,341</td> <td>1,080</td> <td>2,331</td> <td>1,713</td> <td>1,114</td> <td>351</td> <td><b>21,787</b></td> <td>2.37%</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#007B48"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">Sri Lanka Muslim Congress</a></td> <td>130</td> <td>894</td> <td>9,023</td> <td>506</td> <td>3,332</td> <td>796</td> <td>770</td> <td>17</td> <td>160</td> <td>34</td> <td>2,352</td> <td>306</td> <td>45</td> <td>138</td> <td>462</td> <td>13</td> <td><b>18,978</b></td> <td>2.07%</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8A718"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unity_Alliance" title="Democratic Unity Alliance">Democratic Unity Alliance</a></td> <td>64</td> <td>158</td> <td>2,350</td> <td>356</td> <td>4,267</td> <td>159</td> <td>160</td> <td>49</td> <td>83</td> <td>50</td> <td>468</td> <td>88</td> <td>72</td> <td>70</td> <td>185</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>8,584</b></td> <td>0.94%</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Left_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" class="mw-redirect" title="Left Front (Sri Lanka)">Left<br />Front</a> <sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>ao<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>53</td> <td>153</td> <td>564</td> <td>646</td> <td>675</td> <td>816</td> <td>363</td> <td>41</td> <td>42</td> <td>74</td> <td>73</td> <td>51</td> <td>61</td> <td>205</td> <td>170</td> <td>10</td> <td><b>3,997</b></td> <td>0.44%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">United National Alliance</td> <td>86</td> <td>56</td> <td>196</td> <td>77</td> <td>111</td> <td>50</td> <td>43</td> <td>87</td> <td>100</td> <td>103</td> <td>103</td> <td>52</td> <td>59</td> <td>81</td> <td>38</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>1,247</b></td> <td>0.14%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 05</a></td> <td>12</td> <td>39</td> <td>265</td> <td>159</td> <td>359</td> <td>50</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>7</td> <td>12</td> <td>69</td> <td>31</td> <td>20</td> <td>8</td> <td>12</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>1,085</b></td> <td>0.12%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 03</a></td> <td>5</td> <td>16</td> <td>316</td> <td>8</td> <td>140</td> <td>11</td> <td>13</td> <td>14</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>30</td> <td>11</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>583</b></td> <td>0.06%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="maroon"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_Sinhala_Heritage" title="New Sinhala Heritage">New Sinhala Heritage</a></td> <td>58</td> <td>22</td> <td>40</td> <td>17</td> <td>130</td> <td>9</td> <td>7</td> <td>42</td> <td>48</td> <td>24</td> <td>7</td> <td>21</td> <td>62</td> <td>25</td> <td>8</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>526</b></td> <td>0.06%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#683053"> </td> <td align="left">Ruhuna People's Party</td> <td>4</td> <td>14</td> <td>48</td> <td>24</td> <td>35</td> <td>9</td> <td>34</td> <td>31</td> <td>13</td> <td>20</td> <td>38</td> <td>15</td> <td>29</td> <td>32</td> <td>176</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>523</b></td> <td>0.06%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 06</a></td> <td>9</td> <td>30</td> <td>120</td> <td>43</td> <td>93</td> <td>43</td> <td>22</td> <td>16</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>85</td> <td>2</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>483</b></td> <td>0.05%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 11</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>72</td> <td>174</td> <td>11</td> <td>67</td> <td>5</td> <td>10</td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>72</td> <td>12</td> <td>5</td> <td>14</td> <td>16</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>478</b></td> <td>0.05%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_Socialist_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)">United Socialist Party</a></td> <td>20</td> <td>13</td> <td>64</td> <td>37</td> <td>38</td> <td>7</td> <td>11</td> <td>19</td> <td>26</td> <td>17</td> <td>23</td> <td>15</td> <td>22</td> <td>21</td> <td>20</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>355</b></td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 01</a></td> <td>9</td> <td>30</td> <td>32</td> <td>33</td> <td>16</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>45</td> <td>37</td> <td>22</td> <td>54</td> <td>6</td> <td>16</td> <td>9</td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>318</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Equality_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)">Socialist Equality Party</a></td> <td>16</td> <td>4</td> <td>15</td> <td>16</td> <td>9</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>13</td> <td>15</td> <td>20</td> <td>9</td> <td>4</td> <td>18</td> <td>15</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>181</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 10</a></td> <td>10</td> <td>2</td> <td>8</td> <td>7</td> <td>11</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>9</td> <td>14</td> <td>10</td> <td>12</td> <td>8</td> <td>24</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>124</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DAEA67"> </td> <td align="left">United Lanka People's Party</td> <td>10</td> <td>8</td> <td>25</td> <td>2</td> <td>20</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>104</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">United Lanka Great Council</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>9</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>8</td> <td>5</td> <td>16</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>14</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>79</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 13</a></td> <td>9</td> <td>6</td> <td>11</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>77</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#00008B"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sinhalaye_Mahasammatha_Bhoomiputra_Pakshaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya">Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>8</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>67</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Progressive_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lanka Progressive Front">Sri Lanka Progressive Front</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>25</td> <td>0</td> <td>7</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>8</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>65</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 12</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td>8</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>60</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DDBBCC"> </td> <td align="left">National People's Party</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>8</td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>46</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 02</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>8</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>44</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 08</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>43</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 04</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>8</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>40</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Patriotic National Front</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>35</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 09</a></td> <td>8</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>34</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 07</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>31</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Valid Votes</td> <td>65,288</td> <td>34,073</td> <td>84,753</td> <td>38,841</td> <td>53,346</td> <td>19,871</td> <td>34,045</td> <td>93,148</td> <td>94,291</td> <td>92,175</td> <td>69,793</td> <td>43,461</td> <td>73,611</td> <td>74,047</td> <td>39,004</td> <td>8,168</td> <td>917,915</td> <td>100.00%</td> <td>43 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Rejected Votes</td> <td>3,497</td> <td>1,421</td> <td>5,272</td> <td>1,920</td> <td>3,666</td> <td>1,160</td> <td>1,190</td> <td>3,718</td> <td>2,922</td> <td>3,351</td> <td>2,987</td> <td>1,412</td> <td>2,253</td> <td>2,571</td> <td>1,501</td> <td>279</td> <td>39,120</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Total Polled</td> <td>68,785</td> <td>35,494</td> <td>90,025</td> <td>40,761</td> <td>57,012</td> <td>21,031</td> <td>35,235</td> <td>96,866</td> <td>97,213</td> <td>95,526</td> <td>72,780</td> <td>44,873</td> <td>75,864</td> <td>76,618</td> <td>40,505</td> <td>8,447</td> <td>957,035</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Registered Electors</td> <td>107,093</td> <td>63,884</td> <td>151,308</td> <td>72,446</td> <td>103,050</td> <td>41,441</td> <td>63,115</td> <td>154,055</td> <td>159,596</td> <td>149,191</td> <td>114,105</td> <td>75,555</td> <td>122,895</td> <td>115,042</td> <td>67,817</td> <td></td> <td>1,560,593</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Turnout</td> <td>64.23%</td> <td>55.56%</td> <td>59.50%</td> <td>56.26%</td> <td>55.32%</td> <td>50.75%</td> <td>55.83%</td> <td>62.88%</td> <td>60.91%</td> <td>64.03%</td> <td>63.78%</td> <td>59.39%</td> <td>61.73%</td> <td>66.60%</td> <td>59.73%</td> <td></td> <td>61.33%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"> <caption class="nowrap">Preferential votes </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Candidate<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>votes </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Duminda_Silva" title="Duminda Silva">Duminda Silva</a> </td> <td>165,128 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thilanga_Sumathipala" title="Thilanga Sumathipala">Thilanga Sumathipala</a> </td> <td>159,603 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Udaya_Gammanpila" title="Udaya Gammanpila">Udaya Gammanpila</a> </td> <td>116,144 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rosy_Senanayake" title="Rosy Senanayake">Rosy Senanayake</a> </td> <td>80,884 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pradeep_Undugoda" title="Pradeep Undugoda">Pradeep Undugoda</a> </td> <td>62,736 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Lal_Grero" title="Mohan Lal Grero">Mohan Lal Grero</a> </td> <td>59,056 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roger_Seneviratne" title="Roger Seneviratne">Roger Seneviratne</a> </td> <td>52,390 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Gamini Thilakasiri </td> <td>49,471 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sujeewa_Senasinghe" title="Sujeewa Senasinghe">Sujeewa Senasinghe</a> </td> <td>45,958 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Praba_Ganesan" title="Praba Ganesan">Praba Ganesan</a> </td> <td>45,899 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Sudath Manju Sri </td> <td>37,878 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Sunil Jayamini </td> <td>39,769 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Navusar Fauzi </td> <td>39,417 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Hector Bethmage </td> <td>37,890 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Salochana Gamage </td> <td>35,693 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Sarath Kumara Sumanasekara </td> <td>34,373 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hashan_Tillakaratne" title="Hashan Tillakaratne">Hashan Tillakaratne</a> </td> <td>32,799 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/A._J._M._Muzammil" title="A. J. M. Muzammil">A. J. M. Muzammil</a> </td> <td>31,202 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nalliah_Kumaraguruparan" class="mw-redirect" title="Nalliah Kumaraguruparan">Nalliah Kumaraguruparan</a> </td> <td>30,373 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Jayantha De Silva </td> <td>29,560 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Mahesh Jayathissa </td> <td>29,259 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Upali Kodikara </td> <td>29,215 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Isura_Devapriya" title="Isura Devapriya">Isura Devapriya</a> </td> <td>29,043 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Janaka Deepal Waliwaththe </td> <td>28,466 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Ashoka Lankathilaka </td> <td>26,973 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Sumith De Zoysa </td> <td>26,919 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Krishantha Yogadas Pancharathnam </td> <td>26,460 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Mohomed Fairoz </td> <td>26,353 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Mohomed Muin </td> <td>24,272 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>S. Rajendran </td> <td>24,096 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Ajantha Niroshan Padukka </td> <td>23,501 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Srinath Perera </td> <td>21,880 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Moris Wijerathna </td> <td>21,091 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Amal Puspakumara Silva </td> <td>20,639 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Ranjith Mahinda </td> <td>20,345 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Thilakarathne Rajapaksha </td> <td>20,337 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Keerthi Udawatta </td> <td>19,907 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Renuka Dushyantha Perera </td> <td>19,384 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jagath_Kumara" title="Jagath Kumara">Jagath Kumara</a> </td> <td>19,309 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Gamini De Silva </td> <td>19,048 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#007B48"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">SLMC</a> </td> <td>Arshad Mohamed </td> <td>5,789 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8A718"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unity_Alliance" title="Democratic Unity Alliance">DUA</a> </td> <td>Abdul Faiz </td> <td>2,538 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a> </td> <td>Duminda Nagamuwa </td> <td>2,388 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2014_provincial_council_election">2014 provincial council election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombo_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: 2014 provincial council election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/March_2014_Sri_Lankan_provincial_council_elections" title="March 2014 Sri Lankan provincial council elections">6th Western provincial council election</a> held on 29 March 2014:<sup id="cite_ref-2014pc_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014pc-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:left; vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Party</th> <th colspan="15">Votes per Polling Division</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Postal<br />Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">Total Votes</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:50px;">%</th> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:40px;">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Avissawella_Polling_Division" title="Avissawella Polling Division">Avissawella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Borella_Polling_Division" title="Borella Polling Division">Borella</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_Central_Polling_Division" title="Colombo Central Polling Division">Colombo Central</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_East_Polling_Division" title="Colombo East Polling Division">Colombo East</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_North_Polling_Division" title="Colombo North Polling Division">Colombo North</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_West_Polling_Division" title="Colombo West Polling Division">Colombo West</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Dehiwala_Polling_Division" title="Dehiwala Polling Division">Dehiwala</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Homagama_Polling_Division" title="Homagama Polling Division">Homagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kaduwela_Polling_Division" title="Kaduwela Polling Division">Kaduwela</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kesbewa_Polling_Division" title="Kesbewa Polling Division">Kesbewa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kolonnawa_Polling_Division" title="Kolonnawa Polling Division">Kolonnawa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Kotte_Polling_Division" title="Kotte Polling Division">Kotte</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Maharagama_Polling_Division" title="Maharagama Polling Division">Maharagama</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Moratuwa_Polling_Division" title="Moratuwa Polling Division">Moratuwa</a></div></th> <th class="nowrap ts-vertical-header" style=""><div style=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1221560606"><a href="/wiki/Ratmalana_Polling_Division" title="Ratmalana Polling Division">Ratmalana</a></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">United People's Freedom Alliance</a> <sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>ap<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>42,635</td> <td>11,750</td> <td>17,472</td> <td>12,806</td> <td>10,873</td> <td>4,783</td> <td>12,361</td> <td>53,983</td> <td>58,259</td> <td>55,372</td> <td>35,813</td> <td>20,217</td> <td>42,883</td> <td>38,305</td> <td>17,396</td> <td>8,175</td> <td><b>443,083</b></td> <td>45.33%</td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>15,363</td> <td>15,302</td> <td>40,170</td> <td>13,092</td> <td>16,165</td> <td>7,073</td> <td>11,629</td> <td>32,890</td> <td>20,713</td> <td>27,499</td> <td>22,072</td> <td>10,970</td> <td>14,666</td> <td>24,366</td> <td>11,347</td> <td>2,221</td> <td><b>285,538</b></td> <td>29.21%</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna</a></td> <td>4,092</td> <td>2,908</td> <td>2,126</td> <td>3,088</td> <td>1,214</td> <td>769</td> <td>2,196</td> <td>9,127</td> <td>10,659</td> <td>9,807</td> <td>6,112</td> <td>4,201</td> <td>8,504</td> <td>4,848</td> <td>3,621</td> <td>1,165</td> <td><b>74,437</b></td> <td>7.62%</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#800080"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Democratic Party (Sri Lanka)">Democratic Party</a></td> <td>4,297</td> <td>1,787</td> <td>2,166</td> <td>2,496</td> <td>1,488</td> <td>1,098</td> <td>3,301</td> <td>6,194</td> <td>10,182</td> <td>7,427</td> <td>5,637</td> <td>5,024</td> <td>9,115</td> <td>5,956</td> <td>3,887</td> <td>1,470</td> <td><b>71,525</b></td> <td>7.32%</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_People%27s_Front" title="Democratic People's Front">Democratic People's Front</a></td> <td>1,790</td> <td>1,764</td> <td>8,854</td> <td>5,643</td> <td>12,795</td> <td>5,703</td> <td>2,639</td> <td>37</td> <td>83</td> <td>57</td> <td>2,371</td> <td>434</td> <td>102</td> <td>706</td> <td>1,096</td> <td>82</td> <td><b>44,156</b></td> <td>4.52%</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#007B48"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">Sri Lanka Muslim Congress</a></td> <td>199</td> <td>999</td> <td>8,629</td> <td>538</td> <td>4,174</td> <td>801</td> <td>710</td> <td>26</td> <td>138</td> <td>36</td> <td>2,403</td> <td>629</td> <td>53</td> <td>307</td> <td>505</td> <td>16</td> <td><b>20,163</b></td> <td>2.06%</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#9acd32"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/All_Ceylon_Makkal_Congress" title="All Ceylon Makkal Congress">All Ceylon Makkal Congress</a></td> <td>185</td> <td>888</td> <td>4,480</td> <td>404</td> <td>6,111</td> <td>574</td> <td>700</td> <td>62</td> <td>98</td> <td>90</td> <td>1,037</td> <td>180</td> <td>88</td> <td>159</td> <td>418</td> <td>17</td> <td><b>15,491</b></td> <td>1.58%</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 01</a></td> <td>476</td> <td>402</td> <td>1,244</td> <td>191</td> <td>2,633</td> <td>21</td> <td>15</td> <td>13</td> <td>32</td> <td>29</td> <td>396</td> <td>149</td> <td>17</td> <td>14</td> <td>12</td> <td>11</td> <td><b>5,655</b></td> <td>0.58%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Workers%27_Congress" title="Ceylon Workers' Congress">Ceylon Workers' Congress</a></td> <td>473</td> <td>171</td> <td>883</td> <td>289</td> <td>1,295</td> <td>342</td> <td>91</td> <td>21</td> <td>31</td> <td>16</td> <td>124</td> <td>52</td> <td>16</td> <td>20</td> <td>52</td> <td>9</td> <td><b>3,885</b></td> <td>0.40%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 03</a></td> <td>28</td> <td>129</td> <td>219</td> <td>703</td> <td>77</td> <td>21</td> <td>74</td> <td>56</td> <td>107</td> <td>112</td> <td>186</td> <td>115</td> <td>93</td> <td>29</td> <td>88</td> <td>16</td> <td><b>2,053</b></td> <td>0.21%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 02</a></td> <td>37</td> <td>9</td> <td>16</td> <td>60</td> <td>11</td> <td>3</td> <td>254</td> <td>223</td> <td>172</td> <td>304</td> <td>38</td> <td>82</td> <td>143</td> <td>256</td> <td>148</td> <td>8</td> <td><b>1,764</b></td> <td>0.18%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DAEA67"> </td> <td align="left">United Lanka People's Party</td> <td>60</td> <td>38</td> <td>116</td> <td>63</td> <td>93</td> <td>19</td> <td>24</td> <td>123</td> <td>94</td> <td>126</td> <td>74</td> <td>25</td> <td>281</td> <td>118</td> <td>19</td> <td>10</td> <td><b>1,283</b></td> <td>0.13%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 10</a></td> <td>13</td> <td>145</td> <td>367</td> <td>243</td> <td>159</td> <td>27</td> <td>8</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>10</td> <td>92</td> <td>75</td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>31</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>1,211</b></td> <td>0.12%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Nava_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Nava Sama Samaja Party">Nava Sama Samaja Party</a></td> <td>29</td> <td>73</td> <td>170</td> <td>106</td> <td>104</td> <td>95</td> <td>54</td> <td>38</td> <td>47</td> <td>59</td> <td>70</td> <td>29</td> <td>58</td> <td>40</td> <td>82</td> <td>7</td> <td><b>1,061</b></td> <td>0.11%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 06</a></td> <td>95</td> <td>27</td> <td>68</td> <td>35</td> <td>47</td> <td>22</td> <td>52</td> <td>81</td> <td>110</td> <td>86</td> <td>88</td> <td>62</td> <td>100</td> <td>93</td> <td>73</td> <td>15</td> <td><b>1,054</b></td> <td>0.11%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#2C5A45"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="New Democratic Front (Sri Lanka)">New Democratic Front</a></td> <td>41</td> <td>32</td> <td>61</td> <td>55</td> <td>70</td> <td>30</td> <td>43</td> <td>74</td> <td>111</td> <td>105</td> <td>70</td> <td>75</td> <td>97</td> <td>56</td> <td>45</td> <td>81</td> <td><b>1,046</b></td> <td>0.11%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Jana Setha Peramuna</td> <td>17</td> <td>24</td> <td>33</td> <td>36</td> <td>15</td> <td>14</td> <td>21</td> <td>98</td> <td>226</td> <td>73</td> <td>184</td> <td>38</td> <td>102</td> <td>49</td> <td>23</td> <td>14</td> <td><b>967</b></td> <td>0.10%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Patriotic National Front</td> <td>59</td> <td>44</td> <td>80</td> <td>30</td> <td>169</td> <td>4</td> <td>18</td> <td>40</td> <td>72</td> <td>49</td> <td>55</td> <td>38</td> <td>58</td> <td>42</td> <td>31</td> <td>8</td> <td><b>797</b></td> <td>0.08%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 11</a></td> <td>31</td> <td>26</td> <td>60</td> <td>20</td> <td>28</td> <td>9</td> <td>10</td> <td>35</td> <td>31</td> <td>29</td> <td>35</td> <td>12</td> <td>16</td> <td>30</td> <td>16</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>391</b></td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">Our National Front</td> <td>21</td> <td>6</td> <td>19</td> <td>11</td> <td>16</td> <td>10</td> <td>8</td> <td>18</td> <td>53</td> <td>31</td> <td>31</td> <td>19</td> <td>45</td> <td>25</td> <td>9</td> <td>8</td> <td><b>330</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">United Peace Front</td> <td>11</td> <td>13</td> <td>64</td> <td>8</td> <td>39</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>19</td> <td>18</td> <td>20</td> <td>35</td> <td>20</td> <td>18</td> <td>9</td> <td>10</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>292</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 09</a></td> <td>16</td> <td>21</td> <td>44</td> <td>10</td> <td>22</td> <td>2</td> <td>7</td> <td>22</td> <td>20</td> <td>13</td> <td>30</td> <td>12</td> <td>10</td> <td>22</td> <td>8</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>260</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"> </td> <td align="left">United Lanka Great Council</td> <td>17</td> <td>7</td> <td>31</td> <td>30</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>10</td> <td>25</td> <td>26</td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>11</td> <td>16</td> <td>19</td> <td>10</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>256</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Equality_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)">Socialist Equality Party</a></td> <td>12</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>29</td> <td>4</td> <td>7</td> <td>18</td> <td>21</td> <td>24</td> <td>16</td> <td>12</td> <td>26</td> <td>13</td> <td>6</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>220</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0C9DD4"> </td> <td align="left">Sri Lanka Labour Party</td> <td>30</td> <td>8</td> <td>16</td> <td>8</td> <td>5</td> <td>11</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>120</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 04</a></td> <td>8</td> <td>2</td> <td>12</td> <td>6</td> <td>9</td> <td>1</td> <td>9</td> <td>8</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>3</td> <td>9</td> <td>4</td> <td>8</td> <td>9</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>108</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 07</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>6</td> <td>8</td> <td>1</td> <td>10</td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td>7</td> <td>12</td> <td>13</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>8</td> <td>9</td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>108</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 08</a></td> <td>4</td> <td></td> <td>14</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>12</td> <td>7</td> <td>14</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>13</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>99</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 05</a></td> <td>9</td> <td>1</td> <td>12</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>11</td> <td>9</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>73</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Valid Votes</td> <td>70,052</td> <td>36,592</td> <td>87,444</td> <td>39,991</td> <td>57,664</td> <td>21,455</td> <td>34,253</td> <td>103,263</td> <td>101,353</td> <td>101,445</td> <td>77,015</td> <td>42,504</td> <td>76,547</td> <td>75,534</td> <td>38,962</td> <td>13,352</td> <td>977,426</td> <td>100.00%</td> <td>40 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Rejected Votes</td> <td>3,837</td> <td>1,610</td> <td>4,066</td> <td>1,998</td> <td>3,363</td> <td>1,019</td> <td>1,487</td> <td>4,078</td> <td>4,342</td> <td>4,072</td> <td>3,526</td> <td>1,729</td> <td>3,044</td> <td>3,123</td> <td>1,787</td> <td>681</td> <td>43,762</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Total Polled</td> <td>73,889</td> <td>38,202</td> <td>91,510</td> <td>41,989</td> <td>61,027</td> <td>22,474</td> <td>35,740</td> <td>107,341</td> <td>105,695</td> <td>105,517</td> <td>80,541</td> <td>44,233</td> <td>79,591</td> <td>78,657</td> <td>40,749</td> <td>14,033</td> <td>1,021,188</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Registered Electors</td> <td>115,098</td> <td>57,373</td> <td>130,186</td> <td>66,572</td> <td>87,542</td> <td>39,625</td> <td>60,543</td> <td>169,679</td> <td>168,043</td> <td>160,493</td> <td>118,098</td> <td>73,539</td> <td>127,060</td> <td>113,257</td> <td>65,626</td> <td></td> <td>1,552,734</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Turnout</td> <td>64.20%</td> <td>66.59%</td> <td>70.29%</td> <td>63.07%</td> <td>69.71%</td> <td>56.72%</td> <td>59.03%</td> <td>63.26%</td> <td>62.90%</td> <td>65.75%</td> <td>68.20%</td> <td>60.15%</td> <td>62.64%</td> <td>69.45%</td> <td>62.09%</td> <td></td> <td>65.77%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"> <caption class="nowrap">Preferential votes </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Candidate<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>votes </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hirunika_Premachandra" title="Hirunika Premachandra">Hirunika Premachandra</a> </td> <td>139,034 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Udaya_Gammanpila" title="Udaya Gammanpila">Udaya Gammanpila</a> </td> <td>115,637 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._M._Marikkar" title="S. M. Marikkar">S. M. Marikkar</a> </td> <td>67,243 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Upali Kodikara </td> <td>47,822 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Sudath Manju Sri </td> <td>45,654 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._D._Lalkantha" title="K. D. Lalkantha">K. D. Lalkantha</a> </td> <td>45,460 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roger_Seneviratne" title="Roger Seneviratne">Roger Seneviratne</a> </td> <td>44,011 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Malsha Kumaranatunga </td> <td>43,324 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mujibur_Rahman_(Sri_Lankan_politician)" title="Mujibur Rahman (Sri Lankan politician)">Mujibur Rahman</a> </td> <td>42,126 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Rasika Buddhadasa </td> <td>37,125 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Ajantha Niroshan Padukka </td> <td>33,846 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Salochana Gamage </td> <td>33,495 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#800080"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Democratic Party (Sri Lanka)">DP</a> </td> <td>Susil Kindelpitiya </td> <td>32,918 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Loshan Karunarathne </td> <td>32,911 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Mohomed Fairoz </td> <td>32,642 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Gamini Thilakasiri </td> <td>31,532 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Mahesh Jayatissa </td> <td>30,191 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jagath_Kumara" title="Jagath Kumara">Jagath Kumara</a> </td> <td>29,499 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Hector Bethmage </td> <td>28,766 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_People%27s_Front" title="Democratic People's Front">DPF</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mano_Ganesan" title="Mano Ganesan">Mano Ganesan</a> </td> <td>28,558 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Srinath Perera </td> <td>27,942 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Janaka Deepal Weliwatta </td> <td>27,578 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Isura_Devapriya" title="Isura Devapriya">Isura Devapriya</a> </td> <td>26,164 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pradeep_Undugoda" title="Pradeep Undugoda">Pradeep Undugoda</a> </td> <td>26,031 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Gayan Sriwarnasinghe </td> <td>24,942 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Jayantha De Silva </td> <td>24,450 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Amal Pushpakumara Silva </td> <td>24,431 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Sunil Jayamini </td> <td>23,832 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Senaka Damayantha de Silva </td> <td>23,586 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td>Thushara Perera </td> <td>23,423 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Anuradha Wimalarathna </td> <td>21,205 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Udara_Rathnayake" title="Udara Rathnayake">Udara Rathnayake</a> </td> <td>20,165 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td> <td>Rodney Fraser </td> <td>19,643 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_People%27s_Front" title="Democratic People's Front">DPF</a> </td> <td>S. Kuhawaradan </td> <td>14,888 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#800080"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Democratic Party (Sri Lanka)">DP</a> </td> <td>Nimal Rathnasiri Peiris </td> <td>14,822 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#800080"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Democratic Party (Sri Lanka)">DP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nalin_Pradeep_Udawela" title="Nalin Pradeep Udawela">Nalin Pradeep Udawela</a> </td> <td>13,653 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lakshman_Nipuna_Arachchi" title="Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi">Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi</a> </td> <td>9,528 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Watagala" title="Sunil Watagala">Sunil Watagala</a> </td> <td>8,380 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#007B48"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">SLMC</a> </td> <td>Mohamed Nizamdeen </td> <td>5,694 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#9acd32"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/All_Ceylon_Makkal_Congress" title="All Ceylon Makkal Congress">ACMC</a> </td> <td>Mohemed Faiz </td> <td>4,208 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombo_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Including the <a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Workers%27_Congress" title="Ceylon Workers' Congress">Ceylon Workers' Congress</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Including the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Communist Party of Sri Lanka">CPSL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lanka_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Lanka Sama Samaja Party">LSSP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nava_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Nava Sama Samaja Party">NSSP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Mahajana_Pakshaya" title="Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya">SLMP</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Lalith_Athulathmudali" title="Lalith Athulathmudali">Lalith Athulathmudali</a> (DUNF) was killed on 23 April 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Including the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> et al..</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Including the <a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Workers%27_Congress" title="Ceylon Workers' Congress">Ceylon Workers' Congress</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Including the <a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/C._V._Gunaratne" title="C. V. Gunaratne">C. V. Gunaratne</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a>) was killed on 7 June 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Ossie_Abeygunasekera" title="Ossie Abeygunasekera">Ossie Abeygunasekera</a> were killed on 24 October 1994. His replacements was <a href="/wiki/P._P._Devaraj" title="P. P. Devaraj">P. P. Devaraj</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Workers%27_Congress" title="Ceylon Workers' Congress">CWC</a>).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Weerasinghe_Mallimarachchi" title="Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi">Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi</a> were killed on 24 October 1994. His replacements was <a href="/wiki/R._Yogarajan" title="R. Yogarajan">R. Yogarajan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Workers%27_Congress" title="Ceylon Workers' Congress">CWC</a>).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Including the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Workers%27_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Workers' Congress">DWC</a>, NWC, <a href="/wiki/Up-Country_People%27s_Front" title="Up-Country People's Front">UCPF</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Including the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> et al..</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Including the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">SLMC</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Including the <a href="/wiki/Nava_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Nava Sama Samaja Party">NSSP</a> et al..</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Including the <a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">SLMC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Workers%27_Congress" title="Ceylon Workers' Congress">CWC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Western_People%27s_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="Western People's Front">WPF</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Including the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> et al.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Including the <a href="/wiki/All_Ceylon_Tamil_Congress" title="All Ceylon Tamil Congress">ACTC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Revolutionary_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front">EPRLF(S)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization" title="Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization">TELO</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_United_Liberation_Front" title="Tamil United Liberation Front">TULF</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Including the <a href="/wiki/Nava_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Nava Sama Samaja Party">NSSP</a> et al.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Including the <a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">SLMC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Workers%27_Congress" title="Ceylon Workers' Congress">CWC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Western_People%27s_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="Western People's Front">WPF</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Including the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a> et al.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Including the <a href="/wiki/Nava_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Nava Sama Samaja Party">NSSP</a> et al.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/T._Maheswaran" title="T. Maheswaran">T. Maheswaran</a> (UNF-UNP) was killed on 1 January 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His replacement <a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Rajabdeen" title="Mohamed Rajabdeen">Mohamed Rajabdeen</a> (UNF-SLMC) was sworn in on 8 January 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ven. Kataluwe Ratanasiya Thero resigned on 18 May 2004. His replacement was <a href="/wiki/Akmeemana_Dayarathana_Thero" title="Akmeemana Dayarathana Thero">Ven. Akmeemana Dayarathana Thero</a> (JHU).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Workers_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="Ceylon Workers Congress">CWC</a> et al.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">SLMC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Democratic_People%27s_Front" title="Democratic People's Front">DPF</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP(P)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a>,DNF et al.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Sarath_Fonseka" title="Sarath Fonseka">Sarath Fonseka</a> (DNA) vacated his seat on 7 October 2010 after being sentenced to 30 months imprisonment by a <a href="/wiki/Court_martial" class="mw-redirect" title="Court martial">court martial</a> after being found guilty of breaching arms procurement guideline.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His replacement <a href="/wiki/Jayantha_Ketagoda" title="Jayantha Ketagoda">Jayantha Ketagoda</a> (DNA) was sworn in on 8 March 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-58">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The alliance consisted of <a href="/wiki/All_Ceylon_Makkal_Congress" title="All Ceylon Makkal Congress">ACMC</a>,DNM, <a href="/wiki/Jathika_Hela_Urumaya" title="Jathika Hela Urumaya">JHU</a>,MTNA,NFGG, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">SLMC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Progressive_Alliance" title="Tamil Progressive Alliance">TPA</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_People%27s_Front" title="Democratic People's Front">DPF</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Union_of_Workers" title="National Union of Workers">NUW</a> and <a href="/wiki/Up-Country_People%27s_Front" title="Up-Country People's Front">UCPF</a>),ULF and <a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-59">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The alliance consisted of <a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Workers%27_Congress" title="Ceylon Workers' Congress">CWC</a>,CF,DNF,DPC, <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Sri Lanka">LBSL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna">MEP</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Congress_(Sri_Lanka)" title="National Congress (Sri Lanka)">NC</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Freedom_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="National Freedom Front">NFF</a>,PHU, <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Socialist Alliance (Sri Lanka)">SA</a> (<a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Communist Party of Sri Lanka">CPSL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Left_Front" title="Democratic Left Front">DLF</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lanka_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Lanka Sama Samaja Party">LSSP</a>,NLPP and <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_People%27s_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lanka People's Party">SLPP</a>), <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Makkal_Viduthalai_Pulikal" title="Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal">TMVP</a> and UCF.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-62">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The alliance consisted of <a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Workers%27_Congress" title="Ceylon Workers' Congress">CWC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Communist Party of Sri Lanka">CPSL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Left_Front" title="Democratic Left Front">DLF</a>, <a href="/wiki/Desha_Vimukthi_Janatha_Pakshaya" title="Desha Vimukthi Janatha Pakshaya">DVJP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Democratic_Party" title="Eelam People's Democratic Party">EPDP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lanka_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Lanka Sama Samaja Party">LSSP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna">MEP</a>,MTK, <a href="/wiki/National_Congress_(Sri_Lanka)" title="National Congress (Sri Lanka)">NC</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Freedom_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="National Freedom Front">NFF</a>,PHU, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_People%27s_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lanka People's Party">SLMP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Podujana_Peramuna" title="Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna">SLPP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Makkal_Viduthalai_Pulikal" title="Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal">TMVP</a>,UPP & VDJS.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-63"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-63">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The alliance consisted of <a href="/wiki/Jathika_Hela_Urumaya" title="Jathika Hela Urumaya">JHU</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">SLMC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Progressive_Alliance" title="Tamil Progressive Alliance">TPA</a> (<a href="/wiki/National_Union_of_Workers" title="National Union of Workers">NUW</a>, <a href="/wiki/Democratic_People%27s_Front" title="Democratic People's Front">DPF</a>, <a href="/wiki/Up-Country_People%27s_Front" title="Up-Country People's Front">UCPF</a>), <a href="/wiki/All_Ceylon_Makkal_Congress" title="All Ceylon Makkal Congress">ACMC</a>,NLNP & JSP.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-64"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-64">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Including <a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-67"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-67">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> Including the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Communist Party of Sri Lanka">CPSL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lanka_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Lanka Sama Samaja Party">LSSP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nava_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Nava Sama Samaja Party">NSSP</a> & <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Mahajana_Pakshaya" title="Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya">SLMP</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-69"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-69">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> Including the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> et al.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-73"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-73">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Including the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">SLMC</a> et al.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-74"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-74">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Including the <a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Workers%27_Congress" title="Ceylon Workers' Congress">CWC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Workers%27_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Workers' Congress">DWC</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-75"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-75">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Including the <a href="/wiki/Nava_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Nava Sama Samaja Party">NSSP</a> et al.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-78"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-78">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> Including <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a> et al.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-79"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-79">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Including <a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Workers%27_Congress" title="Ceylon Workers' Congress">CWC</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-80"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-80">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Including <a href="/wiki/Nava_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Nava Sama Samaja Party">NSSP</a> et al.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-82"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-82">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> Including <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> et al.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-83"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-83">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> Including <a href="/wiki/Nava_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Nava Sama Samaja Party">NSSP</a> et al.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-86"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-86">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> Including <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> et al.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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V. Gunaratne">C. V. Gunaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandula_Gunawardane" title="Bandula Gunawardane">Bandula Gunawardane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickson_Sarathchandra_Dela" title="Dickson Sarathchandra Dela">Dickson Sarathchandra Dela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamini_Lokuge" title="Gamini Lokuge">Gamini Lokuge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._H._Mohamed" title="M. H. Mohamed">M. H. Mohamed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyronne_Fernando" title="Tyronne Fernando">Tyronne Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premaratne_Gunasekera&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Premaratne Gunasekera (page does not exist)">Premaratne Gunasekera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Perera" title="Vincent Perera">Vincent Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weerasinghe_Mallimarachchi" title="Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi">Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsley_Wickramaratne" title="Kingsley Wickramaratne">Kingsley Wickramaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nimal_Siripala_de_Silva" title="Nimal Siripala de Silva">Nimal Siripala de Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunethra_Ranasinghe" title="Sunethra Ranasinghe">Sunethra Ranasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Sellasamy" title="M. S. Sellasamy">M. S. Sellasamy</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohamed_Jabir_Abdul_Cader&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mohamed Jabir Abdul Cader (page does not exist)">Mohamed Jabir Abdul Cader</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nimal_Ransiri_Peiris&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nimal Ransiri Peiris (page does not exist)">Nimal Ransiri Peiris</a></li></ul> <ul><li><b>(1994 – 2000):</b> <a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srimani_Athulathmudali" title="Srimani Athulathmudali">Srimani Athulathmudali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._V._Gunaratne" title="C. V. Gunaratne">C. V. Gunaratne</a> <i>(Until 2000)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nimal_Siripala_de_Silva" title="Nimal Siripala de Silva">Nimal Siripala de Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ossie_Abeygunasekera" title="Ossie Abeygunasekera">Ossie Abeygunasekera</a> <i>(Until 1994)</i> <ul><li>Replaced by <a href="/wiki/P._P._Devaraj" title="P. P. Devaraj">P. P. Devaraj</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeewan_Kumaranatunga" title="Jeewan Kumaranatunga">Jeewan Kumaranatunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsley_Wickramaratne" title="Kingsley Wickramaratne">Kingsley Wickramaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._H._M._Fowzie" title="A. H. M. Fowzie">A. H. M. Fowzie</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nawalage_Bennet_Cooray&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nawalage Bennet Cooray (page does not exist)">Nawalage Bennet Cooray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharatha_Lakshman_Premachandra" title="Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra">Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susil_Moonesinghe" title="Susil Moonesinghe">Susil Moonesinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indika_Gunawardena" title="Indika Gunawardena">Indika Gunawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amal_Senalankadikara&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Amal Senalankadikara (page does not exist)">Amal Senalankadikara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Soysa" title="Bernard Soysa">Bernard Soysa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamini_Lokuge" title="Gamini Lokuge">Gamini Lokuge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karunasena_Kodituwakku" title="Karunasena Kodituwakku">Karunasena Kodituwakku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._H._Mohamed" title="M. H. Mohamed">M. H. Mohamed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weerasinghe_Mallimarachchi" title="Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi">Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi</a> <i>(Until 1994)</i> <ul><li>Replaced by <a href="/wiki/R._Yogarajan" title="R. Yogarajan">R. Yogarajan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyronne_Fernando" title="Tyronne Fernando">Tyronne Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gunasekara_Premaratne&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gunasekara Premaratne (page does not exist)">Gunasekara Premaratne</a></li></ul> <ul><li><b>(2000 – 2001):</b> <a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Karunanayake" title="Ravi Karunanayake">Ravi Karunanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._L._Peiris" title="G. L. Peiris">G. L. Peiris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Gunawardena" title="Dinesh Gunawardena">Dinesh Gunawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._H._M._Fowzie" title="A. H. M. Fowzie">A. H. M. Fowzie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeewan_Kumaranatunga" title="Jeewan Kumaranatunga">Jeewan Kumaranatunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandula_Gunawardane" title="Bandula Gunawardane">Bandula Gunawardane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indika_Gunawardena" title="Indika Gunawardena">Indika Gunawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Mahroof" title="Mohamed Mahroof">Mohamed Mahroof</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharatha_Lakshman_Premachandra" title="Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra">Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chandana_Kathriarachchci&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chandana Kathriarachchci (page does not exist)">Chandana Kathriarachchci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karunasena_Kodituwakku" title="Karunasena Kodituwakku">Karunasena Kodituwakku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamini_Lokuge" title="Gamini Lokuge">Gamini Lokuge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._H._Mohamed" title="M. H. Mohamed">M. H. Mohamed</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lilantha_Perera&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lilantha Perera (page does not exist)">Lilantha Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyronne_Fernando" title="Tyronne Fernando">Tyronne Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayantha_Ketagoda" title="Jayantha Ketagoda">Jayantha Ketagoda</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samson_Silva&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Samson Silva (page does not exist)">Samson Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wimal_Weerawansa" title="Wimal Weerawansa">Wimal Weerawansa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nimal_Fernando&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nimal Fernando (page does not exist)">Nimal Fernando</a></li></ul> <ul><li><b>(2001 – 2004):</b> <a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milinda_Moragoda" title="Milinda Moragoda">Milinda Moragoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Karunanayake" title="Ravi Karunanayake">Ravi Karunanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._H._M._Fowzie" title="A. H. M. Fowzie">A. H. M. Fowzie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arjuna_Ranatunga" title="Arjuna Ranatunga">Arjuna Ranatunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susil_Premajayantha" title="Susil Premajayantha">Susil Premajayantha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Gunawardena" title="Dinesh Gunawardena">Dinesh Gunawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Mahroof" title="Mohamed Mahroof">Mohamed Mahroof</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karunasena_Kodituwakku" title="Karunasena Kodituwakku">Karunasena Kodituwakku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeewan_Kumaranatunga" title="Jeewan Kumaranatunga">Jeewan Kumaranatunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamini_Lokuge" title="Gamini Lokuge">Gamini Lokuge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandula_Gunawardane" title="Bandula Gunawardane">Bandula Gunawardane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._H._Mohamed" title="M. H. Mohamed">M. H. Mohamed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharatha_Lakshman_Premachandra" title="Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra">Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chandana_Kathriarachchci&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chandana Kathriarachchci (page does not exist)">Chandana Kathriarachchci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mano_Ganesan" title="Mano Ganesan">Mano Ganesan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayantha_Ketagoda" title="Jayantha Ketagoda">Jayantha Ketagoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyronne_Fernando" title="Tyronne Fernando">Tyronne Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lilantha_Perera&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lilantha Perera (page does not exist)">Lilantha Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wimal_Weerawansa" title="Wimal Weerawansa">Wimal Weerawansa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Handunnetti" title="Sunil Handunnetti">Sunil Handunnetti</a></li></ul> <ul><li><b>(2004 – 2010):</b> <a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wimal_Weerawansa" title="Wimal Weerawansa">Wimal Weerawansa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Handunnetti" title="Sunil Handunnetti">Sunil Handunnetti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshman_Nipuna_Arachchi" title="Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi">Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susil_Premajayantha" title="Susil Premajayantha">Susil Premajayantha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milinda_Moragoda" title="Milinda Moragoda">Milinda Moragoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Gunawardena" title="Dinesh Gunawardena">Dinesh Gunawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arjuna_Ranatunga" title="Arjuna Ranatunga">Arjuna Ranatunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Karunanayake" title="Ravi Karunanayake">Ravi Karunanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._H._Mohamed" title="M. H. Mohamed">M. H. Mohamed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Maheswaran" title="T. Maheswaran">T. Maheswaran</a> <i>(Until 2008)</i> <ul><li>Replaced by <a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Rajabdeen" title="Mohamed Rajabdeen">Mohamed Rajabdeen</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandula_Gunawardane" title="Bandula Gunawardane">Bandula Gunawardane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Mahroof" title="Mohamed Mahroof">Mohamed Mahroof</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamini_Lokuge" title="Gamini Lokuge">Gamini Lokuge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeewan_Kumaranatunga" title="Jeewan Kumaranatunga">Jeewan Kumaranatunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mano_Ganesan" title="Mano Ganesan">Mano Ganesan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._H._M._Fowzie" title="A. H. M. Fowzie">A. H. M. Fowzie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uduwe_Dhammaloka" title="Uduwe Dhammaloka">Uduwe Dhammaloka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kotapola_Amarakitti_Thero" title="Kotapola Amarakitti Thero">Kotapola Amarakitti</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kathaluwe_Rathanaseeha&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kathaluwe Rathanaseeha (page does not exist)">Kathaluwe Rathanaseeha</a> <i>(Until 2004)</i> <ul><li>Replaced by <a href="/wiki/Akmeemana_Dayarathana_Thero" title="Akmeemana Dayarathana Thero">Akmeemana Dayarathana</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>(2010 – 2015):</b> <a href="/wiki/Wimal_Weerawansa" title="Wimal Weerawansa">Wimal Weerawansa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duminda_Silva" title="Duminda Silva">Duminda Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champika_Ranawaka" title="Champika Ranawaka">Champika Ranawaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Gunawardena" title="Dinesh Gunawardena">Dinesh Gunawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarath_Fonseka" title="Sarath Fonseka">Sarath Fonseka</a> <i>(Until 2010)</i> <ul><li>Replaced by <a href="/wiki/Jayantha_Ketagoda" title="Jayantha Ketagoda">Jayantha Ketagoda</a> <i>(From 2011)</i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Handunnetti" title="Sunil Handunnetti">Sunil Handunnetti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Karunanayake" title="Ravi Karunanayake">Ravi Karunanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Lal_Grero" title="Mohan Lal Grero">Mohan Lal Grero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosy_Senanayake" title="Rosy Senanayake">Rosy Senanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandula_Gunawardane" title="Bandula Gunawardane">Bandula Gunawardane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thilanga_Sumathipala" title="Thilanga Sumathipala">Thilanga Sumathipala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wijeyadasa_Rajapakshe" title="Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe">Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susil_Premajayantha" title="Susil Premajayantha">Susil Premajayantha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sujeewa_Senasinghe" title="Sujeewa Senasinghe">Sujeewa Senasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._H._M._Fowzie" title="A. H. M. Fowzie">A. H. M. Fowzie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeewan_Kumaranatunga" title="Jeewan Kumaranatunga">Jeewan Kumaranatunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamini_Lokuge" title="Gamini Lokuge">Gamini Lokuge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Praba_Ganesan" title="Praba Ganesan">Praba Ganesan</a></li></ul> <ul><li><b>(2015 – Present):</b> <a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wimal_Weerawansa" title="Wimal Weerawansa">Wimal Weerawansa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udaya_Gammanpila" title="Udaya Gammanpila">Udaya Gammanpila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susil_Premajayantha" title="Susil Premajayantha">Susil Premajayantha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Gunawardena" title="Dinesh Gunawardena">Dinesh Gunawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sujeewa_Senasinghe" title="Sujeewa Senasinghe">Sujeewa Senasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harsha_de_Silva" title="Harsha de Silva">Harsha de Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Karunanayake" title="Ravi Karunanayake">Ravi Karunanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champika_Ranawaka" title="Champika Ranawaka">Champika Ranawaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandula_Gunawardane" title="Bandula Gunawardane">Bandula Gunawardane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._M._Marikkar" title="S. M. Marikkar">S. M. Marikkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mujibur_Rahman_(Sri_Lankan_politician)" title="Mujibur Rahman (Sri Lankan politician)">Mujibur Rahman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eran_Wickramaratne" title="Eran Wickramaratne">Eran Wickramaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wijeyadasa_Rajapakshe" title="Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe">Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hirunika_Premachandra" title="Hirunika Premachandra">Hirunika Premachandra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mano_Ganesan" title="Mano Ganesan">Mano Ganesan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anura_Kumara_Dissanayake" title="Anura Kumara Dissanayake">Anura Kumara Dissanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Lal_Grero" title="Mohan Lal Grero">Mohan Lal Grero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamini_Lokuge" title="Gamini Lokuge">Gamini Lokuge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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