Colombo Electoral District

This article is about the electoral district in Sri Lanka. For other uses, see Colombo (disambiguation).

Colombo Sri Lankan Electoral District
Province	Western
Administrative District	Colombo
Polling Divisions	15
Electors	1,521,854[1] (2010)
Population	2,488,000[2] (2008)
Area	699 km2[3]
No. of MPs	19
MPs	A. H. M. Fowzie, UPFA Praba Ganesan, UPFA Mohan Lal Grero, UNF Bandula Gunawardane, UPFA Dinesh Gunawardena, UPFA Sunil Handunnetti, DNA Ravi Karunanayake, UNF Jayantha Ketagoda, DNA Jeewan Kumaranatunga, UPFA Gamini Lokuge, UPFA Susil Premajayanth, UPFA Wijeyadasa Rajapaksa, UNF Champika Ranawaka, UPFA Rosy Senanayake, UNF Sujeewa Senasinghe, UNF Duminda Silva, UPFA Thilanga Sumathipala, UPFA Wimal Weerawansa, UPFA Ranil Wickremasinghe, UNF

Colombo electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Colombo in the Western province. The district currently elects 19 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 1,521,854 registered electors in 2010.^[1]

1982 Presidential Election

Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982 for the district:

Candidate	Party	Votes per Polling Division															Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
		Avissa -wella	Borella	Colo -mbo Central	Colo -mbo East	Colo -mbo North	Colo -mbo West	Dehi -wela	Homa -gama	Kadu -wela	Kes- bewa	Kolon -nawa	Kotte	Mahara -gama	Mora -tuwa	Ratma -lana
Junius Jayewardene	UNP	26,648	21,383	68,346	21,367	29,380	22,115	23,730	27,981	27,963	25,576	25,221	25,129	26,967	32,096	21,280	11,108	436,290	57.86%
Hector Kobbekaduwa	SLFP	23,481	10,946	22,061	11,268	10,641	4,751	13,194	23,135	25,275	26,553	21,153	14,814	23,874	22,744	14,111	6,475	274,476	36.40%
Rohana Wijeweera	JVP	1,687	1,058	2,121	1,352	1,645	576	1,139	2,140	3,338	2,248	2,125	1,731	2,595	2,625	1,670	530	28,580	3.79%
Colvin R. de Silva	LSSP	238	395	415	828	361	409	695	591	569	851	504	527	946	1,137	778	411	9,655	1.28%
Kumar Ponnambalam	ACTC	70	132	810	320	477	521	201	50	33	29	29	32	27	43	99	149	3,022	0.40%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara	NSSP	205	63	110	142	60	156	117	205	119	150	86	108	116	137	146	88	2,008	0.27%
Valid Votes		52,329	33,977	93,863	35,277	42,564	28,528	39,076	54,102	57,297	55,407	49,118	42,341	54,525	58,782	38,084	18,761	754,031	100.00%
Rejected Votes		551	305	740	426	575	314	406	548	719	530	545	374	593	707	415	242	7,990
Total Polled		52,880	34,282	94,603	35,703	43,139	28,842	39,482	54,650	58,016	55,937	49,663	42,715	55,118	59,489	38,499	19,003	762,021
Registered Electors		62,628	47,123	127,452	48,760	57,534	40,375	51,622	68,955	73,006	71,002	62,523	59,048	71,597	80,297	50,269		972,191
Turnout (%)		84.44%	72.75%	74.23%	73.22%	74.98%	71.44%	76.48%	79.25%	79.47%	78.78%	79.43%	72.34%	76.98%	74.09%	76.59%		78.38%
Source: [4]

1988 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 1st Western provincial council election held on 2 June 1988 for the district:

Party	Votes	%	Seats
United National Party			23
United Socialist Alliance (CPSL, LSSP, NSSP, SLMP)			17
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress			3
Others			0
Valid Votes			43
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout
Source:

1988 Presidential Election

Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988 for the district:

Candidate	Party	Votes per Polling Division															Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
		Avissa -wella	Borella	Colo -mbo Central	Colo -mbo East	Colo -mbo North	Colo -mbo West	Dehi -wela	Homa -gama	Kadu -wela	Kes- bewa	Kolon -nawa	Kotte	Mahara -gama	Mora -tuwa	Ratma -lana
Ranasinghe Premadasa	UNP	24,292	16,452	58,795	16,480	22,389	14,670	18,326	20,810	22,872	25,549	23,895	18,834	20,770	31,546	18,409	7,248	361,337	49.14%
Sirimavo Bandaranaike	SLFP	23,721	13,083	26,083	13,477	10,744	7,473	16,599	27,570	30,600	35,184	25,050	22,607	31,396	29,654	18,308	8,409	339,958	46.23%
Oswin Abeygunasekara	SLMP	1,199	1,702	4,521	2,298	2,259	1,380	1,707	1,730	2,108	2,228	2,411	2,163	2,260	3,488	1,783	783	34,020	4.63%
Valid Votes		49,212	31,237	89,399	32,255	35,392	23,523	36,632	50,110	55,580	62,961	51,356	43,604	54,426	64,688	38,500	16,440	735,315	100.00%
Rejected Votes		570	499	1,572	666	647	342	520	679	806	879	849	563	779	977	584	363	11,295
Total Polled		49,782	31,736	90,971	32,921	36,039	23,865	37,152	50,789	56,386	63,840	52,205	44,167	55,205	65,665	39,084	16,803	746,610
Registered Electors		68,892	47,917	133,920	51,225	54,149	37,220	52,969	86,987	87,693	89,277	75,650	67,194	83,598	96,841	55,248		1,088,780
Turnout		72.26%	66.23%	67.93%	64.27%	66.56%	64.12%	70.14%	58.39%	64.30%	71.51%	69.01%	65.73%	66.04%	67.81%	70.74%		68.57%
Source: [5]

1989 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989 for the district:

Party	Votes per Polling Division															Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
	Avissa -wella	Borella	Colo -mbo Central	Colo -mbo East	Colo -mbo North	Colo -mbo West	Dehi -wela	Homa -gama	Kadu -wela	Kes- bewa	Kolon -nawa	Kotte	Mahara -gama	Mora -tuwa	Ratma -lana
United National Party / Ceylon Workers' Congress	23,462	17,324	49,733	17,908	22,052	15,265	19,768	24,795	25,849	27,415	24,561	20,113	22,042	33,090	21,237	9,916	374,530	51.67%	12
Sri Lanka Freedom Party	4,131	8,721	11,861	8,654	5,691	4,100	12,193	14,872	21,306	25,830	18,531	17,007	11,002	22,024	13,063	6,067	205,053	28.29%	6
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	20,225	1,040	1,326	1,620	732	669	1,724	7,920	7,241	4,351	2,698	3,030	19,152	1,859	1,407	1,972	76,966	10.62%	2
United Socialist Alliance (CPSL, LSSP, NSSP, SLMP)	523	1,745	4,399	2,482	1,680	1,502	1,341	1,440	1,850	1,890	2,917	2,041	1,758	3,796	1,500	1,009	31,873	4.40%	0
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress	168	1,604	19,874	680	2,786	1,259	790	81	117	73	662	284	158	301	415	56	29,308	4.04%	0
United Lanka People's Party	1,172	254	205	363	239	247	184	1,846	485	266	161	386	671	238	217	178	7,112	0.98%	0
Valid Votes	49,681	30,688	87,398	31,707	33,180	23,042	36,000	50,954	56,848	59,825	49,530	42,861	54,783	61,308	37,839	19,198	724,842	100.00%	20
Rejected Votes	2,500	1,501	6,126	1,439	2,460	949	1,351	3,068	2,473	2,710	2,477	1,507	2,138	2,463	1,602	507	35,271
Total Polled	52,181	32,189	93,524	33,146	35,640	23,991	37,351	54,022	59,321	62,535	52,007	44,368	56,921	63,771	39,441	19,705	760,113
Registered Electors	67,851	47,174	131,624	49,993	53,356	36,820	52,176	82,139	86,029	87,609	74,671	65,984	81,774	95,786	54,316	20,589	1,087,891
Turnout	76.91%	68.23%	71.05%	66.30%	66.80%	65.16%	71.59%	65.77%	68.95%	71.38%	69.65%	67.24%	69.61%	66.58%	72.61%	95.71%	69.87%
Source: [6]

The following candidates were elected:^[6] Lalith Athulathmudali (UNP), 235,447 preference votes (pv); Bulathsinghalage Sirisena Cooray (UNP), 92,263 pv; Stanley Tillekerathne (SLFP), 83,636 pv; Dinesh Gunawardena (MEP), 70,616 pv; Arachchige Jinadasa Niyathapala (SLFP) 67,804 pv; C. V. Gunaratne (SLFP), 60,603 pv; Bandula Gunawardane (MEP), 50,861 pv; Dickson J Perera (SLFP), 50,735 pv; Gamini Lokuge (UNP), 48,790 pv; M. H. Mohamed (UNP), 47,451 pv; Tyronne Fernando (UNP), 44,718 pv; Premaratne Gunasekera (UNP), 44,559 pv; Mathew Vincent Perera (UNP), 42,776 pv; Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi (UNP), 41,508 pv; Kingsley Tissa Wickremaratne (SLFP), 38,815 pv; Nimal Siripala de Silva (SLFP), 38,647 pv; Sunethra Ranasinghe (UNP), 37,165 pv; M. S. Sellasamy (CWC), 36,480 pv, Mohamed Jabir Abdul Cader (UNP), 30,252 pv; and Malwattage Nimal Ransiri Peiris (UNP), 27,130 pv.

Lalith Athulathmudali (DUNF) was murdered on 23 April 1993.^[7]

1993 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 2nd Western provincial council election held on 17 May 1993 for the district:

Party	Votes	%	Seats
People's Alliance (SLFP et al)			17
United National Party			16
Democratic United National Front			10
Others			0
Valid Votes			43
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout
Source:

1994 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994 for the district:

Party	Votes per Polling Division															Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
	Avissa -wella	Borella	Colo -mbo Central	Colo -mbo East	Colo -mbo North	Colo -mbo West	Dehi -wela	Homa -gama	Kadu -wela	Kes- bewa	Kolon -nawa	Kotte	Mahara -gama	Mora -tuwa	Ratma -lana
People's Alliance (SLFP et al)	20,782	16,764	42,060	18,211	18,140	8,977	20,882	40,034	46,899	49,342	36,939	28,106	41,034	41,670	25,967	13,835	469,642	50.94%	11
United National Party / Ceylon Workers' Congress	28,768	17,076	50,136	17,858	24,522	12,983	16,942	29,566	30,668	29,585	26,796	21,215	25,269	30,360	15,860	7,496	385,100	41.77%	9
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	11,846	1,345	878	1,615	399	462	1,145	3,409	4,327	2,709	1,646	1,975	6,932	1,543	1,061	1,442	42,734	4.64%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front (JVP)	476	414	502	493	268	90	327	1,180	1,541	1,418	935	742	1,142	992	666	268	11,454	1.24%	0
Independent	46	258	1,526	1,593	1,254	2,813	813	31	57	33	42	140	51	96	311	187	9,251	1.00%	0
Nava Sama Samaja Party	95	93	319	58	157	44	71	169	183	165	138	104	152	155	115	32	2,050	0.22%	0
EROS / PLOTE / TELO	73	36	130	87	96	31	44	106	94	105	71	39	89	60	50	2	1,113	0.12%	0
Democratic Workers' Congress	48	32	159	18	53	25	11	49	23	46	26	18	29	34	9	9	589	0.06%	0
Valid Votes	62,134	36,018	95,710	39,933	44,889	25,425	40,235	74,544	83,792	83,403	66,593	52,339	74,698	74,910	44,039	23,271	921,933	100.00%	20
Rejected Votes	2,882	1,524	5,995	1,618	2,593	821	1,273	2,938	3,010	2,932	2,775	1,485	2,082	2,701	1,652	354	36,635
Total Polled	65,016	37,542	101,705	41,551	47,482	26,246	41,508	77,482	86,802	86,335	69,368	53,824	76,780	77,611	45,691	23,625	958,568
Registered Electors	81,213	52,007	139,012	57,049	63,528	36,915	55,301	106,536	113,173	110,948	90,167	71,213	101,317	97,831	59,749		1,235,959
Turnout	80.06%	72.19%	73.16%	72.83%	74.74%	71.10%	75.06%	72.73%	76.70%	77.82%	76.93%	75.58%	75.78%	79.33%	76.47%		77.56%
Source: [8]

The following candidates were elected:^[8] Ranil Wickremasinghe (UNP), 291,194 preference votes (pv); Srimani Athulathmudali (PA), 148,727 pv; C. V. Gunaratne (PA), 114,756 pv; Nimal Siripala de Silva (PA), 111,730 pv; Ossie Abeygunasekara (UNP), 98,022 pv; Jeewan Kumaranatunga (PA), 95,767 pv; Kingsly Tissa Wickramarathne (PA), 95,077 pv; A. H. M. Fowzie (PA), 72,294 pv; Nawalaage Benet Cooray (PA), 66,976 pv; Baratha Lakshman Premachandra (PA), 63,421 pv; Susil Moonesinghe (UNP), 61,610 pv; Indika Gunawardena (PA), 58,753 pv; Amal Senalankadikara (PA), 54,321 pv; Bernard Soysa (PA), 50,872 pv; Gamini Lokuge (UNP), 47,058 pv; Karunasena Kodituwakku (UNP), 46,134 pv; M. H. Mohamed (UNP), 44,527 pv; Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi (UNP), 44,322 pv; Tyronne Fernando (UNP), 42,872 pv; and Gunasekara Premaratne (UNP), 40,646 pv.

Ossie Abeygunasekara (UNP) and Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi (UNP) were murdered on 24 October 1994. Their replacements were P. P. Devaraj (UNP) and R. Yogarajan (UNP).

C.V. Gunaratne (PA) was murdered on 7 June 2000.^[9]

1994 Presidential Election

Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994 for the district:

Candidate	Party	Votes per Polling Division															Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
		Avissa -wella	Borella	Colo -mbo Central	Colo -mbo East	Colo -mbo North	Colo -mbo West	Dehi -wela	Homa -gama	Kadu -wela	Kes- bewa	Kolon -nawa	Kotte	Mahara -gama	Mora -tuwa	Ratma -lana
Chandrika Kumaratunga	PA	31,132	20,837	56,219	23,867	26,250	14,329	23,977	45,072	51,876	54,327	40,296	31,646	47,818	45,403	28,666	15,993	557,708	64.82%
Srimathi Dissanayake	UNP	23,126	13,162	33,824	12,806	15,924	8,557	12,783	22,369	23,475	22,130	21,313	16,331	19,514	24,493	12,275	6,659	288,741	33.56%
Harischandra Wijayatunga	SMBP	787	236	245	373	118	179	326	444	599	464	330	521	638	280	273	246	6,059	0.70%
A. J. Ranashinge	Ind 1	230	124	291	182	103	180	195	284	521	268	201	232	240	234	151	97	3,533	0.41%
Hudson Samarasinghe	Ind 2	290	96	271	115	138	68	111	279	241	210	202	118	158	127	83	19	2,526	0.29%
G. A. Nihal	SLPF	163	57	149	72	75	19	78	171	205	179	156	97	153	118	71	56	1,819	0.21%
Valid Votes		55,728	34,512	90,999	37,415	42,608	23,332	37,470	68,619	76,917	77,578	62,498	48,945	68,521	70,655	41,519	23,070	860,386	100.00%
Rejected Votes		1,313	617	2,020	843	947	460	614	1,102	1,445	1,159	1,120	762	1,328	988	887	455	16,060
Total Polled		57,041	35,129	93,019	38,258	43,555	23,792	38,084	69,721	78,362	78,737	63,618	49,707	69,849	71,643	42,406	23,525	876,446
Registered Electors		81,213	52,007	139,012	57,049	63,528	36,915	55,301	106,536	113,173	110,948	90,167	71,213	101,317	97,831	59,749		1,235,959
Turnout		70.24%	67.55%	66.91%	67.06%	68.56%	64.45%	68.87%	65.44%	69.24%	70.97%	70.56%	69.80%	68.94%	73.23%	70.97%		70.91%
Source: [10]

1999 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 3rd Western provincial council election held on 6 April 1999 for the district:

Party	Votes	%	Seats
United National Party	362,636	45.07%	19
People's Alliance (SLFP, SLMC et al)	313,576	38.98%	17
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	55,361	6.88%	3
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	43,008	5.35%	2
National Union of Workers (CWC, DWC)	12,510	1.55%	1
New Left Front (NSSP et al)	9,140	1.14%	1
Muslim United Liberation Front	5,087	0.63%	0
Liberal Party	1,411	0.18%	0
Independent	1,326	0.16%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	495	0.06%	0
Valid Votes	804,550	100.00%	43
Rejected Votes	50,435
Total Polled	854,985
Registered Electors	1,326,487
Turnout	64.45%
Sources: [11][12]

1999 Presidential Election

Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999 for the district:

Candidate	Party	Votes per Polling Division															Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
		Avissa -wella	Borella	Colo -mbo Central	Colo -mbo East	Colo -mbo North	Colo -mbo West	Dehi -wela	Homa -gama	Kadu -wela	Kes- bewa	Kolon -nawa	Kotte	Mahara -gama	Mora -tuwa	Ratma -lana
Chandrika Kumaratunga	PA	33,957	17,023	35,416	17,777	18,114	7,327	18,683	46,823	50,535	51,240	36,907	24,782	43,584	41,380	22,868	7,894	474,310	49.18%
Ranil Wickremasinghe	UNP	26,903	19,151	59,234	22,281	32,714	16,531	19,126	30,859	32,951	31,302	28,681	21,455	27,338	33,017	17,572	6,070	425,185	44.08%
Nandana Gunathilake	JVP	2,976	1,289	1,955	1,486	1,281	406	1,346	4,878	6,170	5,236	3,385	2,075	4,168	3,692	2,514	1,152	44,009	4.56%
Harischandra Wijayatunga	SMBP	334	275	272	410	115	210	412	662	916	940	468	763	1,119	431	485	397	8,209	0.85%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara	LDA	300	148	424	419	408	539	324	267	338	346	188	231	340	288	203	237	5,000	0.52%
Abdul Rasool	SLMP	109	119	630	109	163	92	86	91	91	71	107	47	78	76	94	17	1,980	0.21%
Rajiva Wijesinha	Liberal	123	57	137	89	94	99	78	102	101	101	93	87	82	72	55	6	1,376	0.14%
T. Edirisuriya	Ind 1	113	42	104	59	86	36	44	129	112	134	113	83	117	127	60	11	1,370	0.14%
W. V. M. Ranjith	Ind 2	158	57	178	61	95	17	33	140	102	105	97	37	98	96	42	3	1,319	0.14%
Kamal Karunadasa	PLSF	91	23	82	34	46	13	17	69	79	70	42	41	68	70	36	2	783	0.08%
Hudson Samarasinghe	Ind 3	41	13	53	19	26	15	9	32	32	20	23	10	31	20	10	1	355	0.04%
A. Dissanayaka	DUNF	30	5	26	16	14	7	20	34	34	32	16	10	25	38	18	4	329	0.03%
A. W. Premawardhana	PFF	47	11	24	10	11	6	16	37	29	26	13	15	33	20	7	4	309	0.03%
Valid Votes		65,182	38,213	98,535	42,770	53,167	25,298	40,194	84,123	91,490	89,623	70,133	49,636	77,081	79,327	43,964	15,798	964,534	100.00%
Rejected Votes		1,495	1,058	2,605	1,388	1,409	896	1,446	2,383	2,530	2,967	1,819	1,675	2,876	2,006	1,500	1,144	29,197
Total Polled		66,677	39,271	101,140	44,158	54,576	26,194	41,640	86,506	94,020	92,590	71,952	51,311	79,957	81,333	45,464	16,942	993,731
Registered Electors		87,913	55,338	143,993	64,386	77,447	40,908	58,407	116,577	126,119	121,836	96,164	70,424	108,622	105,483	63,466		1,337,083
Turnout		75.84%	70.97%	70.24%	68.58%	70.47%	64.03%	71.29%	74.21%	74.55%	76.00%	74.82%	72.86%	73.61%	77.11%	71.64%		74.32%
Source: [13]

2000 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000 for the district:

Party	Votes per Polling Division															Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
	Avissa -wella	Borella	Colo -mbo Central	Colo -mbo East	Colo -mbo North	Colo -mbo West	Dehi -wela	Homa -gama	Kadu -wela	Kes- bewa	Kolon -nawa	Kotte	Mahara -gama	Mora -tuwa	Ratma -lana
United National Party	26,671	19,588	57,578	22,232	33,212	15,480	19,646	33,930	35,792	34,978	30,522	22,207	28,952	35,570	18,556	5,770	440,684	43.48%	10
People's Alliance (SLFP et al)	33,986	14,025	20,414	13,922	13,422	4,999	14,382	41,330	43,474	41,977	32,394	20,249	36,995	36,883	17,886	7,808	394,146	38.89%	8
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	4,434	1,990	2,806	2,844	2,031	709	2,556	8,758	11,268	10,219	5,741	3,566	8,174	6,849	4,454	1,734	78,133	7.71%	2
Sinhala Heritage	1,086	2,106	1,683	2,939	1,043	1,418	3,200	3,283	4,701	6,211	2,604	4,881	6,302	3,721	3,356	1,137	49,671	4.73%	0
National Unity Alliance (SLMC)	316	1,441	16,420	534	3,149	925	977	39	1,08	33	1,689	266	93	478	548	51	27,067	2.77%	0
All Ceylon Tamil Congress	26	136	747	927	910	1,371	622	10	11	3	16	19	9	171	210	50	5,238	0.52%	0
Ceylon Workers' Congress	832	210	1,247	411	1,099	289	122	11	12	16	205	41	3	10	59	21	4,588	0.45%	0
New Left Front (NSSP et al)	369	163	378	231	282	253	194	350	279	336	204	155	252	231	154	46	3,877	0.39%	0
Citizen's Front	72	143	1,236	169	155	91	59	97	87	99	117	120	127	201	81	25	2,879	0.28%	0
National People’s Party	32	42	96	97	49	105	82	71	127	123	77	106	148	122	91	32	1,400	0.14%	0
Muslim United Liberation Front	39	54	797	30	60	15	25	50	32	56	54	16	25	22	44	2	1,321	0.13%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	65	37	46	52	23	22	57	101	136	200	72	87	149	57	73	51	1,228	0.12%	0
Independent 3	21	14	75	9	24	21	50	28	20	27	12	17	23	40	421	6	808	0.08%	0
United Lalith Front	70	22	80	27	47	15	23	95	68	50	35	28	59	31	28	6	684	0.07%	0
Liberal Party	17	29	16	35	5	88	36	19	40	40	11	33	40	31	57	0	497	0.05%	0
Socialist Equality Party	9	17	26	25	8	14	20	8	38	41	30	21	45	52	26	9	389	0.04%	0
Independent 2	5	56	98	15	46	8	4	11	9	11	18	27	32	7	8	2	357	0.04%	0
Democratic United National Front	30	16	24	13	17	7	14	39	32	38	26	18	32	28	16	5	355	0.04%	0
Sri Lanka Muslim Party	6	8	40	29	35	36	23	10	6	10	6	8	5	7	13	2	244	0.02%	0
Independent 5	15	11	19	4	9	5	4	18	14	15	14	12	17	10	12	0	179	0.02%	0
Ruhuna People's Party	6	11	16	33	3	4	2	6	7	23	7	6	6	9	4	0	143	0.01%	0
Independent 4	8	6	7	7	3	6	4	9	6	14	2	9	12	3	8	5	109	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	2	2	49	1	6	1	4	3	5	1	5	2	2	4	2	1	90	0.01%	0
Independent 1	4	2	7	4	6	3	3	8	7	7	1	4	7	6	6	0	75	0.01%	0
People's Freedom Front	9	1	3	1	4	4	2	5	3	5	3	2	9	2	3	2	58	0.01%	0
Valid Votes	68,130	40,130	103,908	44,591	55,648	25,889	42,111	88,289	96,282	94,533	73,865	51,900	81,518	84,545	46,116	16,765	1,014,220	100.00%	20
Rejected Votes	3,153	1,611	5,986	1,882	3,229	1,042	1,246	3,529	3,107	2,999	2,745	1,380	2,517	2,888	1,702	408	39,424
Total Polled	71,283	41,741	109,894	46,473	58,877	26,931	43,357	91,818	99,389	97,532	76,610	53,280	84,035	87,433	47,818	17,173	1,053,644
Registered Electors	90,721	58,676	152,701	66,374	80,510	40,939	58,883	121,170	130,721	125,802	99,486	71,617	111,204	111,701	65,042		1,385,547
Turnout (%)	78.57%	71.14%	71.97%	70.02%	73.13%	65.78%	73.63%	75.78%	76.03%	77.53%	77.01%	74.40%	75.57%	78.27%	73.52%		76.05%
Source: [14]

The following candidates were elected:^[15] Ranil Wickremasinghe (UNP), 363,668 preference votes (pv); Ravi Karunanayake (UNP), 145,593 pv; G. L. Peiris (PA), 139,123 pv; Dinesh Gunawardena (PA-MEP), 114,795 pv; A. H. M. Fowzie (PA), 100,200; Jeewan Kumaranatunga (PA), 88,620 pv; Bandula Gunawardane (PA-MEP), 70,537 pv; Indika Gunawardena (PA), 70,341 pv; M. Mahroof (UNP), 65,400 pv; Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra (PA), 62,237 pv; Chandan Kathriarachchi (PA), 61,301 pv; Karunasena Kodituwakku (UNP), 60,318 pv; Gamini Lokuge (UNP), 58,009 pv; M. H. Mohamed (UNP), 49,239 pv; Kanahela Bandaralage Lilantha Perera (UNP), 48,848 pv; Tyronne Fernando (UNP), 41,439 pv; Ketagoda Gamage Jayantha Perera (UNP), 39,242 pv; and Maddumage Samson Silva (UNP), 38,894 pv; Wimal Weerawansa (JVP), 13,284 pv; and Elabadage Nimal Upatissa Fernando (JVP), 5,717 pv.

2001 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001 for the district:

Party	Votes per Polling Division															Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
	Avissa -wella	Borella	Colo -mbo Central	Colo -mbo East	Colo -mbo North	Colo -mbo West	Dehi -wela	Homa -gama	Kadu -wela	Kes- bewa	Kolon -nawa	Kotte	Mahara -gama	Mora -tuwa	Ratma -lana
United National Front (UNP, SLMC, CWC, WPF)	32,784	24,349	80,318	26,636	41,052	18,020	24,219	39,943	43,330	42,260	37,256	27,717	35,932	42,150	23,432		546,417	51.62%	12
People's Alliance (SLFP et al)	29,176	12,710	19,149	11,807	11,792	4,053	12,686	37,389	39,238	37,815	28,465	18,573	32,800	33,627	17,344		353,401	33.39%	7
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	7,121	2,872	3,883	3,613	3,098	926	3,786	14,159	16,602	16,045	8,869	5,275	12,776	9,932	5,750		117,404	11.09%	2
Sinhala Heritage	515	785	731	962	342	396	944	1,229	1,541	2,170	1,001	1,694	2,106	1,161	1,014		16,970	1.60%	0
Tamil National Alliance (TULF, ACTC et al)	11	244	1,649	2,075	2,483	3,499	1,434	5	22	10	41	73	38	450	571		12,696	1.20%	0
New Left Front (NSSP et al)	335	135	308	142	184	83	121	385	284	355	236	155	272	255	180		3,457	0.33%	0
Democratic Left Front	271	85	178	203	138	129	193	347	302	360	182	202	298	227	132		3,322	0.31%	0
United Socialist Party	93	64	315	101	142	43	38	92	117	97	120	46	67	111	52		1,503	0.14%	0
United Lalith Front	98	57	212	39	76	32	32	102	95	73	76	40	54	72	36		1,101	0.10%	0
Eelam People's Democratic Party	54	19	77	88	62	58	28	45	35	25	33	15	37	40	24		640	0.06%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	35	22	20	26	7	9	29	37	43	50	55	32	44	36	33		478	0.05%	0
Socialist Equality Party	12	14	6	12	10	9	8	22	20	21	18	16	25	31	15		239	0.02%	0
Sri Lanka Muslim Party	7	12	50	2	15	10	8	4	11	7	19	12	5	4	8		174	0.02%	0
National Development Front	14	4	9	8	6	2	8	9	19	11	7	11	8	12	9		137	0.01%	0
Independent 2	11	1	7	2	8	4	7	8	14	8	5	8	9	5	3		100	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	7	3	15	3	15	2	1	7	5	3	5	2	7	4	2		81	0.01%	0
Independent 4	6	3	12	8	5	6	3	4	4	3	9	1	5	5	3		77	0.01%	0
Independent 1	6	3	3	6	3	2	2	5	11	8	8	3	5	10	1		76	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka National Front	1	2	12	4	5	1	3	6	9	8	4	5	5	4	2		71	0.01%	0
Ruhuna People's Party	6	3	6	5	2	2	3	6	5	8	3	4	6	5	1		65	0.01%	0
Independent 3	2	1	10	3	3	3	3	2	5	2	2	0	1	3	2		42	0.00%	0
Valid Votes	70,565	41,388	106,970	45,745	59,448	27,289	43,556	93,806	101,712	99,339	76,414	53,884	84,500	88,144	48,614		1,058,481	100.00%	21
Rejected Votes	3,324	1,598	5,700	1,855	3,352	959	1,448	3,725	3,218	3,356	2,761	1,698	2,608	3,294	1,664		40,901
Total Polled	73,889	42,986	112,670	47,600	62,800	28,248	45,004	97,531	104,930	102,695	79,175	55,582	87,108	91,438	50,278		1,099,382
Registered Electors	93,630	61,373	159,417	66,736	86,842	41,908	61,222	127,422	135,550	131,571	102,676	74,140	114,854	115,430	67,911		1,440,682
Turnout	78.92%	70.04%	70.68%	71.33%	72.32%	67.40%	73.51%	76.54%	77.41%	78.05%	77.11%	74.97%	75.84%	79.22%	74.04%		76.31%
Sources: [16][17]

The following candidates were elected:^[18] Ranil Wickremasinghe (UNF), 415,686 preference votes (pv); Milinda Moragoda (UNF), 134,132 pv; Ravi Karunanayake (UNF), 129,893 pv; A. H. M. Fowzie (PA), 103,817 pv; Arjuna Ranatunga (PA), 97,409 pv; Susil Premajayanth (PA), 90,170 pv; Dinesh Gunawardena (PA-MEP), 87,615 pv; M. Mahroof (UNF), 85,988 pv; Karunasena Kodituwakku (UNF), 78,093 pv; Jeewan Kumaranatunga (PA), 70,790 pv; Gamini Lokuge (UNF), 66,968 pv; Bandula Gunawardane (UNF), 66,516 pv; M. H. Mohamed (UNF), 64,783 pv; Baratha Lakshman Premachandra (PA), 61,530 pv; Chandana Kathriarachchi (PA), 57,673 pv; Mano Ganesan (UNF-WPF), 54,942 pv; Jayantha Ketagoda (UNF), 54,274 pv; Tyronne Fernando (UNF), 46,129 pv; Kanahela Bandaralage Lilantha Perera (UNF), 43,887 pv; Wimal Weerawansa (JVP), 19,687 pv; and Sunil Handunnetti (JVP), 9,438 pv.

2004 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004 for the district:

Party	Votes per Polling Division															Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
	Avissa -wella	Borella	Colo -mbo Central	Colo -mbo East	Colo -mbo North	Colo -mbo West	Dehi -wela	Homa -gama	Kadu -wela	Kes- bewa	Kolon -nawa	Kotte	Mahara -gama	Mora -tuwa	Ratma -lana
United National Front (UNP, SLMC, CWC, WPF)	28,607	21,543	71,599	23,739	40,387	19,084	19,865	29,029	32,772	26,302	29,540	19,635	22,337	34,313	18,448	4,641	441,841	41.76%	9
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, JVP et al)	37,380	12,484	17,681	12,141	12,724	3,613	12,577	49,520	53,065	45,939	32,976	20,070	37,919	38,833	19,284	8,482	414,688	39.20%	8
Jathika Hela Urumaya	5,952	6,360	8,881	9,116	3,409	2,824	9,247	17,768	18,485	29,850	14,311	13,192	25,385	13,493	9,085	3,260	190,618	18.02%	3
National Development Front	96	109	230	91	415	44	63	175	202	215	194	140	177	168	86	15	2,420	0.23%	0
New Left Front (NSSP et al)	133	89	225	166	175	150	112	129	139	121	106	95	135	161	71	30	2,037	0.19%	0
National People's Party	72	41	49	45	24	19	43	175	115	244	78	55	160	102	50	1	1,273	0.12%	0
United Socialist Party	71	27	204	57	93	20	30	59	53	40	74	29	32	73	31	1	894	0.08%	0
United Muslim People's Party	40	61	317	40	75	22	24	29	30	29	81	30	22	33	23	2	858	0.08%	0
Independent 7	1	54	501	5	42	4	10	3	3	3	40	9	0	3	5	0	683	0.06%	0
United Lalith Front	43	20	117	25	57	19	17	39	37	27	29	16	34	49	20	1	550	0.05%	0
Eelam People's Democratic Party	34	12	66	65	45	21	30	32	48	41	26	15	36	38	26	4	539	0.05%	0
Swarajya	2	29	98	37	8	55	25	7	22	30	15	26	9	11	27	3	404	0.04%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	12	2	4	10	5	2	15	17	26	31	15	14	28	9	8	5	203	0.02%	0
Socialist Equality Party	4	11	10	11	10	5	6	6	18	18	4	7	14	24	7	4	159	0.02%	0
Independent 11	11	2	13	6	10	4	3	13	13	10	6	6	6	7	4	0	114	0.01%	0
Independent 10	9	6	13	3	8	3	2	18	6	5	6	1	6	7	5	0	98	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka Muslim Party	1	10	35	7	5	9	4	3	3	3	7	0	4	4	1	1	97	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	2	4	34	1	6	0	3	2	2	6	3	1	3	4	0	0	71	0.01%	0
Independent 8	5	4	8	2	2	1	1	8	11	4	2	3	6	6	4	0	67	0.01%	0
Independent 1	1	13	3	2	2	3	2	2	5	5	2	2	2	5	0	0	49	0.00%	0
Independent 2	1	5	12	0	3	4	1	4	5	1	2	1	1	4	2	0	46	0.00%	0
Independent 4	3	3	2	3	5	3	1	4	3	4	1	2	3	3	1	2	43	0.00%	0
Sri Lanka National Front	1	1	5	1	2	1	1	3	3	6	0	3	4	6	5	0	42	0.00%	0
Independent 6	7	1	12	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	6	0	0	6	0	0	40	0.00%	0
Independent 5	4	1	5	2	3	1	1	5	2	2	1	4	0	3	2	0	36	0.00%	0
Independent 3	2	0	5	0	3	0	2	4	3	2	3	2	1	5	2	0	34	0.00%	0
Independent 9	4	0	7	0	5	0	1	2	1	3	1	0	1	3	4	0	32	0.00%	0
Ruhuna People's Party	2	1	6	0	3	0	1	5	4	0	1	1	2	3	1	0	30	0.00%	0
Valid Votes	72,500	40,893	100,142	45,576	57,528	25,914	42,087	97,061	105,077	102,942	77,530	53,359	86,327	87,376	47,202	16,452	1,057,966	100.00%	20
Rejected Votes	3,491	1,457	5,451	1,689	3,431	869	1,173	3,516	3,316	2,831	2,832	1,413	2,161	3,139	1,531	305	38,605
Total Polled	75,991	42,350	105,593	47,265	60,959	26,783	43,260	100,577	108,393	105,773	80,362	54,772	88,488	90,515	48,733	16,757	1,096,571
Registered Electors	98,012	62,722	153,763	67,885	86,388	40,209	60,159	135,242	143,644	137,285	106,335	74,159	118,318	116,454	67,176		1,467,751
Turnout	77.53%	67.52%	68.67%	69.63%	70.56%	66.61%	71.91%	74.37%	75.46%	77.05%	75.57%	73.86%	74.79%	77.73%	72.55%		74.71%
Source: [19]

The following candidates were elected:^[20] Ranil Wickremasinghe (UNF-UNP), 329,524 preference votes (pv); Wimal Weerawansa (UPFA-JVP), 237,185 pv; Sunil Handunnetti (UPFA-JVP), 152,942 pv; Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi (UPFA-JVP), 122,645 pv; Susil Premajayanth (UPFA-SLFP), 100,074 pv; Milinda Moragoda (UNF-UNP), 99,146 pv; Dinesh Gunawardena (UPFA-MEP), 82,626 pv; Arjuna Ranatunga (UPFA-SLFP), 81,914 pv; Ravi Karunanayake (UNF-UNP), 69,975 pv; M. H. Mohamed (UNF-UNP), 62,559 pv; T. Maheswaran (UNF-UNP), 57,978 pv; Bandula Gunawardane (UNF-UNP), 57,460 pv; M. Mahroof (UNF-UNP), 55,919 pv; Gamini Lokuge (UNF-UNP), 53,810 pv; Jeewan Kumaranatunga (UPFA-SLFP), 51,583 pv; Mano Ganesan (UNF-WPF), 51,508 pv; A. H. M. Fowzie (UPFA-SLFP), 49,719 pv; Uduwe Dhammaloka (JHU), 42,850 pv; Kotapola Amarakitti (JHU), 26,539 pv; and Kataluwe Ratanasiya (JHU), 10,512 pv.

Kataluwe Ratanasiya (JHU) resigned on 18 May 2004. His replacement was Akmeemana Dayarathana (JHU).

T. Maheswaran (UNF-UNP) was murdered on 1 January 2008.^[21] His replacement Mohamed Rajabdeen (UNF-SLMC) was sworn in on 8 January 2008.^[22]

2004 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 4th Western provincial council election held on 10 July 2004 for the district:

Party	Votes per Polling Division															Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
	Avissa -wella	Borella	Colo -mbo Central	Colo -mbo East	Colo -mbo North	Colo -mbo West	Dehi -wela	Homa -gama	Kadu -wela	Kes- bewa	Kolon -nawa	Kotte	Mahara -gama	Mora -tuwa	Ratma -lana
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, JVP et al)	29,534	8,968	14,580	9,372	9,615	2,632	10,374	35,610	40,785	38,289	25,690	16,436	31,251	30,382	14,621	4,514	322,653	49.11%	21
United National Party	18,113	15,020	35,680	14,251	23,661	7,622	10,850	20,694	20,364	21,088	20,889	12,758	16,794	25,453	11,369	2,153	276,759	42.12%	18
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress	413	1,524	18,727	578	4,209	975	554	54	142	43	2,716	480	62	352	336	19	31,184	4.75%	2
Western People's Front	400	688	3,282	1,423	3,637	997	308	15	77	10	703	266	11	237	155	10	12,219	1.86%	1
Democratic Unity Alliance	61	586	2,882	263	667	332	337	62	103	62	273	92	55	278	151	15	6,219	0.95%	1
New Left Front (NSSP et al)	185	297	447	168	247	218	106	229	111	174	207	165	145	202	98	25	3,024	0.46%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	81	79	74	87	38	22	93	152	191	275	386	202	221	134	96	63	2,194	0.33%	0
National Development Front	75	70	85	46	217	20	26	100	126	115	94	65	82	172	42	2	1,337	0.20%	0
United Lalith Front	63	33	144	33	69	11	20	59	42	69	56	41	36	52	37	6	771	0.12%	0
United Sinhala Great Council	16	11	27	17	12	1	17	19	24	33	17	18	21	16	17	10	276	0.04%	0
Independent	19	8	29	15	10	3	5	19	15	29	11	12	25	22	18	11	251	0.04%	0
Sri Lanka National Front	7	4	28	5	15	4	3	2	4	10	8	4	9	6	3	1	113	0.02%	0
Valid Votes	48,967	27,288	75,985	26,258	42,397	12,837	22,693	57,015	61,984	60,197	51,050	30,539	48,712	57,306	26,943	6,829	657,000	100.00%	43
Rejected Votes	3,022	1,753	4,952	1,809	2,696	694	1,508	3,789	3,936	4,749	3,694	2,191	3,979	3,590	1,989	653	45,004
Total Polled	51,989	29,041	80,937	28,067	45,093	13,531	24,201	60,804	65,920	64,946	54,744	32,730	52,691	60,896	28,932	7,482	702,004
Registered Electors	98,012	62,722	153,763	67,885	86,388	40,209	60,159	135,242	143,644	137,285	106,335	74,159	118,318	116,454	67,176		1,467,751
Turnout	53.04%	46.30%	52.64%	41.34%	52.20%	33.65%	40.23%	44.96%	45.89%	47.31%	51.48%	44.13%	44.53%	52.29%	43.07%		47.83%
Source: [23]

The following candidates were elected:^[23] Duminda Silva (UNP), 56,569 preference votes (pv); Anura Hemapala (UPFA), 36,029 pv; Andarage Don Gamini Thilakasiri (UPFA), 34,992 pv; Muthumalage Jayantha de Silva (UNP), 34,776 pv; H. Kanchana Peiris (UPFA), 34,658 pv; Hector Bethmage (UPFA), 31,924 pv; S. Watagala (UPFA), 31,836 pv; Abeygunarathna Lakshman (UNP), 30,945 pv; M. Priyanga Kothalawala (UPFA), 30,876 pv; Mohan Lal Grero (UNP), 30,436 pv; G.H. Buddhadasa (UPFA), 29,682 pv; R.V. Pathirana Sarath (UPFA), 29,375 pv; Jayamini Don Hadaragamage Sunil (UPFA), 29,082 pv; Ajantha Niroshan Padukka (UNP), 28,104 pv; Almedha Mahesh (UPFA), 26,886 pv; Nimal R.Peiris (UNP), 26,851 pv; Nauzar Fawsi (UPFA), 25,085 pv; Pathiranage Vasantha Malini (UPFA), 24,727 pv; Hewa Matarage Upali Kodikara (UPFA), 22,786 pv; Danangalage Chandrasiri (UPFA), 22,588 pv; A. Thilakarathne Rajapaksha (UPFA), 22,026 pv; Prince Sagara Senaratne (UNP), 21,547 pv; S. Mohomed Nafli (UPFA), 21,012 pv; Wijayamuni Sumith De Zoysa (UPFA), 20,967 pv; Uswatta Liyanage Senaka Damayantha (UNP), 20,927 pv; M. Mohan (UPFA), 20,909 pv; Ashoka Lankathilaka (UPFA), 20,293 pv; Krishantha Yogadas Pancharathnam (UNP), 20,281 pv; Shavul Hameed Mohomed (UNP), 20,146 pv; Keerthi Udawatta (UPFA), 19,598 pv; Thomson Joseph Mendis (UNP), 19,434 pv; Edirsinghe Arachchige Isura Dewapriya Dharmasena Perera (UPFA), 18,898 pv; Andara Kosthage Harisingha Harischa de Kostha (UNP), 17,798 pv; Arjuna Sujeewa Senasinghe (UNP), 17,405 pv; Kithsiri Fernando (UNP), 16,796 pv; Janaka Mallimarachchi (UNP), 16,349 pv; Sunil Magammana (UNP), 16,265 pv; Mohamad Sherief Mohamad Fairoz (UNP), 15,588 pv; Ilangaratne Manikka Welamma Sellasa (UNP), 14,382 pv; Mohamed Rajabdeen (SLMC), 11,625 pv; Abdul Hi Hassan Mohideen (SLMC), 6,562 pv; Praba Ganesan (WPF), 6,459 pv; and A. J. M. Muzammil (DUA), 1,904 pv.

2005 Presidential Election

Results of the 5th presidential election held on 17 November 2005 for the district:

Candidate	Party	Votes per Polling Division															Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
		Avissa -wella	Borella	Colo -mbo Central	Colo -mbo East	Colo -mbo North	Colo -mbo West	Dehi -wela	Homa -gama	Kadu -wela	Kes- bewa	Kolon -nawa	Kotte	Mahara -gama	Mora -tuwa	Ratma -lana
Ranil Wickremasinghe	UNP	36,227	25,784	78,908	28,832	45,161	20,475	24,660	43,477	47,025	42,042	40,744	27,106	36,093	43,207	23,743	6,143	569,627	51.12%
Mahinda Rajapaksa	UPFA	41,936	15,644	20,395	16,919	14,270	5,104	18,005	64,433	65,829	66,660	40,616	26,987	53,681	48,047	25,004	10,901	534,431	47.96%
Siritunga Jayasuriya	USP	281	115	448	102	270	52	67	242	192	163	178	83	103	232	92	8	2,628	0.24%
Victor Hettigoda	ULPP	114	80	117	159	101	129	158	184	207	192	117	117	173	143	121	62	2,174	0.20%
A. A. Suraweera	NDF	209	60	189	66	112	22	57	206	236	238	166	88	138	192	76	2	2,057	0.18%
Chamil Jayaneththi	NLF	88	32	71	33	59	37	34	68	59	67	47	31	52	52	36	9	775	0.07%
Anura De Silva	ULF	66	22	93	24	39	10	20	55	54	59	34	19	41	38	26	1	601	0.05%
Aruna de Soyza	RPP	51	18	28	11	17	3	19	62	69	57	36	17	46	57	23	5	519	0.05%
Wimal Geeganage	SLNF	33	17	37	15	20	10	13	64	42	40	27	18	26	33	22	5	422	0.04%
Wije Dias	SEP	36	23	37	23	27	10	19	25	43	37	24	11	35	37	17	6	410	0.04%
A. K. J. Arachchige	DUA	31	10	69	13	27	5	15	44	37	33	19	20	24	34	16	1	398	0.04%
P. Nelson Perera	SLPF	16	3	20	4	5	7	5	19	8	10	13	3	5	13	3	0	134	0.01%
H. S. Dharmadwaja	UNAF	10	1	12	5	3	1	5	3	4	4	7	4	8	4	2	1	74	0.01%
Valid Votes		79,098	41,809	100,424	46,206	60,111	25,865	43,077	108,882	113,805	109,602	82,028	54,504	90,425	92,089	49,181	17,144	1,114,250	100.00%
Rejected Votes		865	453	1,616	694	939	399	369	1,035	1,209	1,110	892	516	910	975	557	340	12,879
Total Polled		79,963	42,262	102,040	46,900	61,050	26,264	43,446	109,917	115,014	110,712	82,920	55,020	91,335	93,064	49,738	17,484	1,127,129
Registered Electors		101,065	60,678	144,916	65,732	85,967	38,621	58,728	141,974	148,435	140,094	107,725	73,274	119,137	115,759	66,432		1,468,537
Turnout		79.12%	69.65%	70.41%	71.35%	71.02%	68.00%	73.98%	77.42%	77.48%	79.03%	76.97%	75.09%	76.66%	80.39%	74.87%		76.75%
Source: [24]

2009 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 5th Western provincial council election held on 25 April 2009 for the district:

Party	Votes per Polling Division															Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
	Avissa -wella	Borella	Colo -mbo Central	Colo -mbo East	Colo -mbo North	Colo -mbo West	Dehi -wela	Homa -gama	Kadu -wela	Kes- bewa	Kolon -nawa	Kotte	Mahara -gama	Mora -tuwa	Ratma -lana
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP et al)	45,368	14,950	25,505	16,890	15,746	5,483	17,377	61,542	66,362	65,459	42,086	26,902	52,439	45,787	22,560	5,914	530,370	57.78%	25
United National Party	17,984	16,994	45,414	18,922	27,866	12,244	14,612	28,355	24,219	22,933	22,932	14,819	18,350	25,873	14,201	1,853	327,571	35.69%	15
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	1,405	587	507	1,061	387	152	551	2,792	3,084	3,331	1,341	1,080	2,331	1,713	1,114	351	21,787	2.37%	1
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress	130	894	9,023	506	3,332	796	770	17	160	34	2,352	306	45	138	462	13	18,978	2.07%	1
Democratic Unity Alliance	64	158	2,350	356	4,267	159	160	49	83	50	468	88	72	70	185	5	8,584	0.94%	1
Left Front (NSSP et al)	53	153	564	646	675	816	363	41	42	74	73	51	61	205	170	10	3,997	0.44%	0
United National Alliance	86	56	196	77	111	50	43	87	100	103	103	52	59	81	38	5	1,247	0.14%	0
Independent 5	12	39	265	159	359	50	21	21	7	12	69	31	20	8	12	0	1,085	0.12%	0
Independent 3	5	16	316	8	140	11	13	14	6	5	30	11	2	1	5	0	583	0.06%	0
New Sinhala Heritage	58	22	40	17	130	9	7	42	48	24	7	21	62	25	8	6	526	0.06%	0
Ruhuna People's Party	4	14	48	24	35	9	34	31	13	20	38	15	29	32	176	1	523	0.06%	0
Independent 6	9	30	120	43	93	43	22	16	5	1	85	2	6	7	1	0	483	0.05%	0
Independent 11	4	72	174	11	67	5	10	7	4	4	72	12	5	14	16	1	478	0.05%	0
United Socialist Party	20	13	64	37	38	7	11	19	26	17	23	15	22	21	20	2	355	0.04%	0
Independent 1	9	30	32	33	16	1	1	45	37	22	54	6	16	9	6	1	318	0.03%	0
Socialist Equality Party	16	4	15	16	9	11	11	13	15	20	9	4	18	15	5	0	181	0.02%	0
Independent 10	10	2	8	7	11	2	3	9	14	10	12	8	24	4	0	0	124	0.01%	0
United Lanka People's Party	10	8	25	2	20	2	5	4	6	5	2	5	3	5	2	0	104	0.01%	0
United Lanka Great Council	1	5	9	6	5	2	0	8	5	16	3	3	14	0	2	0	79	0.01%	0
Independent 13	9	6	11	2	4	4	4	2	6	7	4	2	4	7	4	1	77	0.01%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	2	4	2	2	3	3	6	6	6	5	2	8	7	6	4	1	67	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	0	3	25	0	7	3	3	0	5	2	8	3	3	2	1	0	65	0.01%	0
Independent 12	7	2	5	3	6	0	6	3	7	4	8	2	1	4	2	0	60	0.01%	0
National People's Party	4	5	0	1	1	0	1	8	7	4	4	1	6	3	1	0	46	0.01%	0
Independent 2	1	2	8	3	3	1	2	7	7	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	44	0.00%	0
Independent 8	1	0	3	5	2	0	3	1	7	2	1	6	3	2	5	2	43	0.00%	0
Independent 4	3	1	8	2	5	3	1	6	0	3	3	1	2	2	0	0	40	0.00%	0
Patriotic National Front	4	2	5	1	2	3	2	0	5	1	1	1	2	3	2	1	35	0.00%	0
Independent 9	8	1	3	1	0	1	0	1	4	3	1	2	2	5	1	1	34	0.00%	0
Independent 7	1	0	8	0	6	1	3	2	1	2	0	2	1	3	1	0	31	0.00%	0
Valid Votes	65,288	34,073	84,753	38,841	53,346	19,871	34,045	93,148	94,291	92,175	69,793	43,461	73,611	74,047	39,004	8,168	917,915	100.00%	43
Rejected Votes	3,497	1,421	5,272	1,920	3,666	1,160	1,190	3,718	2,922	3,351	2,987	1,412	2,253	2,571	1,501	279	39,120
Total Polled	68,785	35,494	90,025	40,761	57,012	21,031	35,235	96,866	97,213	95,526	72,780	44,873	75,864	76,618	40,505	8,447	957,035
Registered Electors	107,093	63,884	151,308	72,446	103,050	41,441	63,115	154,055	159,596	149,191	114,105	75,555	122,895	115,042	67,817		1,560,593
Turnout	64.23%	55.56%	59.50%	56.26%	55.32%	50.75%	55.83%	62.88%	60.91%	64.03%	63.78%	59.39%	61.73%	66.60%	59.73%		61.33%
Source: [25]

The following candidates were elected:^[26] Duminda Silva (UPFA), 165,128 preference votes (pv); Thilanga Sumathipala (UPFA-SLFP), 159,603 pv; Udaya Gammanpila (UPFA), 116,144 pv; Rosy Senanayake (UNP), 80,884 pv; Pradeep Undugoda (UPFA), 62,736 pv; Mohan Lal Grero (UNP), 59,056 pv; S. Roger (UPFA), 52,390 pv; Andarage Don Gamini Thilakasiri (UPFA), 49,471 pv; Arjuna Sujeewa Senasinghe (UNP), 45,958 pv; Praba Ganesan (UNP), 45,899 pv; A. Arangala Lalan Sudath Manju Sri (UNP), 37,878 pv; Jayamini Don Hadaragamage Sunil (UPFA), 39,769 pv; Nauzar Fawsi (UPFA), 39,417 pv; Hector Bethmage (UPFA), 37,890 pv; Salochana Gamage (UPFA), 35,693 pv; Sarath Kumara Sumanasekara (UPFA), 34,373 pv; Thilakarathna Hashan Prasantha (UNP), 32,799 pv; A. J. M. Muzammil (UNP), 31,202 pv; Nalliah Kumaraguruparan (UNP), 30,373 pv; Muthumalage Jayantha De Silva (UNP), 29,560 pv; A. Mahesh Priyal Jayathissa (UPFA), 29,259 pv; Hewamatharage Upali Kodikara (UPFA), 29,215 pv; Edirsinghe Arachchige Isura Dewapriya Dharmasena Perera (UPFA), 29,043 pv; Janaka Deepal Waliwaththe (UPFA), 28,466 pv; Ashoka Lankathilaka (UPFA), 26,973 pv; Wijayamuni Sumith De Zoysa (UPFA), 26,919 pv; Krishantha Yogadas Pancharathnam (UNP), 26,460 pv; Mohamad Sherief Mohamad Fairoz (UNP), 26,353 pv; Abdul Rahuman Mohomed Muin (UNP), 24,272 pv; Adawan Alil S. Rajendran (UNP), 24,096 pv; Ajantha Niroshan Padukka (UNP), 23,501 pv; A. Srinath M. Perera (UNP), 21,880 pv; Moris Wijerathna (UPFA), 21,091; Amal Pushpakumara Singhara Silva (UPFA), 20,639 pv; Kuruwitage Ranjith Mahinda (UPFA), 20,345 pv; A. Thilakarathne Rajapaksha (UPFA), 20,337 pv; Keerthi Udawatta (UPFA), 19,907 pv; Wahalathanthrige Renuka Dhushyantha Perera (UPFA), 19,384 pv; Arachchige Don Jagath Kumara Sumithraarachchi (UPFA), 19,309 pv; Kandage Gamini De Silva (UPFA), 19,048 pv; Arshad Nizamdeen Mohamed (SLMC), 5,789 pv; Abdul Jabbar Mohamed Faiz (DUA), 2,538 pv; and D. Duminda Nagamuwa (JVP), 2,388 pv.

2010 Presidential Election

Results of the 6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010 for the district:

Candidate	Party	Votes per Polling Division															Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
		Avissa -wella	Borella	Colo -mbo Central	Colo -mbo East	Colo -mbo North	Colo -mbo West	Dehi -wela	Homa -gama	Kadu -wela	Kes- bewa	Kolon -nawa	Kotte	Mahara -gama	Mora -tuwa	Ratma -lana
Mahinda Rajapaksa	UPFA	53,664	16,909	21,824	19,107	17,605	6,350	19,457	80,799	76,103	77,474	46,002	29,125	59,360	52,627	26,215	12,119	614,740	52.93%
Sarath Fonseka	NDF	28,875	23,636	73,152	28,334	42,896	19,211	24,441	39,414	45,082	40,474	39,497	26,129	35,162	37,233	22,589	6,897	533,022	45.90%
A.S.P Liyanage	SLLP	94	109	170	207	99	33	63	115	124	134	178	136	107	157	71	1	1,798	0.15%
M. C. M. Ismail	DUNF	151	67	259	81	197	45	52	143	127	106	135	55	65	69	46	8	1,606	0.14%
C. J. Sugathsiri Gamage	UDF	129	65	387	74	222	43	33	84	105	83	120	46	51	86	44	7	1,579	0.14%
A. A. Suraweera	NDF	215	34	96	43	72	20	34	217	179	189	106	45	103	125	59	3	1,540	0.13%
W. V. Mahiman Ranjith	Ind 1	148	47	67	30	57	18	39	131	132	134	96	56	109	108	45	2	1,219	0.10%
Vikramabahu Karunaratne	LF	68	46	113	109	112	104	73	52	47	47	43	51	49	67	55	16	1,052	0.09%
Lal Perera	ONF	43	34	134	38	80	18	18	42	40	50	63	31	23	42	24	0	680	0.06%
Sarath Manamendra	NSH	42	29	105	30	89	19	22	39	45	53	47	19	30	37	22	1	629	0.05%
Ukkubanda Wijekoon	Ind 3	52	28	49	31	26	29	25	52	75	70	28	33	40	38	22	2	600	0.05%
M. K. Shivajilingam	Ind 5	42	28	81	66	86	63	43	23	20	16	15	10	17	19	17	2	548	0.05%
Siritunga Jayasuriya	USP	56	23	86	44	43	10	14	37	45	33	39	24	29	35	22	4	544	0.05%
Aithurus M. Illias	Ind 2	37	16	73	19	29	12	19	33	41	33	36	16	23	23	24	3	437	0.04%
Wije Dias	SEP	30	11	32	25	32	21	12	24	26	34	17	9	26	21	17	1	338	0.03%
Battaramulla Seelarathana	JP	12	7	23	14	9	1	6	18	17	19	10	8	13	8	7	4	176	0.02%
Sanath Pinnaduwa	NA	9	7	45	13	12	5	8	10	8	7	15	4	4	12	10	0	169	0.01%
M. Mohamed Musthaffa	Ind 4	13	7	30	4	10	5	7	13	18	10	7	2	9	11	7	1	154	0.01%
Sarath Kongahage	UNAF	10	7	29	14	10	8	5	7	11	7	7	6	12	4	7	0	144	0.01%
Aruna de Soyza	RPP	17	8	25	3	7	5	2	11	13	13	14	4	6	11	3	1	143	0.01%
Senaratna de Silva	PNF	16	6	23	4	8	5	5	7	11	11	7	10	10	7	6	0	136	0.01%
M. B. Thaminimulla	ACAKO	9	8	23	5	14	5	5	8	7	9	4	6	7	12	4	2	128	0.01%
Valid Votes		83,732	41,132	96,826	48,295	61,715	26,030	44,383	121,279	122,276	119,006	86,486	55,825	95,255	90,752	49,316	19,074	1,161,382	100.00%
Rejected Votes		689	543	1,320	699	1,022	444	465	770	850	803	893	557	768	745	512	314	11,394
Total Polled		84,421	41,675	98,146	48,994	62,737	26,474	44,848	122,049	123,126	119,809	87,379	56,382	96,023	91,497	49,828	19,388	1,172,776
Registered Electors		108,138	58,757	139,822	68,643	95,385	38,921	61,194	155,720	158,736	148,696	112,363	73,009	121,247	114,601	66,622		1,521,854
Turnout		78.07%	70.93%	70.19%	71.38%	65.77%	68.02%	73.29%	78.38%	77.57%	80.57%	77.76%	77.23%	79.20%	79.84%	74.79%		77.06%
Source: [1]

2010 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010 for the district:

Party	Votes per Polling Division															Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
	Avissa -wella	Borella	Colo -mbo Central	Colo -mbo East	Colo -mbo North	Colo -mbo West	Dehi -wela	Homa -gama	Kadu -wela	Kes- bewa	Kolon -nawa	Kotte	Mahara -gama	Mora -tuwa	Ratma -lana
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, CWC et al)	42,259	13,662	21,794	14,662	15,976	5,169	15,472	57,951	56,539	60,139	37,782	22,799	44,200	40,369	19,486	12,637	480,896	51.19%	10
United National Front (UNP, SLMC, DPF, SLFP(P))	16,730	16,421	51,421	19,241	30,825	13,056	15,831	26,841	23,546	21,953	23,949	16,374	18,937	25,356	15,384	3,885	339,750	36.17%	7
Democratic National Alliance (JVP et al)	5,432	3,619	6,243	4,608	3,226	1,675	4,256	10,103	14,460	13,532	8,371	6,729	12,313	8,159	5,061	2,896	110,683	11.78%	2
United Lanka People's Party	118	90	302	82	93	39	53	121	188	180	173	73	125	92	78	21	1,828	0.19%	0
Sri Lanka National Front	15	20	24	20	102	10	7	42	231	82	50	20	60	191	37	13	924	0.10%	0
Tamil United Liberation Front	5	8	90	176	138	183	94	7	9	16	6	3	11	33	46	9	834	0.09%	0
Left Liberation Front	20	78	142	38	115	67	48	19	21	26	16	16	23	30	37	10	706	0.08%	0
National Development Front	15	106	192	23	84	5	15	20	11	12	27	5	12	23	24	4	578	0.06%	0
Our National Front	21	7	28	7	26	7	11	41	43	39	28	17	37	41	16	4	373	0.04%	0
United Socialist Party	21	21	70	38	54	13	13	9	14	17	15	12	12	20	18	5	352	0.04%	0
United National Alternative Front	19	14	51	10	44	19	11	24	18	11	20	12	9	25	4	1	292	0.03%	0
Independent 10	14	12	28	16	42	15	6	13	7	9	18	9	8	8	7	0	212	0.02%	0
Muslim National Alliance	9	0	28	8	11	4	5	10	10	17	12	7	6	14	6	0	147	0.02%	0
Independent 16	19	7	25	5	11	3	1	15	14	9	6	7	9	6	4	1	142	0.02%	0
All Are Citizens, All Are Kings Organisation	19	8	35	9	2	1	5	1	10	16	8	14	4	0	5	3	140	0.01%	0
Socialist Equality Party	6	7	5	7	14	8	3	11	14	13	9	3	11	11	7	3	132	0.01%	0
Janasetha Peramuna	1	11	20	2	40	0	2	2	9	7	7	7	6	11	2	4	131	0.01%	0
United Lanka Great Council	1	6	35	2	11	0	0	2	4	7	11	6	5	31	4	1	126	0.01%	0
Independent 11	13	7	6	1	7	7	4	12	15	17	7	3	8	8	4	0	119	0.01%	0
Independent 15	6	20	25	3	3	3	2	7	9	4	5	5	8	7	7	1	115	0.01%	0
United Democratic Front	11	5	19	4	8	6	5	7	8	5	4	7	6	15	3	1	114	0.01%	0
Independent 12	8	10	20	2	12	1	4	11	5	9	6	4	7	6	2	0	107	0.01%	0
Independent 13	4	3	8	5	9	0	2	5	11	15	4	4	7	2	4	1	84	0.01%	0
Independent 7	2	1	0	3	9	0	0	5	11	5	5	2	4	27	1	0	75	0.01%	0
Independent 14	12	0	11	1	5	2	0	6	2	5	7	2	4	2	3	2	64	0.01%	0
Independent 8	4	3	6	2	3	0	2	4	12	5	8	4	1	8	0	1	63	0.01%	0
Independent 1	2	2	9	2	7	1	0	3	6	7	2	0	1	4	1	1	48	0.01%	0
Independent 4	2	2	15	0	5	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	0	2	0	0	45	0.00%	0
Independent 9	4	3	3	1	11	1	4	3	2	1	1	0	2	5	2	0	43	0.00%	0
Independent 2	0	1	14	3	4	1	3	1	4	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	38	0.00%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	1	0	1	3	3	3	2	3	2	1	5	1	5	3	2	0	35	0.00%	0
Independent 3	6	0	4	2	2	0	1	3	4	1	1	2	2	0	2	1	31	0.00%	0
Sri Lanka Labour Party	4	2	2	1	2	2	0	0	5	1	0	2	2	3	1	3	30	0.00%	0
National People's Party	3	2	1	3	1	2	1	1	3	2	1	5	1	2	0	1	29	0.00%	0
Ceylon Democratic Unity Alliance	2	1	4	2	3	2	0	1	3	1	2	2	0	1	2	1	27	0.00%	0
Patriotic National Front	0	1	3	2	0	1	3	1	4	4	3	0	1	1	1	1	26	0.00%	0
Independent 6	0	1	4	0	1	3	0	4	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	20	0.00%	0
Independent 5	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	1	1	0	16	0.00%	0
Valid Votes	64,810	34,162	80,691	38,996	50,909	20,311	35,868	95,311	95,257	96,179	70,583	46,159	75,847	74,517	40,263	19,512	939,375	100.00%	19
Rejected Votes	4,225	1,998	6,606	2,562	4,495	1,283	1,606	4,206	4,193	4,160	3,863	1,877	3,014	3,725	1,990	551	50,354
Total Polled	69,035	36,160	87,297	41,558	55,404	21,594	37,474	99,517	99,450	100,339	74,446	48,036	78,861	78,242	42,253	20,063	989,729
Registered Electors	108,138	58,757	139,822	68,643	95,385	38,921	61,194	155,720	158,736	148,696	112,363	73,009	121,247	114,601	66,622		1,521,854
Turnout	63.84%	61.54%	62.43%	60.54%	58.08%	55.48%	61.24%	63.91%	62.65%	67.48%	66.25%	65.79%	65.04%	68.27%	63.42%		65.03%
Source: [27]

The following candidates were elected:^[28] Wimal Weerawansa (UPFA-NFF), 280,672 preference votes (pv); Ranil Wickremasinghe (UNF-UNP), 232,957 pv; Duminda Silva (UPFA), 146,336 pv; Champika Ranawaka (UPFA-JHU), 120,333 pv; Dinesh Gunawardena (UPFA-MEP), 116,860 pv; Sarath Fonseka (DNA), 98,458 pv; Sunil Handunnetti (DNA-JVP), 78,126 pv; Ravi Karunanayake (UNF-UNP), 70,328 pv; Mohan Lal Grero (UNF), 68,008 pv; Rosy Senanayake (UNF), 66,357 pv; Bandula Gunawardane (UPFA), 64,654 pv; Thilanga Sumathipala (UPFA-SLFP), 60,848 pv; Wijeyadasa Rajapaksa (UNF), 60,030 pv; Susil Premajayanth (UPFA-SLFP), 54,702 pv; Sujeewa Senasinghe (UNF), 52,559 pv; A. H. M. Fowzie (UPFA-SLFP), 51,641 pv; Jeewan Kumaranatunga (UPFA-SLFP), 51,080 pv; Gamini Lokuge (UPFA), 49,750 pv; and Praba Ganesan (UNF-DPF), 42,851 pv.

Sarath Fonseka (DNA) vacated his seat on 7 October 2010 after being sentenced to 30 months imprisonment by a a court martial after being found guilty of breaching arms procurement guideline.^[29][30] His replacement Jayantha Ketagoda (DNA) was sworn in on 8 March 2011.^[31]

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