The Avissawella Polling Division  is a Polling Division  in the Colombo Electoral District , in the Western Province, Sri Lanka . 
 
Presidential Election Results  
Summary  The winner of Avissawella has matched the final country result 7 out of 8 times. Hence, Avissawella is a Strong Bellwether  for Presidential Elections.  
      Party   Avissawella[ 4]   Colombo Electoral District  Sri Lanka     Votes   %   Votes   %   Votes   %        SLPP     61,755   60.85%      727,713   53.19%      6,924,255   52.25%        NDF     34,532   34.03%      559,921   40.92%      5,564,239   41.99%        NMPP      3,184   3.14%      53,803   3.93%      418,553   3.16%        Other Parties (with < 1%)      2,019   1.99%      26,740   1.95%      345,452   2.61%     Valid Votes   101,490   99.13%   1,368,177   98.89%   13,252,499   98.99%     Rejected Votes   887   0.87%   15,333   1.11%   135,452   1.01%     Total Polled   102,377   85.38%   1,383,510   82.82%   13,387,951   83.71%     Registered Electors   119,905      1,670,403      15,992,568      
     Party   Avissawella[ 5]   Colombo Electoral District  Sri Lanka     Votes   %   Votes   %   Votes   %        UPFA     51,351   54.12%      562,614   43.40%      5,768,090   47.58%        NDF     42,728   45.03%      725,073   55.93%      6,217,162   51.28%        Other Parties (with < 1%)      801   0.84%      8,673   0.67%      138,200   1.14%     Valid Votes   94,880   98.92%   1,296,360   98.83%   12,123,452   98.85%     Rejected Votes   1,032   1.08%   15,334   1.17%   140,925   1.15%     Total Polled   95,912   81.65%   1,311,694   81.34%   12,264,377   78.69%     Registered Electors   117,472      1,612,660      15,585,942      
     Party   Avissawella[ 6]   Colombo Electoral District  Sri Lanka     Votes   %   Votes   %   Votes   %        UPFA     53,664   64.09%      614,740   52.93%      6,015,934   57.88%        NDF     28,875   34.49%      533,022   45.90%      4,173,185   40.15%        Other Parties (with < 1%)      1,193   1.42%      13,620   1.17%      204,494   1.97%     Valid Votes   83,732   99.18%   1,161,382   99.03%   10,393,613   99.03%     Rejected Votes   689   0.82%   11,394   0.97%   101,838   0.97%     Total Polled   84,421   78.07%   1,172,776   76.09%   10,495,451   66.70%     Registered Electors   108,138      1,541,242      15,734,587      
     Party   Avissawella[ 7]   Colombo Electoral District  Sri Lanka     Votes   %   Votes   %   Votes   %        UPFA     41,936   53.02%      534,431   47.96%      4,887,152   50.29%        UNP     36,227   45.80%      569,627   51.12%      4,706,366   48.43%        Other Parties (with < 1%)      935   1.18%      10,192   0.91%      123,521   1.27%     Valid Votes   79,098   98.92%   1,114,250   98.86%   9,717,039   98.88%     Rejected Votes   865   1.08%   12,879   1.14%   109,869   1.12%     Total Polled   79,963   79.12%   1,127,129   75.85%   9,826,908   69.51%     Registered Electors   101,065      1,486,021      14,136,979      
     Party   Avissawella[ 8]   Colombo Electoral District  Sri Lanka     Votes   %   Votes   %   Votes   %        PA     33,957   52.10%      474,310   49.18%      4,312,157   51.12%        UNP     26,903   41.27%      425,185   44.08%      3,602,748   42.71%        JVP     2,976   4.57%      44,009   4.56%      343,927   4.08%        Other Parties (with < 1%)      1,346   2.06%      21,030   2.18%      176,679   2.09%     Valid Votes   65,182   97.76%   964,534   97.06%   8,435,754   97.69%     Rejected Votes   1,495   2.24%   29,197   2.94%   199,536   2.31%     Total Polled   66,677   75.84%   993,731   73.39%   8,635,290   72.17%     Registered Electors   87,913      1,354,025      11,965,536      
     Party   Avissawella[ 9]   Colombo Electoral District  Sri Lanka     Votes   %   Votes   %   Votes   %        PA     31,132   55.86%      557,708   64.82%      4,709,205   62.28%        UNP     23,126   41.50%      288,741   33.56%      2,715,283   35.91%        SMBP     787   1.41%      6,059   0.70%      32,651   0.43%        Other Parties (with < 1%)      683   1.23%      7,878   0.92%      104,389   1.38%     Valid Votes   55,728   97.70%   860,386   98.17%   7,561,526   98.03%     Rejected Votes   1,313   2.30%   16,060   1.83%   151,706   1.97%     Total Polled   57,041   70.24%   876,446   69.59%   7,713,232   69.12%     Registered Electors   81,213      1,259,484      11,158,880      
     Party   Avissawella[ 10]   Colombo Electoral District  Sri Lanka     Votes   %   Votes   %   Votes   %        UNP     24,292   49.36%      361,337   49.14%      2,569,199   50.43%        SLFP     23,721   48.20%      339,958   46.23%      2,289,857   44.95%        SLMP     1,199   2.44%      34,020   4.63%      235,701   4.63%     Valid Votes   49,212   98.86%   735,315   98.49%   5,094,754   98.24%     Rejected Votes   570   1.14%   11,295   1.51%   91,499   1.76%     Total Polled   49,782   72.26%   746,610   67.53%   5,186,256   55.87%     Registered Electors   68,892      1,105,583      9,283,143      
     Party   Avissawella[ 11]   Colombo Electoral District  Sri Lanka     Votes   %   Votes   %   Votes   %        UNP     26,648   50.92%      436,290   57.86%      3,450,815   52.93%        SLFP     23,481   44.87%      274,476   36.40%      2,546,348   39.05%        JVP     1,687   3.22%      28,580   3.79%      273,428   4.19%        Other Parties (with < 1%)      513   0.98%      14,685   1.95%      249,460   3.83%     Valid Votes   52,329   98.96%   754,031   98.95%   6,520,156   98.78%     Rejected Votes   551   1.04%   7,990   1.05%   80,470   1.22%     Total Polled   52,880   84.44%   762,021   76.88%   6,600,626   80.15%     Registered Electors   62,628      991,194      8,235,358      
 
Parliamentary Election Results  
Summary  The winner of Avissawella has matched the final country result 5 out of 7 times. Hence, Avissawella is a Weak Bellwether  for Parliamentary Elections.  
      Party   Avissawella[ 14]   Colombo Electoral District  Sri Lanka     Votes   %   Votes   %   Votes   %        SLPFA     58,477   67.93%      674,603   57.04%      6,853,693   59.09%        SJB     20,308   23.59%      387,145   32.73%      2,771,984   23.9%        JJB     3,761   4.37%      67,600   5.72%      445,958   3.84%        UNP     1,712   1.99%      30,875   2.61%      249,435   2.15%           Other Parties (with < 1%)      1,823   2.12%      22,553   1.9%      1,227,859   11.02%     Valid Votes   86,081   70.41%   1,182,776   69.2%   11,598,936   71.32%     Rejected Votes   6,907   5.65%   81,034   4.74%   744,373   4.58%     Total Polled   92,988   76.06%   1,263,810   73.94%   12,343,309   75.89%     Registered Electors   122,257      1,709,209      16,263,885      
     Party   Avissawella[ 15]   Colombo Electoral District  Sri Lanka     Votes   %   Votes   %   Votes   %        UPFA     42,895   49.38%      474,063   39.25%      4,732,664   42.48%        UNP     39,106   45.02%      640,743   53.04%      5,098,916   45.77%        JVP     4,346   5.00%      81,391   6.74%      544,154   4.88%        Other Parties (with < 1%)      513   0.59%      11,752   0.97%      93,045   0.84%     Valid Votes   86,860   95.50%   1,207,949   96.46%   11,140,333   95.35%     Rejected Votes   4,044   4.45%   43,372   3.46%   516,926   4.42%     Total Polled   90,952   77.42%   1,252,271   78.93%   11,684,111   77.66%     Registered Electors   117,472      1,586,598      15,044,490      
     Party   Avissawella[ 16]   Colombo Electoral District  Sri Lanka     Votes   %   Votes   %   Votes   %        UPFA     42,259   65.27%      480,896   51.23%      4,846,388   60.38%        UNP     16,730   25.84%      339,750   36.19%      2,357,057   29.37%        DNA      5,432   8.39%      110,683   11.79%      441,251   5.50%        Other Parties (with < 1%)      327   0.51%      7,292   0.78%      48,240   0.60%     Valid Votes   64,748   93.79%   938,723   94.85%   8,026,322   96.03%     Rejected Votes   4,225   6.12%   50,354   5.09%   581,465   6.96%     Total Polled   69,035   63.84%   989,729   64.17%   8,358,246   59.29%     Registered Electors   108,138      1,542,457      14,097,690      
     Party   Avissawella[ 17]   Colombo Electoral District  Sri Lanka     Votes   %   Votes   %   Votes   %        UPFA     37,380   51.57%      414,688   39.20%      4,223,126   45.70%        UNP     28,607   39.46%      441,841   41.77%      3,486,792   37.73%        JHU     5,952   8.21%      190,618   18.02%      552,723   5.98%        Other Parties (with < 1%)      552   0.76%      10,713   1.01%      90,868   0.98%     Valid Votes   72,491   95.39%   1,057,860   96.47%   9,241,931   94.52%     Rejected Votes   3,491   4.59%   38,605   3.52%   534,452   5.47%     Total Polled   75,991   77.53%   1,096,571   74.71%   9,777,821   75.74%     Registered Electors   98,012      1,467,751      12,909,631      
     Party   Avissawella[ 18]   Colombo Electoral District  Sri Lanka     Votes   %   Votes   %   Votes   %        UNP     32,784   46.46%      546,417   51.62%      4,086,026   45.62%        PA     29,176   41.35%      353,401   33.39%      3,330,815   37.19%        JVP     7,121   10.09%      117,404   11.09%      815,353   9.10%        Other Parties (with < 1%)      1,484   2.10%      41,259   3.90%      561,281   6.27%     Valid Votes   70,565   95.50%   1,058,481   96.28%   8,955,844   94.77%     Rejected Votes   3,324   4.50%   40,901   3.72%   494,009   5.23%     Total Polled   73,889   78.92%   1,099,382   76.31%   9,449,878   76.03%     Registered Electors   93,630      1,440,682      12,428,762      
     Party   Avissawella[ 19]   Colombo Electoral District  Sri Lanka     Votes   %   Votes   %   Votes   %        PA     33,986   49.88%      394,146   38.86%      3,899,329   45.33%        UNP     26,671   39.15%      440,684   43.45%      3,451,765   40.12%        JVP     4,434   6.51%      78,133   7.70%      518,725   6.03%        Other Parties (with < 1%)      1,121   1.65%      46,998   4.63%      352,098   4.09%        SU      1,086   1.59%      49,671   4.90%      127,859   1.49%        CWC     832   1.22%      4,588   0.45%      22,985   0.27%     Valid Votes   68,130   N/A   1,014,220   N/A   8,602,617   N/A   
     Party   Avissawella[ 20]   Colombo Electoral District  Sri Lanka     Votes   %   Votes   %   Votes   %        UNP     28,768   46.30%      385,100   41.77%      3,498,370   44.04%        PA     20,782   33.45%      469,642   50.94%      3,887,805   48.94%        MEP      11,846   19.07%      42,734   4.64%      68,538   0.86%        Other Parties (with < 1%)      738   1.19%      24,457   2.65%      142,073   1.79%     Valid Votes   62,134   95.57%   921,933   96.18%   7,943,688   95.20%     Rejected Votes   2,882   4.43%   36,635   3.82%   400,395   4.80%     Total Polled   65,016   80.06%   958,568   76.04%   8,344,095   74.75%     Registered Electors   81,213      1,260,686      11,163,064      
     Party   Avissawella[ 21]   Colombo Electoral District  Sri Lanka     Votes   %   Votes   %   Votes   %        UNP     23,462   47.23%      374,530   51.67%      2,838,005   50.71%        MEP      20,225   40.71%      76,966   10.62%      90,480   1.62%        SLFP     4,131   8.32%      205,053   28.29%      1,785,369   31.90%        ELJP      1,172   2.36%      7,112   0.98%      67,723   1.21%        USA      523   1.05%      31,873   4.40%      141,983   2.54%        Other Parties (with < 1%)      168   0.34%      29,308   4.04%      202,016   3.61%     Valid Votes   49,681   95.21%   724,842   95.36%   5,596,468   93.87%     Rejected Votes   2,500   4.79%   35,271   4.64%   365,563   6.13%     Total Polled   52,181   76.91%   760,113   69.87%   5,962,031   63.60%     Registered Electors   67,851      1,087,891      9,374,164      
 
Demographics  
Ethnicity  The Avissawella Polling Division has a Sinhalese  majority (90.9%) . In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District  (which contains the Avissawella Polling Division) has a Sinhalese  majority (76.5%), a significant Moor  population (10.7%) and a significant Sri Lankan Tamil  population (10.1%) [ 1] 
  
Religion  The Avissawella Polling Division has a Buddhist  majority (86.3%) . In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District  (which contains the Avissawella Polling Division) has a Buddhist  majority (70.2%) and a significant Muslim  population (11.8%) [ 1] 
  
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