The Kolonnawa Polling Division  is a Polling Division  in the Colombo Electoral District , in the Western Province, Sri Lanka . 
 
Presidential Election Results  
Summary  The winner of Kolonnawa has matched the final country result 6 out of 8 times. Hence, Kolonnawa is a Weak Bellwether  for Presidential Elections.  
      Party   Kolonnawa[ 4]   Colombo Electoral District  Sri Lanka     Votes   %   Votes   %   Votes   %        SLPP     53,232   48.62%      727,713   53.19%      6,924,255   52.25%        NDF     50,456   46.08%      559,921   40.92%      5,564,239   41.99%        NMPP      3,940   3.60%      53,803   3.93%      418,553   3.16%        Other Parties (with < 1%)      1,867   1.71%      26,740   1.95%      345,452   2.61%     Valid Votes   109,495   98.97%   1,368,177   98.89%   13,252,499   98.99%     Rejected Votes   1,135   1.03%   15,333   1.11%   135,452   1.01%     Total Polled   110,630   83.57%   1,383,510   82.82%   13,387,951   83.71%     Registered Electors   132,381      1,670,403      15,992,568      
     Party   Kolonnawa[ 5]   Colombo Electoral District  Sri Lanka     Votes   %   Votes   %   Votes   %        NDF     56,835   58.39%      725,073   55.93%      6,217,162   51.28%        UPFA     39,767   40.86%      562,614   43.40%      5,768,090   47.58%        Other Parties (with < 1%)      734   0.75%      8,673   0.67%      138,200   1.14%     Valid Votes   97,336   98.71%   1,296,360   98.83%   12,123,452   98.85%     Rejected Votes   1,275   1.29%   15,334   1.17%   140,925   1.15%     Total Polled   98,611   81.76%   1,311,694   81.34%   12,264,377   78.69%     Registered Electors   120,617      1,612,660      15,585,942      
     Party   Kolonnawa[ 6]   Colombo Electoral District  Sri Lanka     Votes   %   Votes   %   Votes   %        UPFA     46,002   53.19%      614,740   52.93%      6,015,934   57.88%        NDF     39,497   45.67%      533,022   45.90%      4,173,185   40.15%        Other Parties (with < 1%)      987   1.14%      13,620   1.17%      204,494   1.97%     Valid Votes   86,486   98.98%   1,161,382   99.03%   10,393,613   99.03%     Rejected Votes   893   1.02%   11,394   0.97%   101,838   0.97%     Total Polled   87,379   77.76%   1,172,776   76.09%   10,495,451   66.70%     Registered Electors   112,363      1,541,242      15,734,587      
     Party   Kolonnawa[ 7]   Colombo Electoral District  Sri Lanka     Votes   %   Votes   %   Votes   %        UNP     40,744   49.67%      569,627   51.12%      4,706,366   48.43%        UPFA     40,616   49.51%      534,431   47.96%      4,887,152   50.29%        Other Parties (with < 1%)      668   0.81%      10,192   0.91%      123,521   1.27%     Valid Votes   82,028   98.92%   1,114,250   98.86%   9,717,039   98.88%     Rejected Votes   892   1.08%   12,879   1.14%   109,869   1.12%     Total Polled   82,920   76.97%   1,127,129   75.85%   9,826,908   69.51%     Registered Electors   107,725      1,486,021      14,136,979      
     Party   Kolonnawa[ 8]   Colombo Electoral District  Sri Lanka     Votes   %   Votes   %   Votes   %        PA     36,907   52.62%      474,310   49.18%      4,312,157   51.12%        UNP     28,681   40.90%      425,185   44.08%      3,602,748   42.71%        JVP     3,385   4.83%      44,009   4.56%      343,927   4.08%        Other Parties (with < 1%)      1,160   1.65%      21,030   2.18%      176,679   2.09%     Valid Votes   70,133   97.47%   964,534   97.06%   8,435,754   97.69%     Rejected Votes   1,819   2.53%   29,197   2.94%   199,536   2.31%     Total Polled   71,952   74.82%   993,731   73.39%   8,635,290   72.17%     Registered Electors   96,164      1,354,025      11,965,536      
     Party   Kolonnawa[ 9]   Colombo Electoral District  Sri Lanka     Votes   %   Votes   %   Votes   %        PA     40,296   64.48%      557,708   64.82%      4,709,205   62.28%        UNP     21,313   34.10%      288,741   33.56%      2,715,283   35.91%        Other Parties (with < 1%)      889   1.42%      13,937   1.62%      137,040   1.81%     Valid Votes   62,498   98.24%   860,386   98.17%   7,561,526   98.03%     Rejected Votes   1,120   1.76%   16,060   1.83%   151,706   1.97%     Total Polled   63,618   70.56%   876,446   69.59%   7,713,232   69.12%     Registered Electors   90,167      1,259,484      11,158,880      
     Party   Kolonnawa[ 10]   Colombo Electoral District  Sri Lanka     Votes   %   Votes   %   Votes   %        SLFP     25,050   48.78%      339,958   46.23%      2,289,857   44.95%        UNP     23,895   46.53%      361,337   49.14%      2,569,199   50.43%        SLMP     2,411   4.69%      34,020   4.63%      235,701   4.63%     Valid Votes   51,356   98.37%   735,315   98.49%   5,094,754   98.24%     Rejected Votes   849   1.63%   11,295   1.51%   91,499   1.76%     Total Polled   52,205   69.01%   746,610   67.53%   5,186,256   55.87%     Registered Electors   75,650      1,105,583      9,283,143      
     Party   Kolonnawa[ 11]   Colombo Electoral District  Sri Lanka     Votes   %   Votes   %   Votes   %        UNP     25,221   51.35%      436,290   57.86%      3,450,815   52.93%        SLFP     21,153   43.07%      274,476   36.40%      2,546,348   39.05%        JVP     2,125   4.33%      28,580   3.79%      273,428   4.19%        LSSP     504   1.03%      9,655   1.28%      58,531   0.90%        Other Parties (with < 1%)      115   0.23%      5,030   0.67%      190,929   2.93%     Valid Votes   49,118   98.90%   754,031   98.95%   6,520,156   98.78%     Rejected Votes   545   1.10%   7,990   1.05%   80,470   1.22%     Total Polled   49,663   79.43%   762,021   76.88%   6,600,626   80.15%     Registered Electors   62,523      991,194      8,235,358      
 
Parliamentary Election Results  
Summary  The winner of Kolonnawa has matched the final country result 7 out of 7 times. Hence, Kolonnawa is a Perfect Bellwether  for Parliamentary Elections.  
      Party   Kolonnawa[ 14]   Colombo Electoral District  Sri Lanka     Votes   %   Votes   %   Votes   %        SLPFA     49,742   52.41%      674,603   57.04%      6,853,693   59.09%        SJB     36,718   38.54%      387,145   32.73%      2,771,984   23.9%        JJB     4,655   4.89%      67,600   5.72%      445,958   3.84%        UNP     2,091   2.19%      30,875   2.61%      249,435   2.15%           Other Parties (with < 1%)      2,066   1.97%      22,553   1.9%      1,227,859   11.02%     Valid Votes   95,272   70.04%   1,182,776   69.2%   11,598,936   71.32%     Rejected Votes   6,870   5.05%   81,034   4.74%   744,373   4.58%     Total Polled   102,142   75.09%   1,263,810   73.94%   12,343,309   75.89%     Registered Electors   136,028      1,709,209      16,263,885      
     Party   Kolonnawa[ 15]   Colombo Electoral District  Sri Lanka     Votes   %   Votes   %   Votes   %        UNP     49,196   53.77%      640,743   53.04%      5,098,916   45.77%        UPFA     35,300   38.59%      474,063   39.25%      4,732,664   42.48%        JVP     6,159   6.73%      81,391   6.74%      544,154   4.88%        Other Parties (with < 1%)      830   0.91%      11,752   0.97%      93,045   0.84%     Valid Votes   91,485   96.44%   1,207,949   96.46%   11,140,333   95.35%     Rejected Votes   3,283   3.46%   43,372   3.46%   516,926   4.42%     Total Polled   94,859   78.64%   1,252,271   78.93%   11,684,111   77.66%     Registered Electors   120,617      1,586,598      15,044,490      
     Party   Kolonnawa[ 16]   Colombo Electoral District  Sri Lanka     Votes   %   Votes   %   Votes   %        UPFA     37,782   53.56%      480,896   51.23%      4,846,388   60.38%        UNP     23,949   33.95%      339,750   36.19%      2,357,057   29.37%        DNA      8,371   11.87%      110,683   11.79%      441,251   5.50%        Other Parties (with < 1%)      446   0.63%      7,292   0.78%      48,240   0.60%     Valid Votes   70,548   94.76%   938,723   94.85%   8,026,322   96.03%     Rejected Votes   3,863   5.19%   50,354   5.09%   581,465   6.96%     Total Polled   74,446   66.25%   989,729   64.17%   8,358,246   59.29%     Registered Electors   112,363      1,542,457      14,097,690      
     Party   Kolonnawa[ 17]   Colombo Electoral District  Sri Lanka     Votes   %   Votes   %   Votes   %        UPFA     32,976   42.54%      414,688   39.20%      4,223,126   45.70%        UNP     29,540   38.10%      441,841   41.77%      3,486,792   37.73%        JHU     14,311   18.46%      190,618   18.02%      552,723   5.98%        Other Parties (with < 1%)      697   0.90%      10,713   1.01%      90,868   0.98%     Valid Votes   77,524   96.47%   1,057,860   96.47%   9,241,931   94.52%     Rejected Votes   2,832   3.52%   38,605   3.52%   534,452   5.47%     Total Polled   80,362   75.57%   1,096,571   74.71%   9,777,821   75.74%     Registered Electors   106,335      1,467,751      12,909,631      
     Party   Kolonnawa[ 18]   Colombo Electoral District  Sri Lanka     Votes   %   Votes   %   Votes   %        UNP     37,256   48.76%      546,417   51.62%      4,086,026   45.62%        PA     28,465   37.25%      353,401   33.39%      3,330,815   37.19%        JVP     8,869   11.61%      117,404   11.09%      815,353   9.10%        SU      1,001   1.31%      16,970   1.60%      50,665   0.57%        Other Parties (with < 1%)      823   1.08%      24,289   2.29%      510,616   5.70%     Valid Votes   76,414   96.51%   1,058,481   96.28%   8,955,844   94.77%     Rejected Votes   2,761   3.49%   40,901   3.72%   494,009   5.23%     Total Polled   79,175   77.11%   1,099,382   76.31%   9,449,878   76.03%     Registered Electors   102,676      1,440,682      12,428,762      
     Party   Kolonnawa[ 19]   Colombo Electoral District  Sri Lanka     Votes   %   Votes   %   Votes   %        PA     32,394   43.86%      394,146   38.86%      3,899,329   45.33%        UNP     30,522   41.32%      440,684   43.45%      3,451,765   40.12%        JVP     5,741   7.77%      78,133   7.70%      518,725   6.03%        SU      2,604   3.53%      49,671   4.90%      127,859   1.49%        NUA     1,689   2.29%      27,067   2.67%      185,593   2.16%        Other Parties (with < 1%)      915   1.24%      24,519   2.42%      189,490   2.20%     Valid Votes   73,865   N/A   1,014,220   N/A   8,602,617   N/A   
     Party   Kolonnawa[ 20]   Colombo Electoral District  Sri Lanka     Votes   %   Votes   %   Votes   %        PA     36,939   55.47%      469,642   50.94%      3,887,805   48.94%        UNP     26,796   40.24%      385,100   41.77%      3,498,370   44.04%        MEP      1,646   2.47%      42,734   4.64%      68,538   0.86%        SLPF      935   1.40%      11,454   1.24%      90,078   1.13%        Other Parties (with < 1%)      277   0.42%      13,003   1.41%      51,995   0.65%     Valid Votes   66,593   96.00%   921,933   96.18%   7,943,688   95.20%     Rejected Votes   2,775   4.00%   36,635   3.82%   400,395   4.80%     Total Polled   69,368   76.93%   958,568   76.04%   8,344,095   74.75%     Registered Electors   90,167      1,260,686      11,163,064      
     Party   Kolonnawa[ 21]   Colombo Electoral District  Sri Lanka     Votes   %   Votes   %   Votes   %        UNP     24,561   49.59%      374,530   51.67%      2,838,005   50.71%        SLFP     18,531   37.41%      205,053   28.29%      1,785,369   31.90%        USA      2,917   5.89%      31,873   4.40%      141,983   2.54%        MEP      2,698   5.45%      76,966   10.62%      90,480   1.62%        SLMC      662   1.34%      29,308   4.04%      202,016   3.61%        Other Parties (with < 1%)      161   0.33%      7,112   0.98%      67,723   1.21%     Valid Votes   49,530   95.24%   724,842   95.36%   5,596,468   93.87%     Rejected Votes   2,477   4.76%   35,271   4.64%   365,563   6.13%     Total Polled   52,007   69.65%   760,113   69.87%   5,962,031   63.60%     Registered Electors   74,671      1,087,891      9,374,164      
 
Demographics  
Ethnicity  The Kolonnawa Polling Division has a Sinhalese  majority (67.4%) and a significant Moor  population (21.4%) . In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District  (which contains the Kolonnawa 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 Kolonnawa Polling Division has a Buddhist  majority (64.6%) and a significant Muslim  population (23.1%) . In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District  (which contains the Kolonnawa Polling Division) has a Buddhist  majority (70.2%) and a significant Muslim  population (11.8%) [ 1] 
  
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