Colombo North Polling Division

Year	Colombo North		Colombo Electoral District		MAE^[2] %	Sri Lanka		MAE^[3] %
2024		SJB		NPP	21.25%		NPP	16.35%
2019		NDF		SLPP	29.05%		SLPP	28.13%
2015		NDF		NDF	19.16%		NDF	23.46%
2010		NDF		UPFA	23.76%		UPFA	28.78%
2005		UNP		UNP	23.89%		UPFA	26.29%
1999		UNP		PA	15.22%		PA	16.82%
1994		PA		PA	3.37%		PA	0.95%
1988		UNP		UNP	14.36%		UNP	13.11%
1982		UNP		UNP	10.62%		UNP	14.07%
Matches/Mean MAE	5/9		8/9		17.85%	9/9		18.66%

Party		Colombo North^[4]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
Party		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SJB		32,289	46.63%		342,108	25.64%		4,363,035	32.76%
	NPP		17,978	25.96%		629,963	47.21%		5,634,915	42.31%
	IND-16		15,692	22.66%		281,436	21.09%		2,299,767	17.27%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		2,330	3.36%		50,456	3.78%		679,118	5.10%
	SLPP		954	1.58%		30,432	2.28%		342,781	2.57%
Valid Votes		69,243		96.82%	1,334,390		97.67%	13,319,616		97.80%
Rejected Votes		2,276		3.18%	31,796		2.33%	300,300		2.20%
Total Polled		71,519		73.26%	1,366,186		77.39%	13,619,916		79.46%
Registered Electors		97,620			1,765,351			17,140,354

Party		Colombo North^[5]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
Party		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	NDF		52,983	72.94%		559,921	40.92%		5,564,239	41.99%
	SLPP		16,986	23.38%		727,713	53.19%		6,924,255	52.25%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,590	2.19%		26,740	1.95%		345,452	2.61%
	NPP		1,084	1.49%		53,803	3.93%		418,553	3.16%
Valid Votes		72,643		98.17%	1,368,177		98.89%	13,252,499		98.99%
Rejected Votes		1,355		1.83%	15,333		1.11%	135,452		1.01%
Total Polled		73,998		78.97%	1,383,510		82.82%	13,387,951		83.71%
Registered Electors		93,705			1,670,403			15,992,568

Party		Colombo North^[6]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
Party		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	NDF		51,537	75.07%		725,073	55.93%		6,217,162	51.28%
	UPFA		16,423	23.92%		562,614	43.40%		5,768,090	47.58%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		689	1.00%		8,673	0.67%		138,200	1.14%
Valid Votes		68,649		98.36%	1,296,360		98.83%	12,123,452		98.85%
Rejected Votes		1,146		1.64%	15,334		1.17%	140,925		1.15%
Total Polled		69,795		77.75%	1,311,694		81.34%	12,264,377		78.69%
Registered Electors		89,771			1,612,660			15,585,942

Party		Colombo North^[7]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
Party		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	NDF		42,896	69.51%		533,022	45.90%		4,173,185	40.15%
	UPFA		17,605	28.53%		614,740	52.93%		6,015,934	57.88%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,214	1.97%		13,620	1.17%		204,494	1.97%
Valid Votes		61,715		98.37%	1,161,382		99.03%	10,393,613		99.03%
Rejected Votes		1,022		1.63%	11,394		0.97%	101,838		0.97%
Total Polled		62,737		65.77%	1,172,776		76.09%	10,495,451		66.70%
Registered Electors		95,385			1,541,242			15,734,587

Summary

Year	Colombo North		Colombo Electoral District		MAE^[13] %	Sri Lanka		MAE^[14] %
2024		NPP		NPP	12.08%		NPP	5.01%
2020		SJB		SLPP	30.52%		SLPP	32.57%
2015		UNP		UNP	23.67%		UNP	26.98%
2010		UNP		UPFA	19.63%		UPFA	26.71%
2004		UNP		UNP	20.76%		UPFA	23.03%
2001		UNP		UNP	14.23%		UNP	17.52%
2000		UNP		UNP	13.34%		PA	17.70%
1994		UNP		PA	10.93%		PA	8.86%
1989		UNP		UNP	11.89%		UNP	12.95%
Matches/Mean MAE	4/9		7/9		17.45%	9/9		19.04%

Party^[15]		Colombo North			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
Party^[15]		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	JJB		33,285	56.55%		788,636	68.63%		6,863,186	61.56%
	SJB		18,883	32.08%		208,249	18.12%		1,968,716	17.66%
	NDF		1,606	2,73%		51,020	4.44%		500,835	4.49%
	UDV		738	1.25%		6,381	0.56%		83,488	0.75%
	DLF		690	1.17%		4,900	0.43%		50,836	0.46%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		2,953	2.41%		22,553	5.04%		1,227,859	11.02%
Valid Votes		58,862		90.71%	1,149,125		84.83%	11,148,006		94.35%
Rejected Votes		6,028		9.29%	62,613		5.17%	667,240		5.65%
Total Polled		64,890		66.49%	1,211,738		68.64%	11,815,246		68.93%
Registered Electors		97,590			1,765,351			17,140,354

Party		Colombo North^[8]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
Party		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		45,161	75.13%		569,627	51.12%		4,706,366	48.43%
	UPFA		14,270	23.74%		534,431	47.96%		4,887,152	50.29%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		680	1.13%		10,192	0.91%		123,521	1.27%
Valid Votes		60,111		98.46%	1,114,250		98.86%	9,717,039		98.88%
Rejected Votes		939		1.54%	12,879		1.14%	109,869		1.12%
Total Polled		61,050		71.02%	1,127,129		75.85%	9,826,908		69.51%
Registered Electors		85,967			1,486,021			14,136,979

Party		Colombo North^[9]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
Party		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		32,714	61.53%		425,185	44.08%		3,602,748	42.71%
	PA		18,114	34.07%		474,310	49.18%		4,312,157	51.12%
	JVP		1,281	2.41%		44,009	4.56%		343,927	4.08%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,058	1.99%		21,030	2.18%		176,679	2.09%
Valid Votes		53,167		97.42%	964,534		97.06%	8,435,754		97.69%
Rejected Votes		1,409		2.58%	29,197		2.94%	199,536		2.31%
Total Polled		54,576		70.47%	993,731		73.39%	8,635,290		72.17%
Registered Electors		77,447			1,354,025			11,965,536

Party		Colombo North^[10]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
Party		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		26,250	61.61%		557,708	64.82%		4,709,205	62.28%
	UNP		15,924	37.37%		288,741	33.56%		2,715,283	35.91%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		434	1.02%		13,937	1.62%		137,040	1.81%
Valid Votes		42,608		97.83%	860,386		98.17%	7,561,526		98.03%
Rejected Votes		947		2.17%	16,060		1.83%	151,706		1.97%
Total Polled		43,555		68.56%	876,446		69.59%	7,713,232		69.12%
Registered Electors		63,528			1,259,484			11,158,880

Party		Colombo North^[11]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
Party		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		22,389	63.26%		361,337	49.14%		2,569,199	50.43%
	SLFP		10,744	30.36%		339,958	46.23%		2,289,857	44.95%
	SLMP		2,259	6.38%		34,020	4.63%		235,701	4.63%
Valid Votes		35,392		98.20%	735,315		98.49%	5,094,754		98.24%
Rejected Votes		647		1.80%	11,295		1.51%	91,499		1.76%
Total Polled		36,039		66.56%	746,610		67.53%	5,186,256		55.87%
Registered Electors		54,149			1,105,583			9,283,143