Colombo Electoral District

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 1,552,734 registered electors in 2014.
Election results.
1982 presidential election.
Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982:
1988 provincial council election.
Results of the 1st Western provincial council election held on 2 June 1988:
1988 presidential election.
Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988:
1989 parliamentary general election.
Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989:
The following candidates were elected: Lalith Athulathmudali (UNP), 235,447 preference votes (pv); Bulathsinghalage Sirisena Cooray (UNP), 92,263 pv; Stanley Tillekeratne (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; Dixon 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; Vincent Perera (UNP), 42,776 pv; Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi (UNP), 41,508 pv; Kingsley Wickramaratne (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 killed on 23 April 1993.
1993 provincial council election.
Results of the 2nd Western provincial council election held on 17 May 1993:
1994 parliamentary general election.
Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994:
The following candidates were elected: 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 Abeygunasekera (UNP), 98,022 pv; Jeewan Kumaranatunga (PA), 95,767 pv; Kingsley Wickramaratne (PA), 95,077 pv; A. H. M. Fowzie (PA), 72,294 pv; Nawalaage Benet Cooray (PA), 66,976 pv; Bharatha 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 Abeygunasekera (UNP) and Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi (UNP) were killed on 24 October 1994. Their replacements were P. P. Devaraj (UNP) and R. Yogarajan (UNP).
C. V. Gunaratne (PA) was killed on 7 June 2000.
1994 presidential election.
Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994:
1999 provincial council election.
Results of the 3rd Western provincial council election held on 6 April 1999:
1999 presidential election.
Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999:
2000 parliamentary general election.
Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000:
The following candidates were elected:
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; 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:
The following candidates were elected:
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; Bharatha 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:
The following candidates were elected:
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 killed on 1 January 2008. His replacement Mohamed Rajabdeen (UNF-SLMC) was sworn in on 8 January 2008.
2004 provincial council election.
Results of the 4th Western provincial council election held on 10 July 2004:
The following candidates were elected: 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:
2009 provincial council election.
Results of the 5th Western provincial council election held on 25 April 2009:
The following candidates were elected:
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; 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:
2010 parliamentary general election.
Results of the 14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010:
The following candidates were elected: 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 court martial after being found guilty of breaching arms procurement guideline. His replacement Jayantha Ketagoda (DNA) was sworn in on 8 March 2011.
2014 provincial council election.
Results of the 6th Western provincial council election held on 29 March 2014:
The following candidates were elected: Hirunika Premachandra (UPFA), 139,034 preference votes (pv); Udaya Gammanpila (UPFA), 115,637 pv; Saidulla Mustajab Marikkar (UNP), 67,243 pv; Hewamatharage Upali Kodikara (UPFA), 47,822 pv; Lalan Sudath Manju Sri Arangala (UNP), 45,654 pv; K. D. Lalkantha (JVP), 45,460 pv; Roger Seneviratne (UPFA), 44,011 pv; Malsha Kumaranatunga (UPFA), 43,324 pv; Mohomed Mujibur Rahuman (UNP), 42,126 pv; Rasika Manjula Buddhadasa Goluhewage (UPFA), 37,125 pv; Ajantha Niroshan Padukka (UNP), 33,846 pv; Salochana Gamage (UPFA), 33,495 pv; S. K. Kindelpitiya (DP), 32,918 pv; Pahala Wattage Don Loshan Leonard Karunarathne (UNP), 32,911 pv; Mohomed Sheriff Mohomed Fairoos (UNP), 32,642 pv; Andarage Don Gamini Thilakasiri (UPFA), 31,532 pv; Almeida Mahesh Priyal Jayatissa (UPFA), 30,191 pv; Arachchige Don Jagath Kumara Sumithra (UPFA), 29,499 pv; Hector Bethmage (UPFA), 28,766 pv; Mano Ganesan (DPF), 28,558 pv; E. Srinath M. Perera (UNP), 27,942 pv; Janaka Deepal Weliwatta (UPFA), 27,578 pv; Edirisinghe Arachchige Isura Dewapriya Dharmasena Perera (UPFA), 26,164 pv; Pradeep Undugoda (UPFA), 26,031 pv; Gayan Nishantha Sriwarnasinghe (UPFA); 24,942 pv; Muthumalage Jayantha De Silva (UNP), 24,450 pv; Amal Pushpa Kumara Sinhara Silva (UPFA), 24,431 pv; Don Hadara Gamage Sunil Jayamini (UPFA), 23,832 pv; Uswatta Liyanage Senaka Damayantha De Silva (UNP), 23,586 pv; Kolannage Thushara Vajira Perera (UPFA), 23,423 pv; Anuradha Vimalarathna (UNP), 21,205 pv; Udara Sathyajith Rathnayake (UNP), 20,165 pv; Rodney Rudolph Fraser (UNP) 19,643 pv; S. Pravardan (DPF), 14,888 pv; R. Nimal Peiris (DP), 14,822 pv; Udawela Lekamlage Nalin Pradeep Udawela (DP), 13,653 pv; Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi (JVP), 9,528 pv; Vatagala Hewage Sunil (JVP), 8,380 pv; Mohamed Arshad Nizamdeen (SLMC); and Abdul Jabbar Mohemed Faiz (ACMC).