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Colombo West Polling Division

{{Infobox settlement |name = Colombo West

|image =

|settlement_type = Polling Division

|iso_code = EC-01E

|coordinates = {{coord|6.891035|N|79.856927|E}}

|area_total_km2 = 6.12

|population_total = 54682

|population_density_km2 = 8935

|population_as_of = 2012

|population_footnotes =

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Sri Lanka

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Western Province, Sri Lanka

|subdivision_type2 = Electoral District

|subdivision_name2 = Colombo Electoral District

}}

The Colombo West Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Colombo Electoral District, in the Western Province, Sri Lanka.

Presidential Election Results

= Summary =

The winner of Colombo West has matched the final country result 4 out of 8 times.

class="wikitable"
|Year

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Colombo West

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Colombo Electoral District

!|MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Colombo West and the Colombo Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. %

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Sri Lanka

!|MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Colombo West and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. %

|2019

|style="background-color:{{party color|New Democratic Front (Sri Lanka)}};" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|NDF

|style="background-color:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|SLPP

|style="text-align:right;"|29.42%

|style="background-color:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|SLPP

|style="text-align:right;"|28.50%

|2015

|style="background-color:{{party color|New Democratic Front (Sri Lanka)}};" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|NDF

|style="background-color:{{party color|New Democratic Front (Sri Lanka)}};" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|NDF

|style="text-align:right;"|22.90%

|style="background-color:{{party color|New Democratic Front (Sri Lanka)}};" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|NDF

|style="text-align:right;"|27.16%

|2010

|style="background-color:{{party color|New Democratic Front (Sri Lanka)}};" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|NDF

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UPFA

|style="text-align:right;"|27.91%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UPFA

|style="text-align:right;"|32.90%

|2005

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="text-align:right;"|27.88%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UPFA

|style="text-align:right;"|30.26%

|1999

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|PA

|style="text-align:right;"|19.46%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|PA

|style="text-align:right;"|21.10%

|1994

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|PA

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|PA

|style="text-align:right;"|3.26%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|PA

|style="text-align:right;"|0.82%

|1988

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="text-align:right;"|13.24%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="text-align:right;"|12.00%

|1982

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="text-align:right;"|18.64%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="text-align:right;"|21.88%

|Matches/Mean MAE

!style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px"|4/8

!style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px"|7/8

!style="text-align:right;"|20.34%

!style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px"|8/8

!style="text-align:right;"|21.83%

= [[2019 Sri Lankan presidential election|2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election]] =

class="wikitable"
colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"|Party

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Colombo West{{cite web|url = https://results.elections.gov.lk/|title = 2019 Sri Lankan presidential election Results|date = 2019|website = elections.gov.lk|publisher = Election Commission of Sri Lanka|access-date = 2020-06-07|archive-date = 2019-12-19|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191219162109/https://results.elections.gov.lk/|url-status = dead}}

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Colombo Electoral District

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Sri Lanka

colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

style="background-color:{{party color|New Democratic Front (Sri Lanka)}};" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|NDF

|style="background-color:{{party color|New Democratic Front (Sri Lanka)}};" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|21,345

|style="text-align:right;"|73.07%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|559,921

|style="text-align:right;"|40.92%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|5,564,239

|style="text-align:right;"|41.99%

style="background-color:maroon;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|SLPP

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|6,644

|style="text-align:right;"|22.74%

|style="background-color:maroon;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|727,713

|style="text-align:right;"|53.19%

|style="background-color:maroon;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|6,924,255

|style="text-align:right;"|52.25%

style="background-color:purple;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|NMPP

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|647

|style="text-align:right;"|2.21%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|53,803

|style="text-align:right;"|3.93%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|418,553

|style="text-align:right;"|3.16%

style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|Other Parties (with < 1%)

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|577

|style="text-align:right;"|1.98%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|26,740

|style="text-align:right;"|1.95%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|345,452

|style="text-align:right;"|2.61%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|29,213

!style="text-align:right;"|98.46%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,368,177

!style="text-align:right;"|98.89%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|13,252,499

!style="text-align:right;"|98.99%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Rejected Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|458

!style="text-align:right;"|1.54%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|15,333

!style="text-align:right;"|1.11%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|135,452

!style="text-align:right;"|1.01%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Total Polled

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|29,671

!style="text-align:right;"|73.83%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,383,510

!style="text-align:right;"|82.82%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|13,387,951

!style="text-align:right;"|83.71%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Registered Electors

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|40,187

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,670,403

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|15,992,568

!|

= [[2015 Sri Lankan presidential election|2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election]] =

class="wikitable"
colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"|Party

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Colombo West{{cite web|url = https://results.elections.gov.lk/|title = 2015 Sri Lankan presidential election Results|date = 2015|website = elections.gov.lk|publisher = Election Commission of Sri Lanka|access-date = 2020-06-07|archive-date = 2019-12-19|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191219162109/https://results.elections.gov.lk/|url-status = dead}}

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Colombo Electoral District

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Sri Lanka

colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|NDF

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|23,915

|style="text-align:right;"|78.99%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|725,073

|style="text-align:right;"|55.93%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|6,217,162

|style="text-align:right;"|51.28%

style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UPFA

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|6,164

|style="text-align:right;"|20.36%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|562,614

|style="text-align:right;"|43.40%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|5,768,090

|style="text-align:right;"|47.58%

style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|Other Parties (with < 1%)

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|196

|style="text-align:right;"|0.65%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|8,673

|style="text-align:right;"|0.67%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|138,200

|style="text-align:right;"|1.14%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|30,275

!style="text-align:right;"|98.94%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,296,360

!style="text-align:right;"|98.83%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|12,123,452

!style="text-align:right;"|98.85%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Rejected Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|325

!style="text-align:right;"|1.06%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|15,334

!style="text-align:right;"|1.17%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|140,925

!style="text-align:right;"|1.15%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Total Polled

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|30,600

!style="text-align:right;"|75.35%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,311,694

!style="text-align:right;"|81.34%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|12,264,377

!style="text-align:right;"|78.69%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Registered Electors

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|40,609

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,612,660

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|15,585,942

!|

= [[2010 Sri Lankan presidential election|2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election]] =

class="wikitable"
colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"|Party

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Colombo West{{cite web|url = https://results.elections.gov.lk/|title = 2010 Sri Lankan presidential election Results|date = 2010|website = elections.gov.lk|publisher = Election Commission of Sri Lanka|access-date = 2020-06-07|archive-date = 2019-12-19|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191219162109/https://results.elections.gov.lk/|url-status = dead}}

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Colombo Electoral District

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Sri Lanka

colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|NDF

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|19,211

|style="text-align:right;"|73.80%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|533,022

|style="text-align:right;"|45.90%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|4,173,185

|style="text-align:right;"|40.15%

style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UPFA

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|6,350

|style="text-align:right;"|24.39%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|614,740

|style="text-align:right;"|52.93%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|6,015,934

|style="text-align:right;"|57.88%

style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|Other Parties (with < 1%)

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|469

|style="text-align:right;"|1.80%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|13,620

|style="text-align:right;"|1.17%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|204,494

|style="text-align:right;"|1.97%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|26,030

!style="text-align:right;"|98.32%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,161,382

!style="text-align:right;"|99.03%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|10,393,613

!style="text-align:right;"|99.03%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Rejected Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|444

!style="text-align:right;"|1.68%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|11,394

!style="text-align:right;"|0.97%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|101,838

!style="text-align:right;"|0.97%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Total Polled

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|26,474

!style="text-align:right;"|68.02%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,172,776

!style="text-align:right;"|76.09%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|10,495,451

!style="text-align:right;"|66.70%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Registered Electors

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|38,921

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,541,242

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|15,734,587

!|

= [[2005 Sri Lankan presidential election|2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election]] =

class="wikitable"
colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"|Party

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Colombo West{{cite web|url = https://results.elections.gov.lk/|title = 2005 Sri Lankan presidential election Results|date = 2005|website = elections.gov.lk|publisher = Election Commission of Sri Lanka|access-date = 2020-06-07|archive-date = 2019-12-19|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191219162109/https://results.elections.gov.lk/|url-status = dead}}

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Colombo Electoral District

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Sri Lanka

colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|20,475

|style="text-align:right;"|79.16%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|569,627

|style="text-align:right;"|51.12%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|4,706,366

|style="text-align:right;"|48.43%

style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UPFA

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|5,104

|style="text-align:right;"|19.73%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|534,431

|style="text-align:right;"|47.96%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|4,887,152

|style="text-align:right;"|50.29%

style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|Other Parties (with < 1%)

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|286

|style="text-align:right;"|1.11%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|10,192

|style="text-align:right;"|0.91%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|123,521

|style="text-align:right;"|1.27%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|25,865

!style="text-align:right;"|98.48%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,114,250

!style="text-align:right;"|98.86%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|9,717,039

!style="text-align:right;"|98.88%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Rejected Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|399

!style="text-align:right;"|1.52%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|12,879

!style="text-align:right;"|1.14%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|109,869

!style="text-align:right;"|1.12%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Total Polled

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|26,264

!style="text-align:right;"|68.00%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,127,129

!style="text-align:right;"|75.85%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|9,826,908

!style="text-align:right;"|69.51%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Registered Electors

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|38,621

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,486,021

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|14,136,979

!|

= [[1999 Sri Lankan presidential election|1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election]] =

class="wikitable"
colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"|Party

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Colombo West{{cite web|url = https://results.elections.gov.lk/|title = 1999 Sri Lankan presidential election Results|date = 1999|website = elections.gov.lk|publisher = Election Commission of Sri Lanka|access-date = 2020-06-07|archive-date = 2019-12-19|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191219162109/https://results.elections.gov.lk/|url-status = dead}}

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Colombo Electoral District

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Sri Lanka

colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|16,531

|style="text-align:right;"|65.35%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|425,185

|style="text-align:right;"|44.08%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|3,602,748

|style="text-align:right;"|42.71%

style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|PA

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|7,327

|style="text-align:right;"|28.96%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|474,310

|style="text-align:right;"|49.18%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|4,312,157

|style="text-align:right;"|51.12%

style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|LDA

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|539

|style="text-align:right;"|2.13%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|5,000

|style="text-align:right;"|0.52%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|23,668

|style="text-align:right;"|0.28%

style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|Other Parties (with < 1%)

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|495

|style="text-align:right;"|1.96%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|16,030

|style="text-align:right;"|1.66%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|153,011

|style="text-align:right;"|1.81%

style="background-color:red;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|JVP

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|406

|style="text-align:right;"|1.60%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|44,009

|style="text-align:right;"|4.56%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|343,927

|style="text-align:right;"|4.08%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|25,298

!style="text-align:right;"|96.58%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|964,534

!style="text-align:right;"|97.06%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|8,435,754

!style="text-align:right;"|97.69%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Rejected Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|896

!style="text-align:right;"|3.42%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|29,197

!style="text-align:right;"|2.94%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|199,536

!style="text-align:right;"|2.31%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Total Polled

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|26,194

!style="text-align:right;"|64.03%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|993,731

!style="text-align:right;"|73.39%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|8,635,290

!style="text-align:right;"|72.17%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Registered Electors

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|40,908

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,354,025

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|11,965,536

!|

= [[1994 Sri Lankan presidential election|1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election]] =

class="wikitable"
colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"|Party

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Colombo West{{cite web|url = https://results.elections.gov.lk/|title = 1994 Sri Lankan presidential election Results|date = 1994|website = elections.gov.lk|publisher = Election Commission of Sri Lanka|access-date = 2020-06-07|archive-date = 2019-12-19|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191219162109/https://results.elections.gov.lk/|url-status = dead}}

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Colombo Electoral District

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Sri Lanka

colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|PA

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|14,329

|style="text-align:right;"|61.41%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|557,708

|style="text-align:right;"|64.82%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|4,709,205

|style="text-align:right;"|62.28%

style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|8,557

|style="text-align:right;"|36.67%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|288,741

|style="text-align:right;"|33.56%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|2,715,283

|style="text-align:right;"|35.91%

style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|Other Parties (with < 1%)

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|446

|style="text-align:right;"|1.91%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|13,937

|style="text-align:right;"|1.62%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|137,040

|style="text-align:right;"|1.81%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|23,332

!style="text-align:right;"|98.07%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|860,386

!style="text-align:right;"|98.17%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|7,561,526

!style="text-align:right;"|98.03%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Rejected Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|460

!style="text-align:right;"|1.93%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|16,060

!style="text-align:right;"|1.83%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|151,706

!style="text-align:right;"|1.97%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Total Polled

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|23,792

!style="text-align:right;"|64.45%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|876,446

!style="text-align:right;"|69.59%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|7,713,232

!style="text-align:right;"|69.12%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Registered Electors

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|36,915

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,259,484

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|11,158,880

!|

= [[1988 Sri Lankan presidential election|1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election]] =

class="wikitable"
colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"|Party

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Colombo West{{cite web|url = https://results.elections.gov.lk/|title = 1988 Sri Lankan presidential election Results|date = 1988|website = elections.gov.lk|publisher = Election Commission of Sri Lanka|access-date = 2020-06-07|archive-date = 2019-12-19|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191219162109/https://results.elections.gov.lk/|url-status = dead}}

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Colombo Electoral District

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Sri Lanka

colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|14,670

|style="text-align:right;"|62.36%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|361,337

|style="text-align:right;"|49.14%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|2,569,199

|style="text-align:right;"|50.43%

style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|SLFP

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|7,473

|style="text-align:right;"|31.77%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|339,958

|style="text-align:right;"|46.23%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|2,289,857

|style="text-align:right;"|44.95%

style="background-color:purple;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|SLMP

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|1,380

|style="text-align:right;"|5.87%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|34,020

|style="text-align:right;"|4.63%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|235,701

|style="text-align:right;"|4.63%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|23,523

!style="text-align:right;"|98.57%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|735,315

!style="text-align:right;"|98.49%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|5,094,754

!style="text-align:right;"|98.24%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Rejected Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|342

!style="text-align:right;"|1.43%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|11,295

!style="text-align:right;"|1.51%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|91,499

!style="text-align:right;"|1.76%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Total Polled

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|23,865

!style="text-align:right;"|64.12%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|746,610

!style="text-align:right;"|67.53%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|5,186,256

!style="text-align:right;"|55.87%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Registered Electors

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|37,220

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,105,583

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|9,283,143

!|

= [[1982 Sri Lankan presidential election|1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election]] =

class="wikitable"
colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"|Party

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Colombo West{{cite web|url = https://results.elections.gov.lk/|title = 1982 Sri Lankan presidential election Results|date = 1982|website = elections.gov.lk|publisher = Election Commission of Sri Lanka|access-date = 2020-06-07|archive-date = 2019-12-19|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191219162109/https://results.elections.gov.lk/|url-status = dead}}

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Colombo Electoral District

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Sri Lanka

colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|22,115

|style="text-align:right;"|77.52%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|436,290

|style="text-align:right;"|57.86%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|3,450,815

|style="text-align:right;"|52.93%

style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|SLFP

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|4,751

|style="text-align:right;"|16.65%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|274,476

|style="text-align:right;"|36.40%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|2,546,348

|style="text-align:right;"|39.05%

style="background-color:red;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|JVP

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|576

|style="text-align:right;"|2.02%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|28,580

|style="text-align:right;"|3.79%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|273,428

|style="text-align:right;"|4.19%

style="background-color:yellow;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|ACTC

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|521

|style="text-align:right;"|1.83%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|3,022

|style="text-align:right;"|0.40%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|173,934

|style="text-align:right;"|2.67%

style="background-color:red;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|LSSP

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|409

|style="text-align:right;"|1.43%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|9,655

|style="text-align:right;"|1.28%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|58,531

|style="text-align:right;"|0.90%

style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|Other Parties (with < 1%)

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|156

|style="text-align:right;"|0.55%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|2,008

|style="text-align:right;"|0.27%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|16,995

|style="text-align:right;"|0.26%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|28,528

!style="text-align:right;"|98.91%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|754,031

!style="text-align:right;"|98.95%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|6,520,156

!style="text-align:right;"|98.78%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Rejected Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|314

!style="text-align:right;"|1.09%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|7,990

!style="text-align:right;"|1.05%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|80,470

!style="text-align:right;"|1.22%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Total Polled

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|28,842

!style="text-align:right;"|71.44%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|762,021

!style="text-align:right;"|76.88%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|6,600,626

!style="text-align:right;"|80.15%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Registered Electors

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|40,375

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|991,194

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|8,235,358

!|

Parliamentary Election Results

= Summary =

The winner of Colombo West has matched the final country result 3 out of 7 times.

class="wikitable"
|Year

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Colombo West

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Colombo Electoral District

!|MAE %

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Sri Lanka

!|MAE %

|2020

|style="background-color:{{party color|Samagi Jana Balawegaya}};" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|SJB

|style="background-color:maroon;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|SLPFA

|style="text-align:right;"|

|style="background-color:maroon;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|SLPFA

|style="text-align:right;"|

|2015

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="text-align:right;"|24.10%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="text-align:right;"|27.44%

|2010

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UPFA

|style="text-align:right;"|23.80%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UPFA

|style="text-align:right;"|31.50%

|2004

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="text-align:right;"|24.50%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UPFA

|style="text-align:right;"|28.36%

|2001

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="text-align:right;"|14.62%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="text-align:right;"|18.50%

|2000

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="text-align:right;"|15.17%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|PA

|style="text-align:right;"|20.00%

|1994

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|PA

|style="text-align:right;"|12.09%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|PA

|style="text-align:right;"|9.85%

|1989

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="text-align:right;"|11.47%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="text-align:right;"|12.57%

|Matches/Mean MAE

!style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px"|3/8

!style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px"|6/8

!style="text-align:right;"|

!style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px"|8/8

!style="text-align:right;"|

= [[2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2020 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election]] =

class="wikitable"
colspan="3" width="144px"rowspan="2"|Party

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Colombo West{{cite web|url = https://elections.gov.lk/web/wp-content/uploads/election-results/parliamentary-elections/general-election-2020.pdf|title = 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results|date = 2020|website = elections.gov.lk|publisher = Election Commission of Sri Lanka}}

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Colombo Electoral District

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Sri Lanka

colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

style="background-color:{{party color|Samagi Jana Balawegaya}};" width="20px"|

|File:Samagi Jana Balawegaya - Telephone Symbol - Black.png

|style="text-align:left;"|SJB

|style="background-color:{{party color|Samagi Jana Balawegaya}};" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|16,521

|style="text-align:right;"|64.82%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|387,145

|style="text-align:right;"|32.73%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|2,771,984

|style="text-align:right;"|23.9%

style="background-color:maroon;" width="20px"|

|File:Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna election symbol.svg

|style="text-align:left;"|SLPFA

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|6,294

|style="text-align:right;"|24.69%

|style="background-color:maroon;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|674,603

|style="text-align:right;"|57.04%

|style="background-color:maroon;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|6,853,693

|style="text-align:right;"|59.09%

style="background-color:green;" width="20px"|

|File:Election Symbol United National Party Sri Lanka.png

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|1,143

|style="text-align:right;"|4.48%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|30,875

|style="text-align:right;"|2.61%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|249,435

|style="text-align:right;"|2.15%

style="background-color:purple;" width="20px"|

|File:NPP Symbol.png

|style="text-align:left;"|JJB

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|1,074

|style="text-align:right;"|4.21%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|67,600

|style="text-align:right;"|5.72%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|445,958

|style="text-align:right;"|3.84%

style="background-color:white;" width="20px"|

|

|style="text-align:left;"|Other Parties (with < 1%)

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|457

|style="text-align:right;"|1.8%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|22,553

|style="text-align:right;"|1.9%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|1,227,859

|style="text-align:right;"|11.02%

colspan="3" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|25,489

!style="text-align:right;"|60.93%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,182,776

!style="text-align:right;"|69.2%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|11,598,936

!style="text-align:right;"|71.32%

colspan="3" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Rejected Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,545

!style="text-align:right;"|3.69%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|81,034

!style="text-align:right;"|4.74%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|744,373

!style="text-align:right;"|4.58%

colspan="3" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Total Polled

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|27,034

!style="text-align:right;"|64.63%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,263,810

!style="text-align:right;"|73.94%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|12,343,309

!style="text-align:right;"|75.89%

colspan="3" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Registered Electors

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|41,831

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,709,209

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|16,263,885

!|

= [[2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election]] =

class="wikitable"
colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"|Party

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Colombo West{{cite web|url = https://elections.gov.lk/web/wp-content/uploads/election-results/parliamentary-elections/general-election-2015.pdf|title = 2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results|date = 2015|website = elections.gov.lk|publisher = Election Commission of Sri Lanka}}

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Colombo Electoral District

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Sri Lanka

colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

style="background-color:green;" width="20px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|22,060

|style="text-align:right;"|80.31%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|640,743

|style="text-align:right;"|53.04%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|5,098,916

|style="text-align:right;"|45.77%

style="background-color:blue;" width="20px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UPFA

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|4,204

|style="text-align:right;"|15.31%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|474,063

|style="text-align:right;"|39.25%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|4,732,664

|style="text-align:right;"|42.48%

style="background-color:red;" width="20px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|JVP

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|875

|style="text-align:right;"|3.19%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|81,391

|style="text-align:right;"|6.74%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|544,154

|style="text-align:right;"|4.88%

style="background-color:white;" width="20px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|Other Parties (with < 1%)

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|328

|style="text-align:right;"|1.19%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|11,752

|style="text-align:right;"|0.97%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|93,045

|style="text-align:right;"|0.84%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|27,467

!style="text-align:right;"|95.45%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,207,949

!style="text-align:right;"|96.46%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|11,140,333

!style="text-align:right;"|95.35%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Rejected Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,237

!style="text-align:right;"|4.30%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|43,372

!style="text-align:right;"|3.46%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|516,926

!style="text-align:right;"|4.42%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Total Polled

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|28,775

!style="text-align:right;"|70.86%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,252,271

!style="text-align:right;"|78.93%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|11,684,111

!style="text-align:right;"|77.66%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Registered Electors

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|40,609

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,586,598

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|15,044,490

!|

= [[2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election]] =

class="wikitable"
colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"|Party

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Colombo West{{cite web|url = https://elections.gov.lk/web/wp-content/uploads/election-results/parliamentary-elections/general-election-2010.pdf|title = 2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results|date = 2010|website = elections.gov.lk|publisher = Election Commission of Sri Lanka}}

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Colombo Electoral District

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Sri Lanka

colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|13,056

|style="text-align:right;"|64.33%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|339,750

|style="text-align:right;"|36.19%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|2,357,057

|style="text-align:right;"|29.37%

style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UPFA

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|5,169

|style="text-align:right;"|25.47%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|480,896

|style="text-align:right;"|51.23%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|4,846,388

|style="text-align:right;"|60.38%

style="background-color:red;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|DNA

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|1,675

|style="text-align:right;"|8.25%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|110,683

|style="text-align:right;"|11.79%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|441,251

|style="text-align:right;"|5.50%

style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|Other Parties (with < 1%)

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|394

|style="text-align:right;"|1.94%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|7,292

|style="text-align:right;"|0.78%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|48,240

|style="text-align:right;"|0.60%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|20,294

!style="text-align:right;"|93.98%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|938,723

!style="text-align:right;"|94.85%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|8,026,322

!style="text-align:right;"|96.03%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Rejected Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,283

!style="text-align:right;"|5.94%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|50,354

!style="text-align:right;"|5.09%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|581,465

!style="text-align:right;"|6.96%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Total Polled

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|21,594

!style="text-align:right;"|55.48%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|989,729

!style="text-align:right;"|64.17%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|8,358,246

!style="text-align:right;"|59.29%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Registered Electors

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|38,921

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,542,457

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|14,097,690

!|

= [[2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election]] =

class="wikitable"
colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"|Party

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Colombo West{{cite web|url = https://elections.gov.lk/web/wp-content/uploads/election-results/parliamentary-elections/general-election-2004.pdf|title = 2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results|date = 2004|website = elections.gov.lk|publisher = Election Commission of Sri Lanka}}

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Colombo Electoral District

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Sri Lanka

colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|19,084

|style="text-align:right;"|73.65%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|441,841

|style="text-align:right;"|41.77%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|3,486,792

|style="text-align:right;"|37.73%

style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UPFA

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|3,613

|style="text-align:right;"|13.94%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|414,688

|style="text-align:right;"|39.20%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|4,223,126

|style="text-align:right;"|45.70%

style="background-color:yellow;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|JHU

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|2,824

|style="text-align:right;"|10.90%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|190,618

|style="text-align:right;"|18.02%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|552,723

|style="text-align:right;"|5.98%

style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|Other Parties (with < 1%)

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|390

|style="text-align:right;"|1.51%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|10,713

|style="text-align:right;"|1.01%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|90,868

|style="text-align:right;"|0.98%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|25,911

!style="text-align:right;"|96.74%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,057,860

!style="text-align:right;"|96.47%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|9,241,931

!style="text-align:right;"|94.52%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Rejected Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|869

!style="text-align:right;"|3.24%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|38,605

!style="text-align:right;"|3.52%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|534,452

!style="text-align:right;"|5.47%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Total Polled

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|26,783

!style="text-align:right;"|66.61%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,096,571

!style="text-align:right;"|74.71%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|9,777,821

!style="text-align:right;"|75.74%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Registered Electors

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|40,209

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,467,751

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|12,909,631

!|

= [[2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election]] =

class="wikitable"
colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"|Party

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Colombo West{{cite web|url = https://elections.gov.lk/web/wp-content/uploads/election-results/parliamentary-elections/general-election-2001.pdf|title = 2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results|date = 2001|website = elections.gov.lk|publisher = Election Commission of Sri Lanka}}

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Colombo Electoral District

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Sri Lanka

colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|18,020

|style="text-align:right;"|66.03%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|546,417

|style="text-align:right;"|51.62%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|4,086,026

|style="text-align:right;"|45.62%

style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|PA

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|4,053

|style="text-align:right;"|14.85%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|353,401

|style="text-align:right;"|33.39%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|3,330,815

|style="text-align:right;"|37.19%

style="background-color:yellow;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|TULF

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|3,499

|style="text-align:right;"|12.82%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|12,696

|style="text-align:right;"|1.20%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|348,164

|style="text-align:right;"|3.89%

style="background-color:red;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|JVP

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|926

|style="text-align:right;"|3.39%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|117,404

|style="text-align:right;"|11.09%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|815,353

|style="text-align:right;"|9.10%

style="background-color:yellow;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|SU

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|396

|style="text-align:right;"|1.45%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|16,970

|style="text-align:right;"|1.60%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|50,665

|style="text-align:right;"|0.57%

style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|Other Parties (with < 1%)

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|395

|style="text-align:right;"|1.45%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|11,593

|style="text-align:right;"|1.10%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|162,452

|style="text-align:right;"|1.81%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|27,289

!style="text-align:right;"|96.61%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,058,481

!style="text-align:right;"|96.28%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|8,955,844

!style="text-align:right;"|94.77%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Rejected Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|959

!style="text-align:right;"|3.39%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|40,901

!style="text-align:right;"|3.72%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|494,009

!style="text-align:right;"|5.23%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Total Polled

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|28,248

!style="text-align:right;"|67.40%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,099,382

!style="text-align:right;"|76.31%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|9,449,878

!style="text-align:right;"|76.03%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Registered Electors

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|41,908

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,440,682

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|12,428,762

!|

= [[2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election]] =

class="wikitable"
colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"|Party

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Colombo West{{cite web|url = https://elections.gov.lk/web/wp-content/uploads/election-results/parliamentary-elections/general-election-2000.pdf|title = 2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results|date = 2000|website = elections.gov.lk|publisher = Election Commission of Sri Lanka}}

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Colombo Electoral District

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Sri Lanka

colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|15,480

|style="text-align:right;"|59.79%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|440,684

|style="text-align:right;"|43.45%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|3,451,765

|style="text-align:right;"|40.12%

style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|PA

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|4,999

|style="text-align:right;"|19.31%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|394,146

|style="text-align:right;"|38.86%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|3,899,329

|style="text-align:right;"|45.33%

style="background-color:yellow;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|SU

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|1,418

|style="text-align:right;"|5.48%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|49,671

|style="text-align:right;"|4.90%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|127,859

|style="text-align:right;"|1.49%

style="background-color:yellow;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|ACTC

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|1,371

|style="text-align:right;"|5.30%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|5,238

|style="text-align:right;"|0.52%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|27,289

|style="text-align:right;"|0.32%

style="background-color:#008800;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|NUA

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|925

|style="text-align:right;"|3.57%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|27,067

|style="text-align:right;"|2.67%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|185,593

|style="text-align:right;"|2.16%

style="background-color:red;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|JVP

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|709

|style="text-align:right;"|2.74%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|78,133

|style="text-align:right;"|7.70%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|518,725

|style="text-align:right;"|6.03%

style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|Other Parties (with < 1%)

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|698

|style="text-align:right;"|2.70%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|14,693

|style="text-align:right;"|1.45%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|139,216

|style="text-align:right;"|1.62%

style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|CWC

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|289

|style="text-align:right;"|1.12%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|4,588

|style="text-align:right;"|0.45%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|22,985

|style="text-align:right;"|0.27%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|25,889

!style="text-align:right;"|N/A

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,014,220

!style="text-align:right;"|N/A

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|8,602,617

!style="text-align:right;"|N/A

= [[1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election]] =

class="wikitable"
colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"|Party

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Colombo West{{cite web|url = https://elections.gov.lk/web/wp-content/uploads/election-results/parliamentary-elections/general-election-1994.pdf|title = 1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results|date = 1994|website = elections.gov.lk|publisher = Election Commission of Sri Lanka}}

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Colombo Electoral District

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Sri Lanka

colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|12,983

|style="text-align:right;"|51.06%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|385,100

|style="text-align:right;"|41.77%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|3,498,370

|style="text-align:right;"|44.04%

style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|PA

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|8,977

|style="text-align:right;"|35.31%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|469,642

|style="text-align:right;"|50.94%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|3,887,805

|style="text-align:right;"|48.94%

style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|IND1

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|2,813

|style="text-align:right;"|11.06%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|9,251

|style="text-align:right;"|1.00%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|48,199

|style="text-align:right;"|0.61%

style="background-color:red;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|MEP

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|462

|style="text-align:right;"|1.82%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|42,734

|style="text-align:right;"|4.64%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|68,538

|style="text-align:right;"|0.86%

style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|Other Parties (with < 1%)

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|190

|style="text-align:right;"|0.75%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|15,206

|style="text-align:right;"|1.65%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|93,874

|style="text-align:right;"|1.18%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|25,425

!style="text-align:right;"|96.87%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|921,933

!style="text-align:right;"|96.18%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|7,943,688

!style="text-align:right;"|95.20%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Rejected Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|821

!style="text-align:right;"|3.13%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|36,635

!style="text-align:right;"|3.82%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|400,395

!style="text-align:right;"|4.80%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Total Polled

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|26,246

!style="text-align:right;"|71.10%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|958,568

!style="text-align:right;"|76.04%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|8,344,095

!style="text-align:right;"|74.75%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Registered Electors

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|36,915

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,260,686

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|11,163,064

!|

= [[1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election]] =

class="wikitable"
colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"|Party

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Colombo West{{cite web|url = https://elections.gov.lk/web/wp-content/uploads/election-results/parliamentary-elections/general-election-1989.pdf|title = 1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results|date = 1989|website = elections.gov.lk|publisher = Election Commission of Sri Lanka}}

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Colombo Electoral District

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Sri Lanka

colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|15,265

|style="text-align:right;"|66.25%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|374,530

|style="text-align:right;"|51.67%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|2,838,005

|style="text-align:right;"|50.71%

style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|SLFP

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|4,100

|style="text-align:right;"|17.79%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|205,053

|style="text-align:right;"|28.29%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|1,785,369

|style="text-align:right;"|31.90%

style="background-color:red;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|USA

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|1,502

|style="text-align:right;"|6.52%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|31,873

|style="text-align:right;"|4.40%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|141,983

|style="text-align:right;"|2.54%

style="background-color:#008800;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|SLMC

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|1,259

|style="text-align:right;"|5.46%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|29,308

|style="text-align:right;"|4.04%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|202,016

|style="text-align:right;"|3.61%

style="background-color:red;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|MEP

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|669

|style="text-align:right;"|2.90%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|76,966

|style="text-align:right;"|10.62%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|90,480

|style="text-align:right;"|1.62%

style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|ELJP

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|247

|style="text-align:right;"|1.07%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|7,112

|style="text-align:right;"|0.98%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|67,723

|style="text-align:right;"|1.21%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|23,042

!style="text-align:right;"|96.04%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|724,842

!style="text-align:right;"|95.36%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|5,596,468

!style="text-align:right;"|93.87%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Rejected Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|949

!style="text-align:right;"|3.96%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|35,271

!style="text-align:right;"|4.64%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|365,563

!style="text-align:right;"|6.13%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Total Polled

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|23,991

!style="text-align:right;"|65.16%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|760,113

!style="text-align:right;"|69.87%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|5,962,031

!style="text-align:right;"|63.60%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Registered Electors

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|36,820

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,087,891

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|9,374,164

!|

Demographics

= Ethnicity =

The Colombo West Polling Division has a Sri Lankan Tamil plurality (40.2%), a significant Sinhalese population (34.1%) and a significant Moor population (19.2%) In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District (which contains the Colombo West Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (76.5%), a significant Moor population (10.7%) and a significant Sri Lankan Tamil population (10.1%)

{{Pie chart |caption = Ethnicity in Colombo West

|thumb = none

|label1 = Sri Lankan Tamil

|value1 = 40.2

|color1 = #ff8800

|label2 = Sinhalese

|value2 = 34.1

|color2 = #880000

|label3 = Moor

|value3 = 19.2

|color3 = #008800

|label4 = Indian Tamil

|value4 = 2.6

|color4 = #cc6600

|label5 = Other

|value5 = 2.0

|color5 = #ffffff

|label6 = Other

|value6 = 1.8

|color6 = #ffffff

}}

=Religion=

The Colombo West Polling Division has a Hindu plurality (36.3%), a significant Buddhist population (27.7%) and a significant Muslim population (21.6%) In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District (which contains the Colombo West Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (70.2%) and a significant Muslim population (11.8%)

{{Pie chart|caption=Religion in Colombo West{{cite web|url=http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/worldbank-srilanka/choropleth-example.html|title=Census of Population and Housing 2012|date=2012|website=statistics.gov.lk|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka}}

|thumb = none

|label1 = Hindu

|value1 = 36.3

|color1 = #ff8800

|label2 = Buddhist

|value2 = 27.7

|color2 = #ffff00

|label3 = Muslim

|value3 = 21.6

|color3 = #008800

|label4 = Roman Catholic

|value4 = 8.3

|color4 = #8888ff

|label5 = Other Christian

|value5 = 5.6

|color5 = #444488

|label6 = Other

|value6 = 0.4

|color6 = #ffffff

}}

References

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Category:Polling Divisions of the Colombo Electoral District