Ampara Electoral District

Ampara Electoral District
அம்பாறை தேர்தல் மாவட்டம்
Electoral District
for the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Administrative
District		Ampara
ProvinceEastern
Polling divisions4
Population634,000[1] (2009)
Electorate436,148[2] (2010)
Area4,415 km2 (1,705 sq mi)[3]
Current Electoral District
Number of members7
MPsA. L. M. Athaullah, NC
Cassim Faizal, SJB
D. Weerasinghe,SLPP
H. M. M. Harees, SJB
Thilak Rajapakse, SLPP
Wimalaweera Dissanayake, SLPP

Ampara (Digamadulla) Electoral District (Tamil: அம்பாறை தேர்தல் மாவட்டம், romanized: Ampāṟai Tērtal Māvaṭṭam; Sinhala: අම්පාර මැතිවරණ දිස්ත්‍රික්කය, romanized: Ampāra Mætivaraṇa Distrikkaya) 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 Ampara in the Eastern province. The district currently elects 7 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 436,148 registered electors in 2010.[2]

  1. ^ "Estimated mid year population by district, 2005 – 2009" (PDF). Statistical Abstract 2010. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-27.
  2. ^ a b "Member Calculation under Article 98(8)" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-15.
  3. ^ "Area of Sri Lanka by province and district" (PDF). Statistical Abstract 2010. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-03.