Badulla Electoral District

This article is about the electoral district in Sri Lanka. For the administrative district, see Badulla District.
Badulla
Electoral District
for the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Administrative
District		Badulla
ProvinceUva
Polling divisions9
Population861,000[1] (2008)
Electorate574,814[2] (2010)
Area2,861 km2 (1,105 sq mi)[3]
Current Electoral District
Number of members8
MPs
  NPP (6)
Samantha Vidyaratna
Kitnan Selvaraj
Ambika Samuel
Raveendra Bandara
Sudath Balagalla
Dinindu Saman
  SJB (2)
Chaminda Wijesiri
Nayana Wasalathilake
  NDF (1)
Chamara Sampath Dassanayake

Badulla 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 Badulla in the Uva province. The district currently elects 8 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 574,814 registered electors in 2010.[2] The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 19.[4]

  1. ^ "Estimated mid year population by district, 2004–2008" (PDF). Statistical Abstract 2009. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-13.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference 2010pe was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Area of Sri Lanka by province and district" (PDF). Statistical Abstract 2009. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-13.
  4. ^ "Election Commission". elections.gov.lk. Retrieved 2024-11-15.