Matara Electoral District

This article is about the electoral district in Sri Lanka. For the administrative district, see Matara District.
Matara
Electoral District
for the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Administrative
District		Matara
ProvinceSouthern
Polling divisions7
Population873,000 (2021)[1]
Electorate686,175 (2024)[2]
Area1,283 km2 (495 sq mi)[3]
Current Electoral District
Number of members7
MPs
  NPP (6)
Sunil Handunnetti
Saroja Polraj
L.M Abeywickrama
Arkam Ilyas
Gammaddage Ajantha
Lal Premanath
  SJB (1)
Chathura Galappaththi

Matara 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 Matara in the Southern province. The district currently elects 7 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 578,858 registered electors in 2010.[4] The district is the country's Electorate Number 08.[5]

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  2. ^ "Parliamentary General Election 2024 - Adaderana". election.adaderana.lk. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  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.
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  5. ^ "Election Commission". elections.gov.lk. Retrieved 2024-11-15.