Ratnapura Electoral District

This article is about the electoral district in Sri Lanka. For the administrative district, see Ratnapura District.
Ratnapura
Electoral District
for the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Administrative
District		Ratnapura
ProvinceSabaragamuwa
Polling divisions8
Population1,099,000[1] (2008)
Electorate734,651[2] (2010)
Area3,275 km2 (1,264 sq mi)[3]
Current Electoral District
Number of members11
MPs
  NPP (8)
Shantha Padmakumara
S. Pradeep
Hiniduma Sunil Senevi
Janaka Senarathna
Sunil Rajapaksha
Upul Kithsiri
Wasantha Pushpakumara
Nilusha Gamage
  SJB (3)
Hesha Withanage
Waruna Priyantha Liyanage
Basooriyage Ariyawansa

Ratnapura 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 Ratnapura in the Sabaragamuwa province. The district currently elects 10 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 734,651 registered electors in 2010.[2] The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 21.[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.