Anuradhapura Electoral District

This article is about the electoral district in Sri Lanka. For the administrative district, see Anuradhapura District.
Anuradhapura
Electoral District
for the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Administrative
District		Anuradhapura
ProvinceNorth Central
Polling divisions7
Population809,000[1] (2008)
Electorate579,261[2] (2010)
Area7,179 km2 (2,772 sq mi)[3]
Current Electoral District
Number of members9
MPs
  NPP (7)
Wasantha Samarasinghe
Sena Nanayakkara
Susil Ranasinghe
Susantha Kumara
Bhagya Sri Herath
P.D.N.K. Palihena
Thilina Samarakoon
  SJB (2)
Rohana Bandara
Suranga Rathnayaka

Anuradhapura 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 Anuradhapura in the North Central province. The district currently elects 9 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 579,261 registered electors in 2010.[2] The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 17.[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.