Colombo Electoral District

Colombo Electoral District
Constituency
for the Parliament of Sri Lanka
RegionWestern Province
Electorate1,765,351
Current constituency
Created1978
Seats20 (1989–01)
21 (2001–04)
20 (2004–10)
19 (2010–2024)
18 (2024-present)
MPs
  NPP (14)

Colombo 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 Colombo in the Western province. The district currently elects 19 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 1,765,351 registered electors in 2024.[1] The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 01.[2]

  1. ^ "Presidential Election - 2024 Colombo District" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-04-14. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
  2. ^ "Election Commission". elections.gov.lk. Retrieved 2024-11-15.