Colombo Electoral District

Colombo Electoral District
Constituency
for the Parliament of Sri Lanka
RegionWestern Province
Electorate1,709,209
Current constituency
Created1978
Seats20 (1989–01)
21 (2001–04)
20 (2004–10)
19 (2010–present)
MPs
Provincial CouncilWestern
Created from

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 1,709,209 registered electors in 2020.[2]

  1. ^ "Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi to be appointed to Anura's MP seat". Sri Lanka: Ada Derana.
  2. ^ "Parliamentary General Election - 2020 Colombo District" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-04-14. Retrieved 2020-08-07.