Hambantota Electoral District

This article is about the electoral district in Sri Lanka. For the administrative district, see Hambantota District.
Hambantota
Electoral District
for the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Administrative
District		Hambantota
ProvinceSouthern
Polling divisions4
Population558,000[1] (2008)
Electorate421,186[2] (2010)
Area2,609 km2 (1,007 sq mi)[3]
Current Electoral District
Number of members7
MPs
  NPP (5)
Nihal Galappaththi
Athula Hewage
Saliya Madarasinghe
Aravinda Vitharana
Prabha Senarath
  SJB (1)
Dilip Wedaarachchi
  SLPP (1)
D. V. Chanaka

Hambantota 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 Hambantota in the Southern province. The district currently elects 7 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 421,186 registered electors in 2010.[2] The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 09.[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.