Kandy Electoral District

Kandy (Mahanuwara)
Electoral District
for the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Administrative
District		Kandy
ProvinceCentral
Polling divisions13
Population1,396,000[1] (2008)
Electorate970,456[2] (2010)
Area1,940 km2 (750 sq mi)[3]
Current Electoral District
Number of members12
MPs
  NPP (9)
K. D. Lalkantha
Jagath Manuwarna
Prasanna Gunasena
Hansaka Wijemuni
Thanura Dissanayake
E.M Basnayaka
Riyaz Faruk
Thushari Jayasinghe
Mohomed Pasmin
Riyaz Faruk
  SJB (2)
Rauf Hakeem
[[]Chamindrani Kiriella]]
  NDF (1)
Anuradha Jayaratne

Kandy (Mahanuwara) 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 Kandy in the Central province. The district currently elects 12 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 970,456 registered electors in 2010.[2] It is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 04.[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 13 November 2010.
  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 13 November 2010.
  4. ^ "Election Commission". elections.gov.lk. Retrieved 15 November 2024.