Kegalle Electoral District

This article is about the electoral district in Sri Lanka. For the administrative district, see Kegalle District.
Kegalle
Electoral District
for the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Administrative
District		Kegalle
ProvinceSabaragamuwa
Polling divisions9
Population807,000[1] (2008)
Electorate613,938[2] (2010)
Area1,693 km2 (654 sq mi)[3]
Current Electoral District
Number of members9
MPsJagath Balasuriya, UPFA
Lalith Dissanayake, UPFA
Kabir Hashim, UNF
Kanaka Herath, UPFA
H. R. Mithrapala, UPFA
A. D. Champika Premadasa, UNF
Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, UPFA

Kegalle 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 Kegalle in the Sabaragamuwa province. The district currently elects 9 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 613,938 registered electors in 2010.[2]

  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.