Matale Electoral District

This article is about the electoral district in Sri Lanka. For the administrative district, see Matale District.
Matale
Electoral District
for the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Administrative
District		Matale
ProvinceCentral
Polling divisions4
Population483,000[1] (2008)
Electorate342,684[2] (2010)
Area1,993 km2 (770 sq mi)[3]
Current Electoral District
Number of members5
MPs
  NPP (4)
Gamagedara Dissanayake
Sunil Biyanvila
Deepthi Wasalage
Dinesh Hemantha Perera
  SJB (1)
Rohini Kawirathna

Matale 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 Matale in the Central province. The district currently elects five of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 342,684 registered electors in 2010.[2] It is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 05.[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.
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  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.
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