Matara Electoral District

This article is about the electoral district in Sri Lanka. For the administrative district, see Matara District.
Matara
Electoral District
for the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Administrative
District		Matara
ProvinceSouthern
Polling divisions7
Population822,000[1] (2008)
Electorate578,858[2] (2010)
Area1,283 km2 (495 sq mi)[3]
Current Electoral District
Number of members8
MPsLakshman Yapa Abeywardena, UPFA
Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, UPFA
Wijaya Dahanayaka, UPFA
Chandrasiri Gajadeera, UPFA
Hemal Gunasekara, UPFA
Sanath Jayasuriya, UPFA
Buddhika Pathirana, UNF
Mangala Samaraweera, UNF

Matara 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 Matara in the Southern province. The district currently elects 8 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 578,858 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.