Monaragala Electoral District

This article is about the electoral district in Sri Lanka. For the administrative district, see Monaragala District.
Monaragala
Electoral District
for the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Administrative
District		Monaragala
ProvinceUva
Polling divisions3
Population430,000[1] (2008)
Electorate300,642[2] (2010)
Area5,639 km2 (2,177 sq mi)[3]
Current Electoral District
Number of members6
MPs
  NPP (5)
R.M. Jayawardena
Ajith Priyadarshana
Chathuri Gangani
Ruwan Wijeweera
Sarath Kumara
  SJB (1)
H.M. Dharmasena

Monaragala 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 Monaragala in the Uva province. The district currently elects 5 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 300,642 registered electors in 2010.[2] The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 20.[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.