Puttalam Electoral District

This article is about the electoral district in Sri Lanka. For the administrative district, see Puttalam District.
Puttalam
Electoral District
for the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Administrative
District		Puttalam
ProvinceNorth Western
Polling divisions5
Population760,000[1] (2008)
Electorate495,575[2] (2010)
Area3,072 km2 (1,186 sq mi)[3]
Current Electoral District
Number of members8
MPsPalitha Range Bandara, UNF
Arundika Fernando, UPFA
Milroy Fernando, UPFA
Piyankara Jayaratne, UPFA
Niroshan Perera, UNF
Neomal Perera, UPFA
Victor Anthony Perera, UPFA
Dayasritha Thissera, UPFA

Puttalam 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 Puttalam in the North Western province. The district currently elects 8 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 495,575 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.