Batticaloa Electoral District மட்டக்களப்பு தேர்தல் மாவட்டம்
Electoral District for the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Administrative District
Batticaloa
Province
Eastern
Polling divisions
3
Population
537,000[1](2009)
Electorate
344,750[2](2010)
Area
2,854 km2 (1,102 sq mi)[3]
Current Electoral District
Number of members
5
MPs
P. Ariyanethiran, TNA Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana, SLMC Ameer Ali, UNF P. Selvarasa, TNA S. Yogeswaran, TNA
Batticaloa Electoral District (Tamil: மட்டக்களப்பு தேர்தல் மாவட்டம்Maṭṭakkaḷappu Tērtal Māvaṭṭam) 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 Batticaloa in the Eastern province. The district currently elects 5 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 344,750 registered electors in 2010.[2]
^"Estimated mid year population by district, 2005 – 2009" (PDF). Statistical Abstract 2010. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-27.
^ ab"Member Calculation under Article 98(8)" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 15, 2011.
^"Area of Sri Lanka by province and district" (PDF). Statistical Abstract 2010. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-03.
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