| Nuwara Eliya | |
|---|---|
| Electoral District for the Parliament of Sri Lanka | |
| Administrative District | Nuwara Eliya |
| Province | Central |
| Polling divisions | 4 |
| Population | 749,000[1] (2008) |
| Electorate | 457,137[2] (2010) |
| Area | 1,741 km2 (672 sq mi)[3] |
| Current Electoral District | |
| Number of members | 7 |
| MPs | Palani Digambaran, NUW Navin Dissanayake, UPFA Sri Ranga Jeyaratnam, CF Velusami Radhakrishnan, UCPF Perumal Rajadurai, UNP C. B. Rathnayake, UPFA Arumugan Thondaman, UPFA |
Nuwara Eliya 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 Nuwara Eliya in the Central province. The district currently elects 7 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 457,137 registered electors in 2010.[2]
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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