Galle Electoral District

Galle 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 Galle in the Southern province. The district currently elects 10 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 761,815 registered electors in 2010.

This article is about the electoral district in Sri Lanka. For the administrative district, see Galle District.
Galle
Electoral District
for the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Administrative
District		Galle
ProvinceSouthern
Polling divisions10
Population1,063,000 (2008)
Electorate761,815 (2010)
Area1,652 km2 (638 sq mi)
Current Electoral District
Number of members10
MPsPiyasena Gamage, UPFA
Sajin Vass Gunawardena, UPFA
Gayantha Karunathilaka, UNF
Ajith Kumara, DNA
Nishantha Muthuhettigama, UPFA
Manusha Nanayakkara, UNF
Ramesh Pathirana, UPFA
Mohan Priyadarshana Silva, UPFA
Chandima Weerakkody, UPFA
Gunaratna Weerakoon, UPFA
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