Electoral districts of Central Province, Sri Lanka explained

See main article: Electoral districts of Sri Lanka.

Currently there are three electoral districts in Central Province, Sri Lanka.

The country's 1978 Constitution introduced a new proportional representation electoral system for electing members of Parliament from 1989 onwards. The existing single-member, double-member and triple-member districts were replaced with multi-member electoral districts, similar to the existing administrative districts of Sri Lanka.^[1] The remaining districts by 1989 continues to be a polling division of the current multi-member electoral districts.

1947 to 1989

Electoral District		No. ^[2]	First Election (Est.)	Last Election (Ab.)	Duration	Elections	By-elections	Total Members ^[3]	Notes
			19 March 1960		27 May 1970		4
			23 August 1947	15 February 1989		8		3
			19 March 1960		27 May 1970		5		5
			23 August 1947	19 March 1960		3		2
			23 August 1947	15 February 1989		8	1	7
			19 March 1960		15 February 1989		5		4
			21 July 1977	15 February 1989		1
			19 March 1960		15 February 1989		5
			23 August 1947	19 March 1960		3		4	Double-member district
			23 August 1947	15 February 1989		8	3	6
			23 August 1947	19 March 1960		3		3
			19 March 1960		15 February 1989		5
			19 March 1960		15 February 1989		5
			19 March 1960		15 February 1989		5
			23 August 1947	21 July 1977		7	1	7
			23 August 1947	15 February 1989		8		5
			23 August 1947	19 March 1960		3		1
			23 August 1947	21 July 1977		7		4
			23 August 1947	15 February 1989		8		6
			23 August 1947	21 July 1977		7	1	6
			21 July 1977	15 February 1989		1		3	Triple-member district
			21 July 1977	15 February 1989		1		1
			19 March 1960		15 February 1989		5
			19 March 1960		15 February 1989		5		2
			23 August 1947	19 March 1960		3		3
			19 March 1960		15 February 1989		5
			21 July 1977	15 February 1989		1		1
			19 March 1960		15 February 1989		5
			19 March 1960		15 February 1989		5
			23 August 1947	21 July 1977		7		3
			19 March 1960		15 February 1989		5
align=left colspan=2	Total		23 August 1947	15 February 1989		8	8

Since 1989

Electoral District		Area km^2 ^[4]	Polling Divisions	Population (2014) ^[5]	Registered Electors (2014)^[6]	Sect. 98 Seats (2014)	Sect. 96(4) Seats (1979)	Total Seats (2014)^[7]
Kandy	Central	1,940	13	1,367,900	1,049,160	11	1	12
Matale	Matale	1,993	4	482,294	379,675	4	1	5
Nuwara Eliya	Nuwara Eliya	1,741	4	706,156	534,150	6	2	8
align=left colspan=2	Total	65,610	160	20,274,179	14,268,063	160	36	225

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Electoral System. Parliament of Sri Lanka.
2. Order of creation
3. Total different members
4. Web site: Area of Sri Lanka by province and district . Statistical Abstract 2010 . Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130903223507/http://www.statistics.gov.lk/abstract2010/chapters/chap1/AB1-1.pdf . 3 September 2013 . dmy .
5. Web site: Preliminary Report (Provisional) - Census of Population and Housing 2011. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. 2018-07-15. 2013-12-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20131206021926/http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/Pages/sm/CPH%202011_R1.pdf. dead.
6. Web site: Archived copy . 2018-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150714143559/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/electorsByED/2014.pdf . 2015-07-14 . dead .
7. Web site: Lankadeepa Online.