Map of Electoral Districts in Sri Lanka

Map of Sri Lanka with Electorial Districts.



Electoral Districts

According to the Sri Lankan Constitution, members of Parliament are elected from 22 multi-member districts via the process of proportional representation electoral system.

The Sri Lankan Constitution states, the Parliament should comprise 225 members or seats. Under a certain section, 36 seats were allocated to nine provinces in the country and it was mentioned that a delimitation commission would allocate four seats between electoral districts in each province.

Electoral Districts in Sri Lanka History

In Sri Lanka, the Delimitation Commission was appointed on 29th November 1978. The nation was eventually divided into 22 electoral districts. Out of the 22 districts, 21 were coterminous with their namesake administrative district. The other electoral district Vanni, comprises the administrative districts of Mannar, Mullaitivu and Vavuniya.

Number of Electoral Districts in Sri Lanka

The 36 provincial seats include
Central Province – Kandy 1, Matale 1, Nuwara Eliya 2.
Eastern Province – Ampara 2, Batticaloa 1, Trincomalee 1.
Northern Province – Jaffna 1, Vanni 3.
North Central Province – Anuradhapura 2, Polonnaruwa 2.0
North Western Province – Kurunegala 2, Puttalam 2.
Sabaragamuwa Province – Kegalla 2, Ratnapura 2.
Southern Province – Galle 1, Matara 1, Hambantota 2.Uva Province – Badulla 2, Monaragala 2.
Western Province – Colombo 2, Gampaha 1, Kalutara 1.

Kilinochchi Administrative District was carved out from southern Jaffna Administrative District in February 1984. Now, Jaffna Electoral District consists of two administrative districts, namely – Jaffna and Kilinochchi.

Number of seats per electoral district

Electoral District Province Polling Divisions Population (2012) Registered Electors (2011) Sect. 98 Seats (2011) Sect. 96 Seats (1979) Total Seats (2011)
Ampara Eastern 4 645803 441287 5 2 7
Anuradhapura North Central 7 855373 606508 7 2 9
Badulla Uva 9 811138 591292 7 2 9
Batticaloa Eastern 3 525166 347099 4 1 5
Colombo Western 15 2322942 1512670 17 2 19
Galle Southern 10 1058902 790207 9 1 10
Gampaha Western 13 2298190 1538368 17 1 18
Hambantota Southern 4 595802 442060 5 2 7
Jaffna Northern 11 695867 482342 5 1 6
Kalutara Western 8 1214720 853609 9 1 10
Kandy Central 13 1367900 1002493 11 1 12
Kegalle Sabaragamuwa 9 837100 631981 7 2 9
Kurunegala North Western 14 1611230 1216286 14 2 16
Matale Central 4 482294 359796 4 1 5
Matara Southern 7 810629 595867 7 1 8
Monaragala Uva 3 448080 319557 4 2 6
Nuwara Eliya Central 4 706156 488133 5 2 7
Polonnaruwa North Central 3 403827 294365 3 2 5
Puttalam North Western 5 760651 517557 6 2 8
Ratnapura Sabaragamuwa 8 1082051 769814 9 2 11
Trincomalee Eastern 3 376337 245363 3 1 4
Vanni Northern 3 364021 221409 2 3 5
National List 29
Total 160 20274179 14268063 160 36 225

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