Map of Electoral Districts in Sri Lanka

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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
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Total		160	20274179	14268063	160	36	225