Electoral District for the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Administrative District
Jaffna
Kilinochchi
Province
Northern
Polling divisions
11
Population
696,253 (2011)[1]
Electorate
529,239 (2014)[2]
Current Electoral District
Created
1978
Seats
11 (1989–94)
10 (1994–00)
9 (2000–present)
MPs
Silvestri Alantine, UPFA
Murugesu Chandrakumar, UPFA
Douglas Devananda, UPFA
Vijayakala Maheswaran, UNP
Suresh Premachandran, TNA
E. Saravanapavan, TNA
Mavai Senathirajah, TNA
S. Sritharan, TNA
A. Vinayagamoorthy, TNA
Provincial Council
Northern
Created from
Chavakachcheri
Jaffna
Kankesanthurai
Kayts
Kilinochchi
Kopay
Manipay
Nallur
Point Pedro
Udupiddy
Vaddukoddai
Jaffna Electoral District is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district covers the administrative districts of Jaffna and Kilinochchi in the Northern province. The district currently elects 9 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 529,239 registered electors in 2014.[2]
^"A2 : Population by ethnic group according to districts, 2012". Census of Population & Housing, 2011. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2017-04-28. Retrieved 2015-01-24.
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