Electoral District for the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Administrative District
Mannar
Mullaitivu
Vavuniya
Province
Northern
Polling divisions
3
Population
363,509 (2011)[1]
Electorate
253,058 (2014)[2]
Current Electoral District
Created
1978
Seats
5 (1989–94)
6 (1994–present)
MPs
Selvam Adaikalanathan, TNA
Sivasakthy Ananthan, TNA
Rishad Bathiudeen, ACMC
Hunais Farook, UNP
Muthali Bawa Farook, SLMC
Vino Noharathalingam, TNA
Provincial Council
Northern
Created from
Mannar
Mullaitivu
Vavuniya
Vanni Electoral District (Tamil: வன்னி தேர்தல் மாவட்டம்) 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 Mannar, Mullaitivu and Vavuniya in the Northern province. The district currently elects 6 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 253,058 registered electors in 2014.
^"A2 : Population by ethnic group according to districts, 2012". Census of Population & Housing, 2011. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka.
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geographic provinces. Jaffna District, together with Mannar District and VanniDistrict, formed the new Northern Province. The district was colonised in 1936...
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