Electoral districts of Sri Lanka: Details in nutshell

According to the Constitution of Sri Lanka, electoral districts of Sri Lanka are twenty two (22). Commonly all administrative districts of Sri Lanka are defined as electoral districts except two electoral districts such as Jaffna and Vanni. Jaffna electoral district covers Jaffna and Kilinochchi administrative districts, and Vanni electoral district covers Mannar, Mullaitivu and Vavuniya districts.

Electoral districts of Sri Lanka

Electoral districts of Sri Lanka are given below:

No Electoral
District
Province Area
km2
1 Ampara
(Digamadulla)
Eastern 4,415
2 Batticaloa 2,854
3 Trincomalee 2,727
4 Matale Central 1,993
5 Kandy 1,940
6 Nuwara Eliya 1,741
7 Jaffna Northern 2,304
8 Vanni 6,580
9 Anuradhapura North Central 7,179
10 Polonnaruwa 3,293
11 Kurunegala North Western 4,816
12 Puttalam 3,072
13 Galle Southern 1,652
14 Hambantota 2,609
15 Matara 1,283
16 Colombo Western 699
17 Gampaha 1,387
18 Kalutara 1,598
19 Kegalle Sabaragamuwa 1,693
20 Ratnapura 3,275
21 Badulla Uva 2,861
22 Monaragala 5,639

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