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 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