Vanni Electoral District

Vanni
Electoral District
for the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Administrative
District
ProvinceNorthern
Polling divisions3
Population363,509 (2011)[1]
Electorate253,058 (2014)[2]
Current Electoral District
Created1978
Seats
  • 5 (1989–94)
  • 6 (1994–present)
MPs
  NPP (2)
Selvathambi Thilakanathan
Arumugam Jegadishwaran
  ITAK (1)
Thurairasa Ravikumar
  SJB (1)
Rishad Bathiudeen
  DTNA (1)
A.Adaikkalanathan
  SLLP (1)
K. Kader Masthan
Provincial CouncilNorthern
Created from

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. The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 11.[3]

  1. ^ "A2 : Population by ethnic group according to districts, 2012". Census of Population & Housing, 2011. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference pe2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Election Commission". elections.gov.lk. Retrieved 2024-11-15.