Jaffna Electoral District

Jaffna
Jaffna
Electoral District; for the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Administrative; District	Jaffna; Kilinochchi;
Province	Northern
Polling divisions	11
Population	696,253 (2011)
Electorate	529,239 (2014)
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.

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