Delimitation Commission
The constitution required the establishment of a delimitation commission for the delimitation of the electoral districts and apportion the 36 provincial seats. The constitution limited the number of electoral districts to between 20 and 25.
The Delimitation Commission was appointed on 29 November 1978. Its decision was published on 15 January 1981. The country was divided into 22 electoral districts. 21 of the 22 electoral districts were conterminous with their namesake administrative district. The other electoral district - Vanni - consisted of the administrative districts of Mannar, Mullaitivu and Vavuniya. The 36 provincial seats were apportioned as follows:
- Central Province - Kandy 1; Matale 1; Nuwara Eliya 2.
- Eastern Province - Ampara 2; Batticaloa 1; Trincomalee 1.
- Northern Province - Jaffna 1, Vanni 3.
- North Central Province - Anuradhapura 2, Polonnaruwa 2.
- North Western Province - Kurunegala 2, Puttalam 2.
- Sabaragamuwa Province - Kegalla 2; Ratnapura 2.
- Southern Province - Galle 1, Matara 1; Hambantota 2.
- Uva Province - Badulla 2; Monaragala 2.
- Western Province - Colombo 2; Gampaha 1; Kalutara 1.
Kilinochchi Administrative District was created from southern Jaffna Administrative District in February 1984. Consequently Jaffna Electoral District now consists of two administrative districts (Jaffna and Kilinochchi).
Read more about this topic: Electoral Districts In Sri Lanka, Constitutional Provision
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