The district currently elects 9 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 529,239 registered electors in 2014.
The Jaffna Electoral District consists of the following polling divisions:[3] A: Kayts B: Vaddukoddai C: Kankesanthurai D: Manipay E: Kopay F: Udupiddy G: Point Pedro H: Chavakachcheri I: Nallur J: Jaffna K: Kilinochchi Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982:[4] Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988:[5] Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994:[6] Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999:[7] Results of the 5th presidential election held on 17 November 2005:[8] Results of the 6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010:[9] Results of the 7th presidential election held on 8 January 2015:[2] Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989:[10] The following candidates were elected:[10] Eliyathamby Ratnasabapathy (EROS), 40,947 preference votes (pv); Eliyathamby Pararasasingam (EROS), 36,340 pv; S. Sivamaharajah (EROS), 22,622 pv; K. Navaratnam (EPRLF), 22,255 pv; Arunasalam Ponniah Selliah (EROS), 20,747 pv; Suresh Premachandran (EPRLF), 20,738 pv; G. Yogasangari (EPRLF), 20,223 pv; Thambu Loganathapillai (EROS), 17,616 pv; Sebastiyampillai Edward (EROS), 17,429 pv; Kanapathy Selvanayagam (EROS), 14,440 pv; and Joseph George Rajenthiram (EROS), 13,928 pv.
[21] His replacement Nallathamby Srikantha (TNA-TELO) was sworn in on 30 November 2006.
Results of the 1st North Eastern provincial council election held on 19 November 1988: Jaffna District - The Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front won all 19 seats uncontested.
[27] Kilinochchi District - The Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front won all 3 seats uncontested.