Yelnikovsky District (Russian: Е́льниковский райо́н; Moksha: Ельниконь аймак, Jeĺnikoń ajmak; Erzya: Кузбуе, Kuzbuje) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion), one of the twenty-two in the Republic of Mordovia, Russia.

The area of the district is 1,056 square kilometers (408 sq mi).

[4] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Yelniki.

[5] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Yelnikovsky District is one of the twenty-two in the republic.

[1] The district is divided into thirteen selsoviets which comprise sixty-seven rural localities.