The Hon. (Prof.) A.-H.M.H. Abayarathna

5 December 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Questions - Paddy Marketing Board and Divisional Secretaries Divisions (Q.1349/2025)

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The Minister tabled a written answer detailing the Divisional Secretaries’ Divisions, population, ethnic composition, GN Divisions, and electoral divisions of the Trincomalee District based on 2024 data. He stated that the district has three electoral divisions—Seruwila, Trincomalee, and Mutur—with a total population of 500,651, and listed the allocation of DSDs to those electorates. On a related delimitation issue, he said the matter was not admitted but could be considered under a Cabinet decision of 12 August 2025 to appoint a new committee to re-examine the 2012 and 2021 delimitation recommendations and gazette new administrative boundaries.

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¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, I table the answer.

¶ 02 Answer tabled:

¶ 03 (a) (i) Divisional Secretaries’ Divisions in Trincomalee District: 1. Kantalai 2. Seruwila 3. Morawewa 4. Verugal 5. Gomarankadawala 6. Padavi Sri Pura 7. Thambalagamuwa 8. Trincomalee Town and Gravets 9. Kuchchaveli 10. Mutur 11. Kinniya

¶ 04 (ii) Population and ethnic composition (2024 data) and (iii) number of GN Divisions — details tabled.

¶ 05 (b) (i) Number of electoral divisions: 03 1. Seruwila 2. Trincomalee 3. Mutur (ii) Total population (district): 500,651 (as per 2024 data). Electoral division-wise details tabled. (iii) Yes. The following DSDs belong to each electoral division: Kantalai – Seruwila; Seruwila – Seruwila; Morawewa – Trincomalee; Verugal – Seruwila; Gomarankadawala – Trincomalee; Padavi Sri Pura – Trincomalee (part); Thambalagamuwa – Trincomalee (part); Trincomalee Town and Gravets – Trincomalee; Kuchchaveli – Trincomalee; Mutur – Mutur; Kinniya – Mutur; Thambalagamuwa (part) - Trincomalee.

¶ 06 (c) (i) Not admitted. (ii) The Cabinet decision No. MW/25/1344/616/056 dated 12.08.2025, on the Cabinet Memorandum submitted on 04.08.2025 regarding “Appointment of a new Committee to re-examine the recommendations of the Delimitation Committees of 2012 and 2021 and to gazette the new administrative boundaries based on the recommendations of that Committee,” provides for re-examining the recommendations made by the committee that functioned in 2021 based on the 2012 recommendations. This matter can be considered therein. (iii) Not applicable.

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Source: Hansard, Friday, 5 December 2025 ·No. 23059 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. (Prof.) A.-H.M.H. Abayarathna. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 5 December 2025. No. 23059. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/23421