Sri Lanka’s Statistics Today: Demography, Parties, Et cetera

A = Ethnic Groups at latest census 2011, 2012 … https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Sri_Lanka

Sinhalese 15, 250, 081                  74. 90%
Sri Lankan Tamils  2, 269, 266    11.15%
Sri Lankan Moors 1, 892, 638      9.30%
Indian Tamils  839, 504                 4.12%
Sri Lankan Malays 44, 130           0.22%
Burghers, Eurasians 38, 293         0.19%
Others 25, 527                                  0.13%
Total 20, 359, 439
……………………………….. Above figures are in line with figures provided by the Dept. Of Census & Statistics.

D: Party Composition of the Parliament based on Parliament website = https://www.parliament.lk/en/members-of-parliament/party-comp

Ninth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka:Name of political party & Number of Seats obtained at the Election
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna 145
Samagi Jana Balawegaya 54
Illankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi 10
Jathika Jana Balawegaya 3
Ealam People’s Democratic Party 2
Ahila Ilankai Thamil Congress 2
Thamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal 1
Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1
Muslim National Alliance 1
Thamil Makkal Thesiya Kuttani 1
All Ceylon Makkal Congress 1
National Congress 1
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 1
United National Party 1
Our Power of People Party 1

Note : This was the composition soon after the Parliamentary Election. There have been some, around 20-25 , who became independent of the original party since then. Some with the govt, some in the opposition.

Political Parties based on Wikipedia: …. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Sri_Lanka

Parliamentary Registered Parties    30
Other Parties 45
Unregistered Parties 17
Dormant  Parties 32
………..  The above list may not be up to date, as new parties & organizations have been cropping up since the Aragalaya, though not registered yet.

B & C

Based on the cbsl report  Economic & Social Statistics of Sri Lanka 2018 . Table 3.3 ,  ………..  pdf attached.

B  – the ethnic breakdown per District is given below % wise

C – ethnic breakdown , district wise & % wise , for Greater Colombo (Western Province) is given below

Dist.   Population      Ethnicity % wise    000

         SINH  SLT  IND.T SL MOOR OTHER %
Western Province
Colombo 2,324.3        76.5    10.1   1.0     10.7            1.6
Gampaha 2,304.8       90.5      3.5    0.4       4.2          1.3
Kalutara   1,221.9        86.8      1.9    1.9      9.3           0.2

Central Province
Kandy   1,375.4             74.4      5.0    6.2     13.9         0.5
Matale   484.5               80.8      5.0    4.8       9.2         0.2
Nuwara Eliya 711.6     39.6      4.6    53.1     2.5         0.2

Southern Province
Galle   1,063.3               94.4      1.3     0.6      3.6         0.1
Matara 814.0                94.3      1.1    1.5       3.1         0.0
Hambantota 599.9      97.1      0.4     0.0      1.1         1.5

Northern Province
Jaffna 583.9                    0.4    98.9    0.3     0.4          0.0
Mannar 99.6                    2.3    80.4    0.7    16.5         0.0
Vavuniya 172.1             10.0    82.0    1.1      6.8         0.1
Mullaitivu 92.2                9.7    85.8     2.5      2.0        0.1
Kilinochchi 113.5           1.2     97.3    0.9       0.6        0.0

Eastern Province
Batticaloa 526.6             1.3     72.3    0.4      25.4      0.6
Ampara 649.4               38.9    17.3     0.1     43.4       0.3
Trincomalee 379.5       26.7     30.7   0.3     41.8       0.4

North Western Province
Kurunegala 1,618.5      91.1       1.1    0.2     7.2        0.2
Puttalam 762.40           73.6       6.3     0.3     19.4      0.5

North Central Province
Anuradhapura 860.6    91.0       0.5     0.1      8.2     0.2
Polonnaruwa 406.1     90.7       1.8     0.0      7.4      0.1

Uva Province
Badulla 815.4                73.0       2.7    18.5     5.5      0.4
Monaragala 451.1       94.9       1.8     1.1       2.1    0.1

Sabaragamuwa Province
Ratnapura 1,088.0        87.1      5.0     5.7       2.1    0.1
Kegalle 840.6                 85.5      2.1     5.2      7.1     0.1

Total 20,359.4               74.9      11.2   4.1       9.3     0.5

(a) Based on Census of Population and Housing – 2012 Source : Department of Census and Statistics