Northern Provincial Council

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Northern Provincial Council

வட மாகாண சபை
උතුරු පළාත් සභා
Chief Minister
C. V. Vigneswaran, TNA
since 7 October 2013
Leader of the Opposition
K. Kamalendran, UPFA
since 25 October 2013
Chief Secretary
R. Wijialudchumi
since 5 December 2011
Structure
Seats38
Political groups
Government (30)
  •   TNA (30)

Opposition (8)

Elections
Last election
21 September 2013
Meeting place
Provincial Council Assembly Hall, Northern Provincial Council Building, Kaithady
Website
np.gov.lk

Northern Provincial Council (

proportional representation system
.

History

In an attempt to end the

13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka and the Provincial Councils Act No 42 of 1987.[5][6] On 3 February 1988 nine provincial councils were created by order.[7] The first elections for provincial councils took place on 28 April 1988 in North Central, North Western, Sabaragamuwa, and Uva provinces.[8] On 2 June 1988 elections were held for provincial councils for Central, Southern and Western
provinces.

The Indo-Lanka Accord also required the merger of the Eastern and Northern provinces into one administrative unit. The accord required a referendum to be held by 31 December 1988 in the Eastern Province to decide whether the merger should be permanent. Crucially, the accord allowed the Sri Lankan president to postpone the referendum at his discretion.[4] On September 2 and 8 1988 President Jayewardene issued proclamations enabling the Eastern and Northern provinces to be one administrative unit administered by one elected council, creating the North Eastern Province.[7] Elections in the newly merged North Eastern Province were held on 19 November 1988. The Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front, an Indian backed paramilitary group, won control of the North Eastern provincial council.

On 1 March 1990, just as the

Chief Minister of the North Eastern Province, moved a motion in the North Eastern Provincial Council declaring an independent Eelam.[9] President Premadasa
reacted to Permual's UDI by dissolving the provincial council and imposing direct rule on the province.

The proclamations issued by President Jayewardene in September 1988 merging the Northern and Eastern provinces were only meant to be a temporary measure until a referendum was held in the Eastern Province on a permanent merger between the two provinces. However, the referendum was never held and successive Sri Lankan presidents issued proclamations annually extending the life of the "temporary" entity.

elections
were held.

Chairmen, deputy chairmen, chief ministers, leaders of the opposition and chief secretaries

Chairmen

Deputy Chairmen

Chief Ministers

Leaders of the Opposition

  • K. Kamalendran, UPFA-EPDP (2013-present)[14]

Chief Secretaries

  • S. Rangarajah, (2007-09)[15][16]
  • A. Sivaswamy, (2009-11)[17]
  • R. Wijialudchumi, (2011-present)[18]

Election results

2013 provincial council election

See also: 1st Northern Provincial Council
Results of the 1st Northern Provincial Council election held on 21 September 2013[19]
Alliances and parties Jaffna Kilinochchi Mannar Mullaitivu Vavuniya Bonus
Seats		 Total
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
  Tamil National Alliance 213,907 84.37% 14 37,079 81.57% 3 33,118 62.22% 3 28,266 78.56% 4 41,225 66.10% 4 2 353,595 78.48% 30
  United People's Freedom Alliance 35,995 14.20% 2 7,897 17.37% 1 15,104 28.38% 1 7,209 20.04% 1 16,633 26.67% 2 0 82,838 18.38% 7
  Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 4,571 8.59% 1 199 0.55% 0 1,991 3.19% 0 0 6,761 1.50% 1
  United National Party 855 0.34% 0 54 0.12% 0 187 0.35% 0 197 0.55% 0 1,769 2.84% 0 0 3,062 0.68% 0
 
Independent lists
 1,445 0.57% 0 29 0.06% 0 49 0.09% 0 54 0.15% 0 327 0.52% 0 0 1,904 0.42% 0
  Democratic Unity Alliance 525 0.21% 0 61 0.13% 0 70 0.13% 0 170 0.27% 0 0 826 0.18% 0
 
Eelavar Democratic Front
 300 0.66% 0 0 300 0.07% 0
Sri Lanka People's Party
 292 0.12% 0 0 292 0.06% 0
  Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 56 0.02% 0 18 0.04% 0 11 0.02% 0 30 0.08% 0 173 0.28% 0 0 288 0.06% 0
United Socialist Party 165 0.07% 0 23 0.04% 0 0 188 0.04% 0
Democratic Party 111 0.04% 0 5 0.01% 0 11 0.02% 0 2 0.01% 0 41 0.07% 0 0 170 0.04% 0
Socialist Equality Party 101 0.04% 0 0 101 0.02% 0
Jana Setha Peramuna 74 0.03% 0 2 0.00% 0 7 0.01% 0 5 0.01% 0 2 0.00% 0 0 90 0.02% 0
Our National Front 87 0.16% 0 0 87 0.02% 0
Sri Lanka Labour Party 16 0.01% 0 4 0.01% 0 7 0.01% 0 2 0.01% 0 3 0.00% 0 0 32 0.01% 0
United Lanka Great Council 6 0.01% 0 1 0.00% 0 6 0.02% 0 2 0.00% 0 0 15 0.00% 0
Nationalities Unity Organisation 4 0.01% 0 10 0.03% 0 0 14 0.00% 0
United Lanka People's Party 2 0.01% 0 6 0.01% 0 0 8 0.00% 0
Muslim Liberation Front 3 0.01% 0 0 3 0.00% 0
Valid Votes 253,542 100.00% 16 45,459 100.00% 4 53,226 100.00% 5 35,982 100.00% 5 62,365 100.00% 6 2 450,574 100.00% 38
Rejected Votes 20,279 4,735 2,989 2,820 4,416 35,239
Total Polled 273,821 50,194 56,215 38,802 66,781 485,813
Registered Electors 426,813 68,600 75,737 53,683 94,644 719,477
Turnout 64.15% 73.17% 74.22% 72.28% 70.56% 67.52%

References

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  2. ^ Sirilal, Ranga; Aneez, Shihar (4 June 2014). "Sri Lanka again rejects devolving police powers to ease tension with Tamils". Reuters.
  3. ^ Senadhira, Sugeeswara (11 July 2013). "Sri Lanka and the 13th Amendment: What is '13 Plus'?". Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies.
  4. ^ a b "Indo Sri Lanka Agreement, 1987". TamilNation.
  5. ^ "Introduction". Official Website of the Government of Sri Lanka. Government of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2009-07-07.
  6. ^ "Amendments to the 1978 Constitution". Official Website of the Government of Sri Lanka. Government of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2009-08-17.
  7. ^ a b c d "North-East merger illegal: SC". LankaNewspapers.com. 17 October 2006.
  8. ^ "Ethnic Conflict of Sri Lanka: Time Line - From Independence to 1999". International Centre for Ethnic Studies9. Archived from the original on 2009-12-12.
  9. Sunday Island (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original
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  10. ^ V.S. Sambandan (14 November 2003). "Sri Lanka's North-East to remain united for another year". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 25 February 2004. Retrieved 10 October 2009.
  11. ^ "Wigneswaran takes oath as Northern Province CM". The Hindu/Indo-Asian News Service. 9 October 2013.
  12. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 7 October 2013. Archived from the original
    on 10 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  13. ^ "Sri Lanka poll: Tamil minister Wigneswaran says 'peace possible'". BBC News. 7 October 2013.
  14. ^ Bastians, Dharisha (26 October 2013). "Noble start in north!". Daily FT. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  15. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)
    . 11 January 2007.
  16. ^ "Separate flags for North and East Provincial Councils". TamilNet. 24 May 2007.
  17. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
    Extraordinary. 1607/07. 23 June 2009.
  18. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
    Extraordinary. 1736/40. 16 December 2011.
  19. ^ "Provincial Council Elections 2013 : Northern Province". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
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