1st Northern Provincial Council
| 1st Northern Provincial Council | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Jurisdiction | Northern Province, Sri Lanka |
| Meeting place | Provincial Council Assembly Hall, Northern Provincial Council Building, Kaithady |
| Term | 25 October 2013 |
| Website |
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| Members | 38 |
| Chairman | C. V. K. Sivagnanam, TNA (2013-) |
| Deputy Chairman | Anton Jeyanathan, TNA (2013-) |
| Chief Minister | C. V. Vigneswaran, TNA (2013-) |
| Party control | Tamil National Alliance |
The 1st Northern Provincial Council is the current meeting of the Northern Provincial Council, with the membership determined by the results of the 2013 provincial council election held on 21 September 2013. The council met for the first time on 25 October 2013. According to the Constitution of Sri Lanka the maximum term of a provincial council is 5 years from the date of its first meeting.
Election
Main article: Sri Lankan provincial council election, 2013
The 1st Northern Provincial Council election was held on 21 September 2013. The Tamil National Alliance (TNA), the largest party representing the Sri Lankan Tamils, won 30 of the 38 seats.[1] The United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA), which was in power nationally, became the second largest group after winning 7 seats.[1] The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) won the remaining seat.[1]
Results
| Alliance | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamil National Alliance | 353,595 | 78.48% | 30 | |
| United People's Freedom Alliance | 82,838 | 18.38% | 7 | |
| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 6,761 | 1.50% | 1 | |
| Others | 7,380 | 1.64% | 0 | |
| Total | 450,574 | 100.00% | 38 | |
The new provincial council met for the first time on 25 October 2013.[2][3] C. V. K. Sivagnanam (TNA-ITAK) and Anton Jeyanathan (TNA-ITAK) were elected unopposed as Chairman and Deputy Chairman respectively.[4][5][6]
Government/Board of Ministers
See also: Government of the Northern Province
C. V. Vigneswaran was appointed Chief Minister by Governor G. A. Chandrasiri on 1 October 2013.[7][8][9] Vigneswaran took his oath as chief minister and provincial councillor in front of President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat on 7 October 2013.[10][11][12] The four other ministers took their oaths in front of Vigneswaran at Veerasingam Hall on 11 October 2013: P. Ayngaranesan (TNA-EPRLF); B. Deniswaran (TNA-TELO); T. Kurukularajah (TNA-ITAK); and P. Sathiyalingam (TNA-ITAK).[13][14]
Members
| Name |
District |
Preference Votes |
Member From |
Member To |
Elected Party |
Elected Alliance |
Current Party |
Current Alliance |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ariyaratnam, P. | KIL | 27,264 | 11 October 2013 | ITAK | TNA | ITAK | TNA | ||
| Arnold, E. | JAF | 26,888 | 11 October 2013 | ITAK | TNA | ITAK | TNA | ||
| Asmin, Ayub | BON | 1,009 | 11 October 2013 | PMGG | TNA | PMGG | TNA | ||
| Ayngaranesan, P. | JAF | 22,268 | 11 October 2013 | EPRLF | TNA | EPRLF | TNA | Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Irrigation and Environment (13-). | |
| Cassim, Ahmed Lebbai Yazzen Jawahir | MUL | 1,726 | 17 October 2013 | ACMC | UPFA | ACMC | UPFA | ||
| Deniswaran, B. | MAN | 12,828 | 11 October 2013 | TELO | TNA | TELO | TNA | Minister of Fisheries, Transport, Trade and Rural Development (13-). | |
| Gajatheepan, B. | JAF | 29,669 | 11 October 2013 | ITAK | TNA | ITAK | TNA | ||
| Gunaseelan, G. | MAN | 12,260 | 14 October 2013 | TELO | TNA | TELO | TNA | ||
| Gunaseelan, Mary Kamala | BON | 11 October 2013 | TULF | TNA | TULF | TNA | |||
| Indrarajah, R. | VAV | 11,535 | 18 October 2013 | EPRLF | TNA | EPRLF | TNA | ||
| Jayathilaka, Annihamyge | VAV | 4,806 | 17 October 2013 | UPFA | UPFA | ||||
| Jeyanathan, Anton | MUL | 9,309 | 11 October 2013 | ITAK | TNA | ITAK | TNA | Deputy Chairman (13-). | |
| Kamalendran, Kandasamy | JAF | 13,632 | 17 October 2013 | EPDP | UPFA | EPDP | UPFA | Leader of the Opposition (13-). | |
| Kanagaratnam, Vinthan | JAF | 16,463 | 11 October 2013 | TELO | TNA | TELO | TNA | ||
| Kurukularajah, T. | KIL | 26,427 | 11 October 2013 | ITAK | TNA | ITAK | TNA | Minister of Education, Cultural Affairs and Sports (13-). | |
| Linganathan, K. T. | VAV | 11,901 | 14 October 2013 | PLOTE | TNA | PLOTE | TNA | ||
| Paranjothy, A. | JAF | 16,359 | 11 October 2013 | ITAK | TNA | ITAK | TNA | ||
| Pasupathipillai, S. | KIL | 26,132 | 11 October 2013 | ITAK | TNA | ITAK | TNA | ||
| Ramanathan, Angajan | JAF | 10,034 | 17 October 2013 | SLFP | UPFA | SLFP | UPFA | ||
| Rasik, Sahibu Mohamadu | MAN | 3,165 | 17 October 2013 | SLMC | SLMC | ||||
| Raviharan, T. | MUL | 8,868 | 14 October 2013 | EPRLF | TNA | EPRLF | TNA | ||
| Rizwhan, Abbas Abdul | MAN | 11,130 | 17 October 2013 | UPFA | UPFA | ||||
| Sarveswaran, K. | JAF | 14,761 | 16 October 2013 | EPRLF | TNA | EPRLF | TNA | ||
| Sasitharan, Ananthi | JAF | 87,870 | 11 October 2013 | ITAK | TNA | ITAK | TNA | ||
| Sathiyalingam, P. | VAV | 19,656 | 11 October 2013 | ITAK | TNA | ITAK | TNA | Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine (13-). | |
| Sayanthan, K. | JAF | 20,179 | 11 October 2013 | ITAK | TNA | ITAK | TNA | ||
| Senevirathna, A. D. Dharmapala | VAV | 5,148 | 17 October 2013 | UPFA | UPFA | ||||
| Shivajilingam, M. K. | JAF | 22,660 | 14 October 2013 | TELO | TNA | TELO | TNA | ||
| Siddarthan, D. | JAF | 39,715 | 14 October 2013 | PLOTE | TNA | PLOTE | TNA | ||
| Sivagnanam, C. V. K. | JAF | 26,747 | 11 October 2013 | ITAK | TNA | ITAK | TNA | Chairman (13-). | |
| Sivamohan, S. | MUL | 9,296 | 16 October 2013 | EPRLF | TNA | EPRLF | TNA | ||
| Sivayogan, V. | JAF | 13,479 | 11 October 2013 | ITAK | TNA | ITAK | TNA | ||
| Sraiva, S. R. P. | MAN | 12,928 | 11 October 2013 | TNA | TNA | ||||
| Sukirthan, C. | JAF | 20,541 | 11 October 2013 | ITAK | TNA | ITAK | TNA | ||
| Swami Veerabahu, K. | MUL | 8,702 | 11 October 2013 | TNA | TNA | ||||
| Thavanathan, Vaithiyanathan | KIL | 3,753 | 17 October 2013 | EPDP | UPFA | EPDP | UPFA | ||
| Thiyagarajah, M. | VAV | 11,681 | 16 October 2013 | EPRLF | TNA | EPRLF | TNA | ||
| Vigneswaran, C. V. | JAF | 132,255 | 7 October 2013 | ITAK | TNA | ITAK | TNA | Chief Minister (13-). |
References
- "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications PROVINCIAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS ACT, No. 2 OF 1988 Northern Province Provincial Council" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1829/33. 25 September 2013.
- "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications PROVINCIAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS ACT, No. 2 OF 1988 Notice Under Section 61A(2)" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1830/13. 30 September 2013.
- "PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2013 – Results and preferential votes: Northern Province". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 26 September 2013.
- "PC Elections 2013 - Preferential votes". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 23 September 2013.
- "PC Elections 2013 - Preferential votes". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 24 September 2013.
- 1 2 3 "Provincial Council Elections 2013 : Northern Province". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
- ↑ Srinivasan, Meera (26 October 2013). "Sri Lanka Northern Council holds historic first session". The Hindu.
- ↑ Bastians, Dharisha (26 October 2013). "Noble start in north!". Daily FT.
- ↑ "Inaugural Session of Northern Provincial Council held at Kaithady". Northern Provincial Council. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
- ↑ Palakidnar, Ananth (26 October 2013). "Chandrasiri must go". Ceylon Today.
- ↑ "New Chairman of NPC". The Island (Sri Lanka). 26 October 2013.
- ↑ "New Chief Minister appointed to Northern Provincial Council – 01 October 2013". Northern Provincial Council. 1 October 2013.
- ↑ "PART IV (A) — PROVINCIAL COUNCILS Appointments &c., by the Governors NORTHERN PROVINCE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL Appointment made by the Governor of the Northern Province" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1831/01. 7 October 2013.
- ↑ "C.V. Vigneswaran receives appointment letter". Ceylon Today. 1 October 2013.
- ↑ "Wigneswaran takes oath as Northern Province CM". The Hindu/Indo-Asian News Service. 9 October 2013.
- ↑ "Wigneswaran sworn-in as NPC CM". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 7 October 2013.
- ↑ "Sri Lanka poll: Tamil minister Wigneswaran says 'peace possible'". BBC News. 7 October 2013.
- ↑ "NPC members take oath in Jaffna after honouring fallen Tamil Heroes". TamilNet. 11 October 2013.
- ↑ "Northern Provincial Council TNA members take oaths". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 11 October 2013.
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