1st Eastern Provincial Council

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Overview
Legislative body Eastern Provincial Council
Jurisdiction Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
Meeting placeProvincial Council Assembly Hall, Assembly Secretariat, Trincomalee
Term4 June 2008 (2008-06-04)–27 June 2012 (2012-06-27)
Website ep.gov.lk
Members37
ChairmanAjju Mohamed Mohamed Faiz, UPFA (2008-)
Deputy ChairmanM. K. D. S. Gunawardena, UPFA (2008-)
Chief Minister S. Chandrakanthan, UPFA (2008-12)
Party control United People's Freedom Alliance

The 1st Eastern Provincial Council was a meeting of the Eastern Provincial Council, with the membership determined by the results of the 2008 provincial council election held on 10 May 2008. The council met for the first time on 4 June 2008 and was dissolved prematurely on 27 June 2012.

Contents

Election

The 1st Eastern Provincial Council election was held on 10 May 2008. The United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA), which was in power nationally, formed an alliance the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) paramilitary group and won 20 of the 37 seats. The United National Party (UNP) formed an alliance the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress and won 15 seats. Smaller parties won the remaining 2 seats. The Tamil National Alliance (TNA), the largest party representing the Sri Lankan Tamils boycotted the election. [1]

Results

AllianceVotes%Seats
  United People's Freedom Alliance/Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal 308,88652.21%20
  United National Party/Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 250,73242.38%15
  Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 9,3901.59%1
  Tamil Democratic National Alliance 7,7141.30%1
Others14,9542.53%0
Total591,676100.00%37

The new provincial council met for the first time on 4 June 2008. [2] Ajju Mohamed Mohamed Faiz and M. K. D. S. Gunawardena were elected Chairman and Deputy Chairman respectively.

Government/Board of Ministers

S. Chandrakanthan, leader of the paramilitary Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal, was appointed Chief Minister by Governor Mohan Wijewickrama. [3] Chandrakanthan was sworn in on 16 May 2008 in Colombo in front of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. [4] The four government ministers appointed by the Governor with effect from 16 May 2008 were: M. L. Alim Mohammad Hisbullah (UPFA-ACMC); Thuraiyappa Navarathnaraja (UPFA-TMVP); Meera Sahibu Udumalebbe (UPFA-NC); and Dissanayaka Wimalaweera (UPFA-SLFP). [3]

Minister M. L. Alim Mohammad Hisbullah (UPFA-ACMC) lost his seat on the council after being elected to Parliament. His ministerial replacement Muhamed Sharief Subair (UPFA-ACMC) was sworn in on 17 May 2010 in Trincomalee in front of the Governor. [5]

According to article 154E of the Constitution of Sri Lanka the normal life of a provincial council is five years from the date of its first meeting. [6] But using powers granted to him by article 154B(8)c Governor Mohan Wijewickrama dissolved the council prematurely on 27 June 2012, nearly a year ahead of schedule. [7] [8]

Deaths and resignations

The 1st Eastern Provincial Council saw the following deaths and resignations:

Members

Name
 Electoral
District
Preference
Votes
Member
From
Member
To
Elected
Party
Elected
Alliance
Final
Party
Final
Alliance
Notes
Ali, Hasan AMP 4 June 2008July 2008 SLMC UNP SLMC UNP Resigned. Replaced by Masoor Sinnalebbe.
Chandradasa, A. P. G. AMP 4 June 200827 June 2012 UNP UNP
Chandrakanthan, S. BAT 41,9364 June 200827 June 2012 TMVP UPFA TMVP UPFA Chief Minister (08-12). Minister for Finance and Planning, Law and Order, Local Government, Regional Administration, Man Power, Rehabilitation and Resettlement, Rural Development, Tourism and Environment (08-).
Dawood, Basheer Segu BAT 4 June 2008April 2010 SLMC UNP SLMC UNP Lost his seat. Replaced by M. H. Sehu Ismail.
Faiz, Ajju Mohamed Mohamed TRI 4 June 200827 June 2012 UPFA UPFA Chairman (08-).
Fareed, A. U. Razik TRI August 200827 June 2012 UNP UNP Replaces Rauff Hakeem.
Fareed, K. L. M. BAT May 201027 June 2012 UPFA UPFA Replaces M. L. Alim Mohammad Hisbullah.
Galappaththy, Ariyawathi W. G. M. TRI 4 June 200827 June 2012 SLFP UPFA SLFP UPFA
Gamage, Daya AMP 4 June 200827 June 2012 UNP UNP
Gunawardena, M. K. D. S. TRI 4 June 2008April 2010 SLFP UPFA SLFP UPFA Deputy Chairman (08-). Lost his seat. Replaced by N. G. Hewawitharana.
Hakeem, Rauff TRI 4 June 20088 July 2008 SLMC UNP SLMC UNP Resigned. Replaced by A. U. Razik Fareed.
Hewawitharana, N. G. TRI May 201027 June 2012 UPFA UPFA Replaces M. K. D. S. Gunawardena.
Hisbullah, M. L. Alim Mohammad BAT 35,9494 June 2008April 2010ACMC UPFA ACMC UPFA Minister for Health and Indigenous Medicine, Social Welfare, Probation and Childcare Services, Women's Affairs, Youth Affairs, Sports, Information Technology Education, Co-operative Development, Food Supply and Distribution (08-10). Lost his seat. Replaced by K. L. M. Fareed.
Ismail, M. H. Sehu BAT May 201027 June 2012 UNP UNP Replaces Basheer Segu Dawood.
Jameel, Ahamed Mohomad AMP 4 June 200827 June 2012 UNP UNP
Krishnanandaharajah, Edwin Silva BAT 4 June 200827 June 2012 TMVP UPFA TMVP UPFA
Lebbe, A. Ameer Mahumud AMP 4 June 200827 June 2012NC UPFA NC UPFA
Majeed, Abdul AMP 4 June 200827 June 2012 UNP UNP
Marikkar, Apthurrazaak Kulanthai AMP 4 June 200827 June 2012 UNP UNP
Masilamany, Thambimuththu Alosiyas BAT 4 June 200827 June 2012 UNP UNP
Mohamed, A. A. A. M. M. TRI 4 June 200827 June 2012 UNP UNP
Mohamed, A. R. TRI May 201027 June 2012 UNP UNP Replaces M. S. Thowfeek.
Monakurusamy, R.BON4 June 200827 June 2012 UPFA UPFA
Moulavi, S. L. M. H. TRI 4 June 200827 June 2012 UPFA UPFA
Navarathnaraja, Thuraiyappa AMP 4 June 200827 June 2012 TMVP UPFA SLFP UPFA Minister for Agriculture, Animal Production and Development, Rural Industries Development and Fisheries (08-).
Nayim, Meera Labbe Thulkar AMP 4 June 200827 June 2012NC UPFA NC UPFA
Parasuraman, Arunasalam TRI 4 June 200827 June 2012 UNP UNP
Piyathissa, K. G. Wimal TRI 4 June 200827 June 2012 JVP JVP
Premakumara, K. P. P.BON4 June 200827 June 2012 UPFA UPFA
Premarathna, D. R. S. AMP May 201127 June 2012 UPFA UPFA Replaces T. A. K. Thewarapperuma.
Pushparaja, Somasundaram AMP 4 June 200827 June 2012 TMVP UPFA TMVP UPFA
Salih, Aliyar Salih Javahir BAT 36,4194 June 200827 June 2012ACMC UPFA ACMC UPFA
Sasitharan, Arasaretnam BAT 4 June 200827 June 2012 UNP UNP
Selvaraja, Seeniththamby AMP 4 June 200827 June 2012 TMVP UPFA TMVP UPFA
Sinnalebbe, Masoor AMP September 200827 June 2012 UNP UNP Replaces Hasen Ali.
Subair, Muhamed Sharief BAT 35,6154 June 200827 June 2012ACMC UPFA ACMC UPFA Minister of Health & Indigenous Medicine, Social Welfare, Probation and Childcare Services, Women's Affairs, Youth Affairs, Sports, Information Technology Education, Co-operative Development, Food Supply and Distribution (10-).
Thewarapperuma, T. A. K. AMP 4 June 200815 April 2011 SLFP UPFA SLFP UPFA Died. Replaced by D. R. S. Premarathna.
Thiraviyam, Nagalingam BAT 23,7294 June 200827 June 2012 TMVP UPFA TMVP UPFA
Thowfeek, M. S. TRI 4 June 2008April 2010 SLMC UNP SLMC UNP Lost his seat. Replaced by A. R. Mohamed.
Thurairatnam, R. BAT 4 June 200827 June 2012 EPRLF TDNA EPRLF TNA
Udumalebbe, Meera Sahibu AMP 4 June 200827 June 2012NC UPFA NC UPFA Minister for Road Development, Irrigation, Housing and Construction, Rural Electrification and Water Supply (08-).
Varathan, R. S. N. TRI 4 June 200827 June 2012 UNP UNP
Vellathamby, Ameertheen BAT 4 June 200827 June 2012 UNP UNP
Wimalaweera, Dissanayaka AMP 4 June 200827 June 2012 SLFP UPFA SLFP UPFA Minister for Education, Cultural Affairs, Lands and Land Development and Transport (08-).

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