1st Northern Provincial Council

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1st Northern Provincial Council
Overview
Legislative body Northern Provincial Council
Jurisdiction Northern Province, Sri Lanka
Meeting placeProvincial Council Assembly Hall, Northern Provincial Council Building, Kaithady
Term25 October 2013 (2013-10-25)
Website np.gov.lk
Provincial councillors
Members38
Chairman C. V. K. Sivagnanam (ITAK)
Deputy ChairmanV. Kamaleswaran
Chief Minister C. V. Vigneswaran (ITAK)
Leader of the OppositionS. Thavarajah (EPDP)
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.

Contents

Election

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

AllianceVotes%Seats
  Tamil National Alliance 353,59578.48%30
  United People's Freedom Alliance 82,83818.38%7
  Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 6,7611.50%1
Others7,3801.64%0
Total450,574100.00%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

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]

Deaths and resignations

The 1st provincial council saw the following deaths and resignations:

Members

Name District
Preference
Votes		Member
From		Member
To		Elected
Party		Elected
Alliance		Current
Party		Current
Alliance		Notes
S. Agilathas JAF 2,48224 September 2015 SLFP UPFA SLFP UPFA Replaces Angajan Ramanathan.
P. Ariyaratnam KIL 27,26411 October 2013 ITAK TNA ITAK TNA
E. Arnold JAF 26,88811 October 201314 December 2017 ITAK TNA ITAK TNA Replaced by Sabaratnam Kugathas.
Ayub Asmin BON1,00911 October 2013PMGG TNA PMGG TNA
P. Ayngaranesan JAF 22,26811 October 2013 EPRLF TNA EPRLF TNA Minister of Agriculture(13-17).
Rifkhan Bathiudeen MAN 11,13017 October 20136 October 2017 ACMC UPFA ACMC UPFA Replaced by Alikhan Shariff.
A. L. Y. J. Cassim MUL 1,72617 October 2013 ACMC UPFA ACMC UPFA
B. Deniswaran MAN 12,82811 October 2013 TELO TNA TELO TNA Minister of Fisheries (13-17).
B. Gajatheepan JAF 29,66911 October 2013 ITAK TNA ITAK TNA
G. Gunaseelan MAN 12,26014 October 2013 TELO TNA TELO TNA Minister of Health (17-).
Mary Kamala Gunaseelan BON11 October 201318 February 2015 TULF TNA TULF TNA Replaced by M. P. Nadarajah.
R. Indrarajah VAV 11,53518 October 2013 EPRLF TNA EPRLF TNA
Annihamyge Jayathilaka VAV 4,80617 October 2013 UPFA UPFA
Anton Jeyanathan MUL 9,30911 October 20131 October 2016 ITAK TNA ITAK TNA Deputy Chairman (13-16). Replaced by A. Povaneswaran.
R. Jeyasekaram BON2 August 2017 EPRLF TNA EPRLF TNA Replaces S. Mayuran.
K. Kamalendran JAF 13,63217 October 20137 April 2014 EPDP UPFA EPDP UPFA Leader of the Opposition (13-14). Replaced by S. Thavarajah.
V. Kamaleswaran MUL 18 September 2015 TNA TNA Replaces S. Sivamohan. Deputy Chairman (16-).
Vinthan Kanagaratnam JAF 16,46311 October 2013 TELO TNA TELO TNA
Sabaratnam Kugathas JAF January 2018 TNA TNA Replaces E. Arnold.
T. Kurukularajah KIL 26,42711 October 2013 ITAK TNA ITAK TNA Minister of Education (13-17).
K. T. Linganathan VAV 11,90114 October 2013 PLOTE TNA PLOTE TNA
S. Mayuran BON5 July 20162017 TELO TNA TELO TNA Replaces M. P. Nadarajah. Replaced by R. Jeyasekaram.
A. N. S. Mohamed MAN January 2018 SLMC SLMC Replaces S. M. Rasik.
M. P. Nadarajah BON7 April 201511 May 2016 TNA TNA Replaces Mary Kamala Gunaseelan. Replaced by S. Mayuran.
A. Paranjothy JAF 16,35911 October 2013 ITAK TNA ITAK TNA
S. Pasupathipillai KIL 26,13211 October 2013 ITAK TNA ITAK TNA
A. Povaneswaran MUL 9 December 2016 TELO TNA TELO TNA Replaces Anton Jeyanathan.
Angajan Ramanathan JAF 10,03417 October 201310 September 2015 SLFP UPFA SLFP UPFA Replaced by S. Agilathas.
S. M. Rasik MAN 3,16517 October 2013December 2017 SLMC SLMC Replaced by A. N. S. Mohamed.
T. Raviharan MUL 8,86814 October 2013 EPRLF TNA EPRLF TNA
K. Sarveswaran JAF 14,76116 October 2013 EPRLF TNA EPRLF TNA Minister of Education (17-).
Ananthi Sasitharan JAF 87,87011 October 2013 ITAK TNA ITAK TNA Minister of Women's Affairs (17-).
P. Sathiyalingam VAV 19,65611 October 2013 ITAK TNA ITAK TNA Minister of Health (13-17).
K. Sayanthan JAF 20,17911 October 2013 ITAK TNA ITAK TNA
A. D. D. Senevirathna VAV 5,14817 October 2013 UPFA UPFA
Alikhan Shariff MAN 7,583October 2017 ACMC UPFA ACMC UPFA Replaces Rifkhan Bathiudeen.
M. K. Shivajilingam JAF 22,66014 October 2013 TELO TNA TELO TNA
D. Siddarthan JAF 39,71514 October 201325 August 2015 PLOTE TNA PLOTE TNA Replaced by K. Tharmalingam.
C. V. K. Sivagnanam JAF 26,74711 October 2013 ITAK TNA ITAK TNA Chairman (13-).
S. Sivamohan MUL 9,29616 October 201325 August 2015 EPRLF TNA EPRLF TNA Replaced by V. Kamaleswaran.
K. Sivanesan MUL 30 April 2015 PLOTE TNA PLOTE TNA Replaces K. Swami Veerabahu. Minister of Agriculture (17-).
V. Sivayogan JAF 13,47911 October 2013 ITAK TNA ITAK TNA
S. R. P. Sraiva MAN 12,92811 October 2013 TNA TNA
C. Sukirthan JAF 20,54111 October 2013 ITAK TNA ITAK TNA
K. Swami Veerabahu MUL 8,70211 October 201317 February 2015 TNA TNA Replaced by K. Sivanesan.
K. Tharmalingam JAF 18 September 2015 TULF TNA TULF TNA Replaces D. Siddarthan.
S. Thavarajah JAF 9,8039 April 2014 EPDP UPFA EPDP UPFA Leader of the Opposition (14-). Replaced by K. Kamalendran.
V. Thavanathan KIL 3,75317 October 2013 EPDP UPFA EPDP UPFA
M. Thiyagarajah VAV 11,68116 October 2013 EPRLF TNA EPRLF TNA
C. V. Vigneswaran JAF 132,2557 October 2013 ITAK TNA ITAK TNA Chief Minister (13-).

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