The 1st Northern Provincial Council is the current meeting of the

Northern Provincial Council Northern Provincial Council ( ta, வட மாகாண சபை ''Vaṭa Mākāṇa Capai''; NPC) is the provincial council for the Northern Province in Sri Lanka. In accordance with the Sri Lankan constitution, NPC has legislative power over ...

, 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 Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව, Śrī Laṃkā āndukrama vyavasthāva, ta, இலங்கை அரசிய� ...

the maximum term of a provincial council is 5 years from the date of its first meeting.

Election

The 1st Northern Provincial Council election was held on 21 September 2013. The

Tamil National Alliance The Tamil National Alliance ( ta, தமிழ்த் தேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பு ISO 15919: ''tamiḻt tēciyakkūṭṭamaippu''; TNA) is a political alliance in Sri Lanka that represents the country's Sri Lankan ...

(TNA), the largest party representing the

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, won 30 of the 38 seats. The

United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance (abbreviated UPFA; si, එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සන්ධානය ''Eksath Janathā Nidahas Sandānaya''; ta, ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சுதந்திரக� ...

(UPFA), which was in power nationally, became the second largest group after winning 7 seats. The

Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress ( ta, சிறீலங்கா முஸ்லீம் காங்கிரஸ், translit=Srīlaṅkā Muslīm Kāṅkiras; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා මුස්ලිම් කොංග්‍රස� ...

(SLMC) won the remaining seat.

Results

The new provincial council met for the first time on 25 October 2013. C. V. K. Sivagnanam (TNA-ITAK) and Anton Jeyanathan (TNA-ITAK) were elected unopposed as Chairman and Deputy Chairman respectively.

Government/Board of Ministers

C. V. Vigneswaran Canagasabapathy Visuvalingam Vigneswaran, President's Counsel, PC ( ta, கனகசபாபதி விசுவலிங்கம் விக்னேஸ்வரன், translit=Kaṉakacapāpati Vicuvaliṅkam Vikṉēsvaraṉ; si, ක� ...

was appointed

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G. A. Chandrasiri Major General Gammanpila Arachchige Chandrasiri (known as ''G.A Chandrasiri''), RWP, USP, ndc, psc, SLAC (born 1954) was a Sri Lankan senior army general and a provincial governor. He is the Governor of Northern Province. He was the former ...

on 1 October 2013. Vigneswaran took his oath as chief minister and provincial councillor in front of

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Mahinda Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa ( si, මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ, ta, மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ; born Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa; 18 November 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician. He served as the President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to ...

at the Presidential Secretariat on 7 October 2013. 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).

Deaths and resignations

The 1st provincial council saw the following deaths and resignations: * 7 April 2014: K. Kamalendran (UPFA-JAF) forfeited his seat after ceasing to be a member of the UPFA. He was replaced by S. Thavarajah (UPFA-JAF) on 9 April 2014. * 17 February 2015: K. Swami Veerabahu (TNA-MUL) died. He was replaced by K. Sivanesan (TNA-MUL) on 30 April 2015. * 18 February 2015: Mary Kamala Gunaseelan (TNA-BON) resigned. Her replacement M. P. Nadarajah (TNA-BON) was sworn in on 7 April 2015. * 25 August 2015:

D. Siddarthan Dharmalingam Siddarthan ( ta, தர்மலிங்கம் சித்தார்த்தன், translit=Tarmaliṅkam Cittārttaṉ; born 10 September 1948) is a Sri Lankan Tamil militant turned politician, former provincial councillor ...

(TNA-JAF) and S. Sivamohan (TNA-MUL) forfeited their seat after being

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. Their replacements, K. Tharmalingam (TNA-JAF) and V. Kamaleswaran (TNA-MUL), were sworn in on 18 September 2015. * 10 September 2015:

Angajan Ramanathan Angajan Ramanathan ( ta, அங்கஜன் இராமநாதன், translit=Aṅkajaṉ Irāmanātaṉ; born 9 July 1983) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician, former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament. He is the current Deputy ...

(UPFA-JAF) forfeited his seat after being appointed to Parliament. He was replaced by S. Agilathas (UPFA-JAF) on 24 September 2015. * 11 May 2016: M. P. Nadarajah (TNA-BON) resigned. He was replaced by S. Mayuran (TNA-BON) on 5 July 2016. * 1 October 2016: Anton Jeyanathan (TNA-MUL) died. He was replaced by A. Povaneswaran (TNA-MUL) on 9 December 2016. * 2017: S. Mayuran (TNA-BON) resigned. His replacement R. Jeyasekaram (TNA-BON) was sworn in on 2 August 2017. * 6 October 2017: Rifkhan Bathiudeen (UPFA-MAN) resigned. He was replaced by Alikhan Shariff. * 14 December 2017: E. Arnold (TNA-JAF) resigned. He was replaced by Sabaratnam Kugathas. * December 2017: S. M. Rasik (SLMC-MAN) resigned. He was replaced by A. N. S. Mohamed.

Members

References

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