1st Northern Provincial Council

Overview
Legislative body| Northern Provincial Council
Jurisdiction| Northern Province, Sri Lanka
Meeting place| Provincial Council Assembly Hall, Northern Provincial Council Building, Kaithady
Term| 25 October 2013 (2013-10-25)
Website| np.gov.lk
Provincial councillors
Members| 38
Chairman| C. V. K. Sivagnanam (ITAK)
Deputy Chairman| V. Kamaleswaran
Chief Minister| C. V. Vigneswaran (ITAK)
Leader of the Opposition| S. 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.

## Election

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Main article: 2013 Sri Lankan provincial council 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

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Alliance | Votes | % | Seats

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| 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

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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]

## Deaths and resignations

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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.[15] He was replaced by S. Thavarajah (UPFA-JAF) on 9 April 2014.[16]
* 17 February 2015: K. Swami Veerabahu (TNA-MUL) died.[17] He was replaced by K. Sivanesan (TNA-MUL) on 30 April 2015.[18]
* 18 February 2015: Mary Kamala Gunaseelan (TNA-BON) resigned.[19] Her replacement M. P. Nadarajah (TNA-BON) was sworn in on 7 April 2015.[20][21]
* 25 August 2015: D. Siddarthan (TNA-JAF) and S. Sivamohan (TNA-MUL) forfeited their seat after being elected to Parliament.[19] Their replacements, K. Tharmalingam (TNA-JAF) and V. Kamaleswaran (TNA-MUL), were sworn in on 18 September 2015.[22][23][24]
* 10 September 2015: Angajan Ramanathan (UPFA-JAF) forfeited his seat after being appointed to Parliament.[19] He was replaced by S. Agilathas (UPFA-JAF) on 24 September 2015.[25]
* 11 May 2016: M. P. Nadarajah (TNA-BON) resigned.[26] He was replaced by S. Mayuran (TNA-BON) on 5 July 2016.[27]
* 1 October 2016: Anton Jeyanathan (TNA-MUL) died.[28][29][30] He was replaced by A. Povaneswaran (TNA-MUL) on 9 December 2016.[31]
* 2017: S. Mayuran (TNA-BON) resigned. His replacement R. Jeyasekaram (TNA-BON) was sworn in on 2 August 2017.[32][33]
* 6 October 2017: Rifkhan Bathiudeen (UPFA-MAN) resigned.[34] He was replaced by Alikhan Shariff.[35]
* 14 December 2017: E. Arnold (TNA-JAF) resigned.[36][37] He was replaced by Sabaratnam Kugathas.[38]
* December 2017: S. M. Rasik (SLMC-MAN) resigned. He was replaced by A. N. S. Mohamed.[38]

## Members

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Name  | District
| Preference
Votes | Member
From  | Member
To  | Elected
Party | Elected
Alliance | Current
Party | Current
Alliance | Notes

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S. Agilathas | JAF | 2,482 | 24 September 2015 |  |  | SLFP |  | UPFA |  | SLFP |  | UPFA | Replaces Angajan Ramanathan.
P. Ariyaratnam | KIL | 27,264 | 11 October 2013 |  |  | ITAK |  | TNA |  | ITAK |  | TNA |
E. Arnold | JAF | 26,888 | 11 October 2013 | 14 December 2017 |  | ITAK |  | TNA |  | ITAK |  | TNA | Replaced by Sabaratnam Kugathas.
Ayub Asmin | BON | 1,009 | 11 October 2013 |  |  | PMGG |  | TNA |  | PMGG |  | TNA |
P. Ayngaranesan | JAF | 22,268 | 11 October 2013 |  |  | EPRLF |  | TNA |  | EPRLF |  | TNA | Minister of Agriculture(13-17).
Rifkhan Bathiudeen | MAN | 11,130 | 17 October 2013 | 6 October 2017 |  | ACMC |  | UPFA |  | ACMC |  | UPFA | Replaced by Alikhan Shariff.
A. L. Y. J. Cassim | MUL | 1,726 | 17 October 2013 |  |  | ACMC |  | UPFA |  | ACMC |  | UPFA |
B. Deniswaran | MAN | 12,828 | 11 October 2013 |  |  | TELO |  | TNA |  | TELO |  | TNA | Minister of Fisheries (13-17).
B. Gajatheepan | JAF | 29,669 | 11 October 2013 |  |  | ITAK |  | TNA |  | ITAK |  | TNA |
G. Gunaseelan | MAN | 12,260 | 14 October 2013 |  |  | TELO |  | TNA |  | TELO |  | TNA | Minister of Health (17-).
Mary Kamala Gunaseelan | BON |  | 11 October 2013 | 18 February 2015 |  | TULF |  | TNA |  | TULF |  | TNA | Replaced by M. P. Nadarajah.
R. Indrarajah | VAV | 11,535 | 18 October 2013 |  |  | EPRLF |  | TNA |  | EPRLF |  | TNA |
Annihamyge Jayathilaka | VAV | 4,806 | 17 October 2013 |  |  |  |  | UPFA |  |  |  | UPFA |
Anton Jeyanathan | MUL | 9,309 | 11 October 2013 | 1 October 2016 |  | ITAK |  | TNA |  | ITAK |  | TNA | Deputy Chairman (13-16). Replaced by A. Povaneswaran.
R. Jeyasekaram | BON |  | 2 August 2017 |  |  | EPRLF |  | TNA |  | EPRLF |  | TNA | Replaces S. Mayuran.
K. Kamalendran | JAF | 13,632 | 17 October 2013 | 7 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 | 16,463 | 11 October 2013 |  |  | TELO |  | TNA |  | TELO |  | TNA |
Sabaratnam Kugathas | JAF |  | January 2018 |  |  |  |  | TNA |  |  |  | TNA | Replaces E. Arnold.
T. Kurukularajah | KIL | 26,427 | 11 October 2013 |  |  | ITAK |  | TNA |  | ITAK |  | TNA | Minister of Education (13-17).
K. T. Linganathan | VAV | 11,901 | 14 October 2013 |  |  | PLOTE |  | TNA |  | PLOTE |  | TNA |
S. Mayuran | BON |  | 5 July 2016 | 2017 |  | 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 | BON |  | 7 April 2015 | 11 May 2016 |  |  |  | TNA |  |  |  | TNA | Replaces Mary Kamala Gunaseelan. Replaced by S. Mayuran.
A. Paranjothy | JAF | 16,359 | 11 October 2013 |  |  | ITAK |  | TNA |  | ITAK |  | TNA |
S. Pasupathipillai | KIL | 26,132 | 11 October 2013 |  |  | ITAK |  | TNA |  | ITAK |  | TNA |
A. Povaneswaran | MUL |  | 9 December 2016 |  |  | TELO |  | TNA |  | TELO |  | TNA | Replaces Anton Jeyanathan.
Angajan Ramanathan | JAF | 10,034 | 17 October 2013 | 10 September 2015 |  | SLFP |  | UPFA |  | SLFP |  | UPFA | Replaced by S. Agilathas.
S. M. Rasik | MAN | 3,165 | 17 October 2013 | December 2017 |  | SLMC |  |  |  | SLMC |  |  | Replaced by A. N. S. Mohamed.
T. Raviharan | MUL | 8,868 | 14 October 2013 |  |  | EPRLF |  | TNA |  | EPRLF |  | TNA |
K. Sarveswaran | JAF | 14,761 | 16 October 2013 |  |  | EPRLF |  | TNA |  | EPRLF |  | TNA | Minister of Education (17-).
Ananthi Sasitharan | JAF | 87,870 | 11 October 2013 |  |  | ITAK |  | TNA |  | ITAK |  | TNA | Minister of Women's Affairs (17-).
P. Sathiyalingam | VAV | 19,656 | 11 October 2013 |  |  | ITAK |  | TNA |  | ITAK |  | TNA | Minister of Health (13-17).
K. Sayanthan | JAF | 20,179 | 11 October 2013 |  |  | ITAK |  | TNA |  | ITAK |  | TNA |
A. D. D. Senevirathna | VAV | 5,148 | 17 October 2013 |  |  |  |  | UPFA |  |  |  | UPFA |
Alikhan Shariff | MAN | 7,583 | October 2017 |  |  | ACMC |  | UPFA |  | ACMC |  | UPFA | Replaces Rifkhan Bathiudeen.
M. K. Shivajilingam | JAF | 22,660 | 14 October 2013 |  |  | TELO |  | TNA |  | TELO |  | TNA |
D. Siddarthan | JAF | 39,715 | 14 October 2013 | 25 August 2015 |  | PLOTE |  | TNA |  | PLOTE |  | TNA | Replaced by K. Tharmalingam.
C. V. K. Sivagnanam | JAF | 26,747 | 11 October 2013 |  |  | ITAK |  | TNA |  | ITAK |  | TNA | Chairman (13-).
S. Sivamohan | MUL | 9,296 | 16 October 2013 | 25 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 | 13,479 | 11 October 2013 |  |  | ITAK |  | TNA |  | ITAK |  | TNA |
S. R. P. Sraiva | MAN | 12,928 | 11 October 2013 |  |  |  |  | TNA |  |  |  | TNA |
C. Sukirthan | JAF | 20,541 | 11 October 2013 |  |  | ITAK |  | TNA |  | ITAK |  | TNA |
K. Swami Veerabahu | MUL | 8,702 | 11 October 2013 | 17 February 2015 |  |  |  | TNA |  |  |  | TNA | Replaced by K. Sivanesan.
K. Tharmalingam | JAF |  | 18 September 2015 |  |  | TULF |  | TNA |  | TULF |  | TNA | Replaces D. Siddarthan.
S. Thavarajah | JAF | 9,803 | 9 April 2014 |  |  | EPDP |  | UPFA |  | EPDP |  | UPFA | Leader of the Opposition (14-). Replaced by K. Kamalendran.
V. Thavanathan | KIL | 3,753 | 17 October 2013 |  |  | EPDP |  | UPFA |  | EPDP |  | UPFA |
M. Thiyagarajah | VAV | 11,681 | 16 October 2013 |  |  | EPRLF |  | TNA |  | EPRLF |  | TNA |
C. V. Vigneswaran | JAF | 132,255 | 7 October 2013 |  |  | ITAK |  | TNA |  | ITAK |  | TNA | Chief Minister (13-).

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