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

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. The United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA), which was in power nationally, became the second largest group after winning 7 seats. The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) won the remaining seat.

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% 0Total 450,574 100.00% 38

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 was appointed Chief Minister by Governor G. A. Chandrasiri on 1 October 2013. Vigneswaran took his oath as chief minister and provincial councillor in front of President Mahinda Rajapaksa 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 (TNA-JAF) and S. Sivamohan (TNA-MUL) forfeited their seat after being elected to Parliament. Their replacements, K. Tharmalingam (TNA-JAF) and V. Kamaleswaran (TNA-MUL), were sworn in on 18 September 2015. 10 September 2015: Angajan Ramanathan (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 NameDistrict PreferenceVotesMemberFromMemberToElectedPartyElectedAllianceCurrentPartyCurrentAllianceNotes JAF 2,482 SLFP UPFA SLFP UPFA Replaces Angajan Ramanathan. KIL 27,264 ITAK TNA ITAK TNA JAF 26,888 ITAK TNA ITAK TNA Replaced by Sabaratnam Kugathas. BON 1,009 PMGG TNA PMGG TNA JAF 22,268 EPRLF TNA EPRLF TNA Minister of Agriculture(13-17). MAN 11,130 ACMC UPFA ACMC UPFA Replaced by Alikhan Shariff. MUL 1,726 ACMC UPFA ACMC UPFA MAN 12,828 TELO TNA TELO TNA Minister of Fisheries (13-17). JAF 29,669 ITAK TNA ITAK TNA MAN 12,260 TELO TNA TELO TNA Minister of Health (17-). BON TULF TNA TULF TNA Replaced by M. P. Nadarajah. VAV 11,535 EPRLF TNA EPRLF TNA VAV 4,806 UPFA UPFA MUL 9,309 ITAK TNA ITAK TNA Deputy Chairman (13-16). Replaced by A. Povaneswaran. BON EPRLF TNA EPRLF TNA Replaces S. Mayuran. JAF 13,632 EPDP UPFA EPDP UPFA Leader of the Opposition (13-14). Replaced by S. Thavarajah. MUL TNA TNA Replaces S. Sivamohan. Deputy Chairman (16-). JAF 16,463 TELO TNA TELO TNA JAF TNA TNA Replaces E. Arnold. KIL 26,427 ITAK TNA ITAK TNA Minister of Education (13-17). VAV 11,901 PLOTE TNA PLOTE TNA BON TELO TNA TELO TNA Replaces M. P. Nadarajah. Replaced by R. Jeyasekaram. MAN SLMC SLMC Replaces S. M. Rasik. BON TNA TNA Replaces Mary Kamala Gunaseelan. Replaced by S. Mayuran. JAF 16,359 ITAK TNA ITAK TNA KIL 26,132 ITAK TNA ITAK TNA MUL TELO TNA TELO TNA Replaces Anton Jeyanathan. JAF 10,034 SLFP UPFA SLFP UPFA Replaced by S. Agilathas. MAN 3,165 SLMC SLMC Replaced by A. N. S. Mohamed. MUL 8,868 EPRLF TNA EPRLF TNA JAF 14,761 EPRLF TNA EPRLF TNA Minister of Education (17-). JAF 87,870 ITAK TNA ITAK TNA Minister of Women's Affairs (17-). VAV 19,656 ITAK TNA ITAK TNA Minister of Health (13-17). JAF 20,179 ITAK TNA ITAK TNA VAV 5,148 UPFA UPFA MAN 7,583 ACMC UPFA ACMC UPFA Replaces Rifkhan Bathiudeen. JAF 22,660 TELO TNA TELO TNA JAF 39,715 PLOTE TNA PLOTE TNA Replaced by K. Tharmalingam. JAF 26,747 ITAK TNA ITAK TNA Chairman (13-). MUL 9,296 EPRLF TNA EPRLF TNA Replaced by V. Kamaleswaran. MUL PLOTE TNA PLOTE TNA Replaces K. Swami Veerabahu. Minister of Agriculture (17-). JAF 13,479 ITAK TNA ITAK TNA MAN 12,928 TNA TNA JAF 20,541 ITAK TNA ITAK TNA MUL 8,702 TNA TNA Replaced by K. Sivanesan. JAF TULF TNA TULF TNA Replaces D. Siddarthan. JAF 9,803 EPDP UPFA EPDP UPFA Leader of the Opposition (14-). Replaced by K. Kamalendran. KIL 3,753 EPDP UPFA EPDP UPFA VAV 11,681 EPRLF TNA EPRLF TNA JAF 132,255 ITAK TNA ITAK TNA Chief Minister (13-).

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