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Velanai Divisional Council

January 01, 1970

Velanai Divisional Council (Tamil: வேலணை பிரதேச சபை Vēlaṇai Piratēca Capai; VDC) is the local authority for Island South DS Division in northern Sri Lanka. VDC is responsible for providing a variety of local public services including roads, sanitation, drains, housing, libraries, public parks and recreational facilities. It has 11 members elected using the open list proportional representation system. VDC is sometimes called Island South Divisional Council.

Velanai Divisional Council

வேலணை பிரதேச சபை
Type
Type
Leadership
Chairman
karunakara kurumurthey, UPFA
since July 2011
Deputy Chairman
Sinnathamby Karthikesan, UPFA
since July 2011
Seats11
Elections
Last election
2011 Sri Lankan local government elections

History edit

In 1987 there was a major re-organisation of local government in Sri Lanka. District Development Councils were abolished and replaced by Divisional Councils (Pradeshiya Sabha or Pradesha Sabhai). The Pradeshiya Sabha Act No. 15 of 1987 was passed by Parliament on 15 April 1987 and on 1 January 1988 257 Divisional Councils started functioning. The Divisional Councils were generally commensurate with their namesake Divisional Secretary's Divisions. Velanai Divisional Council was established as the local authority for the Island South DS Division. However, according to the pro-LTTE TamilNet, the Sri Lankan government had suspended all local government in the north and east of the country in 1983 using emergency regulations.[1] The civil war prevented elections from being held for VDC until 1998 as the LTTE did not hold elections when it controlled the area.[2]

In March 1994 elections were held in the east and in Vavuniya in the north. However, elections weren't held in other areas of the north, including the Jaffna peninsula, because most of these areas were at that time controlled by the rebel Tamil Tigers. In August 1995 the Sri Lankan military launched an offensive to recapture the Jaffna peninsula. By December 1995 the military had captured most of the Valikamam region of the peninsula, including the city of Jaffna. By 16 May 1996 the military had recaptured the entire peninsula.[3] In late 1996 the government announced elections would be held for 23 local authorities in Jaffna District, Kilinochchi District, Mannar District and Vavuniya District but following opposition from Tamil political parties postponed them.[4] On 3 December 1997 the government announced that elections would be held for the 17 local authorities on the Jaffna peninsula.[5] The Tamil political parties were still opposed to holding elections as "normalcy" hadn't returned to the peninsula. The peninsula was under the firm grip of the Sri Lankan military and civil government had little, if any, role in the administration of the peninsula. The Tamil Tigers were also firmly against the elections being held. Despite these objections the elections were held on 29 January 1998.

Election results edit

1998 local government election edit

Results of the local government election held on 29 January 1998:[6]<[7]

Alliances and parties Votes % Seats
  Eelam People's Democratic Party 1,715 66.17% 8
  Independent (EPDP) 508 19.60% 2
  Democratic People's Liberation Front (PLOTE) 255 9.84% 1
  Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front 58 2.24% 0
  Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization 56 2.16% 0
Valid Votes 2,592 100.00% 11
Rejected Votes 284
Total Polled 2,876
Registered Electors 31,199
Turnout 9.22%

On 1 January 2002 local authority elections were called for the entire country.[8][9] It was later announced that elections would be held on 25 March 2002 in the north and east, and on 20 March 2002 in the rest of the country.[10][11] The normal life term of Sri Lankan local government bodies is four years. The life term of VDC expired in February 2002 but the central government extended this by another year, as the law allows. On 21 March 2002 the Election Commissioner announced that the elections in the north and east, except for eight local authorities in Ampara District, had been postponed until 25 September 2002.[12][13] On 17 September 2002 elections in the north and east were postponed, for a second time, until 25 June 2003.[14] Elections should have been held when the extension expired in February 2003 but in January 2003, following a request from the Tamil National Alliance, the central government instead dissolved VDC using emergency powers and instead put in place special commissioners to administer the local area.[15] In June 2003 elections in the north and east were postponed, for a third time, until 24 January 2004.[16] In January 2004 elections in the north and east, except for local authorities in Ampara District, were postponed, for a fourth time, until 23 October 2004.[17]

On 27 January 2006 local authority elections were called for the entire country.[18][19] It was later announced that elections would be held on 30 March 2006 across the entire country.[20] The Election Commissioner subsequently postponed the elections in the north and Batticaloa District until 30 September 2006.[21] On 23 September 2006 elections in the north and Batticaloa District were postponed until 30 June 2007.[22][23]

VDC continued to be administered by special commissioners until the 2011 elections.

2011 local government election edit

Results of the local government election held on 23 July 2011:[24]

Alliances and parties Votes % Seats
  United People's Freedom Alliance (EPDP, SLFP et al.) 3,973 63.74% 8
  Tamil National Alliance (EPRLF (S), ITAK, PLOTE, TELO, TULF) 2,221 35.63% 3
  United National Party 39 0.63% 0
Valid Votes 6,233 100.00% 11
Rejected Votes 714
Total Polled 6,947
Registered Electors 12,028
Turnout 57.76%

The following candidates were elected:[25] Sinniah Sivarasa (UPFA), 2,538 preference votes (pv); Kunaratnam Sivakulasingam (TNA), 1,430 pv; Sinnathamby Karthikesan (UPFA), 1,094 pv; Murukesu Sivarasa (TNA), 769 pv; Namasivayam Karunakarakurumoorthy (UPFA), 717 pv; Paramananthan Thayananthan (UPFA), 715 pv; Kandiah Kanakaratnam (TNA), 677 pv; Sothilingam Gobilakshan (UPFA), 660 pv; Jeyanayagam Jeyaranjan (UPFA), 634 pv; Balasingam Thavapalan (UPFA), 615 pv; and Siththiravadivel Ravinsan (UPFA), 568 pv.

MSinniah Sivarasa (UPFA) and Sinnathamby Karthikesan (UPFA) were appointed Chairman and Deputy Chairman respectively.[26]

References edit

  1. ^ "TNA urges PM to put off NE local polls". TamilNet. 11 September 2002.
  2. ^ "Tight security for poll in Sri Lanka's Jaffna peninsula". BBC News. 29 January 1998.
  3. ^ Amit Baruha (14 June 1996). "The Army Takes Jaffna". Frontline.
  4. ^ "Local Elections Postponed". Tamil Times. XV (12): 5–6. 15 December 1996. ISSN 0266-4488.
  5. ^ "Local Elections in Jaffna". Tamil Times. XVI (12): 5–6. 15 December 1997. ISSN 0266-4488.
  6. ^ "Election commissioner releases results". TamilNet. 30 January 1998.
  7. ^ D.B.S. Jeyaraj (15 February 1998). "The Jaffna Elections". Tamil Times. XVII (2): 12–15. ISSN 0266-4488.
  8. ^ "Local elections on March 1". TamilNet. 1 January 2002.
  9. ^ "Local polls on March 1". The Island, Sri Lanka. 2 January 2002.
  10. ^ "Local Govt. Ordinance amendment bill before SC". TamilNet. 12 February 2002.
  11. ^ Weerawarne, Sumadhu (11 February 2002). "Local polls on March 20, 25". The Island, Sri Lanka.
  12. ^ "Northeast local elections postponed for Sept. 25". TamilNet. 21 March 2002.
  13. ^ Weerawarne, Sumadhu (22 March 2002). "Elections chief has authority to put off local polls". The Island, Sri Lanka.
  14. ^ "NE local government polls postponed". TamilNet. 17 September 2002.
  15. ^ "Jaffna local bodies to be administered by special commissioners". TamilNet. 14 January 2003.
  16. ^ "Northeast elections postponed till January 24". TamilNet. 20 June 2003.
  17. ^ "NorthEast local government elections postponed". TamilNet. 20 January 2004.
  18. ^ "Nominations called for Local government elections". TamilNet. 27 January 2006.
  19. ^ Satyapalan, Franklin R. (28 January 2006). "Polls chief sets LG polls nomination dates". The Island, Sri Lanka.
  20. ^ "Local Government polls on 30 March". TamilNet. 16 February 2006.
  21. ^ "Polling commences for 266 local councils in Sri Lanka". TamilNet. 30 March 2006.
  22. ^ "Elections to 42 local bodies in NE postponed". TamilNet. 23 September 2006.
  23. ^ Satyapalan, Franklin. R. (21 September 2006). "LG polls in North and East postponed again". The Island, Sri Lanka.
  24. ^ "Local Authorities Election - 23.07.2011 Jaffna District Velanai Pradeshiya Sabha". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  25. ^ "PREFERENCES" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  26. ^ (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 1716/32. 30 July 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2012.

January 01, 1970
velanai, divisional, council, tamil, லண, ரத, சப, vēlaṇai, piratēca, capai, local, authority, island, south, division, northern, lanka, responsible, providing, variety, local, public, services, including, roads, sanitation, drains, housing, libraries, public, p. Velanai Divisional Council Tamil வ லண ப ரத ச சப Velaṇai Pirateca Capai VDC is the local authority for Island South DS Division in northern Sri Lanka VDC is responsible for providing a variety of local public services including roads sanitation drains housing libraries public parks and recreational facilities It has 11 members elected using the open list proportional representation system VDC is sometimes called Island South Divisional Council Velanai Divisional Council வ லண ப ரத ச சப TypeTypeLocal authorityLeadershipChairmankarunakara kurumurthey UPFA since July 2011Deputy ChairmanSinnathamby Karthikesan UPFA since July 2011Seats11ElectionsLast election2011 Sri Lankan local government elections Contents 1 History 2 Election results 2 1 1998 local government election 2 2 2011 local government election 3 ReferencesHistory editIn 1987 there was a major re organisation of local government in Sri Lanka District Development Councils were abolished and replaced by Divisional Councils Pradeshiya Sabha or Pradesha Sabhai The Pradeshiya Sabha Act No 15 of 1987 was passed by Parliament on 15 April 1987 and on 1 January 1988 257 Divisional Councils started functioning The Divisional Councils were generally commensurate with their namesake Divisional Secretary s Divisions Velanai Divisional Council was established as the local authority for the Island South DS Division However according to the pro LTTE TamilNet the Sri Lankan government had suspended all local government in the north and east of the country in 1983 using emergency regulations 1 The civil war prevented elections from being held for VDC until 1998 as the LTTE did not hold elections when it controlled the area 2 In March 1994 elections were held in the east and in Vavuniya in the north However elections weren t held in other areas of the north including the Jaffna peninsula because most of these areas were at that time controlled by the rebel Tamil Tigers In August 1995 the Sri Lankan military launched an offensive to recapture the Jaffna peninsula By December 1995 the military had captured most of the Valikamam region of the peninsula including the city of Jaffna By 16 May 1996 the military had recaptured the entire peninsula 3 In late 1996 the government announced elections would be held for 23 local authorities in Jaffna District Kilinochchi District Mannar District and Vavuniya District but following opposition from Tamil political parties postponed them 4 On 3 December 1997 the government announced that elections would be held for the 17 local authorities on the Jaffna peninsula 5 The Tamil political parties were still opposed to holding elections as normalcy hadn t returned to the peninsula The peninsula was under the firm grip of the Sri Lankan military and civil government had little if any role in the administration of the peninsula The Tamil Tigers were also firmly against the elections being held Despite these objections the elections were held on 29 January 1998 Election results edit1998 local government election edit Results of the local government election held on 29 January 1998 6 lt 7 Alliances and parties Votes Seats Eelam People s Democratic Party 1 715 66 17 8 Independent EPDP 508 19 60 2 Democratic People s Liberation Front PLOTE 255 9 84 1 Eelam People s Revolutionary Liberation Front 58 2 24 0 Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization 56 2 16 0 Valid Votes 2 592 100 00 11 Rejected Votes 284 Total Polled 2 876 Registered Electors 31 199 Turnout 9 22 On 1 January 2002 local authority elections were called for the entire country 8 9 It was later announced that elections would be held on 25 March 2002 in the north and east and on 20 March 2002 in the rest of the country 10 11 The normal life term of Sri Lankan local government bodies is four years The life term of VDC expired in February 2002 but the central government extended this by another year as the law allows On 21 March 2002 the Election Commissioner announced that the elections in the north and east except for eight local authorities in Ampara District had been postponed until 25 September 2002 12 13 On 17 September 2002 elections in the north and east were postponed for a second time until 25 June 2003 14 Elections should have been held when the extension expired in February 2003 but in January 2003 following a request from the Tamil National Alliance the central government instead dissolved VDC using emergency powers and instead put in place special commissioners to administer the local area 15 In June 2003 elections in the north and east were postponed for a third time until 24 January 2004 16 In January 2004 elections in the north and east except for local authorities in Ampara District were postponed for a fourth time until 23 October 2004 17 On 27 January 2006 local authority elections were called for the entire country 18 19 It was later announced that elections would be held on 30 March 2006 across the entire country 20 The Election Commissioner subsequently postponed the elections in the north and Batticaloa District until 30 September 2006 21 On 23 September 2006 elections in the north and Batticaloa District were postponed until 30 June 2007 22 23 VDC continued to be administered by special commissioners until the 2011 elections 2011 local government election edit Results of the local government election held on 23 July 2011 24 Alliances and parties Votes Seats United People s Freedom Alliance EPDP SLFP et al 3 973 63 74 8 Tamil National Alliance EPRLF S ITAK PLOTE TELO TULF 2 221 35 63 3 United National Party 39 0 63 0 Valid Votes 6 233 100 00 11 Rejected Votes 714 Total Polled 6 947 Registered Electors 12 028 Turnout 57 76 The following candidates were elected 25 Sinniah Sivarasa UPFA 2 538 preference votes pv Kunaratnam Sivakulasingam TNA 1 430 pv Sinnathamby Karthikesan UPFA 1 094 pv Murukesu Sivarasa TNA 769 pv Namasivayam Karunakarakurumoorthy UPFA 717 pv Paramananthan Thayananthan UPFA 715 pv Kandiah Kanakaratnam TNA 677 pv Sothilingam Gobilakshan UPFA 660 pv Jeyanayagam Jeyaranjan UPFA 634 pv Balasingam Thavapalan UPFA 615 pv and Siththiravadivel Ravinsan UPFA 568 pv MSinniah Sivarasa UPFA and Sinnathamby Karthikesan UPFA were appointed Chairman and Deputy Chairman respectively 26 References edit TNA urges PM to put off NE local polls TamilNet 11 September 2002 Tight security for poll in Sri Lanka s Jaffna peninsula BBC News 29 January 1998 Amit Baruha 14 June 1996 The Army Takes Jaffna Frontline Local Elections Postponed Tamil Times XV 12 5 6 15 December 1996 ISSN 0266 4488 Local Elections in Jaffna Tamil Times XVI 12 5 6 15 December 1997 ISSN 0266 4488 Election commissioner releases results TamilNet 30 January 1998 D B S Jeyaraj 15 February 1998 The Jaffna Elections Tamil Times XVII 2 12 15 ISSN 0266 4488 Local elections on March 1 TamilNet 1 January 2002 Local polls on March 1 The Island Sri Lanka 2 January 2002 Local Govt Ordinance amendment bill before SC TamilNet 12 February 2002 Weerawarne Sumadhu 11 February 2002 Local polls on March 20 25 The Island Sri Lanka Northeast local elections postponed for Sept 25 TamilNet 21 March 2002 Weerawarne Sumadhu 22 March 2002 Elections chief has authority to put off local polls The Island Sri Lanka NE local government polls postponed TamilNet 17 September 2002 Jaffna local bodies to be administered by special commissioners TamilNet 14 January 2003 Northeast elections postponed till January 24 TamilNet 20 June 2003 NorthEast local government elections postponed TamilNet 20 January 2004 Nominations called for Local government elections TamilNet 27 January 2006 Satyapalan Franklin R 28 January 2006 Polls chief sets LG polls nomination dates The Island Sri Lanka Local Government polls on 30 March TamilNet 16 February 2006 Polling commences for 266 local councils in Sri Lanka TamilNet 30 March 2006 Elections to 42 local bodies in NE postponed TamilNet 23 September 2006 Satyapalan Franklin R 21 September 2006 LG polls in North and East postponed again The Island Sri Lanka Local Authorities Election 23 07 2011 Jaffna District Velanai Pradeshiya Sabha Department of Elections Sri Lanka PREFERENCES PDF Department of Elections Sri Lanka PART IV B LOCAL GOVERNMENT Notices under the Local Authorities Elections Ordinance LOCAL AUTHORITIES ELECTIONS ORDINANCE CHAPTER 262 Notice under Section 66 2 PDF The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka 1716 32 30 July 2011 Archived from the original PDF on 30 March 2012 Retrieved 5 March 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Velanai Divisional Council amp oldid 1135394618, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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