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| Type | |
| Type | Local authority |
| Leadership | |
| Chairman | Nadarasa Anantharaj, TNA since July 2011 |
| Deputy Chairman | Kanagalingam Sivagilingam, TNA since July 2011 |
| Seats | 9 |
| Elections | |
| Last election | Sri Lankan local government elections, 2011 |
Valvettithurai Urban Council (VUC) is the local authority for the town of Valvettithurai in northern Sri Lanka. VUC is responsible for providing a variety of local public services including roads, sanitation, drains, housing, libraries, public parks and recreational facilities. It has 9 members elected using the open list proportional representation system.
Election results
1983 local government election
Results of the local government election held on 18 May 1983:
| Alliances and parties | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=Template:Tamil United Liberation Front/meta/color| | Tamil United Liberation Front | 173 | 94.02% | 9 |
| bgcolor=Template:All Ceylon Tamil Congress/meta/color| | All Ceylon Tamil Congress | 7 | 3.80% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:United National Party/meta/color| | United National Party | 4 | 2.17% | 0 |
| Valid Votes | 184 | 100.00% | 11 | |
| Rejected Votes | 0 | |||
| Total Polled | 184 | |||
| Registered Electors | 8,954 | |||
| Turnout | 2.05% | |||
The Sri Lankan government suspended all local government in the north and east of the country, including VUC, in 1983 using Emergency Regulations. As a result Valvettithurai didn't have elected local government for the next 15 years.
1998 local government election
Results of the local government election held on 29 January 1998:
| Alliances and parties | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=Template:Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization/meta/color| | Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization | 736 | 60.13% | 6 |
| bgcolor=Template:Eelam People's Democratic Party/meta/color| | Eelam People's Democratic Party | 283 | 23.12% | 2 |
| bgcolor=Template:Democratic People's Liberation Front/meta/color| | Democratic People's Liberation Front (PLOTE) | 151 | 12.34% | 1 |
| bgcolor=Template:Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front/meta/color| | Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front | 54 | 4.41% | 0 |
| Valid Votes | 1,224 | 100.00% | 9 | |
| Rejected Votes | 255 | |||
| Total Polled | 1,479 | |||
| Registered Electors | 11,128 | |||
| Turnout | 13.29% | |||
The normal life term of Sri Lankan local government bodies is four years. The life term of VUC expired in February 2002 but the central government extended this by another year, as the law allows. 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 VUC and instead put in place special commissions to administer the local areas. VUC continued to be administered by these special commissions until the 2011 elections.
2011 local government election
Results of the local government election held on 23 July 2011:
| Alliances and parties | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=Template:Tamil National Alliance/meta/color| | Tamil National Alliance (ITAK, EPRLF (S), TELO, PLOTE, TULF) | 2,416 | 76.36% | 7 |
| bgcolor=Template:United People's Freedom Alliance/meta/color| | United People's Freedom Alliance (EPDP, SLFP et al.) | 653 | 20.64% | 2 |
| bgcolor=Template:United National Party/meta/color| | United National Party | 93 | 2.94% | 0 |
| Independent | 2 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| Valid Votes | 3,164 | 100.00% | 9 | |
| Rejected Votes | 230 | |||
| Total Polled | 3,394 | |||
| Registered Electors | 5,550 | |||
| Turnout | 61.15% | |||
The following candidates were elected: Nadarasa Anantharaj (TNA); Thillaiyampathy Jegathees (TNA); Kanagarajah Jeyarajah (TNA); Inthiran Kailajini (UPFA); Soosaippillai Xaviyar Kulanayagam (TNA); Mahalingam Mayuran (TNA); Kandasamy Sathees (TNA); M. K. Shivajilingam (TNA-TELO); and Ponnuthurai Theiventhiran (UPFA).
Nadarasa Anantharaj (TNA) and M. K. Shivajilingam (TNA-TELO) were appointed Chairman and Deputy Chairman respectively.
References
- Sarveswaran, K. (2005). The Tamil United Liberation Front: Rise and Decline of a Moderate Ethnic Party in Sri Lanka (1976-2000). Jawaharal Nehru University.
- "TNA urges PM to put off NE local polls". TamilNet. 11 September 2002. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
- "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.
- "Jaffna local bodies to be administered by special commissioners". TamilNet. 14 January 2003. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
- "Local Authorities Election - 23.07.2011 Jaffna District Valvetithurai Urban Council". 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.