2nd Eastern Provincial Council

The 2nd Eastern Provincial Council is the current Eastern Provincial Council, with the membership determined by the results of the 2012 provincial council election held on 8 September 2012. The council met for the first time on 1 October 2012. According to the Constitution of Sri Lanka the maximum term of a provincial council is 5 years from the date of its first meeting.

2nd Eastern Provincial Council
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Overview
Legislative bodyEastern Provincial Council
JurisdictionEastern Province, Sri Lanka
Meeting placeProvincial Council Assembly Hall, Assembly Secretariat, Trincomalee
Term1 October 2012 (2012-10-01)
Websiteep.gov.lk
Members37
ChairmanAriyawathi Galappaththy, UPFA (2012-)
Deputy ChairmanM. S. Subair, UPFA (2012-)
Chief MinisterM. N. Abdul Majeed, UPFA (2012-)
Party controlUnited People's Freedom Alliance

Election
Main article: 2012 Sri Lankan provincial council election

The 2nd Eastern Provincial Council election was held on 8 September 2012. The incumbent United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) lost overall control of the council after winning only 14 of the 37 seats. The Tamil National Alliance (TNA), which had boycotted the previous election, became the second largest group after winning 11 seats. The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) and United National Party won 7 and 4 seats respectively. The National Freedom Front won the remaining seat.

Results
AllianceVotes%Seats
 United People's Freedom Alliance200,04431.58%14
 Tamil National Alliance193,82730.59%11
 Sri Lanka Muslim Congress132,91720.98%7
 United National Party74,90111.82%4
National Freedom Front9,5221.50%1
Others22,3233.52%0
Total633,534100.00%37

The new provincial council met for the first time on 1 October 2012.[1] Ariyawathi Galappaththy (UPFA-SLFP) and M. S. Subair (UPFA-ACMC) were elected Chairman and Deputy Chairman respectively.[2]

Government/Board of Ministers

The UPFA was able to form an administration with the support of the SLMC.[3] Under the agreement between the UPFA and SLMC a UPFA nominee would serve as Chief Minister for two and half years after a which a SLMC nominee would become Chief Minister.[4][5] M. N. Abdul Majeed of the UPFA was appointed Chief Minister by Governor Mohan Wijewickrama.[6] Majeed was sworn in on 18 September 2012 in Colombo in front of President Mahinda Rajapaksa.[7] The four government ministers appointed by the Governor with effect from 24 September 2012 were: Ibrahim Mohamed Mohamed Mansoor (SLMC); Meera Sahibu Udumalebbe (UPFA-NC); Dissanayaka Wimalaweera (UPFA-SLFP); and Ahamed Nazeer Zainulabdeen (SLMC).[8] As a result the Sri Lankan Tamils had no representation in the Board of Ministers (the government) despite being the largest ethnic group in the province.[9][10]

Changes in party/alliance affiliations

A few days after the election there were reports that some TNA councillors were being threatened and coerced into joining the UPFA.[11][12] It was reported that members of the military intelligence were involved in the threats.[13] G. Krishnapillai, M. Nadarajah, Kumaraswamy Nageswaran, N. Indirakumar and Murugesu Rajeswaran were offered land, money, houses, vehicles and government construction contracts, and threatened with relatives being arrested.[14] None of the TNA councillors gave into the threats and the TNA lodged a complaint with the Election Commissioner.[15]

Members
Name
 Electoral
District
 Preference
Votes
 Member
From
 Member
To
 Elected
Party
 Elected
Alliance
 Current
Party
 Current
Alliance
 Notes
Ameer, AliBAT21,2711 October 2012ACMCUPFAACMCUPFA
Chandradasa, A. P. G.AMP20,4591 October 2012UNPUNP
Chandrakanthan, S.BAT22,3381 October 2012TMVPUPFATMVPUPFA
Fernando, A. W. B. N. M.AMP14,8871 October 2012UNPUNP
Galappaththy, Ariyawathi W. G. M.TRI14,2241 October 2012SLFPUPFASLFPUPFAChairman (12-).
Gamage, DayaAMP41,0641 October 2012UNPUNP
Indirakumar, N.BAT17,3041 October 2012TELOTNATELOTNA
Jameel, A. Ahamed MohamedAMP22,3571 October 2012SLMCSLMCUPFA
Janarthanan, JegatheesanTRI8,9491 October 2012ITAKTNAITAKTNA
Jayasena, Thennakoon MudiyanselageBON1 October 2012UPFAUPFA
Kalaiarasan, T.AMP12,1221 October 2012TNATNA
Karunakaran, G.BAT16,5361 October 2012TELOTNATELOTNA
Krishnapillai, G.BAT20,2001 October 2012TULFTNATULFTNA
Kumara, K. P. P. P.TRI12,3931 October 2012UPFAUPFA
Lebbe, A. Ameer MahumudAMP19,6711 October 2012NCUPFANCUPFA
Maharoof, ImranTRI10,0481 October 2012UNPUNP
Majeed, M. N. AbdulTRI11,7261 October 2012SLFPUPFASLFPUPFAChief Minister (12-). Minister of Finance and Planning, Law and Order, Local Government, Regional Administration, Man Power, Rehabilitation and Resettlement, Rural Development and Environment (12-).
Mansoor, I. M. M.AMP21,7591 October 2012SLMCSLMCUPFAMinister of Health and Indigenous Medicine, Social Welfare, Probation and Childcare Services, Women's Affairs, Youth Affairs, Sports, Information Technology Education, Co-operative Development, Food Supply and Distribution (12-).
Mohamed, A. R.TRI10,9041 October 2012SLMCSLMCUPFA
Moulana, Seyed Ali Zahir BAT align=right|13,764 6 February 2015 SLFPUPFASLFP UPFA
Moulavi, S. L. M. H.TRI10,7321 October 2012SLMCSLMCUPFA
Nadarajah, M.BAT16,6811 October 2012ITAKTNAITAKTNA
Nageswaran, KumaraswamyTRI10,9111 October 2012ITAKTNAITAKTNA
Navarathnaraja, ThuraiyappaBON1 October 2012SLFPUPFASLFPUPFA
Nazeer, Ahamed Lebbe MohamedAMP18,3271 October 2012SLMCSLMCUPFA
Rajeswaran, MurugesuAMP10,8121 October 2012TNATNA
Samsudeen, AriffAMP19,6801 October 2012NCUPFANCUPFA
Shibly, Abdul Farook MohamedBAT20,4071 October 2012ACMCUPFAACMCUPFA
Subair, Muhamed ShariefBAT17,9031 October 2012ACMCUPFAACMCUPFADeputy Chairman (12-).
Thandayuthapani, S.TRI20,8541 October 2012ITAKTNAITAKTNALeader of the Opposition (12-).
Thavam, Aadam LebbeAMP32,3301 October 2012SLMCSLMCUPFA
Thurairajasingam, K.BAT27,7171 October 2012ITAKTNAITAKTNA
Thurairatnam, R.BAT29,1411 October 2012EPRLFTNAEPRLFTNA
Udumalebbe, Meera SahibuAMP24,0331 October 2012NCUPFANCUPFAMinister of Road Development, Irrigation, Housing and Construction, Rural Electrification and Water Supply (12-).
Weerasingha, D.AMP20,9221 October 2012UPFAUPFA
Wijesekara, N. G. W. M. J.TRI7,3031 October 2012NFFNFFUPFA
Wimalaweera, DissanayakaAMP31,8151 October 2012SLFPUPFASLFPUPFAMinister of Education, Cultural Affairs, Lands and Land Development and Transport (12-).
Zainulabdeen, Ahamed NazeerBAT11,4011 October 2012SLMCSLMCMinister of Agriculture, Animal Production and Development, Rural Industries Development, Fisheries and Tourism (12-).

References
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  9. "Colombo appoints Sinhala Chief Secretary, sidelines Tamils in EPC". TamilNet. 25 September 2012.
  10. Balachandran, P. K. (26 September 2012). "No Tamil minister in Eastern Province". The New Indian Express.
  11. "UPFA operatives threaten TNA councilors to join UPFA in East". TamilNet. 13 September 2012.
  12. "UPFA attempting to buy TNA members in East". Ceylon Today. 13 September 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  13. Noble, Kath (18 September 2012). "Next stop, Jaffna". The Island (Sri Lanka).
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