Chairman of the Northern Provincial Council
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Northern Provincial Council வட மாகாண சபை උතුරු පළාත් සභා |
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| 1st Northern Provincial Council | |
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| Leadership | |
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Chairman
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Deputy Chairman
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Leader of the Opposition
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K. Kamalendran, UPFA
Since 25 October 2013 |
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Chief Secretary
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R. Wijialudchumi
Since 5 December 2011 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 38 |
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Political groups
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Government (30)
Opposition (8) |
| Elections | |
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Last election
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21 September 2013 |
| Meeting place | |
| Provincial Council Assembly Hall, Northern Provincial Council Building, Kaithady | |
| Website | |
| np.gov.lk | |
Government (30)
Opposition (8)
Northern Provincial Council (Tamil: வட மாகாண சபை Vaṭa Mākāṇa Capai; NPC) is the provincial council for the Northern Province in Sri Lanka. In accordance with the Sri Lankan constitution, NPC has legislative power over a variety of matters including agriculture, education, health, housing, local government, planning, road transport and social services. The constitution also gives it powers over police and land but successive central governments have refused to devolve these powers to the provinces. NPC has 38 members elected using the open list proportional representation system.
In an attempt to end the Sri Lankan Civil War the Indo-Lanka Accord was signed on 29 July 1987. One of the requirements of the accord was that the Sri Lankan government should devolve powers to the provinces. Accordingly, on 14 November 1987 the Sri Lankan Parliament passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka and the Provincial Councils Act No 42 of 1987. On 3 February 1988 nine provincial councils were created by order. The first elections for provincial councils took place on 28 April 1988 in North Central, North Western, Sabaragamuwa, and Uva provinces. On 2 June 1988 elections were held for provincial councils for Central, Southern and Western provinces.
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