Point Pedro Urban Council

Point Pedro Urban Council பருத்தித்துறை நகர சபை
Type
Type	Local authority
Leadership
Chairman	Sabanayagam Raveenthiran, TNA Since July 2011
Deputy Chairman	Sithamparappillai Pathmanathan, TNA Since July 2011
Seats	9
Elections
Last election	Sri Lankan local government elections, 2011

Point Pedro Urban Council (Tamil: பருத்தித்துறை நகர சபை Paruttittuṟai Nakara Capai; PPUC) is the local authority for the town of Point Pedro in northern Sri Lanka. PPUC 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.

Results of the local government election held on 18 May 1983:

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. The civil war prevented elections from being held for PPUC until 1998 as the LTTE did not hold when it controlled the area..

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. 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. On 3 December 1997 the government announced that elections would be held for the 17 local authorities on the Jaffna peninsula. 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.