1988 North Eastern Provincial Council election

February 2023 1988 North Eastern Provincial Council election North Eastern Province, Sri Lanka parliamentary no 71 seats across 1 provincial council 19 November 1988 Councillors Councils Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front EPRLF Varatharajah Perumal FF0000 EPRLF n/a 215,230 55.00% 41 1 Sri Lanka Muslim Congress SLMC M. H. M. Ashraff 007B48 SLMC n/a 168,038 42.94% 17 0 Chief Minister None Varatharajah Perumal EPRLF thumb|400px|North Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, 1988-2006 Provincial Council elections were held on 19 November 1988 to elect members to Sri Lanka’s North Eastern Provincial Council. Background The Indo-Lanka Accord signed on 29 July 1987 required the Sri Lankan government to devolve powers to the provinces and, in the meantime, to merge the Northern and Eastern provinces into one administrative unit.Indo Sri Lanka Agreement, 1987 http://www.tamilnation.org/conflictresolution/tamileelam/87peaceaccord.htm TamilNation 28 June 2009 October 2010 H3llBot On 14 November 1987 the Sri Lankan Parliament passed the 13th Amendment to the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka and the Provincial Councils Act No 42 of 1987, establishing provincial councils.Provincial Councils http://www.priu.gov.lk/ProvCouncils/ProvicialCouncils.html The Official Website of the Government of Sri Lanka 28 June 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090707214924/http://www.priu.gov.lk/ProvCouncils/ProvicialCouncils.html 7 July 2009 The Constitution http://www.priu.gov.lk/Cons/1978Constitution/AMENDMENTS.html The Official Website of the Government of Sri Lanka 28 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090817113810/http://www.priu.gov.lk/Cons/1978Constitution/AMENDMENTS.html 2009-08-17 dead On September 2 and 8 1988 President Jayewardene issued proclamations enabling the Northern and Eastern provinces to be one administrative unit administered by one elected Council.North-East merger illegal: SC http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2006/10/8947.html 17 October 2006 LankaNewspapers.com 28 June 2009 24 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090524142033/http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2006/10/8947.html dead The first elections for provincial councils took place on 28 April 1988 in North Central, North Western, Sabaragamuwa, and Uva provinces.Ethnic Conflict of Sri Lanka: Time Line - From Independence to 1999 http://www.ices.lk/sl_database/ethnic_conflict/time_line.shtml International Centre for Ethnic Studies 28 June 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20091212123102/http://www.ices.lk/sl_database/ethnic_conflict/time_line.shtml 12 December 2009 Elections in the newly merged North Eastern Province were held on 19 November 1988.February 2023 Results Overall PartyEasternNorthernTotalVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%Seats Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front215,23055.00%17––24215,23055.00%41 Sri Lanka Muslim Congress168,03842.94%17–––168,03842.94%17 United National Party8,0562.06%1–––8,0562.06%1 Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front–––––12––12Total391,324100.00%35––36391,324100.00%71Source:December 1988 Election Results Tamil Times VIII 1 4 0266-4488 Ampara District PartyVotes per Polling DivisionTotal Votes%SeatsAmparaKalmunaiPottuvilSammanthurai Sri Lanka Muslim Congress4026,44134,97228,98390,43663.03%9 Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front2012,62625,1407,96845,75431.89%4 United National Party5,3381111,7041477,3005.09%1Valid Votes5,39839,17861,81637,098143,490100.00%14Rejected Votes2194609321,0202,631Total Polled5,61739,63862,74838,118146,121Registered Electors94,06844,07582,83344,975265,951Turnout (%)5.97%89.93%75.75%84.75%54.94%Source: Batticaloa District PartyVotes per Polling DivisionTotal Votes%SeatsBatticaloaKalkudahPaddiruppu Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front46,00632,54648,394126,94674.76%8 Sri Lanka Muslim Congress29,59412,33117542,10024.79%3 United National Party476194867560.45%0Valid Votes76,07645,07148,655169,802100.00%11Rejected Votes1,4956296102,734Total Polled77,57145,70049,265172,536Registered Electors100,53660,28856,452217,276Turnout (%)77.16%75.80%87.27%79.41%Source: Jaffna District The Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front won all 19 seats uncontested. Kilinochchi District The Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front won all 3 seats uncontested. Mannar District The Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front won all 5 seats uncontested. Mullaitivu District The Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front won all 5 seats uncontested. Trincomalee District PartyVotes per Polling DivisionTotal Votes%SeatsMuturSeruwilaTrincomalee Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front12,3114,84025,37942,53054.50%5 Sri Lanka Muslim Congress24,0063,7647,73235,50245.50%5Valid Votes36,3178,60433,11178,032100.00%10Rejected Votes8102951,2722,377Total Polled37,1278,89934,38380,409Registered Electors48,57047,69356,026152,289Turnout (%)76.44%18.66%61.37%52.80%Source: Vavuniya District The Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front won all 4 seats uncontested. Aftermath On 10 December 1988 Annamalai Varatharajah Perumal of the EPRLF became the first Chief Minister of the North Eastern Provincial Council.K T Rajasingham Sri Lanka" The Untold Story http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DD20Df03.html https://web.archive.org/web/20020427122344/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DD20Df03.html unfit 27 April 2002 20 April 2002 Asia Times 28 June 2009 On 1 March 1990, just as the Indian Peace Keeping Force were preparing to withdraw from Sri Lanka, Permual moved a motion in the North Eastern Provincial Council declaring an independent Eelam.Shamindra Ferdinando I'm no traitor, says Perumal http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/features/20000912no_traitor.htm 10 September 2000 Sunday Island, Sri Lanka 28 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090501173226/http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/features/20000912no_traitor.htm 2009-05-01 dead President Premadasa reacted to Permual's UDI by dissolving the provincial council and imposing direct rule on the province. On 14 July 2006, after a long campaign against the merger of the Northern and Eastern provinces, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, a Sinhalese nationalist political party, filed three separate petitions with the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka requesting a separate Provincial Council for the East. On 16 October 2006 the Supreme Court ruled that the proclamations issued by President Jayewardene in September 1988 were null and void and had no legal effect. The North Eastern Province was formally demerged into the Northern and Eastern provinces on 1 January 2007. The north-east of Sri Lanka was ruled directly from Colombo until May 2008 when elections were held in the demerged Eastern Province. However, the Northern Province continues to be ruled from Government. References 2 1988 Sri Lanka Provincial Sri Lanka Category:Indian Peace Keeping Force