Kalmunai Municipal Council

Kalmunai Municipal Council (KMC) is the local authority for the city of Kalmunai in south-eastern Sri Lanka.[1] KMC is responsible for providing a variety of local public services including roads, sanitation, drains, housing, libraries, public parks and recreational facilities. It has 19 members elected using the open list proportional representation system.

Kalmunai Municipal Council
Type
Type
Local authority
Leadership
Mayor
Nizam Kariapper, SLMC
Municipal Commissioner
Liyakath Ali
Seats19
Elections
Last election
2011 Sri Lankan local government elections

History

Kalmunai Rural Council (Kalmunai Pradeshiya Sabha) was created in 1987 as part of the nationwide local government re-organisation. Kalmunai didn't have an elected local government for sporadic periods, this was due to various reasons.[2] Aljazeera, the Asiafoundation and the Daily Mirror attribute this to civil war;[3][4] Reuters and the US State Department attribute this to calls for election boycotts by the LTTE (enforced with brutal reprisals for non compliance);[5][6] the Taipei Times and the BBC attribute this to area coming under LTTE control[7][8] and the Tamilnet attribute it to The Sri Lankan government's suspension of all local government in the north and east of the country in 1983 using Emergency Regulations.[9] Kalmunai was promoted to municipality in 2001.[10] Kalmunai was administered by special commissioners until 2006 when local elections were held.

Election results

2006 local government election

Results of the local government election held on 20 May 2006:[11]

Alliances and partiesVotes%Seats
 Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 22,36148.69%10
 Tamil National Alliance (ITAK, EPRLF (S), TELO) 14,99632.65%6
 United People's Freedom Alliance (NUA, ACMC, NC, SLFP, et al.) 6,42013.98%2
Muslim National Alliance 1,3022.84%1
Independent 5 5591.22%0
Independent 8 1000.22%0
Independent 3 920.20%0
Independent 2 650.14%0
Independent 1 150.03%0
Independent 9 80.02%0
Independent 6 50.01%0
Independent 4 10.00%0
Independent 7 10.00%0
Valid Votes 45,925100.00%19
Rejected Votes 1,170
Total Polled 47,095
Registered Electors 63,251
Turnout 74.46%

The following candidates were elected:[12] Mohamed Shamsudeen Umar Ali (SLMC); Arulnayagam Amirthalingam (TNA); Abdul Raheem Azmeer (SLMC); Kaththamuttu Ganesh (TNA); Vadivel Gopalapillai (TNA); Veerasingham Ilayendrarajah (TNA); Pallithamby Mohamed Kabeer (SLMC); Isma Lebbe Kamardeen (SLMC); Henry Mahendran (TNA-TELO); Athambawa Abdul Majeed (SLMC); Aathul Razzak Kulanthai Marikkar (SLMC); Ameerul Ansar Faleel Moulana (SLMC); Careem Mohamed Mufeeth (MNA); Abdul Hamad Mohamed Murseed (SLMC); Dharmalingam Nesarasan (TNA); Ibralebbe Rahfutheen (UPFA); Ismail Mohamed Rifan (SLMC); Aboobacker Mohamed Riyas (UPFA); and Abdul Cader Samaldeen (SLMC).

Abdul Raheem Azmeer (SLMC) and Isma Lebbe Kamardeen (SLMC) were appointed Mayor and Deputy Mayor respectively.

The term of the council was due to expire in 2010 but on 22 December 2009 Minister of Local Government and Provincial Councils Janaka Bandara Tennakoon extended it until 31 March 2011.[13] On 18 January 2011 the term was further extended until 30 June 2011 using Emergency Regulations.[14] On 30 March 2011 the government announced that the term had been extended again until 31 December 2011 using Emergency Regulations.[15]

List of Mayors
  • A.R. Azmeer (2006-2006)
  • H. M. M. Harees (2006-2009)
  • S. Z. M. Mashoor Moulana (2009-2011)
  • Siraz Meerasahib (2011-2013)
  • Nizam Kariapper - (2014-2016)

References
  1. "Kalmunai Municipal Council". Government of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
  2. Lanka cannot afford to despise UN system
  3. In Northern Sri Lanka, Local Governments Prepare for Post-War Development
  4. Sri Lankans vote in local elections
  5. Sri Lanka's war-weary north votes amid intimidation, mistrust
  6. US State Department
  8. Post-war Sri Lanka vote date set
  9. "TNA urges PM to put off NE local polls". TamilNet. 11 September 2002. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
  10. "Young Mayor assumes duties in Kalmunai". TamilNet. 15 June 2006.
  11. "Local Authorities Election 2006 Final Results Kalmunai Municipal Council". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  12. "PART IV (B) — LOCAL GOVERNMENT Notices under the Local Authorities Elections Ordinance THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES ELECTIONS ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 262)" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 1447/36. 2 June 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2011.
  13. "Extraordinary Gazette No. 1633/09" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Government of Sri Lanka. 23 December 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2011.
  14. "Extraordinary Gazette No. 1689/15" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Government of Sri Lanka. 18 January 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  15. "Extraordinary Gazette No. 1699/35" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Government of Sri Lanka. 31 March 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
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