Trincomalee Urban Council is the local authority for the city of Trincomalee in eastern Sri Lanka. TUC is responsible for providing a variety of local public services including roads, sanitation, drains, housing, libraries, public parks and recreational facilities. It has 12 members elected using the open list proportional representation system.
History
Trincomalee was administered by a Local Board between 1884 and 1933. Between 1933 and 1939 the city administered by a Local Development Board. The city was promoted to an Urban Council on 1 January 1940. Trincomalee is one of the largest cities in Sri Lanka without municipality status. Cities and towns with much lower population than Trincomalee, such as Hambantota and Akkaraipattu, have been promoted to Municipal Council in 2011 but Trincomalee has been overlooked.
Results of the local government election held on 18 May 1983: Point Pedro didn't have an elected local government for sporadic periods, this was due to various reasons. Aljazeera, the Asiafoundation and the Daily Mirror attribute this to civil war; Reuters and the US State Department attribute this to calls for election boycotts by the LTTE 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. Trincomalee was administered by special commissioners until 1994 when local elections were held. The council was dissolved in 1999. Special commissioners administered the city until the 2006 elections.
2006 local government election
Results of the local government election held on 30 March 2006: The following candidates were elected: Subramaniam Gowrimuhunthan, 6,115 preference votes ; Kanthasamy Selvarajah, 5,994 pv; Kandiah Thurairajah, 5,400 pv; Jeganathan Pulendraraj, 5,027 pv; Perumal Muniayandy, 2,717 pv; Sithiravelu Arudchelvam, 2,237 pv; Thandayuthapani Karikalan, 2,099 pv; Ratnasabapathy Navaratnarajah Varathan, 1,926 pv; Sultan Farook, 1,650 pv; Abdul Hussein Sahul Hameed, 1,516 pv; Kanmany Amma Ratnavadivel, 1,294 pv; and Nahoor Noor Mohamed, 1,286 pv. Subramaniam Gowrimuhunthan and Kanthasamy Selvarajah were appointed Chairman and Deputy Chairman respectively. The term of the council was due to expire in 2010 but on 22 December 2009 Minister of Local Government and Provincial CouncilsJanaka Bandara Tennakoon extended it until 31 March 2011. Subramaniam Gowrimuhunthan and Kanmany Amma Ratnavadivel were suspended from their party for contesting the 2010 parliamentary election for the Tamil National People's Front. Subramaniam Gowrimuhunthan was subsequently removed from the Chairmanship in August 2010 and replaced by Kanthasamy Selvarajah.
2011 local government election
Results of the local government election held on 17 March 2011: The following candidates were elected: Sithiravelu Arudchelvam ; Dharmarasa Gowrimuhunthan ; P. W. Susantha Jayalath ; Kalirajah Kokulraj ; Galappaththige Saman Kumara ; Nahoor Noor Mohamed ; Sivasubramaniam Nandakumar ; Saboordeen Sanoon ; Nagalingam Satheeskanna ; Konamalai Saththiyaseelarajah ; Kanthasamy Selvarajah ; and Senathirajah Siriskandarajah. Kanthasamy Selvarajah of TNA and Senathirajah Siriskandarajah of TNA were appointed Chairman and Deputy Chairman respectively.
