| Mannar Urban Council | |
| Native Name: | மன்னார் நகர சபை |
| Native Name Lang: | ta |
| House Type: | Local authority |
| Leader1 Type: | Chairman |
| Leader1: | Santhanpillai Gnanaprgasam |
| Election1: | March 2011 |
| Leader2 Type: | Deputy Chairman |
| Leader2: | Sebastiyampillai Jemes Firansis Jesuthasan |
| Election2: | March 2011 |
| Leader3 Type: | Secretary |
| Members: | 7 |
Mannar Urban Council (Tamil: மன்னார் நகர சபை Maṉṉār Nakara Capai; MUC) is the local authority for the town of Mannar in north-western Sri Lanka. MUC is responsible for providing a variety of local public services including roads, sanitation, drains, housing, libraries, public parks and recreational facilities. It has 7 members elected using the open list proportional representation system.
Mannar Urban Council was created with effect from 15 April 2006 from parts of Mannar Divisional Council.[1] However, 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.[2] The civil war prevented elections from being held for MUC until 2011..
On 27 January 2006 local authority elections were called for the entire country.[3] [4] It was later announced that elections would be held on 30 March 2006 across the entire country.[5] The Election Commissioner subsequently postponed the elections in the north and Batticaloa District until 30 September 2006.[6] On 23 September 2006 elections in the north and Batticaloa District were postponed until 30 June 2007.[7] [8]
MUC continued to be administered by special commissioners until the 2011 elections.
Results of the local government election held on 17 March 2011:[9]
| valign=bottom align=left colspan=2 | Alliances and parties ! | valign=bottom align=center width="60" | Votes ! | valign=bottom align=center width="50" | % ! | valign=bottom align=center | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor= | Tamil National Alliance (ITAK, EPRLF (S), TELO, PLOTE, TULF, TNLA) | 4,757 | 58.60% | 5 | |||
| bgcolor= | United People's Freedom Alliance (ACMC, EPDP et al.) | 2,848 | 35.08% | 2 | |||
| bgcolor= | United National Party | 272 | 3.35% | 0 | |||
| Independent 1 | 236 | 2.91% | 0 | ||||
| Independent 2 | 5 | 0.06% | 0 | ||||
| Valid Votes | 8,118 | 100.00% | 7 | ||||
| Rejected Votes | 345 | ||||||
| Total Polled | 8,463 | ||||||
| Registered Electors | 15,979 | ||||||
| Turnout | 52.96% | ||||||
The following candidates were elected:[10] Santhanpillai Gnanaprgasam (TNA); Sebastiyampillai Jemes Firansis Jesuthasan (TNA); Nilamutheen Nahusheen (UPFA); Anthony Charles Morines Perera (TNA); Subramaniyam Pirunthavananathan (TNA); Sampooranam Rathinasingam (TNA); and Selvarasa Selvakumar (UPFA).
Santhanpillai Gnanaprgasam (TNA) and Sebastiyampillai Jemes Firansis Jesuthasan (TNA) were appointed Chairman and Deputy Chairman respectively.[10]