Northern Provincial Council

Northern Provincial Council வட மாகாண சபை උතුරු පළාත් සභා
1st Northern Provincial Council
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Chairman	C. V. K. Sivagnanam, TNA since 25 October 2013
Deputy Chairman	Anton Jeyanathan, TNA since 25 October 2013
Chief Minister	C. V. Vigneswaran, TNA since 7 October 2013
Leader of the Opposition	K. Kamalendran, UPFA since 25 October 2013
Chief Secretary	R. Wijialudchumi since 5 December 2011
Structure
Seats	38
Political groups	Government (30)   TNA (30) Opposition (8)   UPFA (7)   SLMC (1)
Elections
Last election	21 September 2013
Meeting place
Provincial Council Assembly Hall, Northern Provincial Council Building, Kaithady
Website
np.gov.lk

Northern Provincial Council (Tamil: வட மாகாண சபை Vaṭa Mākāṇa Capai; NPC) is the provincial council for the Northern Province in Sri Lanka. In accordance with the Sri Lankan constitution, NPC has legislative power over a variety of matters including agriculture, education, health, housing, local government, planning, road transport and social services. The constitution also gives it powers over police and land but successive central governments have refused to devolve these powers to the provinces.^[1][2][3] NPC has 38 members elected using the open list proportional representation system.