Eastern Provincial Council

Eastern Provincial Council கிழக்கு மாகாண சபை නැගෙනහිර පළාත් සභාව
2nd Eastern Provincial Council
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Chairman	Ariyawathi Galappaththy, UPFA since 1 October 2012
Deputy Chairman	M. S. Subair, UPFA since 1 October 2012
Chief Minister	A. N. Zainulabdeen, SLMC since 6 February 2015
Leader of the Opposition	S. Thandayuthapani, TNA since 28 September 2012
Chief Secretary	Thusitha P Wanigasinghe since 16 December 2019
Structure
Seats	37
Political groups	Government (22)   UPFA (14)   SLMC (7)   NFF (1) Opposition (15)   TNA (11)   UNP (4)
Elections
Last election	8 September 2012
Meeting place
Provincial Council Assembly Hall, Assembly Secretariat, Trincomalee
Website
ep.gov.lk

The Eastern Provincial Council (EPC Tamil: கிழக்கு மாகாண சபை Kiḻakku Mākāṇa Capai; Sinhala: නැගෙනහිර පළාත් සභාව “Nagenahira Palat Sabava”; EPC) is the provincial council for the Eastern Province in Sri Lanka. In accordance with the Sri Lankan constitution, EPC 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. EPC has 37 members elected using the open list proportional representation system.