E. Arnold (Sri Lankan politician)

This article is about the Sri Lankan Tamil politician. For the English poet and journalist, see Edwin Arnold.

Emmanuel Arnold (Tamil: இம்மானுவேல் ஆனல்ட்) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician, former provincial councillor and the former Mayor of Jaffna.

Honourable E. Arnold MPC
19th Mayor of Jaffna
In office 26 March 2018 – 30 December 2020
Preceded by	Yogeswari Patkunarajah
Succeeded by	V. Manivannan
Member of the Northern Provincial Council for Jaffna District
In office 11 October 2013 – 14 December 2017
Succeeded by	Saba Kugathas
Personal details
Political party	Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi
Other political affiliations	Tamil National Alliance
Ethnicity	Sri Lankan Tamil

Career

Arnold contested the 2013 provincial council election as one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Jaffna District and was elected to the Northern Provincial Council.^[1][2] After the election he was appointed to assist the Chief Minister on enterprise promotion and sports development.^[3] He took his oath as provincial councillor in front of Chief Minister C. V. Vigneswaran at Veerasingam Hall on 11 October 2013.^[4][5]

Arnold resigned from the Northern Provincial Council in December 2017 in order to contest the 2018 local elections as the TNA's mayoral candidate in Jaffna.^[6][7] He was elected to Jaffna Municipal Council as the member for Passaiyoor ward.^[8] He was subsequently elected Mayor when the council met for the first time in 26 March 2018.^[9][10][11]

Electoral history

Electoral history of E. Arnold

Election	Constituency	Party		Alliance		Votes	Result
2013 provincial[2]	Jaffna District		ITAK		TNA	2,688	Elected
2018 local[12]	Passaiyoor		ITAK		TNA	642	Elected

References

1. "PART I : SECTION (I) ó GENERAL Government Notifications PROVINCIAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS ACT, No. 2 OF 1988 Northern Province Provincial Council" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1829/33. 25 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2013.
2. "PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2013 ñ Results and preferential votes: Northern Province". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 26 September 2013. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014.
3. "Division of Ministries of the Northern Provincial Council & Subjects for Councillors" (PDF). TamilNet. 11 October 2013.
4. "NPC members take oath in Jaffna after honouring fallen Tamil Heroes". TamilNet. 11 October 2013.
5. "Northern Provincial Council TNA members take oaths". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 11 October 2013. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013.
6. "ITAK decides MPc, Arnold to contest the Mayor post of Jaffna Municipality". Tamil Diplomat. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
7. Rajasingham, K. T. (19 December 2017). "ITAK Jaffna mayoral nomination and ramifications". Asian Tribune. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
8. "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications LOCAL AUTHORITIES ELECTIONS ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 262) Notice under Section 66(2)" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 2061/42-10. Colombo, Sri Lanka: 2A–3A. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
9. "TNA captures Jaffna Municipal Council - Arnold takes over as Mayor of Jaffna". Tamil Diplomat. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
10. "TNA's Emmanuel Arnold elected as Jaffna Mayor". Tamil Guardian. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
11. "Eemmanuel Arnold swears in as new mayor of Jaffna". Hiru News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
12. "Results Of Local Authorities Elections - 2018 (Ward by Result) - Jaffna District: Jaffna Municipal Council" (PDF) (in Tamil). Colombo, Sri Lanka: Election Commission of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 20 March 2018.