Valikamam South West Divisional Council

Results of the local government election held on 29 January 1998:[6][7]

On 1 January 2002 local authority elections were called for the entire country.[8][9] It was later announced that elections would be held on 25 March 2002 in the north and east, and on 20 March 2002 in the rest of the country.[10][11] The normal life term of Sri Lankan local government bodies is four years. The life term of VSWDC expired in February 2002 but the central government extended this by another year, as the law allows. On 21 March 2002 the Election Commissioner announced that the elections in the north and east, except for eight local authorities in Ampara District, had been postponed until 25 September 2002.[12][13] On 17 September 2002 elections in the north and east were postponed, for a second time, until 25 June 2003.[14] Elections should have been held when the extension expired in February 2003 but in January 2003, following a request from the Tamil National Alliance, the central government instead dissolved VSWDC using emergency powers and instead put in place special commissioners to administer the local area.[15] In June 2003 elections in the north and east were postponed, for a third time, until 24 January 2004.[16] In January 2004 elections in the north and east, except for local authorities in Ampara District, were postponed, for a fourth time, until 23 October 2004.[17]

On 27 January 2006 local authority elections were called for the entire country.[18][19] It was later announced that elections would be held on 30 March 2006 across the entire country.[20] The Election Commissioner subsequently postponed the elections in the north and Batticaloa District until 30 September 2006.[21] On 23 September 2006 elections in the north and Batticaloa District were postponed until 30 June 2007.[22][23]

VSWDC continued to be administered by special commissioners until the 2011 elections.

Results of the local government election held on 23 July 2011:[24]

The following candidates were elected:[25] Jebanesan Antonypillai (TNA), 2,809 preference votes (pv); Velichor Anton Johnson (UPFA), 2,707 pv; Shanmugam Sivakumaaran (TNA), 2,337 pv; Arumugam Sinniah Kanesavel (TNA), 2,314 pv; Vinayagamoorthy Subramaniam (TNA), 2,226 pv; Sinnathamby Mahenthiran (TNA), 2,120 pv; Gowrikanthan Kathiravelu (TNA), 2,045 pv; Suppiah Paramakuru (TNA), 1,672 pv; Sellappa Sivapatham (TNA), 1,491 pv; Arudkumar John Jeprikko (TNA), 1,427 pv; Thangarasa Kumanan (TNA), 1,121 pv; Kanagaratnam Ponnan (TNA), 1,116 pv; Mariyanayagam Soosaipillai (TNA), 1,046 pv; Selvaratnam Jesuthasan Selvarasa (UPFA), 693 pv; Kanthaiya Nadarasa (UPFA), 605 pv; and Balasubiramaniyam Nagenthiram (UPFA), 454 pv.

Jebanesan Antonypillai (TNA) and Shanmugam Sivakumaaran (TNA) were appointed Chairman and Deputy Chairman respectively.[26]