Vavuniya South Sinhala Divisional Council (Tamil: வவுனியா தெற்கு சிங்கள பிரதேச சபை Vavuṉiyā Teṟku Ciṅkaḷa Piratēca Capai; VSSDC) is the local authority for Vavuniya South DS Division in northern Sri Lanka.
In August 1995 the Sri Lankan military launched an offensive to recapture the Jaffna peninsula.
By December 1995 the military had captured most of the Valikamam region of the peninsula, including the city of Jaffna.
[3] On 3 December 1997 the government announced that elections would be held for the 17 local authorities on the Jaffna peninsula.
[7][8] The normal life term of Sri Lankan local government bodies is four years.
[12] 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.