மேரி கமலா குணசீலன் 2013 ஆம் ஆண்டு [[இலங்கை]]யில் நடைபெற்ற மாகாண சபை தேர்தலில் [[தமிழ்தமிழ்த் தேசியதேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பு]] சார்பாக முள்ளைத்தீவு மாவட்டத்தில் போட்டியிட்டு தோல்வியை தழுவினார்.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2013/PDF/Aug/1822_06/1822_6%28E%29.pdf|date=6 August 2013|title=PART I : SECTION (I) ó GENERAL Government Notifications PROVINCIAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS ACT, No. 2 OF 1988 Notice under Section 22(1)|journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary|volume=1822/06|access-date=3 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110092650/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2013/PDF/Aug/1822_06/1822_6%28E%29.pdf|archive-date=10 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Bastians|first=Dharisha|title=TNA names councillors for bonus seats|url=http://www.ft.lk/2013/09/30/tna-names-councillors-for-bonus-seats/|newspaper=[[Daily FT]]|date=30 September 2013|access-date=3 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014030505/http://www.ft.lk/2013/09/30/tna-names-councillors-for-bonus-seats/|archive-date=14 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was nevertheless appointed to the [[Northern Provincial Council]] as one of the TNA's two bonus seats.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2013/PDF/Sep/1830_13/1830_13%20%28E%29.pdf|date=30 September 2013|title=PART I : SECTION (I) ó GENERAL Government Notifications PROVINCIAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS ACT, No. 2 OF 1988 Notice under Section 61A(2)|journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary|volume=1830/13|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110092645/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2013/PDF/Sep/1830_13/1830_13%20%28E%29.pdf|archivedate=10 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=TNA Spokesperson says selections made for bonus seats|url=http://newsfirst.lk/english/node/29215|newspaper=[[News First]]|date=29 September 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103050728/http://newsfirst.lk/english/node/29215|archivedate=3 November 2013}}</ref> After the election she was appointed to assist the [[Minister of Education, Cultural Affairs and Sports, Northern Province|Minister of Education, Cultural Affairs and Sports]] on libraries, museums and cultural matters.<ref>{{cite news|title=Division of Ministries of the Northern Provincial Council & Subjects for Councillors|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/img/publish/2013/10/Division_of_Ministries.pdf|newspaper=[[TamilNet]]|date=11 October 2013}}</ref> She took her oath as provincial councillor in front of Chief Minister [[C. V. Vigneswaran]] at [[Veerasingam Hall]] on 11 October 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=NPC members take oath in Jaffna after honouring fallen Tamil Heroes|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=36736|newspaper=[[TamilNet]]|date=11 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Northern Provincial Council TNA members take oaths |url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/latest/38525-northern-provincial-council-tna-members-take-oaths.html |newspaper=[[The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]] |date=11 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014080431/http://www.sundaytimes.lk/latest/38525-northern-provincial-council-tna-members-take-oaths.html |archivedate=14 October 2013 }}</ref>
