 Currently Chunnakam is governed by Valikamam South Divisional Council.Unlike other places in Northern Sri Lanka, people of Chunnakam also adapted to diversive political beliefs.During the days of Town Council era, residents always preferred candidates from LSSP to Federal party or Tamil congress and in the 1982 presidential election, the then JVP leader Rohana Wijeweera collected majority votes within Manipay constituency from the two poll booths in Chunnakam only.