Municipal councils of Sri Lanka

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Party Population
(2012)[1] 		Land area (km²) Votes % Seats No. of Municipalities
United National Party - - - - - 10
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna - - - - - 9
Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi 167,056 95 31,893 - 33 2
Sri Lanka Freedom Party - - 9,020 - 5 1
National Congress 30,934 7 11,988 - 13 1
Independents 24,168 27 8,188 - 10 1
Total 2,765,533+ 698+ - - 836 24

There are 24 Municipal councils in Sri Lanka, which are the legislative bodies that preside over the largest cities and first tier municipalities in the country.[2] Introduced in 1987 through the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka, municipal councils became a devolved subject under the Provincial Councils in the Local Government system of Sri Lanka.[3] Until 2017 municipal councils collectively governed 2,765,533 people within a 698 square kilometer area. There were 445 Councillors in total, ranging from 53 to 9 per council.[4][5]

The last council to be created was Polonnaruwa Municipal Council on 30 June 2017, bifurcated from Thamankaduwa Pradeshiya Sabha.[6]

Municipal councils

Parties

  United National Party   Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna   Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi   National Congress   Independent   Sri Lanka Freedom Party

Province District Municipal council Municipality Established/
Elevated 		No. of
Councillors 		Mayor Area (km²)
[N 1][4] 		Population
(2012)[1] 		Website
Western 1 Colombo 1 Colombo Colombo 1865 119 !align="center" style="background-color: Template:United National Party/meta/color" color:white;"| (List) 37 561,314 cmc.lk
2 Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia 1959 48 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| (List) 21 184,468 dmmc.lk
3 Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte 1997 38 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna/meta/color; color:white;"| (List) 17 107,925 slida.lk/kotte
4 Kaduwela Kaduwela 2011 48 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna/meta/color; color:white;"| (List) 87 252,041 kaduwela.mc.gov.lk
5 Moratuwa Moratuwa 1997 48 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna/meta/color; color:white;"| (List) 23 168,280
2 Gampaha 6 Negombo Negombo 1950 48 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| (List) 31 142,449 negombo.mc.gov.lk
7 Gampaha Gampaha 30 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna/meta/color; color:white;"| (List) 38 62,335 gampaha.mc.gov.lk
North Western 3 Kurunegala 21 Kurunegala Kurunegala 12 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna/meta/color; color:white;"| (List) 11 24,833
Central 4 Kandy 9 Kandy Kandy 1865 41 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| (List) 27 98,828 www.kandymc.org
5 Matale 10 Matale Matale 21 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| (List) 26 38,229
11 Dambulla Dambulla 2011 23 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna/meta/color; color:white;"| (List) 58 24,967
6 Nuwara Eliya 12 Nuwara Eliya Nuwara Eliya 23 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| (List) 12 23,804 nuwaraeliya.mc.gov.lk
Uva 7 Badulla 13 Badulla Badulla 25 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| (List) 10 42,237
14 Bandarawela Bandarawela 2011 17 !align="center" style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:white;"| (List) 27 24,168
Southern 8 Galle 15 Galle Galle 35 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| (List) 17 86,333 galle.mc.gov.lk
9 Matara 16 Matara Matara 30 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna/meta/color; color:white;"| (List) 13 74,193
10 Hambantota 17 Hambantota Hambantota 2011 21 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| (List) 83 23,236
Sabaragamuwa 11 Ratnapura 18 Ratnapura Ratnapura 25 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna/meta/color; color:white;"| (List) 20 47,105
North Central 12 Anuradhapura 19 Anuradhapura Anuradhapura 29 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna/meta/color; color:white;"| (List) 36 50,595
13 Polonnaruwa 20 Polonnaruwa Polonnaruwa 2017 11 !align="center" style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color; color:white;"| (List)
Northern 14 Jaffna 20 Jaffna Jaffna 1949 45 !align="center" style="background:Template:Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi/meta/color; color:white;"| (List) 20 80,829 jaffnamc.lk
Eastern 15 Batticaloa 21 Batticaloa Batticaloa 1967 38 !align="center" style="background:Template:Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi/meta/color; color:white;"| (List) 75 86,227 thananjeyan.wix.com/battimc
16 Ampara 22 Kalmunai Kalmunai 2001 41 !align="center" style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color; color:white;"| (List) 23 99,893
23 Akkaraipattu Akkaraipattu 2011 20 !align="center" style="background:Template:National Congress (Sri Lanka)/meta/color; color:white;"| (List) 7 30,934
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Locations of Municipal councils

Municipal councils by party

  United National Party (41.67%)
  Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (37.5%)
  Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (8.33%)
  National Congress (4.16%)
  Independent (4.16%)
  Sri Lanka Freedom Party (4.16%)

Notes

  1. ^ 2012

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Table 2.4: Population of Municipal Councils and Urban Councils by sex Census, 2012" (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics Sri Lanka. Retrieved 18 June 2016. Cite error: The named reference "Table 2.4" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Compilation of Local Authority" (PDF). Ministry of Local Government & Provincial Councils. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Local government". Ministry of Local Government & Provincial Councils. Ministry of Local Government & Provincial Councils. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ a b "Area, Population, Registered voters and Employees of Municipalities, 2011 - 2012" (PDF). Statistics Statistical Abstract 2013. Department of Census and Statistics Sri Lanka. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Local Government Statistics, 2012" (PDF). www.statistics.gov.lk/. Department of Census and Statistics. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  6. ^ "City Of Polonnaruwa To Be Elevated To Municipal Council". Retrieved 11 February 2018.

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