Municipal councils of Sri Lanka

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]

Party Population
(2012)[1]		 Land area (km²) Votes % Seats No. of Municipalities
United National Party-----10
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna-----9
Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi167,0569531,893-332
Sri Lanka Freedom Party--9,020-51
National Congress30,934711,988-131
Independents24,168278,188-101
Total2,765,533+698+--83624

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
Western1Colombo1ColomboColombo1865119(List)37561,314cmc.lk
2Dehiwala-Mount LaviniaDehiwala-Mount Lavinia195948(List)21184,468dmmc.lk
3Sri Jayawardenepura KotteSri Jayawardenepura Kotte199738(List)17107,925slida.lk/kotte
4KaduwelaKaduwela201148(List)87252,041kaduwela.mc.gov.lk
5MoratuwaMoratuwa199748(List)23168,280moratuwa.mc.gov.lk
2Gampaha6NegomboNegombo195048(List)31142,449negombo.mc.gov.lk
7GampahaGampaha30(List)3862,335gampaha.mc.gov.lk
North Western3Kurunegala21KurunegalaKurunegala195221(List)1130,315kurunegala.mc.gov.lk
Central4Kandy9KandyKandy186541(List)2798,828www.kandymc.org
5Matale10MataleMatale1947 21(List)2638,229
11DambullaDambulla201123(List)5824,967
6Nuwara Eliya12Nuwara EliyaNuwara Eliya23(List)1223,804nuwaraeliya.mc.gov.lk
Uva7Badulla13BadullaBadulla25(List)1042,237
14BandarawelaBandarawela201117(List)2724,168
Southern8Galle15GalleGalle35(List)1786,333galle.mc.gov.lk
9Matara16MataraMatara30(List)1374,193
10Hambantota17HambantotaHambantota201121(List)8323,236
Sabaragamuwa11Ratnapura18RatnapuraRatnapura25(List)2047,105
North Central12Anuradhapura19AnuradhapuraAnuradhapura29(List)3650,595
13Polonnaruwa20PolonnaruwaPolonnaruwa201711(List)
Northern14Jaffna20JaffnaJaffna194945(List)2080,829jaffnamc.lk
Eastern15Batticaloa21BatticaloaBatticaloa196738(List)7586,227thananjeyan.wix.com/battimc
16Ampara22KalmunaiKalmunai200141(List)2399,893
23AkkaraipattuAkkaraipattu201120(List)730,934
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. "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.
  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.
  4. "Area, Population, Registered voters and Employees of Municipalities, 2011 - 2012" (PDF). Statistics Statistical Abstract 2013. Department of Census and Statistics Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2014. 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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