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. 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. 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.

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

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)	Population (2012)	Website
Western	1	Colombo	1	Colombo	Colombo	1865	119		(List)	37	561,314	cmc.lk
			2	Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia	Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia	1959	48		(List)	21	184,468	dmmc.lk
			3	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	1997	38		(List)	17	107,925	kotte.mc.gov.lk
			4	Kaduwela	Kaduwela	2011	48		(List)	87	252,041	kaduwela.mc.gov.lk
			5	Moratuwa	Moratuwa	1997	48		(List)	23	168,280	moratuwa.mc.gov.lk
	2	Gampaha	6	Negombo	Negombo	1950	48		(List)	31	142,449	negombo.mc.gov.lk
			7	Gampaha	Gampaha		30		(List)	38	62,335	gampaha.mc.gov.lk
North Western	3	Kurunegala	8	Kurunegala	Kurunegala	1952	21		(List)	11	30,315	kurunegala.mc.gov.lk
Central	4	Kandy	9	Kandy	Kandy	1865	41		(List)	27	98,828	www.kandymc.org
	5	Matale	10	Matale	Matale	1947	21		(List)	26	38,229
			11	Dambulla	Dambulla	2011	23		(List)	58	24,967
	6	Nuwara Eliya	12	Nuwara Eliya	Nuwara Eliya	1949	23		(List)	12	23,804	nuwaraeliya.mc.gov.lk
Uva	7	Badulla	13	Badulla	Badulla		25		(List)	10	42,237
			14	Bandarawela	Bandarawela	2011	17		(List)	27	24,168
Southern	8	Galle	15	Galle	Galle		35		(List)	17	86,333	galle.mc.gov.lk
	9	Matara	16	Matara	Matara		30		(List)	13	74,193
	10	Hambantota	17	Hambantota	Hambantota	2011	21		(List)	83	23,236
Sabaragamuwa	11	Ratnapura	18	Ratnapura	Ratnapura		25		(List)	20	47,105
North Central	12	Anuradhapura	19	Anuradhapura	Anuradhapura		29		(List)	36	50,595
	13	Polonnaruwa	20	Polonnaruwa	Polonnaruwa	2017	11		(List)
Northern	14	Jaffna	21	Jaffna	Jaffna	1949	45		(List)	20	80,829	jaffnamc.lk
Eastern	15	Batticaloa	22	Batticaloa	Batticaloa	1967	38		(List)	75	86,227	www.batticaloa.mc.gov.lk
	16	Ampara	23	Kalmunai	Kalmunai	2001	41		(List)	23	99,893
			24	Akkaraipattu	Akkaraipattu	2011	20		(List)	7	30,934

Akkaraipattu

Anuradhapura

Badulla

Bandarawela

Batticaloa

Colombo

Dambulla

Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia

Galle

Gampaha

Hambantota

Jaffna

Kaduwela

Kalmunai

Kandy

Kurunegala

Matale

Matara

Moratuwa

Negombo

Nuwara Eliya

Polonnaruwa

Ratnapura

Kotte

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Locations of Municipal councils

Municipal councils by party

1. United National Party (41.67%)
2. Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (37.5%)
3. Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (8.33%)
4. National Congress (4.16%)
5. Independent (4.16%)
6. Sri Lanka Freedom Party (4.16%)

See also

• List of cities in Sri Lanka
• Provincial government in Sri Lanka
• Local government in Sri Lanka
  • Urban councils of Sri Lanka
  • Pradeshiya Sabha

External links

• Ministry of Local Government & Provincial Councils