Kandy Municipal Council

Kandy Municipal Council මහනුවර මහ නගර සභාව கண்டி மாநகர சபை
Type
Type	Local authority
Houses	Unicameral
Term limits	Four years
History
Founded	1865
Leadership
Mayor of Kandy	Kesera Senanayake, UNP since 8 April 2018[1]
Deputy Mayor	T.M. Ilahi Abdeen, UNP
Leader of the Opposition	Sena Dissanayake, SLPP
Municipal Commissioner	Amila Nawarathne
Structure
Seats	41
Political groups	Government   UNP (19)   UPA (1) Opposition   SLPP (16)   UPFA (3)   JVP (2)
Elections
Voting system	Mixed 60% First-past-the-post 40% closed list proportional representation
Last election	10 February 2018
Next election	9 March 2023
Meeting place
Kandy Town Hall
Website
Kandy Municipal Council

The Kandy Municipal Council is the local council for Kandy, the second largest city and hill capital of Sri Lanka. The council was formed under the Municipalities Ordinance of 1865 and first met in 1866.[2] The municipal council is the second oldest and largest local government authority in Sri Lanka. It has 41 elected representatives.

Kandy is a charter city, with a Mayor Council form of government. Mayor of Kandy and the council members are elected through local government elections held once in five years. Head of administration is the Municipal Commissioner, who handles day-to-day operations of the 16 departments that it is made up of.

The Municipal Council provides sewer, road management and waste management services, in case of water, electricity and telephone utility services the council liaises with the Water Supply and Drainage Board, the Ceylon Electricity Board and telephone service providers.

The United National Party has always held control of the Council other than 2011–2015.

Structure

In 2018, the number of seats of the council was increased to 41 and the United National Party became the ruling party following the local government elections that year.

Political party		Council members
		1991	1997	2002	2006	2011	2018
	UNP	13	13	17	14	10	19	19 / 41
	SLPP	-	-	-	-	-	16	16 / 41
	UPFA[a]	11	10	5	8	13	3	3 / 41
	JVP	-	0	1	2	0	2	2 / 41
	UPA	-	-	-	-	-	1	1 / 41
	SLMC	-	-	-	-	1	–	–
	MEP	-	1	-	-	-	–	–
	Ind	0	0	1	0	0	–	–
Total		24	24	24	24	24	41

Wards

For electoral and administrative purposes, the Council is divided into 22 wards.

1. Yatiwawala (යටිවාවල)
2. Senkadagala (සෙංකඩගල)
3. Galewatta (ගාලේවත්ත)
4. Mavilmada (මාවිල්මඩ)
5. Mahaweli Uyana (මහවැලිඋයන)
6. Watapuluwa (වටපුළුව)
7. Wattarantenna (වට්ටාරන්තැන්න)
8. Mapanawatura (මාපනාවතුර)
9. Anniwatta Dodamwala (අනිවත්ත දොඩම්වල)
10. Asgiriya (අස්ගිරිය)
11. Poornawatte West (පූර්ණවත්ත බටහිර)
12. Mahaiyawa (මහයියාව)
13. Aruppola (අරුප්පල)
14. Buwelikada (බූවැලිකඩ)
15. Ampitiya (අම්පිටිය)
16. Malwatta (මල්වත්ත)
17. Deiyannewela (දෙයියන්නේවල)
18. Katukale (කටුකැලේ)
19. Suduhumpola (සුදුහුම්පොල)
20. Mulgampola (මුල්ගම්පල)
21. Bowala (බෝවල)
22. Gatambe (ගැටඹේ)

List of mayors

Main article: List of mayors of Kandy

See also

• Municipal councils of Sri Lanka

References

1. Senaratne, L. B. (8 April 2018). "UNP's Kesera wins Kandy's mayoral battle amid UPFA, JVP neutrality". Sunday Times. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
2. ". Kandy City ". Archived from the original on 25 September 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2010.

Notes

1. As SLFP in 1991 and as PA in 1997 and 2002.

External links