Kurunegala Municipal Council

The Kurunegala Municipal Council (Sinhala: කුරුණෑගල මහ නගර සභා Kurunegala Maha Nagara Sabha) is the local council for Kurunegala, the capital city of North Western Province, Sri Lanka. 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.

Kurunegala Municipal Council

කුරුණෑගල මහ නගර සභාව
Type
Type
Local authority
Leadership
Mayor
Thushara Sanjeewa, (SLPP)
since 29 March 2018[1]
Seats21
Elections
open list proportional representation system
Last election
2011 Sri Lankan local government elections
Meeting place
Town Hall Kurunegala

Representation

The Kurunegala Municipal Council is divided into 13 wards and is represented by 21 councillors, elected using an open list proportional representation system. Wards those belong to the Kurunegala Municipal Council are listed below.

  1. Gangoda
  2. Wewa
  3. Central
  4. Yanthampalawa
  5. Illuppugedara
  6. Madamegama
  7. Wehera
  8. Udawalpola
  9. Bazzar
  10. Gettuwana
  11. Polaththapitiya
  12. Teliyagonna (Upper)
  13. Teliyagonna (Lower)

2018 Local government election

Results of the local government election held on 10 February 2018.[2]

Alliances and partiesVotes%Seats
 Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna 6,31738.95%8
 United National Party 6,22138.36%8
 United People's Freedom Alliance (NC, ACMC, SLFP et al.) 2,28814.11%3
Valid Votes 16,219
Rejected Votes 288
Total Polled 16,507
gollark: I have coins, yes.
gollark: I mostly use notes or my debit card anyway.
gollark: Nope.
gollark: I think this is just the "feeling smugly superior via having special knowledge" thing again.
gollark: Valuable feelings of smugness about others being unable to read a thing I assume.

References
  1. Sanjeewa Vitharanae, Thusara (29 March 2018). "New Mayor for Kurunegala MC". Daily News (Sri Lanka)\. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  2. "Kurunegala Municipal Council". Retrieved 29 October 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.