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Gampaha Municipal Council

  • ගම්පහ මහ නගර සභාව (Sinhala)
  • கம்பாஹா மாநகர சபை (Tamil)
Type
Type
History
FoundedApril 15, 2002; 22 years ago (2002-04-15)[1]
Preceded byGampaha Urban Council (- 2002)
Leadership
Mayor
S. A. M. A. Eranga Senanayake[2], Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
since 2018
Deputy Mayor
B. M. Ajith Kumara Basnayake[2], Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
since 2018
A. D. P. I. Prasanna[3]
Structure
Seats30[4]
Political groups
Government [4]
  •   Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (17)
  •   Sri Lanka Freedom Party (3)

Opposition [4]

Elections
Mixed[5]
Last election
2018 Sri Lankan local government elections
Meeting place
Gampaha Municipal Council Office, Gampaha
Website
http://gampaha.mc.gov.lk

The Gampaha Municipal Council (Sinhala: ගම්පහ මහ නගර සභාව, Tamil: கம்பாஹா மாநகர சபை) is the local council for Gampaha, the second urban town of Gampaha District, Sri Lanka after Negombo. It has 30 members elected under the mixed electoral system where 60% of members will be elected using first-past-the-post voting and the remaining 40% through closed list proportional representation.[5]

History[edit]

The Urban Council of Gampaha has a history that stretches back to 1945. Two Gazette notifications (No. 1142/22 of August 2000, and No. 117/7 of March 2001) established the Gampaha Municipal Council, which held its first meeting on 15 April 2002.[1]

Structure[edit]

Currently there are 30 seats in the council.

Political party Council members
1991 1997 2002 2006 2011 2018
SLPP - - - - - 17
17 / 30
UNP 6 3 10 9 3 6
6 / 30
SLFP[a] 3 6 6 - 14 3
3 / 30
JVP - 0 2 4 0 3
3 / 30
Ind 0 0 0 0 1 1
1 / 30
Liberal - - - 4 - – –
JHU - - - 1 - – –
Total 9 9 18 18 18 30

Demographics[edit]

Gampaha Municipal Council consists of 33 Grama Niladhari divisions, with a combined population of 62,797:[6]

Population by Grama Niladhari division (2014)[6]
Division Name Number Population
Pahalagama 222 1446
Madagama 1 223 228
Madagama 2 223/A 3119
Madagama 3 223/B 1322
Madagama 4 223/C 1808
Ihalagama West 224 1960
Ihalagama East 224/A 2013
Gampaha Aluthgama West 225 2342
Gampaha Aluthgama North 225/A 1965
Gampaha Aluthgama East 225/B 3690
Idigolla 225/C 1657
Baduvatugoḍa 226 1156
Karanayakamulla 226/A 748
Keselwatugoda North 227 2883
Keselwatugoda South 227/A 1155
Boraliyawatha 228 1049
Tiththalapithigoda 228/A 1174
Aluthgama Bogamuwa North 229 3897
Aluthgama Bogamuwa South 229/A 1918
Mahipalagoda 230 1582
Moranna 230/A 1280
Vidiyawatta 230/B 1391
Galthotamulla 230/C 1225
Yakkala North 231 3487
Yakkala West 231/A 2176
Papolgahadeniya 231/B 2118
Yakkala South 231/C 1880
Yakkala East 231/D 1275
Henarathgoda 232 2978
Bandiyamulla North 234 1290
Bandiyamulla East 234/A 1864
Bandiyamulla West 234/B 2712
Kidagammulla 234/C 2009
Total 62797

Ethnic groups[edit]

Population by Ethnicity (2014)

  Sinhalese (98.90%)
  Sri Lankan Tamils (0.48%)
  Burghers (0.22%)
  Sri Lankan Moors (0.18%)
  Indian Tamils (0.10%)
  Other (0.11999999999999%)
Population by Ethnicity (2014)[6]
Ethnicity Population % Of Total
Sinhalese 62,108 98.90
Sri Lankan Tamils 301 0.48
Indian Tamils 67 0.10
Sri Lankan Moors 115 0.18
Burgher 138 0.22
Sri Lankan Malays 38 0.06
Sri Lankan Chetties 5 0.00
Other 25 0.03
Total 62,797 100.00

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ As UPFA in 2011 and as PA in 1997 and 2002.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Council History". ගම්පහ මහා නගර සභාව. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b "මන්ත්‍රීවරුන්‌". ගම්පහ මහා නගර සභාව. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  3. ^ "කොමසාරිස්". ගම්පහ මහා නගර සභාව. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Local Authority - Gampaha Municipal Council". Ada Derana. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  5. ^ a b Dissanayake, Chathuri (5 December 2017). "LG polls cost to hit Rs. 4 b". Daily FT. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  6. ^ a b c "Gampaha City". ගම්පහ මහා නගර සභාව. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
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