The Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipal Council is the local council for Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, the administrative capital city of Sri Lanka. The council was first formed as Kotte Urban Development Council which was established in the 1930s and the council became Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipal Council in 1997, Chandra Silva was elected as the first mayor.

Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipal Council area is bounded by the Kolonnawa Urban Council to the North, the Kotikawatta – Mulleriyawa Pradeshiya Sabha to the North East, Kaduwela Municipal Council to the East, Maharagama Urban Council to the South East, Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Council to the South West, and Colombo Municipal Council to the West.

Municipal structure

The Kotte Urban Development Council was created in the 1930s, with a modern building at Rajagiriya. It was succeeded by the Kotte Urban Council, which had a large section of its area removed and tagged onto the Colombo Municipal Council ward of Borella while the Battaramulla urban council was dissolved and a small section of Battaramulla tagged onto the Kotte Urban Council. The Kotte Urban Council became the Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipal Council in 1997, with Chandra Silva as the first Mayor.

There are 20 Members of the Municipal Council (MMCs), elected on proportional representation. There are 18 wards, but these are now merely polling divisions, without individual representation.

Political party Council members 1991 1997 2002 2006 2011 2018 2025 JVP/NPP – 1 1 1 – 3 21 SJB – – – – – – 7 PA 11 11 8 11 13 5 3 SB – – – – – – 2 SLPP – – – – – 18 2 UNP 8 7 11 6 512 2 URF – – – – – – 1 UNA – – – – – – 1 LSSP – – – – 1 – – JHU – – – 1 – – – MEP – 1 – – – – – Ind 1 – – – 1 – – Total 20 20 20 20 20 38 39

Zones Pita Kotte Ethul Kotte Nawala Nugegoda Rajagiriya

Wards Ward NoWard Name01Obesekarapura02 Moragasmulla03 Meda Welikada04 Rajagiriya05 Bandaranayakapura06 Nawala West07Koswatta08Ethulkotte09Pitakotte East10Pitakotte11Pitakotte West12Nawala East13Nugegoda West14Pagoda North15Gangodavila East16Pagoda South17Nugegoda East18Gangodavila West

Grama Niladhari Division Division NoDivision Name514Welikada East514AWelikada West514BRajagiriya514C Obesekarapura514D Welikada North519 Nugegoda519APagoda519B Nugegoda West519CPagoda East520Nawala West520AKoswatte520BNawala East521Ethul Kotte521AEthul Kotte West522Pitakotte West522APitakotte East522BPitakotte526Gangodavila North526A Gangodavila South526C Gangodavila East

Demographics Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is a multi-ethnic, multi-religious urban centre. According to the census of 2012 the demographics by ethnicity and religion is as follows:

Religious Identification in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipality area Population (2012) % of TotalBuddhist 82,841 77.06%Roman Catholic 7,827 7.28%Islam 6,772 6.30%Other Christian 5,040 4.69%Hindu 4,864 4.52% Other 164 0.15%Total 107,508 100.00%

Ethnic Identification in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipality area Population (2012) % of TotalSinhalese91,268 84.89%Sri Lankan Tamil 7,503 6.98%Sri Lankan Moor 5,207 4.84%Burgher 1,049 0.98%Other 840 0.78%Indian Tamil801 0.75%Malay710 0.66%Sri Lankan Chetty72 0.07%Baratha58 0.05%Total 107,508 100.00%

Representation The Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipal Council is divided into 16 wards and is represented by 20 councillors, elected using an open list proportional representation system.

2011 Local government election Results of the local government election held on 8 October 2011. Alliances and parties Votes % Seats  United People's Freedom Alliance (NC, ACMC, SLFP et al.) 26,723 63.57% 13  United National Party 10,830 25.76% 5 Independent Group 3 2,178 5.18% 1  Lanka Sama Samaja Party 1,291 3.07% 1  Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 942 2.24% 0 Independent Group 6 28 0.07% 0 Independent Group 1 17 0.042% 0 Independent Group 2 7 0.02% 0 Independent Group 4 7 0.02% 0 Independent Group 1 8 0.01% 0 Independent Group 4 8 0.01% 0 Patriotic National Front 6 0.01% 0 Independent Group 5 5 0.01% 0Valid Votes 42,034 96.96% 20 Rejected Votes 1,319 Total Polled 43,353 Registered Electors 73,486 Turnout 58.99%

The Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipal Council has six standing departments each headed by the mayor. The standing committees are Accounts Department, Municipal Engineering Department, Health Development, Veterinary Department, Legal Department and Public Utility Department.

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External links Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipal Council

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