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Gampaha Municipal Council

ගම්පහ මහ නගර සභාව (Sinhala)

கம்பாஹா மாநகர சபை (Tamil)
Gampaha Municipal Council ; ගම්පහ මහ නගර සභාව (Sinhala); கம்பாஹா மாநகர சபை (Tamil);
Type
Type	Local authority
History
Founded	April 15, 2002; 22 years ago
Preceded by	Gampaha Urban Council (- 2002)
Leadership
Mayor	S. A. M. A. Eranga Senanayake, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna ; since 2018
Deputy Mayor	B. M. Ajith Kumara Basnayake, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna ; since 2018
Municipal Commissioner	A. D. P. I. Prasanna
Structure
Seats	30
Political groups	Government Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (17); Sri Lanka Freedom Party (3); Opposition United National Party (6); Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (3); Independent (1);
Elections
Voting system	Mixed 60% First-past-the-post; 40% closed list proportional representation;
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

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

Currently there are 30 seats in the council.

Political party		Council members
Political party		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

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

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

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

References

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