Gampaha Municipal Council

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]

  1. ^ "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.