Kolonnawa Urban Council

Kolonnawa Urban Council

කොලොන්නාව නගර සභාව (Sinhala)

கொலோனாவா நகர சபை (Tamil)
Kolonnawa Urban Council ; කොලොන්නාව නගර සභාව (Sinhala); கொலோனாவா நகர சபை (Tamil);
Type
Type	Local Authority
History
Founded	1930; 94 years ago
Structure
Seats	20
Political groups	Government United National Party (11); Opposition Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (5); United People's Freedom Alliance (3); Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (1);
Elections
Voting system	Mixed 60% First-past-the-post; 40% closed list proportional representation;
Last election	10 February 2018
Next election	2022

Kolonnawa Urban Council (Sinhala: කොලොන්නාව නගර සභාව, Tamil: கொலோனாவா நகர சபை) is the local authority for Kolonnawa and surrounding suburbs in Sri Lanka. It has 20 members elected under the mixed electoral system where 60% of members are elected using first-past-the-post voting and the remaining 40% through closed list proportional representation.^[2]^[3]

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^ Marasinghe, Sandasen; Mudalige, Disna (25 August 2017). "Amended Local Government Elections Bill approved in Parliament". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka.