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Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipal Council ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ මහා නගර සභාව (Sinhala) ஸ்ரீ ஜெயவர்தனபுர கோட்டே நகராட்சி மன்றம் (Tamil)
Type
Type	Local authority
Term limits	4 years
History
Founded	January 1, 1997; 27 years ago (1997-01-01)
Preceded by	Kotte Urban Council (1940 - 1997)
Leadership
Mayor	Madhura Withanage, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna since February 2018
Deputy Mayor	Premalal Athukorala, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna since February 2018
Municipal Commissioner	Mrs. A. D. S. Sadeeka
Structure
Seats	38
Political groups	Government   Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (18)   United People's Freedom Alliance (5) Opposition   United National Party (12)   Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (3)
Elections
Voting system	Open list proportional representation
Last election	10 February 2018
Next election	9 March 2023
Meeting place
No. 06, Nawala Road, Rajagiriya
Website
https://www.kotte.mc.gov.lk

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.

Zones

• Pita Kotte
• Ethul Kotte
• Nawala
• Nugegoda
• Rajagiriya

Wards

Grama Niladhari Division

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:

Population by Religion (2012)

Population by Ethnicity (2012)

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.

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.

Notes

1. As SLFP in 1991 and as PA in 1997 and 2002.

External links

• Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipal Council

References

1. "Message of the Mayor". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipal Council. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
2. "Message of the Deputy Mayor". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipal Council. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
3. "Message of the Municipal Commissioner". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipal Council. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
4. ^ "Local Authority - Sri Jayewardenapura Kotte Municipal Council". Ada Derana. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
5. "About – Kotte Municipal Council". Government of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
6. "Sri Jayawardanapura Kotte Municipal Council - Colombo District".
7. "Ward Map of Sri Jayawardanapura Kotte Municipal Council - Colombo District" (PDF).
8. "Department of Census and Statistics Sri Lanka - Population by ethnicity and district according to Divisional Secretary's Division, 2012".
9. "Department of Census and Statistics Sri Lanka - Population by divisional secretariat division, religion and sex- 2012" (PDF).
10. "Department of Census and Statistics Sri Lanka - Population by ethnicity and district according to Divisional Secretary's Division, 2012".
11. "Department of Census and Statistics Sri Lanka - Population by divisional secretariat division, religion and sex- 2012" (PDF).
12. "Compilation of Local Authority - Municipal Councils". Ministry of Local Governments and Provincial Councils. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
13. "Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte Municipal Council – Local Authorities Elections". Retrieved 24 September 2015.
14. "Kotte Municipal Council". pp. Click on Roles of the Departments menu. Retrieved 24 September 2015.

v t e Places adjacent to Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipal Council
Colombo Municipal Council Kolonnawa Urban Council Mulleriyawa Pradeshiya Sabha Colombo Municipal Council Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipal Council Kaduwela Municipal Council Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Council Panadura Urban Council Maharagama Urban Council

v t e Municipal councils of Sri Lanka
Colombo Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Kaduwela Moratuwa Negombo Gampaha Kurunegala Kandy Matale Dambulla Nuwara Eliya Badulla Bandarawela Galle Matara Hambantota Ratnapura Anuradhapura Jaffna Batticaloa Kalmunai Akkaraipattu Polonnaruwa

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