Gampaha Municipal Council

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]

Gampaha Municipal Council

  • ගම්පහ මහ නගර සභාව (Sinhala)
  • கம்பாஹா மாநகர சபை (Tamil)
Type
Type
History
FoundedApril 15, 2002 (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

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
1991 1997 2002 2006 2011 2018
SLPP - - - - - 17
17 / 30
UNP 6 3 10 9 3 6
6 / 30
SLFP[lower-alpha 1] 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
Pahalagama2221446
Madagama 1223228
Madagama 2223/A3119
Madagama 3223/B1322
Madagama 4223/C1808
Ihalagama West2241960
Ihalagama East224/A2013
Gampaha Aluthgama West2252342
Gampaha Aluthgama North225/A1965
Gampaha Aluthgama East225/B3690
Idigolla225/C1657
Baduvatugoḍa2261156
Karanayakamulla226/A748
Keselwatugoda North2272883
Keselwatugoda South227/A1155
Boraliyawatha2281049
Tiththalapithigoda228/A1174
Aluthgama Bogamuwa North2293897
Aluthgama Bogamuwa South229/A1918
Mahipalagoda2301582
Moranna230/A1280
Vidiyawatta230/B1391
Galthotamulla230/C1225
Yakkala North2313487
Yakkala West231/A2176
Papolgahadeniya231/B2118
Yakkala South231/C1880
Yakkala East231/D1275
Henarathgoda2322978
Bandiyamulla North2341290
Bandiyamulla East234/A1864
Bandiyamulla West234/B2712
Kidagammulla234/C2009
Total62797

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
Sinhalese62,10898.90
Sri Lankan Tamils3010.48
Indian Tamils670.10
Sri Lankan Moors1150.18
Burgher1380.22
Sri Lankan Malays380.06
Sri Lankan Chetties50.00
Other250.03
Total62,797100.00

Notes
  1. As UPFA in 2011 and as PA in 1997 and 2002.

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