Panadura Urban Council

Panadura Urban Council (Sinhala: පාණදුර නගර සභාව, Tamil: பனதுரா நகர சபை) is the local authority for Panadura and its surrounding suburbs in Kalutara District, Sri Lanka. It has 18 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.[3][4]

Panadura Urban Council

  • පාණදුර නගර සභාව (Sinhala)
  • பனதுரா நகர சபை (Tamil)
Seal of the Panadura Urban Council
Seal of the Panadura Urban Council
Type
Type
Term limits
4 years
History
Founded1923 (1923)
Leadership
Structure
Seats18[2]
Political groups
Government [2]
  •   United National Party (9)

Opposition [2]

Elections
Last election
10 February 2018
Next election
2022
Website
https://panadura.uc.gov.lk

History

The Panadura District Town Council was established by a Gazette dated 13 January 1922. Previously, there had been a local governance institution called the Sanitary Board. The newly established Town Council met for the first time in January 1923 at the Panadura Sanitary Board Inspector's office. Dr. E. S. Gunawardena was the first Chairman of a council which comprised six wards and nine councillors. There have been 23 chairpersons in its 99–100 year history.[5]

Geography

The council grew from six to ten wards,[6] and the council boundaries expanded over time with various Gazette notifications. Currently, the council governs an area of 5.8 square kilometres (2.2 sq mi) covering 19 Grama Niladhari divisions, with a total population of 35,803, and 24,166 electors.[7]

Annual rainfall, most heavy during the Southwest Monsoon, is between 3,300 to 4,500 millimetres (130 to 180 in). Low lying wet zone land takes up 8.03% of the total land area, and common crops include rice, rubber, tea, coconut, and fruits and vegetables.[7]

Wards

For electoral and administrative purposes, the Council is divided into 10 wards.[6]

  1. Walana
  2. Udahamulla
  3. Pattiya North
  4. Bazaar Street
  5. Walapala Pattiya
  6. Wekada North
  7. Wekada West
  8. Pattiya South
  9. Nallooruwa North
  10. Nallooruwa

References
  1. "President". පාණදුර නගර සභාව. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  2. "Local Authority - Panadura Urban Council". Ada Derana. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  3. Dissanayake, Chathuri (5 December 2017). "LG polls cost to hit Rs. 4 b". Daily FT. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  4. Marasinghe, Sandasen; Mudalige, Disna (25 August 2017). "Amended Local Government Elections Bill approved in Parliament". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  5. "සභා ඉතිහාසය හා සාමාන්‍ය තොරතුරු". පාණදුර නගර සභාව. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  6. "Ward Map of Panadura Urban Council - Kalutara District" (PDF). Survey Department of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  7. "Normal Information". Panadura Urban Council. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
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