Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipal Council

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.[5]

Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipal Council

  • ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ මහා නගර සභාව (Sinhala)
  • ஸ்ரீ ஜெயவர்தனபுர கோட்டே நகராட்சி மன்றம் (Tamil)
Type
Type
Term limits
4 years
History
FoundedJanuary 1, 1997 (1997-01-01)
Preceded byKotte Urban Council (1940 - 1997)
Leadership
Mayor
Deputy Mayor
Premalal Athukorala[2], Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
since February 2018
Mrs. A. D. S. Sadeeka[3]
Structure
Seats38[4]
Political groups
Government [4]
  •   Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (18)
  •   United People's Freedom Alliance (5)

Opposition [4]

Elections
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

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 [6]
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is located at the south east of Colombo.

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.

Political party Council members
1991 1997 2002 2006 2011 2018
SLPP - - - - - 18
18 / 38
UNP 8 7 11 6 5 12
12 / 38
UPFA[lower-alpha 1] 11 11 8 11 13 5
5 / 38
JVP - 1 1 1 0 3
3 / 38
LSSP - - - - 1 – –
JHU - - 0 1 - – –
MEP - 1 - - - – –
Ind 1 0 0 0 1 – –
Total 20 20 20 20 20 38

Zones

Wards [7]
Ward NoWard Name
01Obesekarapura
02Moragasmulla
03Meda Welikada
04Rajagiriya
05Bandaranayakapura
06Nawala West
07Koswatta
08Ethulkotte
09Pitakotte East
10Pitakotte
11Pitakotte West
12Nawala East
13Nugegoda West
14Pagoda North
15Gangodavila East
16Pagoda South
17Nugegoda East
18Gangodavila West

Grama Niladhari Division
Division NoDivision Name
514Welikada East
514AWelikada West
514BRajagiriya
514CObesekarapura
514DWelikada North
519Nugegoda
519APagoda
519BNugegoda West
519CPagoda East
520Nawala West
520AKoswatte
520BNawala East
521Ethul Kotte
521AEthul Kotte West
522Pitakotte West
522APitakotte East
522BPitakotte
526Gangodavila North
526AGangodavila South
526CGangodavila East

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)

  Buddhists (77.06%)
  Catholics (7.28%)
  Muslims (6.30%)
  Other Christians (4.69%)
  Hinduism (4.52%)
  Other (0.15%)
Religious Identification in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipality area [8][9]
Population (2012) % of Total
Buddhist82,84177.06%
Roman Catholic7,8277.28%
Islam6,7726.30%
Other Christian5,0404.69%
Hindu4,8644.52%
Other1640.15%
Total107,508100.00%

Population by Ethnicity (2012)

  Sinhalese (84.89%)
  Sri Lankan Tamils (6.98%)
  Sri Lankan Moors (4.84%)
  Other (3.29%)
Ethnic Identification in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipality area [10][11]
Population (2012) % of Total
Sinhalese91,26884.89%
Sri Lankan Tamil7,5036.98%
Sri Lankan Moor5,2074.84%
Burgher1,0490.98%
Other8400.78%
Indian Tamil8010.75%
Malay7100.66%
Sri Lankan Chetty720.07%
Baratha580.05%
Total107,508100.00%

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.[12]

2011 Local government election

Results of the local government election held on 8 October 2011.[13]

Alliances and partiesVotes%Seats
 United People's Freedom Alliance (NC, ACMC, SLFP et al.) 26,72363.57%13
 United National Party 10,83025.76%5
Independent Group 3 2,1785.18%1
 Lanka Sama Samaja Party 1,2913.07%1
 Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 9422.24%0
Independent Group 6 280.07%0
Independent Group 1 170.042%0
Independent Group 2 70.02%0
Independent Group 4 70.02%0
Independent Group 1 80.01%0
Independent Group 4 80.01%0
Patriotic National Front 60.01%0
Independent Group 5 50.01%0
Valid Votes 42,03496.96%20
Rejected Votes 1,319
Total Polled 43,353
Registered Electors 73,486
Turnout 58.99%

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.[14]

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

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.
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