Gampaha Municipal Council
Gampaha Municipal Council | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | April 15, 2002[1] |
| Preceded by | Gampaha Urban Council (1945 - 2002) |
| Leadership | |
Mayor | |
Deputy Mayor | |
A. D. P. I. Prasanna[2] | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 28[3] |
Political groups | Government (17) [3]
Opposition (11) [3] |
| Elections | |
| Mixed[4] | |
Last election | 2025 |
| Meeting place | |
| Gampaha Municipal Council Office, Gampaha | |
| Website | |
| http://gampaha.mc.gov.lk | |
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 28 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.[4]
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 28 seats in the council.
| Political party | Council members | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1997 | 2002 | 2006 | 2011 | 2018 | 2025 | |||
| NPP[a] | – | – | 2 | 4 | – | 3 | 17 | 17 / 28
| |
| SJB | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 4 / 28
| |
| SLPP | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 4 | 4 / 28
| |
| PA[b] | 3 | 6 | 6 | – | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 / 28
| |
| UNP | 6 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 / 28
| |
| Ind | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 0 / 28
| |
| Liberal | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | 0 / 28
| |
| JHU | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 0 / 28
| |
| Total | 9 | 9 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 30 | 28 | ||
Demographics
Gampaha Municipal Council consists of 33 Grama Niladhari divisions, with a combined population of 62,797:[5]
| Division Name | Number | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Pahalagama | 222 | 1446 |
| Madagama 1 | 223 | 228 |
| Madagama 2 | 223/A | 3119 |
| Madagama 3 | 223/B | 1322 |
| Madagama 4 | 223/C | 1808 |
| Ihalagama West | 224 | 1960 |
| Ihalagama East | 224/A | 2013 |
| Gampaha Aluthgama West | 225 | 2342 |
| Gampaha Aluthgama North | 225/A | 1965 |
| Gampaha Aluthgama East | 225/B | 3690 |
| Idigolla | 225/C | 1657 |
| Baduvatugoḍa | 226 | 1156 |
| Karanayakamulla | 226/A | 748 |
| Keselwatugoda North | 227 | 2883 |
| Keselwatugoda South | 227/A | 1155 |
| Boraliyawatha | 228 | 1049 |
| Tiththalapithigoda | 228/A | 1174 |
| Aluthgama Bogamuwa North | 229 | 3897 |
| Aluthgama Bogamuwa South | 229/A | 1918 |
| Mahipalagoda | 230 | 1582 |
| Moranna | 230/A | 1280 |
| Vidiyawatta | 230/B | 1391 |
| Galthotamulla | 230/C | 1225 |
| Yakkala North | 231 | 3487 |
| Yakkala West | 231/A | 2176 |
| Papolgahadeniya | 231/B | 2118 |
| Yakkala South | 231/C | 1880 |
| Yakkala East | 231/D | 1275 |
| Henarathgoda | 232 | 2978 |
| Bandiyamulla North | 234 | 1290 |
| Bandiyamulla East | 234/A | 1864 |
| Bandiyamulla West | 234/B | 2712 |
| Kidagammulla | 234/C | 2009 |
| Total | 62797 |
Ethnic groups
- Sinhalese (98.9%)
- Sri Lankan Tamils (0.48%)
- Burghers (0.22%)
- Sri Lankan Moors (0.18%)
- Indian Tamils (0.1%)
- Other (0.12%)
| Ethnicity | Population | % Of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Sinhalese | 62,108 | 98.90 |
| Sri Lankan Tamils | 301 | 0.48 |
| Indian Tamils | 67 | 0.10 |
| Sri Lankan Moors | 115 | 0.18 |
| Burgher | 138 | 0.22 |
| Sri Lankan Malays | 38 | 0.06 |
| Sri Lankan Chetties | 5 | 0.00 |
| Other | 25 | 0.03 |
| Total | 62,797 | 100.00 |
Notes
References
- ^ a b "Council History". ගම්පහ මහා නගර සභාව. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
- ^ "කොමසාරිස්". ගම්පහ මහා නගර සභාව. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "Local Authority - Gampaha Municipal Council". Ada Derana. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ a b Dissanayake, Chathuri (5 December 2017). "LG polls cost to hit Rs. 4 b". Daily FT. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ^ a b c "Gampaha City". ගම්පහ මහා නගර සභාව. Retrieved 29 October 2020.