Kurunegala Municipal Council | |
Native Name: | කුරුණෑගල මහ නගර සභාව |
Native Name Lang: | si |
Coa Res: | 100px |
Coa Alt: | Coat of Arms of the Kurunegala Municipal Council |
House Type: | Local authority |
Leader1 Type: | Mayor |
Leader1: | Sumedha Arunashantha |
Election1: | 2 February 2023[1] |
Members: | 21 |
Session Room: | Town_Hall_Kurunegala.JPG |
Meeting Place: | Town Hall Kurunegala |
The Kurunegala Municipal Council (Sinhala: කුරුණෑගල මහ නගර සභා Kurunegala Maha Nagara Sabha) is the local council for Kurunegala, the capital city of North Western Province, Sri Lanka.The Municipal Council provides sewer, road management, and waste management services, in the case of water, electricity, and telephone utility services the council liaises with the Water Supply and Drainage Board, the Ceylon Electricity Board and telephone service providers.
The Kurunegala Municipal Council is divided into 13 wards and is represented by 21 councilors, elected using an open list proportional representation system. Wards that belong to the Kurunegala Municipal Council are listed below.
Results of the local government election held on 10 February 2018.[2]
valign=bottom align=left colspan=2 | Alliances and parties ! | valign=bottom align=center width="60" | Votes ! | valign=bottom align=center width="50" | % ! | valign=bottom align=center | Seats |
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bgcolor= | 6,317 | 38.95% | 8 | ||||
bgcolor= | United National Party | 6,221 | 38.36% | 8 | |||
bgcolor= | United People's Freedom Alliance (NC, ACMC, SLFP et al.) | 2,288 | 14.11% | 3 | |||
Valid Votes | 16,219 | ||||||
Rejected Votes | 288 | ||||||
Total Polled | 16,507 | ||||||