Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte Municipal Council


The Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte Municipal Council is the local council for Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, is the administrative 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 Jayawardenapura Kotte Municipal Council in 1997, Chandra Silva was elected as the first mayor.
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte Municipal Council area is bounded in the
North by Kolonnawa Urban Council area
North-East by Kotikawatta – Mulleriyawa Pradeshiya Sabha area
East by Kaduwela Municipal Council area
South-East by Maharagama Urban Council area
South-West by Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Council are
West by Colombo Municipal Council area

Municipal structure

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, elected on proportional representation. There are 18 wards, but these are now merely polling divisions, without individual representation.

Zones

[Grama Niladhari] Division

Demographics

Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a multi-ethnic, multi-religious urban centre. According to the census of 2012 the demographics by ethnicity and religion is as follows:
2012Percentage
Buddhist82,84177.06%
Roman Catholic7,8277.28%
Islam6,7726.30%
Other Christian5,0404.69%
Hindu4,8644.52%
Other1640.15%
Total107,508100.00%
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 Jayawardenapura Kotte Municipal Council is divided into 16 wards and is represented by 20 councillors, elected using an open list proportional representation system.

2011 Local government election

Results of the local government election held on 8 October 2011.
The Sri Jayawardenapura 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.