The Kandy Municipal Council ( Sinhala: මහනුවර මහ නගර සභා ''Mahanuwara Maha Nagara Sabha'') is the local council for

Kandy Kandy ( si, මහනුවර ''Mahanuwara'', ; ta, கண்டி Kandy, ) is a major city in Sri Lanka located in the Central Province. It was the last capital of the ancient kings' era of Sri Lanka. The city lies in the midst of hills ...

, the second largest city and ''hill capital'' of

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. The council was formed under the Municipalities Ordinance of 1865 and first met in 1866. The

municipal A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

council is the second oldest and largest local government authority in Sri Lanka. It has 41 elected representatives. Kandy is a

charter city In the United States, a charter city is a city in which the governing system is defined by the city's own charter document rather than solely by general law. In states where city charters are allowed by law, a city can adopt or modify its organ ...

, with a Mayor Council form of government.

Mayor of Kandy The mayor of Kandy is the mayor and head of the Kandy Municipal Council The Kandy Municipal Council (Sinhala language, Sinhala: මහනුවර මහ නගර සභා ''Mahanuwara Maha Nagara Sabha'') is the Politics of Sri Lanka#Local ...

and the council members are elected through local government elections held once in five years. Head of administration is the ''Municipal Commissioner'', who handles day-to-day operations of the 16 departments that it is made up of. The Municipal Council provides sewer, road management and waste management services, in case of water, electricity and telephone utility services the council liaises with the Water Supply and Drainage Board, the

Ceylon Electricity Board The Ceylon Electricity Board - CEB ( si, ලංකා විදුලිබල මණ්ඩලය - ලංවිම, Lankā Vidulibala Mandalaya - Lanwima; ta, இலங்கை மின்சார சபை - இமிச), is the largest el ...

and telephone service providers. The

United National Party The United National Party, often abbreviated as UNP ( si, එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය, translit=Eksath Jāthika Pakshaya, ta, ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி, translit=Aikkiya Tēciyak Kaṭci), ...

has always held control of the Council other than 2011–2015.

Structure

In 2018, the number of seats of the council was increased to 41 and the

became the ruling party following the local government elections that year.

Wards

For electoral and administrative purposes, the Council is divided into 22 wards. # Yatiwawala (යටිවාවල) # Senkadagala (සෙංකඩගල) # Galewatta (ගාලේවත්ත) # Mavilmada (මාවිල්මඩ) # Mahaweli Uyana (මහවැලිඋයන) # Watapuluwa (වටපුළුව) # Wattarantenna (වට්ටාරන්තැන්න) # Mapanawatura (මාපනාවතුර) # Anniwatta Dodamwala (අනිවත්ත දොඩම්වල) # Asgiriya (අස්ගිරිය) # Poornawatte West (පූර්ණවත්ත බටහිර) # Mahaiyawa (මහයියාව) # Aruppola (අරුප්පල) # Buwelikada (බූවැලිකඩ) # Ampitiya (අම්පිටිය) # Malwatta (මල්වත්ත) # Deiyannewela (දෙයියන්නේවල) # Katukale (කටුකැලේ) # Suduhumpola (සුදුහුම්පොල) # Mulgampola (මුල්ගම්පල) # Bowala (බෝවල) # Gatambe (ගැටඹේ)

List of mayors

References

Notes

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