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No. Local Authority Type [3]Dist Prov Date of Election UPFA/ NC [1] Votes UPFA/ NC [1] Seats UNP Votes UNP Seats TNA/ TULF [2] Votes TNA/ TULF [2] Seats JVP Votes JVP Seats Ind Votes Ind Seats SLMC
The Swartland Local Municipality consists of twenty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation.Twelve councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twelve wards, while the remaining eleven are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.
There are 24 Municipal councils in Sri Lanka, which are the legislative bodies that preside over the largest cities and first tier municipalities in the country. [2] Introduced in 1987 through the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka , municipal councils became a devolved subject under the Provincial Councils in the Local Government ...
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 19 August 1994: D. B. Wijetunga: Minister of Home Affairs, Local Government and Co-operatives [30] [31] Nandimithra Ekanayake: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 19 October 2000: Chandrika Kumaratunga: Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government [32] Richard Pathirana: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 14 September 2001
Swartland Municipality (Afrikaans: Swartland Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality located in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Malmesbury is the seat of the municipality. As of 2022, it had a population of 148,331.
Sri Lanka's last local government elections in 2018 resulted in the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) securing a majority with 40% of the vote. [6] [7] [8]Gotabaya Rajapaksa, contesting under the SLPP, subsequently won the 2019 Sri Lankan presidential election, while Mahinda Rajapaksa led the SLPP to victory in the 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election.
Local elections were held in Sri Lanka on 10 February 2018. [3] [4] 15.7 million Sri Lankans were eligible to elect 8,327 [i] members to 340 local authorities (24 municipal councils, 41 urban councils and 275 divisional councils). [5] [6] It was the largest election in Sri Lankan history.
There are 41 Urban councils in Sri Lanka, which are the legislative bodies that preside over the second tier municipalities in the country. [1] [2] Introduced in 1987 through the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka, Urban councils became a devolved subject under the Provincial Councils in the Local Government system of Sri Lanka. [3]