# Municipal councils of Sri Lanka

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. 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 system of Sri Lanka. Until 2017 municipal councils collectively governed 2,765,533 people within a 698 square kilometer area. There were 445 Councillors in total, ranging from 53 to 9 per council.
The last council to be created was Polonnaruwa Municipal Council on 30 June 2017, bifurcated from Thamankaduwa Pradeshiya Sabha.

## Municipal councils
### Parties

United National Party  Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna  Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi  National Congress  Independent  Sri Lanka Freedom Party
| Province | District | District | Municipal council | Municipal council | Municipality | Established/ Elevated | No. of Councillors | Mayor | Area (km$^2$) | Population (2012) | Website |
| Western | 1 | Colombo | 1 | Colombo | Colombo | 1865 | 119 | (List) | 37 | 561,314 | cmc.lk |
| Western | 1 | Colombo | 2 | Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia | Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia | 1959 | 48 | (List) | 21 | 184,468 | dmmc.lk |
| Western | 1 | Colombo | 3 | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | 1997 | 38 | (List) | 17 | 107,925 | kotte.mc.gov.lk |
| Western | 1 | Colombo | 4 | Kaduwela | Kaduwela | 2011 | 48 | (List) | 87 | 252,041 | kaduwela.mc.gov.lk |
| Western | 1 | Colombo | 5 | Moratuwa | Moratuwa | 1997 | 48 | (List) | 23 | 168,280 | moratuwa.mc.gov.lk |
| Western | 2 | Gampaha | 6 | Negombo | Negombo | 1950 | 48 | (List) | 31 | 142,449 | negombo.mc.gov.lk |
| Western | 2 | Gampaha | 7 | Gampaha | Gampaha | | 30 | (List) | 38 | 62,335 | gampaha.mc.gov.lk |
| North Western | 3 | Kurunegala | 8 | Kurunegala | Kurunegala | 1952 | 21 | (List) | 11 | 30,315 | kurunegala.mc.gov.lk |
| Central | 4 | Kandy | 9 | Kandy | Kandy | 1865 | 41 | (List) | 27 | 98,828 | www.kandymc.org |
| Central | 5 | Matale | 10 | Matale | Matale | 1947 | 21 | (List) | 26 | 38,229 | |
| Central | 5 | Matale | 11 | Dambulla | Dambulla | 2011 | 23 | (List) | 58 | 24,967 | |
| Central | 6 | Nuwara Eliya | 12 | Nuwara Eliya | Nuwara Eliya | 1949 | 23 | (List) | 12 | 23,804 | nuwaraeliya.mc.gov.lk |
| Uva | 7 | Badulla | 13 | Badulla | Badulla | | 25 | (List) | 10 | 42,237 | |
| Uva | 7 | Badulla | 14 | Bandarawela | Bandarawela | 2011 | 17 | (List) | 27 | 24,168 | |
| Southern | 8 | Galle | 15 | Galle | Galle | | 35 | (List) | 17 | 86,333 | galle.mc.gov.lk |
| Southern | 9 | Matara | 16 | Matara | Matara | | 30 | (List) | 13 | 74,193 | |
| Southern | 10 | Hambantota | 17 | Hambantota | Hambantota | 2011 | 21 | (List) | 83 | 23,236 | |
| Sabaragamuwa | 11 | Ratnapura | 18 | Ratnapura | Ratnapura | | 25 | (List) | 20 | 47,105 | |
| North Central | 12 | Anuradhapura | 19 | Anuradhapura | Anuradhapura | | 29 | (List) | 36 | 50,595 | |
| North Central | 13 | Polonnaruwa | 20 | Polonnaruwa | Polonnaruwa | 2017 | 11 | (List) | | | |
| Northern | 14 | Jaffna | 21 | Jaffna | Jaffna | 1949 | 45 | (List) | 20 | 80,829 | jaffnamc.lk |
| Eastern | 15 | Batticaloa | 22 | Batticaloa | Batticaloa | 1967 | 38 | (List) | 75 | 86,227 | www.batticaloa.mc.gov.lk |
| Eastern | 16 | Ampara | 23 | Kalmunai | Kalmunai | 2001 | 41 | (List) | 23 | 99,893 | |
| Eastern | 16 | Ampara | 24 | Akkaraipattu | Akkaraipattu | 2011 | 20 | (List) | 7 | 30,934 | |
* United National Party (41.67%)
* Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (37.5%)
* Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (8.33%)
* National Congress (4.16%)
* Independent (4.16%)
* Sri Lanka Freedom Party (4.16%)