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Kandy Municipal Council

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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
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and the council members are elected through local government elections held once in five years. Head of administration is the
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council is the second oldest and largest local government authority in Sri Lanka. It has 41 elected representatives.
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For electoral and administrative purposes, the Council is divided into 22 wards.
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In 2018, the number of seats of the council was increased to 41 and the
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has always held control of the Council other than 2011–2015.
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Index

Local authority
Unicameral
Mayor of Kandy
Kesera Senanayake
UNP
Deputy Mayor
UNP
Leader of the Opposition
SLPP
Municipal Commissioner

UNP
UPA
SLPP
UPFA
JVP
Voting system
First-past-the-post
closed list
proportional representation
10 February 2018
9 March 2023
The Kandy Municipal Council building
Kandy Town Hall
Kandy Municipal Council
local council
Kandy
Sri Lanka
municipal
charter city

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