Municipal councils of Sri Lanka

Party	Population (2012)^[1]	Land area (km²)	Votes	%	Seats	No. of Municipalities
United National Party	-	-	-	-	-	10
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	-	-	-	-	-	9
Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi	167,056	95	31,893	-	33	2
Sri Lanka Freedom Party	-	-	9,020	-	5	1
National Congress	30,934	7	11,988	-	13	1
Independents	24,168	27	8,188	-	10	1
Total	2,765,533+	698+	-	-	836	24

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 system of Sri Lanka.^[3] 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.^[4]^[5]

The last council to be created was Polonnaruwa Municipal Council on 30 June 2017, bifurcated from Thamankaduwa Pradeshiya Sabha.^[6]

^ "Table 2.4: Population of Municipal Councils and Urban Councils by sex Census, 2012" (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics Sri Lanka. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
^ "Compilation of Local Authority" (PDF). Ministry of Local Government & Provincial Councils. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
^ "Local government". Ministry of Local Government & Provincial Councils. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
^ "Area, Population, Registered voters and Employees of Municipalities, 2011 - 2012" (PDF). Statistics Statistical Abstract 2013. Department of Census and Statistics Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
^ "Local Government Statistics, 2012" (PDF). www.statistics.gov.lk/. Department of Census and Statistics. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
^ "City Of Polonnaruwa To Be Elevated To Municipal Council". Retrieved 11 February 2018.