Gampaha Municipal Council
# Gampaha Municipal Council

The Gampaha Municipal Council (Sinhala: ගම්පහ මහ නගර සභාව, Tamil: கம்பாஹா மாநகர சபை) is the local council for Gampaha, the second urban town of Gampaha District, Sri Lanka after Negombo. It has 30 members elected under the mixed electoral system where 60% of members will be elected using first-past-the-post voting and the remaining 40% through closed list proportional representation.

## History

The Urban Council of Gampaha has a history that stretches back to 1945. Two Gazette notifications (No. 1142/22 of August 2000, and No. 117/7 of March 2001) established the Gampaha Municipal Council, which held its first meeting on 15 April 2002.

## Structure

Currently there are 30 seats in the council.

| Political party | Political party | Council members | Council members | Council members | Council members | Council members | Council members | Council members |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Political party | Political party | 1991 | 1997 | 2002 | 2006 | 2011 | 2018 | 2018 |
| | SLPP | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | 17 / 30 |
| | UNP | 6 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 6 / 30 |
| | SLFP | 3 | 6 | 6 | - | 14 | 3 | 3 / 30 |
| | JVP | - | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 / 30 |
| | Ind | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 / 30 |
| | Liberal | - | - | - | 4 | - | – | – |
| | JHU | - | - | - | 1 | - | – | – |
| Total | Total | 9 | 9 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 30 | 30 |

## Demographics

Gampaha Municipal Council consists of 33 Grama Niladhari divisions, with a combined population of 62,797:

Population by Grama Niladhari division (2014) :

| Division Name | Number | Population |
| - | - | - |
| Pahalagama | 222 | 1446 |
| Madagama 1 | 223 | 228 |
| Madagama 2 | 223/A | 3119 |
| Madagama 3 | 223/B | 1322 |
| Madagama 4 | 223/C | 1808 |
| Ihalagama West | 224 | 1960 |
| Ihalagama East | 224/A | 2013 |
| Gampaha Aluthgama West | 225 | 2342 |
| Gampaha Aluthgama North | 225/A | 1965 |
| Gampaha Aluthgama East | 225/B | 3690 |
| Idigolla | 225/C | 1657 |
| Baduvatugoḍa | 226 | 1156 |
| Karanayakamulla | 226/A | 748 |
| Keselwatugoda North | 227 | 2883 |
| Keselwatugoda South | 227/A | 1155 |
| Boraliyawatha | 228 | 1049 |
| Tiththalapithigoda | 228/A | 1174 |
| Aluthgama Bogamuwa North | 229 | 3897 |
| Aluthgama Bogamuwa South | 229/A | 1918 |
| Mahipalagoda | 230 | 1582 |
| Moranna | 230/A | 1280 |
| Vidiyawatta | 230/B | 1391 |
| Galthotamulla | 230/C | 1225 |
| Yakkala North | 231 | 3487 |
| Yakkala West | 231/A | 2176 |
| Papolgahadeniya | 231/B | 2118 |
| Yakkala South | 231/C | 1880 |
| Yakkala East | 231/D | 1275 |
| Henarathgoda | 232 | 2978 |
| Bandiyamulla North | 234 | 1290 |
| Bandiyamulla East | 234/A | 1864 |
| Bandiyamulla West | 234/B | 2712 |
| Kidagammulla | 234/C | 2009 |
| Total | | 62797 |

### Ethnic groups

Population by Ethnicity (2014)

Population by Ethnicity (2014) :

| Ethnicity | Population | % Of Total |
| - | - | - |
| Sinhalese | 62,108 | 98.90 |
| Sri Lankan Tamils | 301 | 0.48 |
| Indian Tamils | 67 | 0.10 |
| Sri Lankan Moors | 115 | 0.18 |
| Burgher | 138 | 0.22 |
| Sri Lankan Malays | 38 | 0.06 |
| Sri Lankan Chetties | 5 | 0.00 |
| Other | 25 | 0.03 |
| Total | 62,797 | 100.00 |
