Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipal Council

Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipal Council ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ මහා නගර සභාව (Sinhala) ஸ்ரீ ஜெயவர்தனபுர கோட்டே நகராட்சி மன்றம் (Tamil)
Type
Type	Local authority
Term limits	4 years
History
Founded	January 1, 1997; 27 years ago (1997-01-01)
Preceded by	Kotte Urban Council (1940 - 1997)
Leadership
Mayor	Madhura Vithanage[1], Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna since February 2018
Deputy Mayor	Premalal Athukorala[2], Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna since February 2018
Municipal Commissioner	Mrs. A. D. S. Sadeeka[3]
Structure
Seats	38[4]
Political groups	Government [4]   Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (18)   United People's Freedom Alliance (5) Opposition [4]   United National Party (12)   Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (3)
Elections
Voting system	Open list proportional representation
Last election	10 February 2018
Next election	9 March 2023
Meeting place
No. 06, Nawala Road, Rajagiriya
Website
https://www.kotte.mc.gov.lk

The Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipal Council is the local council for Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, the administrative capital city of Sri Lanka. The council was first formed as Kotte Urban Development Council which was established in the 1930s and the council became Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipal Council in 1997, Chandra Silva was elected as the first mayor.^[5]

Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipal Council area is bounded by the Kolonnawa Urban Council to the North, the Kotikawatta – Mulleriyawa Pradeshiya Sabha to the North East, Kaduwela Municipal Council to the East, Maharagama Urban Council to the South East, Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Council to the South West, and Colombo Municipal Council to the West.