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Names of members elected to LG bodies gazetted
31 May, 2025
The names of members elected to Local Government (LG) bodies has been published in the government gazette.
The members elected to all the LG bodies, including Colombo, has been published by the Election Commission.
The new term of office of the LG bodies is scheduled to commence on 2 June 2025.
The ruling National Peoples Power won the local council elections but with significantly lower margins, in its first test since sweeping national polls last year.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s coalition received the most votes in 265 out of the 339 councils, but fell short of an outright majority in about half of them.
The main opposition SJB won just 14 councils, while the country’s main minority Tamil party, the Tamil National Alliance, performed better, winning 35.
The parties of former presidents Ranil Wickremesinghe and Mahinda Rajapaksa failed to win control of a single council, but between them secured 1,123 of the 8,299 council seats.
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