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| Table 63 (Gov., Local ) | |||||||||
| Local Government(Municipalities)(Voters)(Members)(Employees) (2003- 2004) | |||||||||
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| Municipal Councils | Area Sq.Km | Population (Estimated) | Registered Voters (2003) | Number of Members | Employees* | ||||
| Administ-rative and Clerical | Techni-cal | Others | Total | ||||||
| 2003 | |||||||||
| Colombo | 37 | 642,020 | 394,785 | 53 | 1,383 | 334 | 6,765 | 8,482 | |
| Dehiwala - Mt.Lavinia | 21 | 209,787 | 124,491 | 29 | 195 | 148 | 1,902 | 2,245 | |
| Moratuwa | 23 | 177,190 | 114,833 | 29 | 79 | 31 | 829 | 939 | |
| Sri Jayawardanapura | 17 | 115,826 | 73,111 | 20 | 74 | 29 | 762 | 865 | |
| Negambo | 31 | 144,551 | 88,768 | 26 | 97 | 25 | 477 | 599 | |
| Gampaha | 38 | 57,429 | 42,201 | 18 | 38 | 33 | 197 | 268 | |
| Kandy | 29 | 115,804 | 68,366 | 24 | 630 | 113 | 1,383 | 2,126 | |
| Matale | 9 | 35,362 | 25,531 | 13 | 88 | 19 | 361 | 468 | |
| Nuwara-Eliya | 12 | 36,000 | 17,741 | 10 | 41 | 7 | 356 | 404 | |
| Galle | 17 | 90,934 | 61,835 | 19 | 84 | 50 | 626 | 760 | |
| Matara | 13 | 71,134 | 51,312 | 15 | 53 | 18 | 283 | 354 | |
| Jaffna | 20 | 145,800 | 92,654 | 23 | 139 | 12 | 742 | 893 | |
| Batticaloa | 75 | 78,580 | 49,880 | 19 | 67 | 5 | 338 | 410 | |
| Kalmunai | 8 | 102,000 | 61,726 | 19 | 32 | 5 | 106 | 143 | |
| Kurunegala | 11 | 29,108 | 17,760 | 11 | 56 | 25 | 334 | 415 | |
| Anuradhapura | 36 | 77,937 | 28,467 | 13 | 31 | 68 | 343 | 442 | |
| Badulla | 10 | 40,920 | 27,160 | 15 | 43 | 5 | 298 | 346 | |
| Ratnapura | 22 | 46,309 | 28,957 | 15 | 47 | 56 | 313 | 416 | |
| Total | 429 | 2,216,691 | 1,369,578 | 371 | 3,177 | 983 | 16,415 | 20,575 | |
| 2004* | |||||||||
| Colombo | 37 | 649,018 | 394,785 | 53 | 1,383 | 334 | 6,765 | 8,482 | |
| Dehiwala - Mt.lavinia | 21 | 212,074 | 124,491 | 29 | 197 | 91 | 1,957 | 2,245 | |
| Moratuwa | 23 | 179,121 | 114,833 | 29 | 73 | 12 | 665 | 750 | |
| Sri Jayawardanapura | 17 | 117,089 | 73,111 | 20 | 64 | 28 | 762 | 854 | |
| Negambo | 31 | 146,127 | 88,768 | 26 | 99 | 25 | 390 | 514 | |
| Gampaha | 38 | 58,055 | 42,201 | 18 | 35 | 24 | 163 | 222 | |
| Kandy | 29 | 117,066 | 68,366 | 24 | 630 | 113 | 1,383 | 2,126 | |
| Matale | 9 | 35,747 | 25,531 | 13 | 76 | 5 | 381 | 462 | |
| Nuwara-Eliya | 12 | 36,392 | 17,741 | 10 | 51 | 9 | 360 | 420 | |
| Galle | 17 | 91,925 | 61,835 | 19 | 84 | 50 | 626 | 760 | |
| Matara | 13 | 71,909 | 51,312 | 15 | 49 | 16 | 287 | 352 | |
| Jaffna | 20 | 147,389 | 92,654 | 23 | 138 | 12 | 716 | 866 | |
| Batticaloa | 75 | 79,437 | 49,880 | 19 | 65 | 7 | 338 | 410 | |
| Kalmunai | 8 | 103,112 | 61,726 | 19 | 31 | 5 | 108 | 144 | |
| Kurunegala | 11 | 29,425 | 17,760 | 11 | 67 | 25 | 325 | 417 | |
| Anuradhapura | 36 | 78,787 | 28,467 | 13 | 31 | 68 | 343 | 442 | |
| Badulla | 10 | 41,366 | 27,160 | 15 | 53 | 14 | 240 | 307 | |
| Ratnapura | 22 | 46,814 | 28,957 | 15 | 47 | 4 | 381 | 432 | |
| Total | 429 | 2,240,853 | 1,369,578 | 371 | 3,173 | 842 | 16,190 | 20,205 | |
| © 2009, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) | |||||||||
| Source: | |||||||||
| Local Bodies (ProvincialCouncils), Department of Elections | |||||||||
| Remark: | |||||||||
| *; Provisional | |||||||||
| Revised: 2009(y)/02(m)/10(d) | |||||||||
| Chief Editor: | |||||||||
| Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D) | |||||||||
| The Head, Department of Management Studies | |||||||||
| University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. | |||||||||