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A fifteen member Jaffna Municipal Council was established in January 1949 under the Municipal Council Ordinance No. 29 of 1947. [1] The fifteen members were elected from fifteen wards. [1] A lack of storage space resulted in the municipal council purchasing premises east of Front Street in 1955. [1]
The Jaffna Municipal Council governs the City of Jaffna. It was established under the Municipalities Ordinance Act of 1865. Although other cities such as Kandy, Galle and Colombo had elected municipal councils soon after the 1865 ordinance, Jaffna did not have an elected municipal council for many years.
The Mayor of Jaffna is the head of the Jaffna Municipal Council, the local authority for the city of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. The seat is currently vacant . Mayors and chairmen
Jaffna District has 17 local authorities of which one is a Municipal Council, three are Urban Councils and the remaining 13 are Divisional Councils (Pradesha Sabhai or Pradeshiya Sabha). [ 8 ] Local Authority
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Jaffna most often refers to Jaffna city, the capital of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka. Jaffna may also refer to: Jaffna Municipal Council, the local authority for the city of Jaffna; Jaffna District, the northernmost district of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka; Jaffna Electoral District, a multi-member electoral district of Sri Lanka
Local elections were held in Sri Lanka on 8 August 2009 for two local councils in the north of the country: Jaffna Municipal Council and Vavuniya Urban Council. [1] They were the first elections held in the country since the government declared victory in the 26-year-old civil war on 18 May 2009.