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Elections to 335 local councils on single day; new mixed system
View(s):The Government is making arrangements to hold elections to all 335 local councils on a single day before the end of the year, Public Administration Minister Karu Jayasuriya said yesterday. He said the Delimitation Commission appointed to demarcate wards for the local councils under a new system has finalised its report which would be gazetted soon.
The minister said that differences over the demarcation of wards had been sorted out and hence the elections to the 335 councils could be held at an early date.
The terms of 234 local councils lapsed on Friday and they were placed under the purview of the Local Government Commissioner of each area. The terms of 65 other local councils will end in July and 23 others in October.
At the next local council elections, members will be elected to wards with polling conducted under a mixed system of proportional representation and first-past-the-post.