Election of Mayors, Chairmen for local authorities

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According to the law governing elections to local authorities, a political party that commands 50 percent or more of the total membership in a local body is entitled to nominate one of its members as Mayor or Chairman.

If no single party secures a majority, the Mayor or Chairman must be elected through a secret ballot held on the first sitting day of the newly constituted local authority.

Historically, there have been instances where Opposition parties have formed alliances to outmanoeuvre the winning party in these appointments, securing the Mayor or Chairman's post despite not having a majority of their own.

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Lk Wednesday, 07 May 2025 09:18 PM

Can they work peacefully: if they can do it will be good : if all parties work hand in hand to do this , it would be historic: Sri Lankan politics is not like that : each party works for themselves not for the country:

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Hassanda Wednesday, 07 May 2025 10:17 PM

Now opposition will make deals specially SJB wz smaller parties to get into Mayor’s. or Chairmsn’s seat and SJB as usual Will give kick backs For their support to beat NPP

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Insider Wednesday, 07 May 2025 09:54 PM

So by securing the Mayor or Chairman's post despite not having a majority of their own, means horse deals which means corruption in that some losers have got together purely for personal benefit.

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Ravi Wednesday, 07 May 2025 11:06 PM

Our voters should have brain to make one uncorrupted party winning to run the government offices properly. When voters don’t make one majority they are opening doors for corruption. Where the deals take place and there after they work to recover the deal money and not the public interest. Sri Lanka never develop and never stop corruption as far as this party mind set is there.

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Herman Perera Thursday, 08 May 2025 03:00 AM

The opposition might try to sabotage the progress of the Council.

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Indra Dasa Thursday, 08 May 2025 07:05 AM

This method must be changed . Only the single party got the majority should governed the local governments because people in local areas given the mandate to be their leader in the local government ,but NOT for other parties contested individually and when they loss OR rejected by the majority voters trying to come to the power by a group formed from the majority rejected political parties .

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Sokrates Thursday, 08 May 2025 09:33 AM

That would be undemocratic and also completely pointless. How can a party govern if it does not have the majority of seats? In such a minority government, it would have to secure or buy votes from other parties in advance for every vote. There are minority governments in Europe because the parties there act for the good of the people, but in Sri Lanka it would not work. Besides, it is democratic for several small parties to form a coalition government. Whoever has more than 50% of the popular vote has the mandate to govern, whether it is one party alone or several parties together.

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