The official term of local councils, for which members were elected in the recently held 2025 Local Government Elections, will commence on 02 June 2025.
Political parties and independent groups that secured majorities in local authorities have been requested to submit the names of individuals nominated for the positions of Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Chairman and Vice Chairman of those councils.
Elections Commission Chairman R.M.A.L. Rathnayake has announced that the names of those nominated for the key positions of the local councils must be submitted within one week.
Rathnayake further said that the names of the elected members must be gazetted at the Divisional level, prior to convening the inaugural meetings of the local councils.
Where there is no majority in a local council, a vote will take place when the council is convened for the first time, on 02 June. (Newswire)