Local Government
Negombo Municipal Council governs the city of Negombo with a Mayor from the government, since 1950. Negombo's Mayor and the council members are elected through the local government election held once in five years. There are twenty-nine wards within the Negombo municipal boundary and each is represented by an elected member, but at the moment there are only twenty-six members.
Negombo city Local Board began in 1878. After forty-four years, It became Urban District Council on the 1st Jan. 1922. Negombo celebrated its silver jubilee of its Urban council status, in grand style in Feb 1948, Their Royal highness the Duke and Dutchess of Glocester were the main patrons on the opening day of the celebrations. The Negombo urban council was offered the Municipal status on the 1st of January in 1950 under the municipal ordinance of 1865.
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