{"id":28370,"date":"2025-06-25T10:49:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T05:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=28370"},"modified":"2025-07-01T08:29:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T02:59:35","slug":"npp-takes-charge-of-over-200-local-government-councils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=28370","title":{"rendered":"NPP Takes Charge of Over 200 Local Government Councils"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National People\u2019s Power (NPP) has won control of more than 200 local government bodies across Sri Lanka, including major municipal councils such as Colombo, Galle, and Kalutara, along with a majority of Pradeshiya Sabhas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to official results, the NPP secured outright victories in 151 councils, and recent votes propelled their total to over 200.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Political rivals have been significantly sidelined as other parties like the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) secured just 27 bodies, Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) 17, and Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, CWC, and SLMC each captured three councils; the UNP failed to secure any<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NPP\u2019s widespread victories mark its dominance in municipal, urban, and rural institutions, signaling a major shift in local governance ahead of future provincial and national elections.<\/p>\n<div class='saic-wrapper saic-default saic-comments-closed saic-border' style='overflow: hidden;'><div class='saic-wrap-link'><a id='saic-link-28370' class='saic-link saic-icon-link saic-icon-link-true auto-load-true' href='?post_id=28370&amp;comments=0&amp;get=30&amp;order=DESC' title='0 Comments'><i class='saico-comment'><\/i><span>0<\/span> Comments<\/a><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-link--><div id='saic-wrap-commnent-28370' class='saic-wrap-comments' style='display:none;'><div id='saic-wrap-form-28370' class='saic-wrap-form saic-clearfix'><div class='saic-form-avatar'><\/div><div id='saic-container-form-28370' class='saic-container-form saic-no-login'><p>Comments are closed<\/p><\/div><!--.saic-container-form--><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-form--><div id='saic-comment-status-28370'  class='saic-comment-status'><\/div><ul id='saic-container-comment-28370' class='saic-container-comments saic-order-DESC ' data-order='DESC'><\/ul><div class='saic-holder-28370 saic-holder'><\/div><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-comments--><\/div><!--.saic-wrapper-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National People\u2019s Power (NPP) has won control of more than 200 local government bodies across Sri Lanka, including major [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":20218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[94,97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest","category-smartphones","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28371,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28370\/revisions\/28371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}