Sri Lanka, June 16 -- Vraie Cally Balthazaar of the National People's Power (NPP) has been elected as the new Mayor of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC), a short while ago.

Councilor Vraie Cally Balthazaar was elected the new Colombo Mayor following a secret ballot.

During the secret ballot, Councilor Balthazaar received 61 votes while Riza Zarook of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) obtained 54 votes.

Two votes were rejected, according to Commissioner of the Department of Local Government of the Western Province, Sarangika Jayasundara who presided over the voting.

Earlier, the proposal to hold a secret ballot to elect the Mayor of the Colombo Municipal Council was passed unanimously.

Although a decision was taken to hold a secret b...