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 following a secret ballot held this morning.

She secured 61 votes, while the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) mayoral candidate Riza Zarook received 54 votes.

The newly elected Colombo Municipal Council convened for its inaugural session this morning following the Local Government (LG) elections held on May 6.

The election of the Mayor was scheduled as the first item on the agenda.

As no party had secured an outright majority at the election, a secret vote was held to elect the Mayor.

Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Daily Mirror Sri Lanka....