Srilanka, June 8 -- With no single party securing an outright majority in the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC), the contest for the mayoralty is intensifying ahead of a decisive vote scheduled for June 16.

The newly elected Council will hold its inaugural meeting at 9.30 a.m. on June 16 at the Colombo Town Hall, where the new Mayor of Colombo will be elected by a secret ballot. The Deputy Mayor will also be elected through the same process.

When no party commands a majority in a Local Government (LG) body, the Mayor is chosen by a ballot of councillors during the council's first sitting under Sri Lanka's Local Authorities Election Ordinance,.

The ruling National People's Power (NPP) emerged as the largest party in the CMC at the May 6 ...