The city council (Gemeenteraad) was created in 1906, and it initially had 13 members – eight Europeans, 3 Native Indonesians, and 2 representatives of other Asian communities.

[2] Early in the Indonesian National Revolution, Republican authorities in Palembang formed a regional house of representatives with 30 members.

[4] In 1956, an emergency law gave Palembang the status of a "large city", and set the number of legislators in the regional house of representatives to 25.

[7] During the Dutch colonial period, the city council was based in what is today the Palembang Mayoral Office.

By 2011, local media outlet Sriwijaya Post [id] had reported significant deterioration to the building's interior.