The Mayor of Batticaloa is the head of Batticaloa Municipal Council.
List of mayors The following were some of the city's mayors and chairmen:
Chairmen G. N. Tisseveresinghe - 1935 M. Chinnaiyah - 1936–38 N. S. Rasiah - 1939–41 S. A. Selvanayagam - 1942–44 K. V. M. Subramaniam - 1945–47 J. L. Tisseveresinghe - 1951–53 D. Velupillai - 1954–56 A.S.T Canagasabey-1957-1959
Mayors C. Rajadurai - 1967–68 J. L. Tisseveresinghe - 1968–70 K. Thiyagarajah - 1971–73 E. Ambalavanar - 1983 Chilyan Perinpanayagam - 1994–99 Sivageetha Prabhakaran - 2008 - 2013 Saravanabawan Thiyagarajah-2018 - 2023
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