List of mayors of Batticaloa explained

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:^[1]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: History of Municipal Council . Batticaloa Municipal Council . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130727192311/http://batticaloamc.com/page/MC.htm . 2013-07-27 .