- Source: List of mayors of Batticaloa
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