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