List of mayors of Jaffna
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The Mayor of Jaffna is the head of the Jaffna Municipal Council, the local authority for the city of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. The seat is currently vacant.
StyleThe Honourable
Member ofJaffna Municipal Council
Constituting instrumentLocal Government Ordinance No. 11 of 1920
Formation1 January 1923
| Mayor of Jaffna | |
|---|---|
| யாழ்ப்பாண முதல்வர் | |
Incumbent since 13 June 2025Vivekanandaraja Madivadani | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Member of | Jaffna Municipal Council |
| Constituting instrument | Local Government Ordinance No. 11 of 1920 |
| Formation | 1 January 1923 |
| First holder | A. Canagaratnam |
| Deputy | Vacant |
| Website | Jaffna Municipal Council |
Mayors and chairmen
† died in office
| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Title | Refs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Canagaratnam | Chairman | [1][2] | ||||
| R. R. Nalliah | [3] | |||||
| Sam A. Sabapathy | 1937 | 1939 | [4] | |||
| K. Aiyadurai | 1942 | 1943 | [5] | |||
| Sam A. Sabapathy | 6 January 1949 | 31 December 1949 | Mayor | [4][6][7] | ||
| Cathiravelu Ponnambalam | 6 January 1950 | 31 December 1951 | ||||
| Sam A. Sabapathy | 11 January 1952 | 31 December 1954 | [4][6][7] | |||
| M. A. M. M. Sultan | 5 January 1955 | 31 December 1955 | ||||
| S. A. Navaratnam | 16 January 1956 | 31 December 1957 | ||||
| P. Kasipillai | 6 July 1960 | 31 December 1960 | ||||
| T. S. Thurairajah | 7 January 1961 | 12 February 1962 | ||||
| M. Jacob | 19 February 1962 | 15 May 1963 | ||||
| S. A. Tharmalingam | Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi | 28 May 1962 | 4 April 1963 | [8] | ||
| P. M. John | 11 April 1963 | 6 May 1963 | ||||
| T. S. Thurairajah | 15 May 1963 | 6 May 1963 | ||||
| S. S. Mahadeva | 8 July 1965 | 31 December 1965 | ||||
| S. Nagarajah | 8 January 1966 | 24 March 1966 | [9] | |||
| Alfred Duraiappah † | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 15 February 1970 | 27 July 1975 | [10][11][12] | ||
| R. Viswanathan | 1 June 1979 | 31 May 1983 | [13][14][15] | |||
| Sarojini Yogeswaran † | Tamil United Liberation Front | 11 March 1998 | 17 May 1998 | [16][17][18] | ||
| Pon Sivapalan † | Tamil United Liberation Front | 29 June 1998 | 11 September 1998 | [19][20] | ||
| Nadarajah Raviraj | Tamil United Liberation Front | 9 January 2001 | 18 December 2001 | [21][22][23] | ||
| Sellan Kandaiyan | Tamil United Liberation Front | 15 January 2002 | 13 February 2003 | [24][25][26] | ||
| Yogeswari Patkunarajah | Eelam People's Democratic Party | 1 September 2009 | ? | [27][28][29] | ||
| E. Arnold | Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi | 26 February 2018 | 30 December 2020 | [30][31][32] | ||
| V. Manivannan | Tamil National People's Front | 30 December 2020 | December 2022 | [33] | ||
| Vivekanandaraja Madivadani | Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi | 13 June 2025 | Incumbent | [34] | ||