List of mayors of Kandy
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The mayor of Kandy is the mayor and head of the Kandy Municipal Council. The post was created in 1866 when the Kandy Municipal Council was established by the Municipalities Ordinance of 1865. The offices of the mayor are located at the Kandy Town Hall.
StyleHis/Her Worship
Constituting instrumentMunicipal Council Ordinance No. 17 of 1865
First holderSir Cudah Ratwatte
| Mayor of Kandy | |
|---|---|
Incumbent since 3 June 2025Chandrasiri Wijenayake | |
| Kandy Municipal Council | |
| Style | His/Her Worship |
| Seat | Kandy |
| Constituting instrument | Municipal Council Ordinance No. 17 of 1865 |
| First holder | Sir Cudah Ratwatte |
| Deputy | Ruwan Kumara |
Chandrasiri Wijenayake is the current mayor of Kandy, being appointed on 3 June 2025.
List of mayors
- Parties
United National Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party National People's Power Independent
| Name | Party | Term of office | Notes | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Cudah Ratwatte | Independent | 1939–1940 | First elected mayor of Kandy, died in office | ||
| Allan Morley Spaar | Independent | 1940–1942 | |||
| Naganather Canaganayagam | Independent | 1942 | First Tamil mayor | [1] | |
| Bennet Soysa | Independent | 1943–1944 | |||
| A. S. Karunaratna | Independent | 1945 | |||
| Victor M. Guruswamy | Independent | 1946 | |||
| Fredrick de Silva | United National Party | 1947 | Member of Parliament for Kandy (1954–57) and Ambassador to France (1968–71) | ||
| A. C. L. Ratwatte | United National Party | 1948 | |||
| Bennet Soysa | United National Party | 1949 | |||
| E. L. Senanayake | United National Party | 1950–1954 | Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament and Governor of North Central Province and Central Province | [2] | |
| Bennet Soysa | United National Party | 1954–1956 | Member of the State Council and the Senate of Ceylon | ||
| E. L. Senanayake | United National Party | 1956–1960 | |||
| Bennet Soysa | United National Party | 1961–1962 | |||
| Noel Wimalasena | United National Party | 1963 | |||
| E. L. Senanayake | United National Party | 1964–1968 | |||
| Sir Bennet Soysa | United National Party | 1968–1970 | |||
| Tilak Ratnayake | United National Party | 1979–1990 | Governor of Uva Province (1990–1993) | ||
| Chandra Ranaraja | United National Party | 1990–1991 | First female mayor | ||
| Don Edmund Pathirana | United National Party | 1991–1997 | |||
| Harindra Dunuwille | United National Party | 1997–2002 | Member of Parliament (1989–94) and served as the Deputy Minister of State for Constitutional Affairs | ||
| Kesera Senanayake | United National Party | 2002–2006 | Son of E. L. Senanayake | [3] | |
| L. B. Aluvihare | United National Party | 2006–2010 | |||
| Rajapathiranalage Sarath Pushpakumara | United National Party | 2010–2011 | |||
| Mahendra Ratwatte | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 2011–2015 | Resigned to take on the role of Basnayake Nilame of the Kandy Sri Vishnu Devala | [4] | |
| Sena Dissanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 2015–2018 | [5] | ||
| Kesera Senanayake | United National Party | 2018–2024 | [6] | ||
| Chandrasiri Wijenayake | National People's Power | 2025–present | [7] | ||