List of mayors of Kandy

Mayor of Kandy
Incumbent Chandrasiri Wijenayake since 3 June 2025
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

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.

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
	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]

References

1. Arumugam, S., ed. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon (PDF). p. 28.
2. "Tribute to Desamanya E.L. Senanayake". Daily News . 31 January 2005. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
3. Muller, Carl (16 June 2002). "Exclusive interview with the Mayor of Kandy, Mr. Kesara Senanayake - of rotten apples and toilet water!". The Island . Retrieved 13 April 2018.
4. "Mahendra Ratwatte resigns as Mayor of Kandy". Daily Mirror . 19 November 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
5. "New Kandy mayor assumes duty". Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
6. Senaratne, L. B. (8 April 2018). "UNP's Kesera wins Kandy's mayoral battle amid UPFA, JVP neutrality". Sunday Times . Retrieved 13 April 2018.
7. Kuruluwansha, Asela (3 June 2025). "New Kandy Mayor ready to face challenges". The Daily News . Retrieved 10 June 2025.

External links

• kandycity.org