List of mayors of Jaffna
# List of mayors of Jaffna

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.

## Mayors and chairmen

Mayors and chairmen :

| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Title |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| A. Canagaratnam | | | | Chairman |
| R. R. Nalliah | | | | Chairman |
| Sam A. Sabapathy | | 1937 | 1939 | Chairman |
| K. Aiyadurai | | 1942 | 1943 | Chairman |
| Sam A. Sabapathy | | 6 January 1949 | 31 December 1949 | Mayor |
| Cathiravelu Ponnambalam | | 6 January 1950 | 31 December 1951 | Mayor |
| Sam A. Sabapathy | | 11 January 1952 | 31 December 1954 | Mayor |
| M. A. M. M. Sultan | | 5 January 1955 | 31 December 1955 | Mayor |
| S. A. Navaratnam | | 16 January 1956 | 31 December 1957 | Mayor |
| P. Kasipillai | | 6 July 1960 | 31 December 1960 | Mayor |
| T. S. Thurairajah | | 7 January 1961 | 12 February 1962 | Mayor |
| M. Jacob | | 19 February 1962 | 15 May 1963 | Mayor |
| S. A. Tharmalingam | | 28 May 1962 | 4 April 1963 | Mayor |
| P. M. John | | 11 April 1963 | 6 May 1963 | Mayor |
| T. S. Thurairajah | | 15 May 1963 | 6 May 1963 | Mayor |
| S. S. Mahadeva | | 8 July 1965 | 31 December 1965 | Mayor |
| S. Nagarajah | | 8 January 1966 | 24 March 1966 | Mayor |
| Alfred Duraiappah | | 15 February 1970 | 21 April 1971 | Mayor |
| Alfred Duraiappah | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 22 April 1971 | 27 July 1975 | Mayor |
| R. Viswanathan | | 1 June 1979 | 31 May 1983 | Mayor |
| Sarojini Yogeswaran | Tamil United Liberation Front | 11 March 1998 | 17 May 1998 | Mayor |
| Pon Sivapalan | Tamil United Liberation Front | 29 June 1998 | 11 September 1998 | Mayor |
| Nadarajah Raviraj | Tamil United Liberation Front | 9 January 2001 | 18 December 2001 | Mayor |
| Sellan Kandaiyan | Tamil United Liberation Front | 15 January 2002 | 13 February 2003 | Mayor |
| Yogeswari Patkunarajah | Eelam People's Democratic Party | 1 September 2009 | | Mayor |
| E. Arnold | Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi | 26 February 2018 | | Mayor |
| V. Manivannan | Tamil National People's Front | 30 December 2020 | | |
