List of mayors of Kandy
# List of mayors of Kandy

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 established by the Municipalities Ordinance of 1865. The offices of the mayor are at the Kandy Town Hall. The mayor's legal title is His worship the Mayor of Kandy.

## List of mayors

### Parties

United National Party  Sri Lanka Freedom Party  Independent

| Name | Date of office | notes |
| - | - | - |
| Sir Cudah Ratwatte | 1939-40 | First elected mayor of Kandy |
| Allan Morley Spaar | 1940-42 | |
| Naganather Canaganayagam | 1942 | First Tamil mayor |
| Bennet Soysa | 1943-44 | |
| A. S. Karunaratna | 1945 | |
| Victor M. Guruswamy | 1946 | |
| Fredrick de Silva | 1947 | Member of Parliament for Kandy (1954–57) and Ambassador to France (1968–71) |
| A. C. L. Ratwatte | 1948 | |
| Bennet Soysa | 1949 | |
| E. L. Senanayake | 1950-54 | Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament and Governor of North Central Province and Central Province |
| Bennet Soysa | 1954-56 | Member of the State Council and the Senate of Ceylon |
| E. L. Senanayake | 1956-60 | |
| Bennet Soysa | 1961-62 | |
| Noel Wimalasena | 1963 | |
| E. L. Senanayake | 1964-68 | |
| Sir Bennet Soysa | 1968-70 | |
| Tilak Ratnayake | 1979-90 | Governor of Uva Province (1990–93) |
| Chandra Ranaraja | 1990-91 | first female mayor of Kandy |
| Don Edmund Pathirana | 1991-97 | |
| Harindra Dunuwille | 1997-2002 | Member of Parliament (1989–94) and served as the Deputy Minister of State for Constitutional Affairs |
| Kesera Senanayake | 2002-06 | |
| L. B. Aluvihare | 2006-10 | |
| Rajapathiranalage Sarath Pushpakumara | 2010-11 | |
| Mahendra Ratwatte | 2011 - 19 November 2015 | Resigned as mayor to take on the role of Basnayake Nilame of the Kandy Sri Vishnu Devala |
| Sena Dissanayake | 19 November 2015 - ? | |
| Kesera Senanayake | 8 April 2018 – present | Son of E. L. Senanayake |
