Sangaralingam Muniandi Pillai Subbaiah (19 October 1912 – ?) was a

Ceylon Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

ese politician, trade unionist and Tamil activist. Subbaiah was elected to parliament at the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947, representing the

Ceylon Indian Congress The Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC) ( ta, இலங்கை தொழிலாளர் காங்கிரஸ், translit=Ilaṅkai Toḻilāḷar Kāṅkiras; si, ලංකා කම්කරු කොංග්‍රසය ''Lanka Kamkaru ...

, as the first member for the Badulla electorate. Subbaiah received 27,121 votes (50% of the total vote), which was 10,467 votes more than the Lanka Sama Samaja Party candidate,

J. C. T. Kotelawala James Cornelius Thomas "Jack" Kotelawala (16 December 1910 – 1992) was a lawyer and Ceylonese politician. Early life and education Kotelawala was born on 16 December 1910, in Hindagoda (Badulla District, Uva), the son of James Kotelawal ...

. The Badulla electoral district was one of five multi-member constituencies, with two members, the others were Ambalangoda-Balapitiya,

Balangoda Balangoda is a large town in Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka, governed by an urban council located away from Colombo and from Ratnapura on Colombo - Batticaloa Highway(A4). It is one of the largest towns of the Sabaragamu ...

, Colombo Central and

Kadugannawa Kadugannawa is a town in Kandy District in the Central Province of Sri Lanka, governed by an Urban Council. It is located along the A1 road west of Peradeniya. The town is served by Kadugannawa Railway Station and has the Kadugannawa Central Co ...

. Subbaiah was one of seven Ceylon India Congress candidates who were elected to that first parliament.

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1912 births Year of death missing Date of death missing Ceylon Workers' Congress politicians Tamil politicians Members of the 1st Parliament of Ceylon Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka {{UvaLK-politician-stub