Sangaralingam Muniandi Pillai Subbaiah (19 October 1912 – ?) was a
Ceylonese 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.
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 Sabaragamuw ...
,
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 ...
.
Subbaiah was one of seven Ceylon India Congress candidates who were elected to that first parliament.
References
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
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