S. U. Ethirmanasingham

Somasunderam Udayar Ethirmanasingham MBE (born 25 July 1915, date of death unknown) was a Ceylon Tamil businessman and politician who served as a Member of Parliament.

Early life Ethirmanasingham was born on 25 July 1915. He was from Paddiruppu in eastern Ceylon. He was educated at St. Mary's College and Lee High School, Kalmunai. He stood as the United National Party's candidate at the 1952 parliamentary election but was defeated by S. M. Rasamanickam. He re-gained the seat at the 1956 parliamentary election, contesting as an independent. However, he lost the seat again to Rasamanickam at the March 1960 parliamentary election. He was also unsuccessful at the July 1960 and 1965 parliamentary elections.