Kumara Vidanelage Don Sugathadasa (8 July 1908 – March 1972) was a Ceylonese politician.
[3][4] Sugathadasa's victory was assured by estate workers who voted en-bloc against the United National Party.
[5] Rather than re-contest the seat at the 2nd parliamentary election, this time Sugathadasa ran in the Bandarawela electorate, as the United National Party candidate, securing 6,392 votes, (a 62% majority) and 4,126 votes clear of his nearest rival.
[6][7] Sugathadasa then ran for election at the 3rd parliamentary election, held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956, in the multi-member seat of Badulla, where he ran last in a field of four, only securing 1,301 votes (2.88% of the total vote).
[8] At the 5th parliamentary election, held on 20 July 1960, Sugathadasa contested the newly created Soranatota electorate as the Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya candidate.