Mudiyanse Tennakoon (16 June 1934 - 11 December 1991) was a Ceylonese politician,[1] colloquially known as Podi Putha (youngest son).

[4] He was first elected to parliament at the 3rd parliamentary election in April 1956, representing the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in the Nikaweratiya electorate, defeating the sitting United National Party member Kavisena Herath, 15,914 votes to 7,829,[5] becoming, at the age of 22, the youngest parliamentarian in Ceylon.

[7][8] Tennakoon was appointed the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Land, Irrigation and Power in the First Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet,[9] and in May 1963 he was appointed the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance.

[4][10] In December 1963 Tennakoon was expelled from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party[11] and resigned his position in parliament in protest.

[12] At the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965, he ran as an independent, successfully regaining the seat of Nikaweratiya, by a 1,358 vote margin over Herath.