Hettiarachchige Nimal Chandrasoma Karunatillake (3 October 1926 – 4 July 1987) was a Ceylonese journalist, author and politician.
[1] Karunatillake served as a press officer for the Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake and he also worked as a journalist at Lankadeepa.
[2] At the 4th parliamentary election, held on 19 March 1960, he unsuccessfully contested the seat of Rattota, representing the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna.
[3] He then ran in the Ratnapura electorate at the 5th parliamentary election, held on 20 July 1960,[4] again for the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna.
[5] He unsuccessfully contested the seat of Kegalle at the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965, as the United National Party candidate.