Soma Wickremanayake née Dharmawardhana (Sinhala: සෝමා වික්රමනයක) (21 May 1915 – 25 May 1989) was a Ceylonese educator and socialist politician.
[5] At the 4th parliamentary election, held on 19 March 1960, Wickramanayake ran for the seat of Dehiowita, representing the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP).
The sitting LSSP member for Dehiowita, Edmund Samarakkody, had chosen to run from the Kesbewa electorate instead.
[9] Wickremanayake controversially switched political allegiance from the LSSP, becoming a member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
[10] At the 6th parliamentary election, held on 22 March 1965, she contested the Avissawella electorate, challenging one of the LSSP's founders and the sitting member, Philip Gunawardena.