Tamara Kumari Ilangaratne (née Aludeniya; 15 March 1925 – 5 October 2000) was a Ceylonese politician.
[1] She was the third female member to be elected to parliament in Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon).
[2] Ilangaratne was elected as the independent representative for Kandy in parliamentary by-election held on 18 June 1949, where she polled 10,062 votes (50.75% of the total vote) succeeding her husband T. B. Ilangaratne who had been unseated in an election petition and stripped of his civic rights.
[3] At the 2nd parliamentary elections in 1952, she failed to retain her seat, losing to the United National Party (UNP) candidate, E. L. Senanayake who received 11,349 votes (58.45%) to Ilangaratne's 7,644 votes (39.37%).
[4] In 1965 Ilangaratne contested the seat of Galagedara at the 6th parliamentary elections, representing the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.