| Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
| M. Balasundaram | |
| Native Name: | மு. பாலசுந்தரம் |
| Native Name Lang: | ta |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
| Constituency Mp1: | Kopay |
| Parliament1: | Ceylonese |
| Term Start1: | 1960 |
| Term End1: | 1965 |
| Predecessor1: | C. Vanniasingam |
| Successor1: | S. Kathiravelupillai |
| Birth Date: | 7 April 1903 |
| Alma Mater: | Ceylon University College Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
| Profession: | Lawyer |
| Blank1: | Ethnicity |
| Data1: | Ceylon Tamil |
Murugesu Balasundaram (Tamil: முருகேசு பாலசுந்தரம்; 7 April 1903 - 15 December 1965) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer, politician and Member of Parliament.
Balasundaram was born on 7 April 1903.[1] He was the son of Reverend K. S. Murugesu, a Methodist clergyman.[1] He was educated at Kilner College, Jaffna and Royal College, Colombo.[1] After school Balasundaram joined the Ceylon University College, graduating in 1923 with a B.Sc. degree.[1] [2] He received a scholarship to study at Trinity Hall, Cambridge from where he graduated with a B.A. degree.[1]
Balasundaram married Sinnammah, daughter of Sinnathamby.[1] They had four sons (Gnanasanmugan, Yogasundaram, Balakrishnan and Sivanandasundaram) and two daughters (Somasundaravalli and Yogeswari).[1]
After returning to Ceylon Balasundaram worked as journalist for a brief period before joining the legal profession as an advocate.[1]
Balasundaram was one of the founding members of the Jaffna Youth Congress in 1924.[3] He stood as the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi's (Federal Party) candidate in Kopay at the March 1960 parliamentary election. He won the election and entered Parliament.[4] He was re-elected at the July 1960 parliamentary election.[5] He stood as an independent candidate in Kopay at 1965 parliamentary election but was defeated by the ITAK candidate S. Kathiravelupillai.[6]
Balasundaram died on 15 December 1965.[1]
. Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. 1997. 23. S. Arumugam.