| Honorific-Prefix: | Honourable |
| T. M. Sabaratnam | |
| Native Name: | த. மு. சபாரத்தினம் |
| Native Name Lang: | ta |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MLC |
| Office1: | Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon for Northern Province East |
| Death Date: | 1968 |
| Party: | All Ceylon Tamil Congress |
| Alma Mater: | Ceylon Law College |
| Profession: | Lawyer |
| Blank1: | Ethnicity |
| Data1: | Ceylon Tamil |
Thambaiyah Mudaliyar Sabaratnam (Tamil: தம்பையா முதலியார் சபாரத்தினம்|translit=Tampaiyā Mutaliyār Capārattiṉam; died 1968 was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer, politician and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.
Sabaratnam was born in the late 1880s.[1] He was the son of Mudaliyar Thambaiyah from Mullaitivu in north-eastern Ceylon.[1] He was educated at the Royal College Colombo 7 andSt. Patrick's College, Jaffna.[1]
Sabaratnam married to Alagammah Sabaratnam of Palavirukkai Vathiri.[1] They had a son Rajakone Pulendra and daughter Sakuntala Nalliah.[1]
Sabaratnam studied law at Ceylon Law College and became a proctor of the Supreme Court, practising law in Jaffna.[1] [2] He contested the 1924 legislative council election as a candidate for the Northern Province East (Mullaitivu-Vavuniya-Vadamarachchi) seat and was elected to the Legislative Council of Ceylon unopposed.[1] [3] [4]
Sabaratnam stood as the All Ceylon Tamil Congress (ACTC) candidate for Vavuniya at the 1947 parliamentary election but was defeated by independent candidate C. Suntharalingam.[5] He was defeated by Suntharalingam at the 1956 parliamentary election as well.[6]
Sabaratnam was a member of the Board of Management of the Ramakrishna Mission Ceylonese branch.[7] He died in 1970.[1]
| Constituency | scope=col | Party | scope=col | Votes | scope=col | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Province East | align=right | - | Elected | |||
| Not elected | ||||||
| Not elected |
. Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. 1997. 171–172. S. Arumugam.