Naysum Saravanamuttu

{{Short description|Ceylonese politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|honorific-prefix = Lady

|name = Naysum Saravanamuttu

|native_name = நேசம் சரவணமுத்து

|native_name_lang = ta

|honorific-suffix = MSC

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|office4 = Member of the State Council of Ceylon
for Colombo North

|term_start4 = 1932

|term_end4 = 1941

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|birth_name = Luisa Naysum Arunachalam

|birth_date = 1897

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|death_date = {{Death date and age|1941|1|19|1897|df=yes}}

|death_place = Colombo, Ceylon

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|spouse = Ratnasothy Saravanamuttu

|children = 4

|occupation = Politician

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Luisa, Lady Naysum Saravanamuttu ({{nee}} Arunachalam; 1897 – 19 January 1941){{cite web | url=http://www.thinakaran.lk/vaaramanjari/2010/07/18/?fn=f1007182 | title=சட்டமன்றத்துக்குத் தெரிவாகிய முதலாவது தமிழ்ப் பெண் | publisher=Thinakaran | date=18 July 2010 | accessdate=24 June 2015 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624135327/http://www.thinakaran.lk/vaaramanjari/2010/07/18/?fn=f1007182 | archivedate=24 June 2015 }} {{in lang|ta}} was a Ceylonese politician. She was the second female member of State Council of Ceylon and the second elected female legislator in Sri Lanka.

She was married to Sir Ratnasothy Saravanamuttu a physician and politician, who in 1931, was elected to the first State Council of Ceylon representing Colombo North. Her husband was removed from the State Council after he was found guilty of corrupt practices by an election Judge. Naysum became the second female member of the State Council in 1931, when she won her husband's seat in a by-election.[http://www.undp.org/content/dam/srilanka/docs/governance/WPE%20FINAL%20PDF.pdf The Struggle for Equal Political Representation of Women in Sri Lanka][https://archive.today/20130615191542/http://www.lawnet.lk/docs/case_law/nlr/common/html/NLR34V369.htm LATEEF v. SARAVANAMUTTU.] She was re-elected to the second State Council in 1936 and retained the position until her death in January 1941.