Vadamadurai Assembly constituency

Vadamadurai is a state assembly constituency in Dindigul district in Tamil Nadu, India.

Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictDindigul
LS constituencyErode
Established1952
Abolished1971
Total electors92,205
ReservationNone

Tamil Nadu State
Year Winner Party
1971Nagarajan. K Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Madras State
Year Winner Party
1967P. T. Naicker Indian National Congress
1962M. Maruthanayagam Pillai Indian National Congress
1957T. Thirumalaimuthu Veerasakkayya Tiruvenkatasamy Naicker Independent politician
1952Chinaswamy Naidu Indian National Congress

Election results
Vote share of Winning candidates
1971
 
 58.75%
1967
 
 49.11%
1962
 
 57.97%
1957
 
 44.00%
1952
 
 62.97%

1971
1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Vadamadurai[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Nagarajan. K 35,989 58.75% 12.62%
INC Rajendran. S 25,270 41.25% -7.86%
Margin of victory 10,719 17.50% 14.51%
Turnout 61,259 70.55% -3.39%
Registered electors 92,205
DMK gain from INC Swing 9.64%

1967
1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Vadamadurai[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC P. T. Naicker 30,507 49.11% -8.86%
DMK V. S. Lakshmanan 28,651 46.13% 7.19%
Independent S. P. Pillai 1,656 2.67%
Independent K. A. Gounder 1,301 2.09%
Margin of victory 1,856 2.99% -16.05%
Turnout 62,115 73.94% 4.02%
Registered electors 88,792
INC hold Swing -8.86%

1962
1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Vadamadurai[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC M. Maruthanayagam Pillai 27,975 57.97% 19.38%
DMK A. Nallathambi 18,788 38.93%
Independent N. Ramarajan 1,495 3.10%
Margin of victory 9,187 19.04% 13.63%
Turnout 48,258 69.92% 25.09%
Registered electors 71,585
INC gain from Independent Swing 13.97%

1957
1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Vadamadurai[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent T. Thirumalaimuthu Veerasakkayya Tiruvenkatasamy Naicker 13,996 44.00%
INC S. Chinnasamy Naidu 12,275 38.59% -24.37%
PSP R. Gopalakrishna Reddiar 3,707 11.65%
Independent T. Ramalingam 1,830 5.75%
Margin of victory 1,721 5.41% -34.84%
Turnout 31,808 44.83% -1.41%
Registered electors 70,949
Independent gain from INC Swing -18.96%

1952
1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Vadamadurai[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Chinaswamy Naidu 22,745 62.97% 62.97%
Socialist Srinivasan 8,205 22.71%
KMPP P. Venkataramadoss 5,173 14.32%
Margin of victory 14,540 40.25%
Turnout 36,123 46.24%
Registered electors 78,116
INC win (new seat)

References
  1. Election Commission of India. "1971 Tamil Nadu Election Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 Oct 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  2. "1967 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India" (PDF). 19 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012.
  3. "1962 Madras State Election Results, Election Commission of India" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 Jan 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  4. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 Jan 2013. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
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