Kadaladi Assembly constituency

Kadaladi
Kadaladi
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Ramanathapuram
Established	1967
Abolished	2008
Total electors	2,04,370
Reservation	None

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Kadaladi is a state assembly constituency in Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu.^[1] It is a component of Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Year	Winner
1971	C. Ramalingam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	R. C. Subramanian	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	S. Sathiamoorthy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	A. Piranavanathan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	A. M. Ameeth Ibrahim	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	V. Sathiamoorthy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	S. P. Thangavelan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	S. Balakrishnan	Tamil Maanila Congress
2006	Suba. Thangavelan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Vote share of winning candidates

2006			44.88%
2001			48.10%
1996			53.23%
1991			55.65%
1989			30.36%
1984			39.81%
1980			51.41%
1977			36.56%
1971			64.86%
1967			61.50%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Suba. Thangavelan	53,600	44.88%	2.53%
	AIADMK	V. Sathiamoorthy	46,044	38.55%
	DMDK	Singai Jinnah. S.	12,141	10.17%
	SP	Sabapathy. K.	2,149	1.80%
	BSP	Satish Kumar. P	1,343	1.12%
	AIFB	Thangaraj Pandian. D.	1,304	1.09%
	BJP	Sudalai Madan. R.	1,283	1.07%
	Independent	Naganathan. M. S	1,191	1.00%
		Malaichamy. A.	376	0.31%
Margin of victory			7,556	6.33%	0.57%
Turnout			119,431	58.44%	4.14%
Registered electors			204,370
	DMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-3.22%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	S. Balakrishnan	51,142	48.10%
	DMK	S. P. Thangavelan	45,027	42.35%	−10.88%
	Independent	Piranavanathan A	2,598	2.44%
	SP	Shiek Mohamed S. M. H.	2,002	1.88%
	MDMK	Muniyaraj. M	1,943	1.83%	−1.78%
	Independent	Velusamy A	1,711	1.61%
	JD(S)	Natramil Selvan N.	666	0.63%
	JP	Ganesan K	631	0.59%
	Independent	Syed Ibrahim M	595	0.56%
Margin of victory			6,115	5.75%	−13.22%
Turnout			106,315	54.30%	−4.91%
Registered electors			195,964
	TMC(M) gain from DMK		Swing	-5.13%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. P. Thangavelan	56,031	53.23%	26.57%
	AIADMK	V. Sathiamoorthy	36,061	34.26%	−21.39%
	MDMK	A. Piraanavanathan	3,795	3.61%
	Independent	P. Nagaswamy	3,532	3.36%
	PMK	V. Mahendarapallavan	2,522	2.40%
	Independent	P. Sundararajan	1,230	1.17%
	BJP	P. Murugavel	1,143	1.09%
	Independent	S. R. Shaik Dawood	283	0.27%
	Independent	S. Mohamed Abdul Kadar	185	0.18%
	Independent	S. Ganesapandy	141	0.13%
	Independent	M. Mohamedali Jinnah	140	0.13%
Margin of victory			19,970	18.97%	−10.01%
Turnout			105,258	59.20%	4.41%
Registered electors			191,186
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-2.42%

Members of the Legislative Assembly

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kadaladi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. Sathiamoorthy	56,552	55.65%	30.88%
	DMK	Kalimuthu K.	27,098	26.67%	−3.69%
	IUML	Mohamed Mubarak Alim	17,230	16.96%
	JP	Velusamy Nadar V. A.	240	0.24%
	Independent	Mangaleswaran M. R.	187	0.18%
	THMM	Rajendran P.	178	0.18%
	Independent	Shajahan S.	134	0.13%
Margin of victory			29,454	28.98%	28.60%
Turnout			101,619	54.79%	−9.34%
Registered electors			192,136
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	25.29%

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kadaladi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. M. Ameeth Ibrahim	32,682	30.36%	−9.45%
	INC	Balakrishnan. S. M	32,273	29.98%
	AIADMK	V. Sathiamoorthy	26,665	24.77%
	AIADMK	Ramassamy. T. M	14,795	13.74%
	Independent	Parasu. S. M	611	0.57%
	Independent	Kovilipillai. G. M	274	0.25%
	Independent	Muthuthevar. K. M	198	0.18%
	Independent	Rajendran. S. M	152	0.14%
Margin of victory			409	0.38%	−6.75%
Turnout			107,650	64.13%	−1.68%
Registered electors			170,792
	DMK hold		Swing	-9.45%

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kadaladi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Piranavanathan	37,399	39.81%
	Independent	V. Sivathavilli Thevar	30,697	32.67%
	Independent	M. Jeyandirapandi	17,995	19.15%
	Independent	V. Velusami	2,618	2.79%
	Independent	M. M. K Mohammed Ibrahim	2,575	2.74%
	Independent	S. Natrajan	1,265	1.35%
	INC(J)	M. Jailani	622	0.66%
	Independent	A. Duraipandi	586	0.62%
	Independent	M. Kuppusami Yadev	196	0.21%
Margin of victory			6,702	7.13%	3.00%
Turnout			93,953	65.81%	8.61%
Registered electors			150,980
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-11.60%

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kadaladi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Sathiamoorthy	40,246	51.41%	14.85%
	Independent	Abdul Cadir. T. S. O.	37,010	47.28%
	Independent	R. C. Subramanian	603	0.77%
	Independent	Dorairaj. V.	250	0.32%
	Independent	Maruthasamy. K.	175	0.22%
Margin of victory			3,236	4.13%	−14.92%
Turnout			78,284	57.20%	0.49%
Registered electors			138,693
	AIADMK hold		Swing	14.85%