Kadambur Assembly constituency

8.98°N 77.87°E / 8.98; 77.87

Kadambur
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thoothukudi
Lok Sabha constituency	Thoothukkudi
Established	1951
Abolished	1962
Reservation	None

Kadambur was a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu.^[1] It was in existence from the 1951 delimitation to 1962 state elections.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
1952	Venugopala Krishnaswamy		Indian National Congress
1957	S. Sangili and K. Ramasubbu		Indian National Congress
1962	S. Sangili		Indian National Congress

Election results

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kadambur^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Ramasubbu	34,155	29.28%	−15.01%
	INC	Sangili (SC)	27,787	23.82%	−20.47%
	Independent	S. Arunachala Nadar	13,447	11.53%
	Independent	V. Suppayan (SC)	9,867	8.46%
	Independent	Marinaicker	9,096	7.80%
	Independent	M. Mariappan	8,865	7.60%
	CPI	Muthia (SC)	6,770	5.80%
	Independent	Velayudam (SC)	6,669	5.72%
Margin of victory			6,368	5.46%	−18.82%
Turnout			1,16,656	72.29%	21.63%
Registered electors			1,61,364
	INC hold		Swing	-15.01%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kadambur^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Venugopala Krishnaswamy	17,000	44.29%	44.29%
	Independent	Subbiah Naicker	7,682	20.01%
	Socialist	Krishnaswami	6,343	16.53%
	KMPP	Karunakara Pandian	3,943	10.27%
	Independent	John	3,414	8.89%
Margin of victory			9,318	24.28%
Turnout			38,382	50.67%
Registered electors			75,752
	INC win (new seat)