Kadayam Assembly constituency

Kadayam was former state assembly constituency in Tenkasi district, Tamil Nadu, India. It exists from 1957 to 1962.

Kadayam
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tenkasi
Established	1957
Abolished	1962
Total electors	93,773
Reservation	None

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
1962	A. B. Balagan		Indian National Congress
1957	D. S. Athimoolam		Independent politician

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
1962			67.75%
1957			56.34%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kadayam^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. B. Balagan	46,160	67.75%	27.74%
	CPI	R. V. Ananthakrishnan	13,821	20.28%
	SWA	E. J. Thomas	8,154	11.97%
Margin of victory			32,339	47.46%	31.13%
Turnout			68,135	75.11%	9.12%
Registered electors			93,773
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	11.41%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kadayam^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D. S. Athimoolam	33,097	56.34%
	INC	A. Balagan	23,503	40.01%
	Independent	S. Thirumalai	2,147	3.65%
Margin of victory			9,594	16.33%
Turnout			58,747	65.99%
Registered electors			89,030
	Independent win (new seat)