Vadamadurai Assembly constituency

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

Vadamadurai
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Dindigul
Lok Sabha constituency	Erode
Established	1951
Abolished	1971
Total electors	92,205
Reservation	None

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
Madras State
1967	P. T. Naicker		Indian National Congress
1962	M. Maruthanayagam Pillai		Indian National Congress
1957	T. Thirumalaimuthu Veerasakkayya Tiruvenkatasamy Naicker		Independent politician
1952	Chinaswamy Naidu		Indian National Congress
Tamil Nadu
1971	Nagarajan. K		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

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)