Vazhapadi Assembly constituency

Vazhapadi is a former state assembly constituency in Salem district, Tamil Nadu, India. It existed from the 1951 delimitation to 1967.

Vazhapadi
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Salem
Established	1951
Abolished	1967
Reservation	None

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
1962	Ramasamy Udayar		Indian National Congress
1952	P. Kandasamy Gounder		Independent politician

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

1962			55.51%
1952			45.43%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Vazhapadi^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramasamy Udayar	31,154	55.51%
	DMK	Ponnumalai	23,259	41.44%
	Independent	Kuppusamy	1,202	2.14%
	Independent	Vyamalai	506	0.90%
Margin of victory			7,895	14.07%
Turnout			56,121	73.37%
Registered electors			79,148
	INC win (new seat)

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Vazhapadi^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P. Kandasamy Gounder	16,245	45.43%
	INC	B. A. Rajarathnam	13,290	37.17%	37.17%
	Independent	A. Ramaswamy	2,759	7.72%
	Independent	Podujanaupa T. V. Anganna Chettiar	2,293	6.41%
	KMPP	Thiruvenginathan	1,168	3.27%
Margin of victory			2,955	8.26%
Turnout			35,755	51.26%
Registered electors			69,749
	Independent win (new seat)