A. Chidambaranatha Nadar

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A. Chithambaranathan Nadar was an Indian politician and five times Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected twice to Travancore-Cochin assembly and three times to Madras State assembly. He was a cabinet minister for Travancore-Cochin during 1952–53.

He was elected to Travancore-Cochin assembly from Eraniel constituency as a Tamil Nadu Congress candidate in 1952 election. Eraniel was a two-member constituency and the other winner was A. K. Chelliah from the same party.[http://kerala.gov.in/ele_rep/1951.pdf 1952 election for Travancore-Cochin assembly] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203143332/http://www.kerala.gov.in/ele_rep/1951.pdf |date=2008-12-03 }} In the A. J. John, Anaparambil cabinet, he served as minister of Land revenue and Forests.[http://cs.nyu.edu/kandathi/a_j_john.html A. J. John, Anaparambil] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301220721/http://cs.nyu.edu/kandathi/a_j_john.html |date=March 1, 2012 }}

He was again elected to Travancore-Cochin assembly from Neendakara constituency as a Tamil Nadu Congress candidate in 1952 election.[http://kerala.gov.in/ele_rep/1954.pdf 1954 Travancore-Cochin assembly interim election] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006112349/http://kerala.gov.in/ele_rep/1954.pdf |date=2008-10-06 }} He was elected to Madras State assembly from Nagercoil constituency in 1957 and 1962 elections as an Indian National Congress candidate.{{Cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_Madras_1957.pdf |title=1957 Madras State Election Results, Election Commission of India |access-date=21 November 2009 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304122651/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_Madras_1957.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Madras_1962.pdf |title=1962 Madras State Election Results, Election Commission of India |access-date=21 November 2009 |archive-date=7 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007003737/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Madras_1962.pdf |url-status=dead }} He was elected from Colachel constituency in 1967 election.{{Cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Madras%201967.pdf |title=1967 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India |access-date=21 November 2009 |archive-date=20 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320175222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Madras%201967.pdf |url-status=dead }}