Robert Bruce Kadramer (? - 1963) was a Ceylonese politician. At the 1st parliamentary election, held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947, Kadramer contested the Batticaloa electorate as an

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. He received 2,313 votes (17% of the total votes) but lost to the

United National Party The United National Party, often abbreviated as UNP ( si, එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය, translit=Eksath Jāthika Pakshaya, ta, ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி, translit=Aikkiya Tēciyak Kaṭci), ...

candidate,

Ahamed Lebbe Sinne Lebbe Mudaliar Ahamed Lebbe Sinne Lebbe, also known as Ahamedlebbe Sinnalebbe (born 2 June 1902), was a Ceylonese merchant and former Member of Parliament representing Batticaloa District. At the 1st parliamentary election held in 1947 Sinne Lebbe r ...

who polled 4,740 votes (35% of the total vote). In September 1950 the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (Federal Party) established a branch in

Batticaloa Batticaloa ( ta, மட்டக்களப்பு, ''Maṭṭakkaḷappu''; si, මඩකලපුව, ''Maḍakalapuwa'') is a major city in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, and its former capital. It is the administrative capital of the B ...

, with Kadramer elected as the branch president. He ran again at the 2nd parliamentary election, held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952, again as an Independent and this time was successful, obtaining 11,420 votes (59% of the total vote) defeating the sitting member, Lebbe, by 3,460 votes. Kadramer, although a Tamil, publicly questioned the creation of a separate Tamil state arguing that there was no geographic contiguity between the Tamil areas of the east and north. In 1956, when the Federal Party competed for the first time in the electorate, Kadramer adopted the party label of the Batticaloa Tamil Speakers Front (BTSF). He was unable to retain his seat at the subsequent 3rd parliamentary election, losing to the Illanki Tamil Arasu Kachi (Federal Party) candidate, C. Rajadurai, by 8,004 votes. Kadramer died in 1963.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kadramer, R. B. 1963 deaths Date of birth missing Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi politicians Independent politicians in Sri Lanka Members of the 2nd Parliament of Ceylon Tamil politicians