[1] At the 1st parliamentary election, held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947, Kadramer contested the Batticaloa electorate as an Independent.
[2] In September 1950 the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (Federal Party) established a branch in Batticaloa, with Kadramer elected as the branch president.
[3] 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.
[5][6] 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).
[7] 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.