Basin Bridge Assembly constituency

Basin Bridge
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictChennai
LS constituency Chennai North
Established1957
Abolished1971
Total electors1,35,430
ReservationNone

Basin Bridge was an assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. The elections conducted in the constituency and winners are listed below.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Winner Party
1957 T. N. Anandanayaki Indian National Congress
1962 T. N. Anandanayaki Indian National Congress
1967 M. R. Kannan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971 M. R. Kannan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
1971
 
 56.73%
1967
 
 53.81%
1962
 
 50.63%
1957
 
 56.41%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Anamalai[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK M. R. Kannan 48,959 56.73% 2.93%
INC K. Ramadoss 33,174 38.44% −2.82%
CPI(M) K. M. Hari Bhatt 2,312 2.68%
Independent A. Varadadesikan 1,184 1.37%
Independent K. Muthiah 672 0.78%
Margin of victory 15,785 18.29% 5.75%
Turnout 86,301 65.26% −9.44%
Registered electors 1,35,430
DMK hold Swing 2.93%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Anamalai[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK M. R. Kannan 40,109 53.81% 12.12%
INC K. Ramdas 30,757 41.26% −9.37%
CPI G. Kannan 3,450 4.63%
Independent T. Sundararajan 229 0.31%
Margin of victory 9,352 12.55% 3.60%
Turnout 74,545 74.69% 1.70%
Registered electors 1,02,515
DMK gain from INC Swing 3.17%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Anamalai[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC T. N. Anandanayaki 31,477 50.63% −5.77%
DMK N. V. Natarajan 25,913 41.68%
SWA V. S. Kannan 3,554 5.72%
Independent T. Kannan 1,221 1.96%
Margin of victory 5,564 8.95% −7.81%
Turnout 62,165 73.00% 30.69%
Registered electors 88,271
INC hold Swing -5.77%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Anamalai[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC T. N. Anandanayaki 20,441 56.41%
Independent N. V. Natarajan 14,367 39.65%
Independent R. Ramanathan 866 2.39%
Independent Pachaiyappan 564 1.56%
Margin of victory 6,074 16.76%
Turnout 36,238 42.30%
Registered electors 85,667
INC win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1971" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  2. ^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1967" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  3. ^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1962" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  4. ^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1957" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

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