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| Basin Bridge | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Chennai |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Chennai North |
| Established | 1957 |
| Abolished | 1971 |
| Total electors | 1,35,430 |
| Reservation | None |
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
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | T. N. Anandanayaki | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | M. R. Kannan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 1971 | |||
Madras State
Election results
[edit]Assembly election 1971
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | M. R. Kannan | 48,959 | 56.73% |  2.92 | |
| INC | K. Ramadoss | 33,174 | 38.44% | New | |
| CPI(M) | K. M. Hari Bhatt | 2,312 | 2.68% | New | |
| Independent | A. Varadadesikan | 1,184 | 1.37% | ||
| Independent | K. Muthiah | 672 | 0.78% | ||
| Margin of victory | 15,785 | 18.29% | 5.74 | ||
| Turnout | 88,376 | 65.26% |  9.43 | ||
| Total valid votes | 86,301 | ||||
| Registered electors | 135,430 | 32.11 | |||
| DMK hold | Swing | ||||
Assembly election 1967
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | M. R. Kannan | 40,109 | 53.81% | 12.13 | |
| INC | K. Ramadoss | 30,757 | 41.26% | 9.37 | |
| CPI | G. Kannan | 3,450 | 4.63% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 9,352 | 12.55% | 3.60 | ||
| Turnout | 76,571 | 74.69% | 1.69 | ||
| Total valid votes | 74,545 | ||||
| Registered electors | 102,515 | 16.14 | |||
| DMK gain from INC | Swing | 3.18 |
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Assembly election 1962
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | T. N. Anandanayaki | 31,477 | 50.63% | 5.78 | |
| DMK | N. V. Natarajan | 25,913 | 41.68% | New | |
| SWA | V. S. Kannan | 3,554 | 5.72% | New | |
| Independent | T. Kannan | 1,221 | 1.96% | ||
| Margin of victory | 5,564 | 8.95% | 7.81 | ||
| Turnout | 64,434 | 73.00% | 30.70 | ||
| Total valid votes | 62,165 | ||||
| Registered electors | 88,271 | 3.04 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
Assembly election 1957
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | T. N. Anandanayaki | 20,441 | 56.41% | New | |
| Independent | N. V. Natarajan | 14,367 | 39.65% | New | |
| Independent | R. Ramanathan | 866 | 2.39% | New | |
| Independent | Pachaiyappan | 564 | 1.56% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 6,074 | 16.76% | |||
| Turnout | 36,238 | 42.30% | |||
| Total valid votes | 36,238 | ||||
| Registered electors | 85,667 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
References
[edit]- ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1971" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1967" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1962" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1957" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
External links
[edit]- "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.