Basin Bridge Assembly constituency

Basin Bridge

Basin Bridge
Former constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictChennai
LS constituency Chennai North
Established1957
Abolished1971
Total electors1,35,430
ReservationGeneral

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

Members of 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

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Basin Bridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK M R Kannan 48,959 81.59%
INC K. Ramadoss 33,174 55.29%
CPI(M) K M Hari Bhatt 2,312 3.85%
Independent A Varadadesikan 1,184 1.97%
Independent K Muthiah 672 1.12%
Margin of victory 15,785 18.29%
Turnout 86,301 65.26%
DMK hold Swing 14.75%


1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Basin Bridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK M. R. Kannan 40,109 66.84%
INC K. Ramdas 30,757 51.26%
CPI G. Kannan 3,450 5.75%
Independent T. Sundararajan 229 0.38%
Margin of victory 9,352 15.59%
Turnout 74,545 74.69%
DMK gain from INC Swing

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Basin Bridge[1]
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 : Basin Bridge[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kumari Anandanayanki 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 1962" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  2. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.



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