Basin Bridge (state assembly constituency)

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

Madras State[edit]

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

Tamil Nadu[edit]

Year Winner Party
1971 M. R. Kannan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results[edit]

1971[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

  • "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

Coordinates: 13°06′05″N 80°16′06″E / 13.1013672°N 80.2682343°E / 13.1013672; 80.2682343