Saidapet (state assembly constituency)

Saidapet is a constituency of the legislative assembly of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It covers the city of Saidapet in Chennai district and forms a part of Chennai South constituency for elections to the Parliament of India.

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	T. P. Elumalai and N. Ramakrishna Iyer		Indian National Congress
1957	A. S. Doraisami Reddiar		Indian National Congress
1962	Munu Adhi		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	M. Karunanidhi		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Assembly	Year	Winner	Party
Fifth	1971	M. Karunanidhi		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth	1977	D. Purushothaman		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980	D. Purushothaman		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth	1984	Saidai Sa. Duraisamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth	1989	R. S. Sridhar		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth	1991	M. K. Balan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh	1996	K. Saidai Kittu		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001	V. Perumal		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001	Radha Ravi		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	2006	G. Senthamizhan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	2006	G. Senthamizhan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth	2011	G. Senthamizhan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth	2016	Ma.Subramanian		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth	2021	Ma.Subramanian		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Saidapet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Subramaniam	80,194	50.02
	AIADMK	Saidai Duraisamy	50,786	31.68
	MNM	Snegapriya	13,454	8.39
	NTK	Suresh Kumar. B	10,717	6.68
	AMMK	G. Senthamizhan	2,081	1.30
Margin of victory			29,408	18.40
Turnout			1,61,361	57.83
	DMK hold		Swing

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Saidapet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Subramaniam	79,279	47.18
	AIADMK	C. Ponnaiyan	63,024	37.51
	BJP	Kalidass V	6,000	3.57
	PMK	Sahadevan T R	5,913	3.52
	CPI	Elumalai S	5,221	3.11
Majority			16,255	9.67
Turnout			1,68,223	59.64
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Saidapet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	G. Senthamizhan	79,856	51.78
	DMK	Magesh Kumaar M	67,785	43.95
	BJP	Kalidass V	3,018	1.96
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Majority			12,071	7.83
Turnout			1,54,408	70.49
	AIADMK hold		Swing

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Saidapet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	G. Senthamizhan	75,973
	PMK	Baskaran	70,068

References

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

2001 By-election