Bader Sayeed

Bader Sayeed was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Triplicane constituency in the 2006 elections. He was a candidate of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party.^[1]

Political Career

She was school mate to former chief minister of Tamil Nadu, J. Jayalalithaa. Bader Sayeed joined AIADMK party.^[2] In 2004, She was Contested in Chennai South but she lost in that parliament election. Further In 2006, She contested in Triplicane and defeated writer Naganathan, a friend to former chief minister M. Karunanidhi.

Electoral Result

2006 Assembly result

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Triplicane^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Bader Sayeed	40,404	47.25%
	DMK	M. Naganathan	37,628	44.01%	−5.78%
	DMDK	K. Shivakumar	4,834	5.65%
	BJP	S. Sathish Kumar	1,631	1.91%
	Independent	R. Vivekanandan	319	0.37%
	BSP	K. Saravanan	181	0.21%
	Independent	R. Srinivasan	144	0.17%
	Independent	S. Sasikumar	134	0.16%
	Independent	M. Santhanam	123	0.14%
	Independent	P. Shanmugam	106	0.12%
Margin of victory			2,776	3.25%	−1.99%
Turnout			85,504	64.52%	21.42%
Registered electors			132,523
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-2.54%

General Elections 2004

2004 Indian general election: Chennai South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. R. Baalu	564,578	60.41	0.38
	AIADMK	Bader Sayeed	3,43,838	36.79
Margin of victory			2,20,740	23.62	−2.03
Turnout			9,34,548	47.93	2.77
Rejected ballots			29	0.00
Registered electors			19,49,904		−5.99
	DMK hold		Swing	0.38