Basin Bridge Assembly constituency

Basin Bridge
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.

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Vote share of winning candidates

1971			56.73%
1967			53.81%
1962			50.63%
1957			56.41%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. R. Kannan	48,959	56.73%	2.93%
	INC	K. Ramadoss	33,174	38.44%	−2.82%
	CPI(M)	K. M. Hari Bhatt	2,312	2.68%
	Independent	A. Varadadesikan	1,184	1.37%
	Independent	K. Muthiah	672	0.78%
Margin of victory			15,785	18.29%	5.75%
Turnout			86,301	65.26%	−9.44%
Registered electors			1,35,430
	DMK hold		Swing	2.93%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. R. Kannan	40,109	53.81%	12.12%
	INC	K. Ramdas	30,757	41.26%	−9.37%
	CPI	G. Kannan	3,450	4.63%
	Independent	T. Sundararajan	229	0.31%
Margin of victory			9,352	12.55%	3.60%
Turnout			74,545	74.69%	1.70%
Registered electors			1,02,515
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	3.17%

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%

Members of the Legislative Assembly

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Anamalai^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	T. N. Anandanayaki	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)