Harbour (state assembly constituency)

Harbour
Harbour
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai
LS constituency	Chennai Central
Total electors	175,770
Most successful party	DMK (11 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	P. K. Sekar Babu
Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year	2021

Harbour is a state assembly constituency in Chennai district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.^[2] It falls under Chennai Central parliamentary constituency during national elections.^[3] Most successful party: DMK (10 times)

Madras State[]

Year	Winner
1952	U. Krishna Rao	Indian National Congress
1957	U. Krishna Rao	Indian National Congress
1962	K. S. G. Haja Sahriff	Indian National Congress
1967	Habibullah Baig	Independent

Tamil Nadu[]

Year	Winner
1971	A. M. Mohideen	Independent
1977	A. Selvarajan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	A. Selvarajan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	A. Selvarajan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	M. Karunanidhi	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	M. Karunanidhi (Resigned immediately due to DMK's poor show)	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991 bye-poll	Sevarasam ^ (bye-poll) ^[4]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	K. Anbazhagan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	K. Anbazhagan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	K. Anbazhagan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	Pala. Karuppiah	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	P. K. Sekar Babu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	P. K. Sekar Babu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results[]

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			58.88%
2016			40.36%
2011			55.89%
2006			44.24%
2001			46.98%
1996			70.57%
1991			48.66%
1991 By-election			0.0%
1989			59.76%
1984			55.30%
1980			54.14%
1977			36.71%
1971			49.44%
1967			51.69%
1962			49.87%
1957			54.99%
1952			46.68%

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	P. K. Sekar Babu	59,317	58.35
	BJP	Vinoj. P. Selvam	32,043	31.52
	MNM	Ramesh. A	3,763	3.70
	NTK	Ahamed Fazil. M	3,357	3.30
	None of the Above	None of the Above	912	0.90
Margin of victory			27,274	27.06
Turnout			1,01,687	57.85
	DMK hold		Swing

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	P. K. Sekar Babu	42,071	40.36
	AIADMK	Sreenivasan K S	37,235	35.72
	BJP	Krishnakumar Nadhani	13,357	12.81
	SDPI	Ameer Hamsa S	4,161	3.99
	NOTA	None of the above	2,101	2.02
Majority			4,836	4.64
Turnout			1,04,313	55.44
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

2011[]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	Pala. Karuppiah	53,920	55.89
	DMK	Altaf Hussain	33,603	34.83
	BJP	Jaisankar M	4,663	4.83
	SDPI	Mohamed Hussain P	2,237	2.32
Majority			20,317	21.06
Turnout			97,201	63.61
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing

2006[]

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Anbazhagan	26,545	44.24%
	MDMK	Seema Basheer. H.	26,135	43.55%
	DMDK	Chandra Prakasam C	4,781	7.97%
	BJP	Vaithialingam. V.	1,896	3.16%
	Independent	Vinoba Gandhi. C.H.	248	0.41%
	Independent	Munusamy. P.	112	0.19%
Margin of victory			410	0.68%	0.03%
Turnout			60,005	57.09%	17.17%
	DMK hold		Swing	-2.74%

2001[]

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Anbazhagan	24,225	40.37%
	CPI	D. Pandian	23,889	39.81%
	MDMK	Pandian.E.B	2,239	3.73%
	PB	Chandrakumar. D.	490	0.82%
	Independent	R.T.Rathnakumar	404	0.67%
	Independent	P.N. Srinivasalu	316	0.53%
Margin of victory			336	0.65%	-53.73%
Turnout			51,563	39.92%	-14.99%
	DMK hold		Swing	-23.59%

1996[]

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Anbazhagan	39,263	65.43%
	INC	Earnest Paul	9,007	15.01%
	MDMK	Basheer Ahamed. H	4,576	7.63%
	BJP	Dhananjayan. K	2,352	3.92%
	PMK	Arumugam. K	168	0.28%
Margin of victory			30,256	54.38%	52.72%
Turnout			55,638	54.91%	1.72%
	DMK hold		Swing	12.92%

1991[]

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Karunanidhi	30,932	51.55%
	INC	Suppu K.	30,042	50.07%
	BJP	Sukumar M.T.	1,763	2.94%
	JP	Balasubramaniam M.S.	148	0.25%
	Independent	Hameem	122	0.20%
	Independent	Seeni Mohamed K.	98	0.16%
	Independent	Babu S.	69	0.11%
Margin of victory			890	1.66%	-44.26%
Turnout			53,654	53.19%	-13.28%
	DMK hold		Swing	-2.11%

1991 By-election[]

: Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	Selvarasam	19,347	{{{percentage}}}
	INC	Suppu.K	16,111
	Independent	Tajudeen.A.K	606
	Independent	Jale.Y	67
	Independent	N.Ameen.T.H.M	63
	Independent	Devan.T.K	52
	Independent	J.(Kaviguar)S.Nagar	32
	Independent	S.Mohammed.K	24
	LKD	Arumugam.E.M	22
	Independent	Anbazhagan.S	16
	Independent	Ameena.C(W)	16
Margin of victory			3,236
Turnout
Registered electors
	DMK gain from		Swing

1989[]

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Karunanidhi	41,632	69.38%
	IUML	K. A. Wahab	9,641	16.07%
	ADK(JL)	C. P. Pattabira-Man	8,086	13.48%
	ADK(JR)	Thuraimugam Khaja Mohideen	7,055	11.76%
	BJP	J. Madanagopal Rao	1,752	2.92%
	Independent	M. S. Balasubramaniam	401	0.67%
	Independent	A. Sayed Mohamed Gani	225	0.37%
Margin of victory			31,991	45.92%	34.13%
Turnout			69,669	66.47%	6.02%
	DMK hold		Swing	4.46%

1984[]

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Selvarajan	38,953	64.92%
	AIADMK	K. Liakath Ali Khan	30,649	51.08%
	Indian Congress (J)	V. Girinath	462	0.77%
	Independent	M. Sivashanmugham	197	0.33%
	Independent	P. V. Rajamannar Prabhat	100	0.17%
	Independent	M. A. Abdul Khader	78	0.13%
Margin of victory			8,304	11.79%	-6.44%
Turnout			70,439	60.45%	5.94%
	DMK hold		Swing	1.16%

1980[]

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Selvarajan	32,716	54.52%
	AIADMK	Habibullah Baig	21,701	36.17%
	JP	Balasundaram.T.S	5,706	9.51%
	Independent	Sivashanmugam.M	307	0.51%
Margin of victory			11,015	18.23%	9.02%
Turnout			60,430	54.51%	10.97%
	DMK hold		Swing	17.43%

1977[]

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	A. Selvarajan	23,845	39.74%
	Independent	M.M. Peer Mohammed	17,862	29.77%
	JP	K.P. Shaik Tahmbi	13,002	21.67%
	INC	K. Arumugam	9,500	15.83%
Margin of victory			5,983	9.21%
Turnout			64,959	43.54%
	DMK gain from Independent		Swing

1971[]

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A M Mohideen	29,225	48.70%
	INC	Umapathy G	28,739	47.89%
	Independent	Habibullah Baig	1,151	1.92%
Margin of victory			486	0.82%
Turnout			59,115	67.52%
	Independent hold		Swing

1967[]

1967 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Habibullah Baig	29,360	48.93%
	INC	K. S. G. H. Shereef	25,510	42.51%
	BJS	Motilal	1,935	3.22%
Margin of victory			3,850	6.42%
Turnout			56,805	72.68%
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

1962[]

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. S. G. Haja Shariff	26,330	49.87%
	DMK	C. P. Chinnaraj Alias C. P. Chittrarasu	23,098	43.74%
	SWA	B. Krishnamurthy	3,374	6.39%
Margin of victory			3,232	5.92%	-5.12%
Turnout			54,604	71.69%
	INC hold		Swing
Registered electors			76,172

1957[]

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dr. U. Krishna Rao	15,831	54.99%
	PSP	G. Rajamannar Chettiar	8,209	28.51%
	Independent	Kannan	4,750	16.50%
Margin of victory			7,622	26.47%	8.31%
Turnout			28,790	37.87%
Registered electors			76,022
	INC hold		Swing

1951[]

1951 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Krishna Rao	21,314	46.68%
	Independent	Ibrahim Saheb	11,264	24.67%
	KMPP	Prakasam	7,287	15.96%
	AIFB	Rajamannar Chetty	2,698	5.91%
	Independent	Rajagopalachari	1,819	3.98%
	Independent	Bashyam	649	1.42%
	Independent	Parasurama Naicker	285	0.62%
	Independent	Azizuddin Saheb	217	0.48%
	Independent	Shanmugham	130	0.28%
Margin of victory			10,050	22.01%
Turnout			45,663	54.65%
Registered electors			83,559
	INC win (new seat)

References[]

^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
^ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ https://www.elections.in/tamil-nadu/assembly-constituencies/1991-election-results.html

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

[1] "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.

[2] "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[3] "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[4] ttps://www.elections.in/tamil-nadu/assembly-constituencies/1991-election-results.html

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