Harbour Assembly constituency

Harbour is a state assembly constituency in Chennai district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 18. It falls under Chennai Central parliamentary constituency during national elections. Most successful party: DMK (10 times). It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 18 Harbour Assembly constituency is composed of Ward 23-30,43-44,48-49 & 80 of Greater Chennai Corporation

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)	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	58.88%	+18.52
	BJP	Vinoj P. Selvam	32,043	31.81%	+18.99
	MNM	A. Ramesh	3,763	3.74%	New
	NTK	M. Ahamed Fazil	3,357	3.33%	+2.47
	NOTA	NOTA	913	0.91%	-1.11
	AMMK	P. Santhana Krishnan	775	0.77%	New
Margin of victory			27,274	27.07%	22.44%
Turnout			100,737	57.31%	1.92%
Rejected ballots			37	0.04%
Registered electors			175,770
	DMK hold		Swing	18.52%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. K. Sekar Babu	42,071	40.36%	+5.53
	AIADMK	K. S. Sreenivasan	37,235	35.72%	-20.17
	BJP	Krishnakumar Nadhani	13,357	12.81%	+7.98
	SDPI	S. Ameer Hamsa	4,161	3.99%	+1.67
	NOTA	NOTA	2,101	2.02%	New
	MDMK	B. Murad Buhari	1,970	1.89%	New
	PMK	R. Sureshkumar	1,011	0.97%	New
	NTK	Anwar Baig	902	0.87%	New
Margin of victory			4,836	4.64%	-16.42%
Turnout			104,238	55.40%	-7.74%
Registered electors			188,171
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-15.53%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Pala. Karuppiah	53,920	55.89%	*New*
	DMK	Altaf Hussain	33,603	34.83%	-9.41
	BJP	M. Jaisankar	4,663	4.83%	+1.67
	SDPI	P. Mohamed Hussain	2,237	2.32%	New
	Independent	Praveen Maheshwari	761	0.79%	New
Margin of victory			20,317	21.06%	20.38%
Turnout			96,475	63.13%	6.05%
Registered electors			152,817
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	11.65%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Anbazhagan	26,545	44.24%	-2.74
	MDMK	H. Seema Basheer	26,135	43.55%	+39.21
	DMDK	C. Chandra Prakasam	4,781	7.97%	New
	BJP	V. Vaithialingam	1,896	3.16%	New
Margin of victory			410	0.68%	0.03%
Turnout			60,005	57.09%	17.16%
Registered electors			105,115
	DMK hold		Swing	-2.74%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Anbazhagan	24,225	46.98%	-23.59
	CPI	D. Pandian	23,889	46.33%	New
	MDMK	E. B. Pandian	2,239	4.34%	-3.88
	PB	D. Chandrakumar	490	0.95%	New
	Independent	R. T. Rathnakumar	404	0.78%	New
	Independent	P. N. Srinivasalu	316	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			336	0.65%	-53.73%
Turnout			51,563	39.92%	-14.99%
Registered electors			129,157
	DMK hold		Swing	-23.59%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Anbazhagan	39,263	70.57%	+21.91
	INC	Earnest Paul	9,007	16.19%	-31.07
	MDMK	H. Basheer Ahamed	4,576	8.22%	New
	BJP	K. Dhananjayan	2,352	4.23%	+1.45
Margin of victory			30,256	54.38%	52.98%
Turnout			55,638	54.91%	1.72%
Registered electors			103,285
	DMK hold		Swing	21.91%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Karunanidhi	30,932	48.66%	-11.09
	INC	K. Suppu	30,042	47.26%	*New*
	BJP	V. Jayapaul	1,763	2.77%	+0.26
Margin of victory			890	1.40%	-44.52%
Turnout			63,564	53.19%	-13.28%
Registered electors			121,040
	DMK hold		Swing	-11.09%

1991 By-election

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections : 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	59.76%	+4.46
	IUML	K. A. Wahab	9,641	13.84%	New
	AIADMK	C. P. Pattabiraman	8,086	11.61%	-31.91
	AIADMK	Thuraimugam Khaja Mohideen	7,055	10.13%	-33.38
	BJP	J. Madanagopal Rao	1,752	2.51%	New
	Independent	M. S. Balasubramaniam	401	0.58%	New
Margin of victory			31,991	45.92%	34.13%
Turnout			69,669	66.47%	6.02%
Registered electors			106,293
	DMK hold		Swing	4.46%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Selvarasan	38,953	55.30%	+1.16
	AIADMK	K. Liakath Ali Khan	30,649	43.51%	+7.6
	Indian Congress (J)	V. Girinath	462	0.66%	New
Margin of victory			8,304	11.79%	-6.44%
Turnout			70,439	60.45%	5.94%
Registered electors			118,648
	DMK hold		Swing	1.16%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Selvarasan	32,716	54.14%	+17.43
	AIADMK	Dr. Habibullah Baig	21,701	35.91%	New
	JP	T. S. Balasundaram	5,706	9.44%	New
	Independent	M. Sivashanmugam	307	0.51%	New
Margin of victory			11,015	18.23%	9.02%
Turnout			60,430	54.51%	10.97%
Registered electors			112,040
	DMK hold		Swing	17.43%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Selvarasan	23,845	36.71%	*New*
	Independent	M. M. Peer Mohammed	17,862	27.50%	New
	JP	K. P. Shaik Tahmbi	13,002	20.02%	New
	INC	K. Arumugam	9,500	14.62%	-33.99
Margin of victory			5,983	9.21%	8.39%
Turnout			64,959	43.54%	-23.99%
Registered electors			150,577
	DMK gain from Independent		Swing	-12.73%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. M. Mohideen	29,225	49.44%	*New*
	INC	G. Umapathy	28,739	48.62%	+3.71
	Independent	Habibullah Baig	1,151	1.95%	New
Margin of victory			486	0.82%	-5.96%
Turnout			59,115	67.52%	-5.16%
Registered electors			90,850
	Independent hold		Swing	-2.25%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Habibullah Baig	29,360	51.69%	*New*
	INC	K. S. G. Haja Shareef	25,510	44.91%	-4.96
	ABJS	Motilal	1,935	3.41%	New
Margin of victory			3,850	6.78%	0.66%
Turnout			56,805	72.68%	1.00%
Registered electors			80,590
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	1.82%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. S. G. Haja Shareef	26,330	49.87%	-5.12
	DMK	C. P. Chinnaraj	23,098	43.74%	New
	SWA	B. Krishnamurthy	3,374	6.39%	New
Margin of victory			3,232	6.12%	-20.35%
Turnout			52,802	71.69%	33.81%
Registered electors			76,172
	INC hold		Swing	-5.12%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dr. U. Krishna Rao	15,831	54.99%	+8.31
	PSP	G. Rajamannar Chettiar	8,209	28.51%	New
	Independent	Kannan	4,750	16.50%	New
Margin of victory			7,622	26.47%	4.47%
Turnout			28,790	37.87%	-16.78%
Registered electors			76,022
	INC hold		Swing	8.31%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dr. U. Krishna Rao	21,314	46.68%	*New*
	Independent	Ibrahim Saheb	11,264	24.67%	New
	KMPP	Prakasam	7,287	15.96%	New
	AIFB	Rajamannar Chetty	2,698	5.91%	New
	Independent	Rajagopalachari	1,819	3.98%	New
	Independent	Bashyam	649	1.42%	New
	Independent	Parasurama Naicker	285	0.62%	New
Margin of victory			10,050	22.01%
Turnout			45,663	54.65%
Registered electors			83,559
	INC win (new seat)