Syed Ghouse Basha
S. Syed Ghouse Basha is a politician from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He belongs to the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). He is a former Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly who represented the Madurai Central (State Assembly Constituency). He was elected in a by-election in 2006 caused by the death of the previous member P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan.[1][2]
He hails from Kazimar Street in Madurai and descendant of Kazi Syed Tajuddin hence a huqdar of Kazimar Big Mosque. He is former Deputy Mayor of Madurai Municipal Corporation and former member of Tamil Nadu Waqf Board.[3]
2006 Assembly by-election
Election announcement:
| Nominations started | 16 Sep 2006
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| Last Date for filing nominations | 23 Sep 2006
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| Last Date for withdrawal of nominations | 27 Sep 2006
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| Date of Poll | 11 Oct 2006
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| Counting of votes and declaration of results | 17 Oct 2006
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S.Syed Ghouse Basha, the Deputy Mayor of Madurai corporation was announced as the DMK candidate for the assembly bye election. V.Chandrasekar nominated as substitute.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | S. Syed Ghouse Basha | 50,994 | − | ||
| AIADMK | V.V.Rajan Sellappa | 19,909 | − | ||
| DMDK | M.R.Pannerselvam | 17,394 | − | ||
2011 Assembly elections
Syed Ghouse Basha was again announced as Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) candidate to contest from Madurai central.[4][5] He lost to Sundararajan of the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam[6] from the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam alliance.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMDK | R. Sundarrajan | 76,063 | 52.77 | +39.99 | |
| DMK | Syed Ghouse Basha | 56,503 | 39.20 | −6.64 | |
| BJP | A. Sasikumar | 3,708 | 2.57 | New | |
| Independent | G. Srinivasan | 2,569 | 1.78 | New | |
| Independent | K. M. Muthuraj | 2,140 | 1.48 | New | |
| Margin of victory | 19,560 | 13.57 | +5.94 | ||
| Turnout | 192,815 | 74.76 | +4.98 | ||
| DMDK gain from DMK | Swing | +6.93 | |||
References
- ^ "Bye Election to Madurai Central Assembly Constituency 2006". 13.0925;80.294444: Arasiyaltalk.com. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ "DMK wins Madurai by election – Oneindia Tamil". Oneindia. 17 October 2006. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
- ^ "Members List". www.assembly.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original on 1 July 2007.
- ^ "TN elections 2011: Complete list of DMK candidates". Sify. 18 March 2011. Archived from the original on 24 March 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
- ^ "at". 24x7newsportal.com. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
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- ^ Detailes Result 2011, Aseembly Election Tamil Nadu (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
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