Dr.Habibullah Baig was an Indian politician who served as member of the Madras Legislative Assembly and mayor of Madras during 1967-68. He belonged to the Muslim League. He defeated K. S. G. Haja Shareef in the 1967 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election for the Harbour Assembly constituency.

Dr. Habibullah Baig
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
In office
1967 - 1972
Preceded byK. S. G. Haja Shareef
ConstituencyHarbour
Personal details
Political partyIndependent politician

Electoral performance edit

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Harbour[1]
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 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Harbour[2]
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%

References edit

  1. ^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1971" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  2. ^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1967" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  • S. Muthiah, ed. (2008). "Appendix 2". Madras, Chennai: A 400-year record of the first city of Modern India. Vol. 1. Palaniappa Brothers. p. 438.