Bader Sayeed was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Triplicane constituency in the 2006 elections. He was a candidate of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party. [1]
She was school mate to former chief minister of Tamil Nadu, J. Jayalalithaa. Bader Sayeed joined AIADMK party. [2] In 2004, She was Contested in Chennai South but she lost in that parliament election. Further In 2006, She contested in Triplicane and defeated writer Naganathan, a friend to former chief minister M. Karunanidhi.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | Bader Sayeed | 40,404 | 47.25% | ||
| DMK | M. Naganathan | 37,628 | 44.01% | −5.78% | |
| DMDK | K. Shivakumar | 4,834 | 5.65% | ||
| BJP | S. Sathish Kumar | 1,631 | 1.91% | ||
| Independent | R. Vivekanandan | 319 | 0.37% | ||
| BSP | K. Saravanan | 181 | 0.21% | ||
| Independent | R. Srinivasan | 144 | 0.17% | ||
| Independent | S. Sasikumar | 134 | 0.16% | ||
| Independent | M. Santhanam | 123 | 0.14% | ||
| Independent | P. Shanmugam | 106 | 0.12% | ||
| Margin of victory | 2,776 | 3.25% | −1.99% | ||
| Turnout | 85,504 | 64.52% | 21.42% | ||
| Registered electors | 132,523 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -2.54% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | T. R. Baalu | 564,578 | 60.41 | 0.38 | |
| AIADMK | Bader Sayeed | 3,43,838 | 36.79 | ||
| Margin of victory | 2,20,740 | 23.62 | −2.03 | ||
| Turnout | 9,34,548 | 47.93 | 2.77 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 29 | 0.00 | |||
| Registered electors | 19,49,904 | −5.99 | |||
| DMK hold | Swing | 0.38 | |||