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Assembly constituency 18 · Tamil Nadu

Harbour is assembly constituency number 18 in Tamil Nadu, in Chennai district, and one of the segments of the Chennai Central Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election P K Sekarbabu of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won with 45.4% of the vote, 11,750 votes ahead of Sinora P S Ashok (TVK).

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Harbour · 2026AC 18
  1. 01
    P K Sekarbabu
    DMK
    45,254
    45.43%
  2. 02
    Sinora P S Ashok
    TVK
    33,504
    33.63%
  3. 03
    R Manohar
    AIADMK
    17,256
    17.32%
  4. 04
    R Fouzan Shariff
    NTK
    1,607
    1.61%
  5. 05
    Sivalingam Ashok
    Independent
    291
    0.29%
  6. 18 other candidates · 1,110 votesNOTA · 600 (0.60%)

Margin 11,750 votes · 11.79% of valid votes

1,20,142
Registered electors
2026 election
82.9%
Turnout
+25.1 pts vs 2021
11,750
Victory margin
11.8% of valid votes
Apr 2026 · candidate-wise result

All 23 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 99,622 valid votes, NOTA included.

Harbour 2026 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1P K SekarbabuMale · 63 yrsDMK45,254
45.43%
2Sinora P S AshokMale · 59 yrsTVK33,504
33.63%
3R ManoharMale · 59 yrsAIADMK17,256
17.32%
4R Fouzan ShariffMale · 27 yrsNTK1,607
1.61%
—NOTANOTA600
0.60%
5Sivalingam AshokMale · 46 yrs · SCIndependent291
0.29%
6M SureshMale · 45 yrs · SCBSP232
0.23%
7Sankar AMale · 36 yrs · SCIndependent197
0.20%
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8Babu SinghMale · 55 yrsIndependent108
0.11%
9Ashok KumarMale · 35 yrs · SCIndependent76
0.08%
10G VisuMale · 39 yrs · SCIndependent73
0.07%
11S GaneshMale · 44 yrsIndependent65
0.07%
12K E ManoharMale · 45 yrsIndependent56
0.06%
13T VijayarajMale · 29 yrs · SCIndependent53
0.05%
14P VijayakumarMale · 32 yrsIndependent46
0.05%
15J M NiraimozhiMale · 31 yrs · SCIndependent34
0.03%
16A NepolianMale · 40 yrs · SCIndependent30
0.03%
17J ShanmugapriyanMale · 45 yrs · SCIndependent28
0.03%
18V JagadeesanMale · 40 yrsIndependent26
0.03%
19D KabilanMale · 33 yrs · SCIndependent22
0.02%
20R DineshMale · 40 yrs · SCIndependent20
0.02%
21M KalaiventhanMale · 32 yrs · SCIndependent18
0.02%
22S VeerabathranMale · 32 yrsIndependent16
0.02%
23I VinodMale · 40 yrsIndependent10
0.01%
Past results

DMK held the seat: it also won in 2021.

0%20%40%60%2011201620212026DMK 45.4%TVK 33.6%AIADMK 17.3%BJP 31.5%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2026P K SekarbabuDMK · 45.4% · margin 11,750Turnout82.9%
2021Sekarbabu. P.kDMK · 58.4% · margin 27,274Turnout57.9%
2016Sekar Babu P KDMK · 40.4% · margin 4,836Turnout55.4%
2011Karuppiah .palaAIADMK · 55.9% · margin 20,317Turnout63.6%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Harbour result 2021

Harbour 2021 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Sekarbabu. P.kDMK59,317
58.35%
2Vinoj. P. SelvamBJP32,043
31.52%
3Ramesh. AMNM3,763
3.70%
4Ahamed Fazil. MNTK3,357
3.30%
—NOTANOTA913
0.90%
5Santhana Krishnan. PAMMK775
0.76%
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6Ravikumar. CBSP410
0.40%
7Selvam. PIndependent247
0.24%
8Vivek Ram. AIndependent166
0.16%
9Suresh. RIndependent117
0.12%
10Ganesh. SIndependent68
0.07%
11Selvaraj. SIndependent63
0.06%
12Kamal. JIndependent47
0.05%
13Sivaraman. GIndependent40
0.04%
14Shankar. AIndependent38
0.04%
15Selvakumar. RIndependent37
0.04%
16Ramki. PIndependent33
0.03%
17Pugalenthi. PIndependent27
0.03%
18Udhayakumar. VIndependent25
0.02%
19Srinivasan. PIndependent24
0.02%
20Krishnakumar. GIndependent22
0.02%
21Anandraj. T.kIndependent21
0.02%
22Damodharan. A.gIndependent20
0.02%
23Zionraj. MIndependent18
0.02%
24Chandran. RIndependent13
0.01%
25Ramesh. DIndependent12
0.01%
26Raghunath. KIndependent12
0.01%
27Nagaraj. SIndependent11
0.01%
28Mahalingam. DIndependent11
0.01%

Harbour result 2016

Harbour 2016 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Sekar Babu P KDMK42,071
40.36%
2Sreenivasan K SAIADMK37,235
35.72%
3Krishnakumar NadhaniBJP13,357
12.81%
4Ameer Hamsa SSDPI4,161
3.99%
—NOTANOTA2,101
2.02%
5Murad Buhari BMDMK1,970
1.89%
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6Sureshkumar RPMK1,011
0.97%
7Anwar BaigNTK902
0.87%
8Sivachandran PIndependent227
0.22%
9Nazeer Hussain SBSP182
0.17%
10Nathiya RIndependent145
0.14%
11Srinivasan RIndependent120
0.12%
12AbesarYSP120
0.12%
13Srinivasan PIndependent81
0.08%
14Venkatesan PIndependent74
0.07%
15Sagayam GGMI71
0.07%
16Jayaraj KPPIS58
0.06%
17Nandakumar DIndependent56
0.05%
18Ravi M LDMSK49
0.05%
19Krishnakumar GIndependent48
0.05%
20Chandra Bommu KIndependent45
0.04%
21NazimIndependent35
0.03%
22Mahendra Kumar JIndependent32
0.03%
23Uvakumar P NIndependent31
0.03%
24Ramesh DIndependent29
0.03%
25Mageshkumar DIndependent27
0.03%

Harbour result 2011

Harbour 2011 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Karuppiah .palaAIADMK53,920
55.89%
2Altaf HussainDMK33,603
34.83%
3Jaisankar MBJP4,663
4.83%
4Mohamed Hussain PSDPI2,237
2.32%
5Praveen MaheshwariIndependent761
0.79%
6Pushparani GIJK291
0.30%
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7Chandra Kumar DIndependent211
0.22%
8Ameer John KIndependent210
0.22%
9Babu M DIndependent206
0.21%
10Hanumantharao GIndependent98
0.10%
11Syed Ibrahim AIndependent88
0.09%
12Sakthivel DIndependent88
0.09%
13Chan BashaIndependent53
0.05%
14Sathyanarayanan D @ Mercury SathyaIndependent46
0.05%
Map

Harbour outlined in orange among the other Tamil Nadu seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2026. Click any seat to open its page.

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Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Harbour is one of the assembly segments of Chennai Central. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Chennai Central candidates.

  • Dayanidhi MaranDMK53,649 62.1%
  • VinojBJP27,117 31.4%
  • Dr.r.karthikeyanNTK3,635 4.2%
  • Anbazhagan.gIndependent263 0.3%
  • B. ParthasarathyDMDK41 0.0%

In the assembly election DMK won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, DMK led here by 26,532 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Harbour.

Who won the Harbour assembly seat in 2026?

P K Sekarbabu of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) won Harbour in the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly election with 45,254 votes, which was 45.43% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Harbour?

The margin was 11,750 votes (11.79% of valid votes). The runner-up was Sinora P S Ashok of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam with 33,504 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Harbour in 2026?

Turnout was 82.93%: 99,634 of 1,20,142 registered electors voted, across 192 polling stations. That is 25.1 points higher than in 2021.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Harbour part of?

Harbour is an assembly segment of the Chennai Central Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Dayanidhi Maran got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Harbour a reserved constituency?

No. Harbour is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Harbour?

The Tamil Nadu assembly elected in 2026 completes its five-year term in 2031, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Tamil Nadu assembly elections of 2026 and 2021 and 2016 and 2011 (2026 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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