S. Syed Ghouse Basha is a politician from the

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. He belongs to the

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(DMK). He is a former

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of the

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who represented the

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. He was elected in a

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in 2006 caused by the death of the previous member P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan.
He hails from Kazimar Street in

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and descendant of Kazi Syed Tajuddin hence a huqdar of Kazimar Big Mosque. He is former Deputy Mayor of

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and former member of Tamil Nadu Waqf Board.

2006 Assembly by-election

Election announcement: 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.

2011 Assembly elections

Syed Ghouse Basha was again announced as

(DMK) candidate to contest from Madurai central. He lost to Sundararajan of the

Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam The Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (; DMDK) is an Indian regional political party in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is a Dravidian party founded by the former leader of the opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Vijayakant (Captai ...

from the

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alliance.

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