Bader Sayeed was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Triplicane constituency in the 2006 elections. She was a candidate of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party.
She was school mate to former chief minister of Tamil Nadu, J. Jayalalithaa. Bader Sayeed joined AIADMK party. 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 | |||