The State Legislative Assembly, or Vidhan Sabha, or also Saasana Sabha, is a legislative body in the states and union territories of India. In the 28 states and 3 union territories with a unicameral state legislature, it is the sole legislative body and in 6 states it is the lower house of their bicameral state legislatures with the upper house being State Legislative Council. 5 union territories are governed directly by the Union Government of India and have no legislative body.
A Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district (constituency) to the legislature of State government in the Indian system of government. From each constituency, the people elect one representative who then becomes a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). Each state has between seven and nine MLAs for every Member of Parliament (MP) that it has in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India's bicameral parliament. There are also members in three unicameral legislatures in Union Territories: the Delhi Legislative Assembly, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Puducherry Legislative Assembly. Only a Member of the Legislative Assembly can work as a minister for more than 6 months. If a non Member of the Legislative Assembly becomes a Chief Minister or a minister, he must become an MLA within 6 months to continue in job. Only a Member of the Legislative Assembly can become Speaker of the Legislature.
The Puducherry Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian union territory (UT) of Puducherry, which comprises four districts: Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahé and Yanam. The legislative assembly has 33 seats, of which 5 are reserved for candidates from scheduled castes and 3 members are nominated by the Government of India. 30 out of 33 Members are elected directly by the people on the basis of universal adult franchise.
Lawspet is an Assembly Constituency in the union territory of Puducherry in India.
Mahe is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India, covering the area of Mahé. Mahe assembly constituency is part of Puducherry.
Yanam is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India, covering the area of Yanam. Yanam assembly constituency was part of Puducherry.
Nettapakkam is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India. Nettapakkam assembly constituency was part of Puducherry. This assembly constituency is reserved for SC candidates from 2011.
Bahour is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India. Bahour assembly constituency was part of Puducherry.
Thattanchavady is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India. Thattanchavady assembly constituency is a part of Puducherry.
Raj Bhavan is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India. Raj Bhavan assembly constituency is a part of Puducherry.
Muthialpet is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India. This constituency covers the area under wards 1-4 and 6-8 of Puducherry Municipality. Muthialpet assembly constituency is a part of Puducherry.
Mannadipet is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India. This constituency covers a part of the area under Mannadipet Commune Panchayat. Mannadipet assembly constituency is a part of the Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency.
Thirubuvanai is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India. Thirubuvanai assembly constituency is a part of the Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency. This assembly constituency is reserved for SC candidates.
The elections in India in 2016 include the five state legislative assembly elections. The tenure of the state legislative assembly of Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala, Puducherry, Assam, expired during the year. More than 18,000 Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPATs) in 64 Assembly constituencies were used in these 5 elections. The dates of these elections were announced on 4 March 2016.
Pethuchettypet is a village in Lawspet assembly constituency and Oulgaret (Uzhavarkarai) municipality, Puducherry, India.
M. O. H. F. Shahjahan is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Indian National Congress in the Union Territory of Puducherry. He won the 2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election from Kalapet constituency by a narrow margin of 500 votes over All India N.R Congress' candidate P.M.L. Kalyanasundram who had earlier defeated him in the 2011 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election in the same constituency. He has been a Revenue, transport, IT, minority affairs minister in the Government of Puducherry. He represented Lawspet constituency between 2001 and 2011 and Kalapet constituency from 2016 to 2021. He is also the son of M. O. H. Farook who was former Chief Minister of Pondicherry.
N. Kesavan was an Indian politician and founder of Sri Manakula Vinayagar Educational Trust, from Puducherry. He served as Member of the Legislative Assembly from Lawspet assembly constituency from 1996 to 2001. He was appointed as Government Whip in Puducherry Legislative Assembly during his tenure.
V. Saminathan is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Saminathan is a member of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly from 4 July 2017 as a Nominated by Central Government of India.
V. P. Sivakolundhu is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly from Lawspet, Puducherry in the 2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election. as a member of the Indian National Congress. He was elected as Speaker of Puducherry Legislative Assembly after V. Vaithilingam was elected to Lok Sabha in 2019.
