List of leaders of the opposition in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly

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The Leader of the Opposition in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly is the politician who leads the official opposition in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly. The current Leader of the Opposition is R. Siva. [1]

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List of opposition leaders of Puducherry representative assembly (1955-1963)

The tenure of different leaders of opposition of Puducherry Representative Assembly is given below

No.PortraitName

(Birth–Death)

Elected constituencyTerm of office [2] Assembly
(Election)
Political party [a]
Assumed officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Subbiah.jpg V. Kailassa Soubaya
(1911–1993)
Murungapakkam-Nainar Mandapam17 August 195524 October 19583 years, 68 days 1st
(1955 election)
People's Front
September 195930 June 19633 years, 302 days 2nd
(1959 election)

List of opposition leaders of Puducherry legislative assembly (since 1963)

The tenure of different leaders of opposition of Puducherry Legislative Assembly is given below [3]

No.PortraitName

(Birth–Death)

Elected constituencyTerm of office [2] Assembly
(Election)
Political party [a]
Assumed officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Subbiah.jpg V. Kailassa Soubaya
(1911–1993)
Murungapakkam1 July 196324 August 19641 year, 54 days 1st
(1959 election)
People's Front
Mudaliarpet 29 August 196417 September 19684 years, 19 days 2nd
(1964 election)
2 No image available.svg P. Shanmugam
(1927–2013)
N.A.17 March 19692 January 19744 years, 291 days3rd
(1968 election)
Indian National Congress
3 No image available.svg Dana Kantharaj Raj Bhavan 6 March 197427 March 197421 days4th
(1974 election)
Indian National Congress
4 No image available.svg P. Ansari Doraisamy
(c.1917–N.A.)
Cassicade2 July 197711 November 19781 year, 132 days5th
(1977 election)
Janata Party
5 No image available.svg P. Uthiravelu Bahour 16 January 198023 November 19833 years, 311 days6th
(1980 election)
Congress (Indira)
6 No image available.svg P. K. Loganathan
(1938–2013)
Oupalam 16 March 19854 March 19904 years, 353 days7th
(1985 election)
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
7 No image available.svg M.O.H. Farook Lawspet 5 March 19903 March 1991363 days8th
(1990 election)
Indian National Congress
8 No image available.svg V. M. C. V. Ganapathy
(1960–)
Neravy T. R. Pattinam 4 July 199113 May 19964 years, 314 days9th
(1991 election)
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
9 Vaithilingam.jpg V. Vaithilingam Nettapakkam 14 May 199621 March 20003 years, 312 days10th
(1996 election)
Indian National Congress
10 No image available.svg R.V. Janakiraman Nellithope 22 March 200015 May 20011 year, 54 days Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
16 May 200111 May 20064 years, 360 days11th
(2001 election)
11 No image available.svg A. M. H. Nazeem Karaikal29 May 2006May 20114 years, 337 days12th
(2006 election)
(9) Vaithilingam.jpg V. Vaithilingam Kamaraj Nagar 17 August 2011 [4] 20165 years, 136 days13th
(2011 election)
Indian National Congress
12 N Rangaswamy.jpg N. Rangasamy Indira Nagar 22 August 2016 [5] 22 February 20214 years, 184 days 14th
(2016 election)
All India N.R. Congress
13 No image available.svg R. Siva Villianur 8 May 2021 [6] Till date3 years, 296 days 15th
(2021 election)
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

See also

References

  1. "Four-time MLA R Siva appointed leader of DMK legislature party in Puducherry". The New Indian Express. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. 1 2 The ordinal number of the term being served by the person specified in the row in the corresponding period
  3. "Union Territory of Pondicherry". legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  4. "Vaithilingam appointed provisional CLP leader". The New Indian Express . 18 August 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  5. "Rangasamy appointed Opposition leader". The Hindu. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  6. "Four-time MLA R Siva appointed leader of DMK legislature party in Puducherry". The New Indian Express . 8 May 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

Notes

  1. 1 2 This column only names the Leader of opposition's party. The opposition he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.