List of speakers of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly

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Speaker of the
Puducherry Legislative Assembly
Président de l'Assemblée législative de Pondichéry
Incumbent
Embalam R. Selvam
since 16 June 2021
Appointer Members of Puducherry Legislative Assembly
Term length 5 years
no renewable limit
Inaugural holderA. S. Gangeyan
Formation22 July 1963; 60 years ago
DeputyP. Rajavelu
(since 25 August 2021)

Speaker of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Puducherry, the main law-making body for the Indian UT of Puducherry. The speaker is always a member of the Legislative Assembly.

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History

The Pondicherry Representative Assembly was converted into the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry on 1 July 1963 as per Section 54(3) of The Union Territories Act, 1963 [1] and its members (who got elected in 1959) were deemed to have been elected to the Legislative Assembly. [2] : 966  The elections for the Puducherry Vidhan Sabha held since 1964.

List of the speakers and deputy speakers

The tenure of different speakers of Puducherry Legislative Assembly is given below [3] [2] : 968 
Keys:   All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)    All India N.R. Congress (AINRC)    Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)   Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)    Indian National Congress (INC)

#NameTook officeLeft officePolitical partyDeputy SpeakerNo. of AssemblyElection
1A. S. Gangeyan22 July 196318 September 1964 Indian National Congress Kamisetty Parasuram Naidu
(27 Nov. 1963 – 24 Aug. 1964)		 1st 1959
2 M. O. H. Farook 19 September 196419 March 1967 V. N. Purushothaman
(25 Sep. 1964 – 17 Sep. 1968)		 2nd 1964
3 P. Shanmugam 30 March 19679 March 1968
4S. Manicka Vasagam25 March 196817 September 1968
-Vacant [note 1]
(President's rule) [lower-alpha 1] 		18 September 196817 March 1969N/AVacant
5S. Perumal22 March 19692 December 1971 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M.L. Selvaradjou
(26 Mar. 1969 – 28 Mar. 1972)		3rd1969
6M.L. Selvaradjou29 March 19723 January 1974 Indian National Congress Kamisetty Parasuram Naidu
(5 Apr. 1972 – 2 Jan. 1974)
-Vacant [note 2]
(President's rule)		3 January 19746 March 1974N/AVacant
7S. Pakkiam26 March 197428 March 1974 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam -4th1974
-Vacant [note 3]
(President's rule)		28 March 19742 July 1977N/AVacant
8K. Kanthi2 July 197712 November 1978 Indian National Congress S. Pazhaninathan
(11 Aug. 1977 – 11 Nov. 1978)		5th1977
-Vacant [note 4]
(President's rule)		12 November 197816 January 1980N/AVacant
9 M. O. H. Farook [note 5] 16 January 198024 June 1983 Indian National Congress L.Joseph Mariadoss
(29 Jan. 1980 – 23 Jun. 1983)		6th1980
-Vacant [note 6]
(President's rule)		24 June 198316 March 1985N/AVacant
10 Kamisetty Parasuram Naidu 16 March 198519 January 1989 Indian National Congress M. Chandirakasu
(29 Mar. 1985 – 28 Mar. 1989)		7th1985
11M. Chandirakasu29 March 19895 March 1990P.K. Sathianandan
(5 Apr. 1989 – 4 Mar. 1990)
12G. Palaniraja22 Mar. 19903 Mar. 1991 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. Bakthavatchalam
(29 Mar. 1990 – 3 Mar. 1991)		8th1990
-Vacant [note 7]
(President's rule)		22 Mar. 19914 Jul. 1991N/AVacant
13 P. Kannan [note 8] 26 Jul. 199113 May 1996 Indian National Congress A. V. Subramanian
(31 Jul. 1991 – 13 May 1996)		9th1991
14V.M.C. Sivakumar10 Jul. 199618 Mar. 2000 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam V. Nagarathinam
(13 Jun. 1996 – 23 May 1997)
M. Kandasamy
(23 Aug. 1997 – 30 May 2000)
K. Rajasekaran
(30 May 2000 – 15 May 2001)		10th1996
-M. Kandasamy [note 9] 27 Mar. 200027 Mar. 2000 Tamil Maanila Congress
15 A.V. Subramanian 24 May 200031 May 2001 Indian National Congress
16M.D.R. Ramachandran11 Jun. 200126 May 2006M. Chandirakasu
(5 Jul. 2001 – 10 Nov. 2001)
A.V. Subramanian
(12 Dec. 2001 – 11 May 2006)		11th2001
17 R. Radhakrishnan 1 Jun. 2006 [5] May 2011A.V. Sreedharan
(1 Jun. 2006 [5] - 3 Sep. 2008)
V. Vaithilingam
(4 Sep. 2008 - N.A.)		12th2006
18V. Sabapathy29 Jun 2011 [6] May 2016 All India N.R. Congress T. P. R. Selvame
(2 Nov 2011 [7] - May 2016)		13th 2011
19 V. Vaithilingam 10 Jun 2016 [8] 21 Mar. 2019 [9] Indian National Congress V.P. Sivakolundhu
(10 Jun 2016 - 2. Jun. 2019)		 14th 2016
20V.P. Sivakolundhu3 Jun. 2019 [10] 3 May 2021 M. N. R. Balan
(4 Sep. 2019 [11] - 3 May 2021)
21 Embalam R. Selvam 16 June 2021 [12] Incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party P. Rajavelu
(25 Aug. 2021 [13] -Till date)		 15th 2021

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References

  1. ↑ "The Government of Union Territories Act, 1963" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature. Lok Sabha Secretariat. 2004. ISBN   9788120004009.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ↑ "Union Territory of Pondicherry".
  4. ↑ Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.
  5. 1 2 "Radhakrishnan elected Speaker of Pondy Assembly". The Hindu. 2 June 2006. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 17 June 2020.
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  7. ↑ "Sabapathy set to become Puducherry Speaker". New Indian Express. 3 November 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  8. ↑ "Former CM V Vaithilingam unanimously elected as Speaker". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  9. ↑ ANI (22 March 2019). "V Vaithilingam resigns as Puducherry Assembly Speaker". Business Standard India. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  10. ↑ "Sivakolundhu set to be elected Pondy Assembly Speaker". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  11. ↑ "M.N.R. Balan assumes charge as Puducherry Deputy Speaker". The Hindu. 5 September 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  12. ↑ "BJP's 'Embalam' Selvam set to be elected Speaker of Puducherry Assembly". 15 June 2021.
  13. ↑ "Rajavelou elected Puducherry Deputy Speaker". The Hindu. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2022.

Notes

  1. ↑ Assembly dissolved after fall of DMK government following decision of two ministers to join newly formed ADMK.
  2. ↑ Assembly was dissolved and president's rule imposed as opposition parties had a chance to form a government after the fall of the Congress government.
  3. ↑ Fall of coalition government of ADMK, Congress(O) following division of votes by Congress(R) and DMK. The Assembly was dissolved.
  4. ↑ Fall of government due to political instability.
  5. ↑ Second term.
  6. ↑ Government dismissed following withdrawal of Congress(I) from coalition government. In spite of incumbent chief minister asking for an opportunity to prove his majority on the floor of the house, the assembly was dissolved.
  7. ↑ DMK Government dismissed in spite of having a majority in the Assembly.
  8. ↑ Deputy Speaker Shri A.V. Subramanian chaired the debate on the Motion of Confidence of 10 October 1994 and the Motion of No-confidence of 28 September 1995. [2] : 968 
  9. ↑ Deputy Speaker M. Kandasamy chaired the debate on the Motion of Confidence on that day. [2] : 968 
Footnotes
  1. ↑ When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved. [4]
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