Nadesan Krishnasamy Rangasamy is an Indian politician who is the Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Puducherry. He previously served as Chief Minister of Puducherry from 2001 to 2008 as a member of the Indian National Congress and then from 2011 to 2016 as a member of his own party, the All India N.R. Congress. He holds the record of becoming Chief Minister within three months after creating his own party. He also holds concessive record of becoming Chief Minister of Puducherry for fourth time.
Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency covers the entire Union Territory of Puducherry. Pondicherry became a union territory after the implementation of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of India in 1962 and changed its name to Puducherry in 2006. This constituency first held elections in 1967 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Thirumudi N. Sethuraman of the Indian National Congress (INC).
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.
Muthialpet is an Assembly Constituency in the union territory of Puducherry, in India.
Kalapet is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India. Kalapet assembly constituency covers the enclave of Kalapet and is a part of the Puducherry.
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.
Nedungadu is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India. Nedungadu assembly constituency was part of Puducherry. This assembly constituency is reserved for SC candidates from 1974.
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.
Ossudu is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India. Ossudu assembly constituency is part of Puducherry. This assembly constituency is reserved for SC candidates.
Mudaliarpet is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India. Mudaliarpet assembly constituency was part of Puducherry.
Ozhukarai is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India. Ozhukarai 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.
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.
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.
The fifteenth legislative assembly election was held on 6 April 2021 to elect members from 30 constituencies of the Legislative Assembly in the union territory of Puducherry in India.
J. Prakash Kumar is an from Independent politician from India. He was elected as a member of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly from Muthialpet (constituency). He defeated Vaiyapuri Manikandan of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam by 934 votes in 2021 Puducherry Assembly election.
