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.
V. Vaithilingam is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress,who currently represents Puducherry in the Lok Sabha. He held the position as 11th Chief Minister of Pondicherry from 1991 to 1996 and 16th Chief Minister of Puducherry again from 2008 to 2011. He is a senior legislator serving eight consecutive terms.
The Puducherry Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian union territory (UT) of Puducherry,which comprises four districts:Puducherry,Karaikal,Mahéand Yanam. Out of eight union territories of India,only three have legislatures and they are Delhi,Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir. After delimitation shortly after its formation,the Puducherry 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 based on universal adult franchise and the remaining three are nominated by the central government. These nominated members enjoy the same powers as elected members of the assembly.
Velu Narayanasamy is an Indian politician who served as the 10th Chief Minister of Puducherry from 2016 to 2021. He is a member of Indian National Congress political party.
The All India N.R. Congress is a regional political party formed by the Chief Minister of Puducherry,N. Rangaswamy in the Indian union territory of Puducherry. He announced the party formation on 7 February 2011 in the party's head office in Pondicherry as a breakaway from the Indian National Congress. It fought the 2011 elections by allying with AIADMK and won the majority. Since 2014,it is part of the National Democratic Alliance led by the BJP. NDA alliance won the majority in the 2021 elections and is currently the ruling party of the union territory.
A legislative assembly election was held in the Indian union territory of Puducherry 13 April 2011 to elect members from thirty constituencies in the non-contiguous territory. This election was meant to constitute the Thirteenth Assembly of Pondicherry.
Yanam is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India,covering the area of Yanam. Yanam assembly constituency is part of Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency.
Kadirkamam is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India. Kathirkamam Assembly constituency is part of Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency. It comprises wards 25-27,35,and 36 of the Ozhukarai municipality. As of 2021,its representative is S. Ramesh of the All India N.R. Congress party.
R Radhakrishnan is an Indian member of parliament (MP) and former speaker of the Union Territory of Puducherry assembly from 2006 to 2011. He is a member of the All India N R Congress (AINRC) and represents Puducherry constituency in the Lok Sabha from 2014 to 2019.
Malladi Krishna Rao is a former member of the Puducherry legislative assembly representing Yanam constituency in India. He was a former Minister for Health,Tourism,Irrigation,Civil Aviation,Sports &Fisheries,Arts and Culture for the Government of Puducherry. He stood twice as an Independent candidate in 1996 and 2001 and twice as an Indian National Congress candidate in the Pudicherry union territory elections. He is the first Yanam citizen to become the minister in Government of Puducherry in 2006.
The fifteenth legislative assembly election was held on 6 April 2021 to elect members from 30 constituencies of the 15th Puducherry Assembly in the union territory of Puducherry in India. The National democratic alliance has won a simple majority
After the de facto merger on 1 November 1954 and before the legal integration with the Indian Union on 16 August 1962,second general elections were held in August 1959 to constitute Second Pondicherry Representative Assembly.
After the de facto merger on 1 November 1954 and before the legal integration with the Indian Union on 16 August 1962,general elections were held in 1955 and 1959. In January 1955,The Indian union government renamed the French settlements in India as State of Pondicherry by passing an order. The previous assembly that was elected during French rule was dissolved on 13 June 1955 and the first general elections to the Pondicherry Representative Assembly were held in next month from 18 to 23 July for 39 constituencies. The election were held on the basis of adult franchise under the State of Pondicherry Order,1955 which prescribed the rules and regulations for the conduct of elections,more or less on the pattern adopted in the Indian Union.
The Fourteenth Assembly of Pondicherry succeeded the 13th Assembly of Pondicherry and was constituted after the victory of Indian National Congress (INC) and allies in the 2016 assembly election held on 16 May 2016.
Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok is an Indian politician of the Union Territory of Puducherry. He was elected to state legislative assembly from Yanam constituency as independent candidate during 2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election.
After 2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election,N. Rangaswamy was sworn in as Chief Minister of Puducherry on 7 May 2021. According to a Puducherry Gazette notification dated 25 May 2021,"the President has been pleased to appoint" A Namassivayam,K Lakshminarayanan,C Djeacoumar and A K Sai J Saravana Kumar as Ministers in the cabinet.
C. Djeacoumar is an Indian politician from All India NR Congress. In May 2021,he was elected as a member of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly from Mangalam (constituency). He defeated Sun. Kumaravel of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam by 14,221 votes in 2021 Puducherry Assembly election.
S. Chandira Priyanga is an Indian politician from All India NR Congress. In May 2016,she was elected as a member of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly from Nedungadu (constituency).
Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian Union Territory of Pondicherry took place in May 2006 to constitute the Twelfth Assembly of Pondicherry. The UPA alliance comprising Congress,Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam,Pattali Makkal Katchi and Communist Party of India has won and N. Rangasamy of Congress got elected as chief minister.
