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| Constituency for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| District | Puducherry |
| Constituency | Puducherry |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| Current MLA | M. Sivasankar |
| Party | Independent |
| Elected year | 5 |
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