Natesan Krishnasamy Rangasamy is an Indian politician who is the Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Puducherry. He previously served as last Chief Minister of Pondicherry from 2001 to 2006 and first Chief Minister of Puducherry from 2006 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. 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 on the basis of universal adult franchise and the remaining three are nominated by the central government. These nominated members enjoy 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. Currently it is part of the National Democratic Alliance led by the BJP currently the ruling party of India.
Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee is the affiliate of the Indian National Congress in the union territory of Puducherry. It is headed by A. V. Subramanian.
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.
Ashok Anand is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly from Thattanchavady, Puducherry in the 2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election as a member of the All India NR Congress.
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
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.
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). The induction of Chandira Priyanga means that Puducherry will have its first woman minister in 41 years. She defeated A. Marimuthu of Indian National Congress by 8,560 votes in 2021 Puducherry Assembly election. She is the daughter of former Puducherry minister M Chandirakasu.
P. R. N. Thirumurugan is an Indian politician from All India NR Congress. In 2011, he was elected as a member of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly from Karaikal North (constituency). He defeated A. V. Subramanian of Indian National Congress by 12,569 votes in 2021 Puducherry Assembly election.
A.K.D. Arumugam is an Indian politician from All India NR Congress. In 2011, he was elected as a member of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly from Indira Nagar (constituency). He defeated M. Kannan of Indian National Congress by 18,531 votes in 2021 Puducherry Assembly election.
R. Baskar Datchanamourtty is an Indian politician from All India NR Congress. He was elected as a member of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly from Ariankuppam (constituency). He defeated T. Jayamoorthy of Indian National Congress by 6,418 votes in 2021 Puducherry Assembly election.
U. Lakshmikandhan is an Indian politician from All India NR Congress. He was elected as a member of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly from Embalam (constituency). He defeated M. Candassamy of Indian National Congress by 2,240 votes in 2021 Puducherry Assembly election.
P. Rajavelu is an Indian politician from All India NR Congress who is serving as Deputy Speaker of Puducherry Legislative Assembly. He was elected as a member of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly from Nettapakkam (constituency). He defeated V. Vijayaveny of Indian National Congress by 6,638 votes in 2021 Puducherry Assembly election.
J. Prakash Kumar is an 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.