15th Puducherry Assembly explained

15th Assembly of Pondicherry
Body:	Pondicherry Legislative Assembly
Election:	2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election
Before:	Fourteenth Assembly of Pondicherry
After:	Sixteenth Assembly of Pondicherry
Government:	National Democratic Alliance
Opposition:	Dravida Munetra Kazhagam
Membership1:	30+3
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:	Speaker
Chamber1 Leader1:	Embalam R. Selvam
Chamber1 Leader2 Type:	Deputy Speaker
Chamber1 Leader2:	P. Rajavelu
Chamber1 Leader3 Type:	Chief Minister
Chamber1 Leader3:	N. Rangasamy
Chamber1 Leader4 Type:	Leader of the Opposition
Chamber2:	Nominal Executive
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:	Lieutenant Governor

The Fifteenth Assembly of Pondicherry succeeded the 14th Assembly of Pondicherry and was constituted after the victory of National Democratic Alliance in the 2021 assembly election that was held on 6 April 2021.

Important members

• Speaker:
  • Embalam R. Selvam from 16 June 2021.^[1]
• Deputy Speaker:
  • P. Rajavelu from 25 August 2021^[2] to 2. Jun. 2019
• Chief Minister:
  • N. Rangasamy since 7 May 2021.
• Leader of opposition:
  • R. Siva since 8 May 2021.

Composition

Alliance		Party		No. of MLAs	Leader of the party
Government NDA Seats: 21		All India N.R. Congress	10	N. Rangasamy
	Bharatiya Janata Party	6	A. Namassivayam
	Independent	5	N/A
Opposition INDIA Seats: 9		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	6	R. Siva
	Indian National Congress	2	M. Vaithianathan
	Independent	1	G. Nehru @ Kuppusamy

Members of Legislative Assembly

District	No.	Constituency	Name	Party		Alliance		Remarks
Puducherry	1	Mannadipet	A. Namassivayam		Bharatiya Janata Party
	2	Thirubuvanai (SC)	P. Angalane
	3	Ossudu (SC)	A. K. Sai J. Saravanan Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party
	4	Mangalam	C. Djeacoumar		All India N.R. Congress
	5	Villianur	R. Siva		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
	6	Ozhukarai	M. Sivasankar
	7	Kadirkamam	S. Ramesh		All India N.R. Congress
	8	Indira Nagar	V. Aroumougam A. K. D.		All India N.R. Congress
	9	Thattanchavady	N. Rangaswamy		All India N.R. Congress
	10	Kamaraj Nagar	A. Johnkumar		Bharatiya Janata Party
	11	Lawspet	M. Vaithianathan		Indian National Congress
	12	Kalapet	P. M. L. Kalyanasundaram		Bharatiya Janata Party
	13	Muthialpet	J. Prakash Kumar
	14	Raj Bhavan	K. Lakshminarayanan		All India N.R. Congress
	15	Oupalam	Anibal Kennedy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
	16	Orleampeth	G. Nehru Kuppusamy
	17	Nellithope	Richards Johnkumar		Bharatiya Janata Party
	18	Mudaliarpet	L. Sambath		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
	19	Ariankuppam	R. Baskar		All India N.R. Congress
	20	Manavely	Embalam R. Selvam		Bharatiya Janata Party
	21	Embalam (SC)	U. Lakshmikandhan		All India N.R. Congress
	22	Nettapakkam (SC)	P. Rajavelu		All India N.R. Congress
	23	Bahour	R. Senthilkumar		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Karaikal	24	Nedungadu (SC)	Chandira Priyanga		All India N.R. Congress
	25	Thirunallar	P. R. Siva
	26	Karaikal North	P. R. N. Thirumurugan		All India N.R. Congress
	27	Karaikal South	A. M. H. Nazeem		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
	28	Neravy T.R. Pattinam	M. Nagathiyagarajan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Mahe	29	Mahe	Ramesh Parambath		Indian National Congress
Yanam	30	Yanam	Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok
N/A	31	Nominated^[3]	R. B. Ashok Babu		Bharatiya Janata Party
	32		K. Venkatesan		Bharatiya Janata Party
	33		V. P. Ramalingam		Bharatiya Janata Party

See also

• Government of Puducherry
• List of chief ministers of Puducherry
• List of speakers of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
• List of lieutenant governors of Puducherry
• Puducherry Legislative Assembly
• Pondicherry Representative Assembly
• 2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election
• 2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election
• First Assembly of Puducherry

Notes and References

1. Web site: BJP's 'Embalam' R Selvam elected Speaker of Puducherry Assembly. New Indian Express. 16 June 2021. 27 June 2020.
2. News: Rajavelou elected Puducherry Deputy Speaker. 26 August 2021. The Hindu. 22 June 2022.
3. News: BJP grows stronger in Puducherry as 3 party men nominated as MLAs. . 11 May 2021 . 28 June 2022.