2nd Puducherry Assembly explained

2nd Assembly of Pondicherry
Body:Pondicherry Legislative Assembly
Election:1964 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election
Before:First Assembly of Pondicherry
After:3rd Puducherry Assembly
Government:Indian National Congress
Opposition:People's Front
Membership1:30

The Second Assembly of Pondicherry Deuxième Assemblée de Pondichéry (29 August 1964 – 19 September 1968) succeeded the First Assembly of Pondicherry and was constituted after the victory of Indian National Congress (INC) and allies in the 1964 assembly election held on 23 August 1964.[1] Venkatasubba Reddiar assumed office as 2nd Pondicherry. These were the first Legislative Assembly elections after the formation of the new Union Territory.[2]

Background

The Pondicherry Representative Assembly was converted into the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry on 1 July 1963 as per Section 54(3) of The Union Territories Act, 1963[3] and its members were deemed to have been elected to the First Assembly.[4] All the 30 members of this assembly were elected through direct suffrage, under the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963.[5] [6] However, its term was fixed to expire on 24 August 1964. This necessitated the 1964 assembly election to constitute the Second Assembly of Pondicherry.

Reduction in size of assembly

Under the provisions of The Union Territories Act, 1963, the strength of the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry has been reduced to 30.[7] Similarly, Five seats were reserved for Scheduled Castes.[6] Out of them, four were reserved in Pondicherry and the remaining one in Karikal.

Important members

Members elected

Keys:

Pondicherry Region

No.ConstituencyName of elected M.L.A.Party affiliation
1P. ShanmughamIndian National Congress
2CouroussoucoupomPadmini ChandrasekarIndian National Congress
3 CassicadeA.S. KankeyanIndian National Congress
4 Raj NivasÉdouard GoubertIndian National Congress
5 Bussy StreetC.M. AchraffIndependent
6 OupalomG. Perumal RajaIndependent
7 NellithopeN. RanganathanPeople's Front
8 MudaliarpethV. Kailasa SubbiahPeople's Front
9 AriancoupomP. RathinaveluIndian National Congress
10 CourouvinattamSubramanya PadayachiIndependent
11BahourC. ThangaveluPeople's Front
12NetapacomVenkatasubba ReddyIndian National Congress
13TiroubouvaneR. KulandaiIndian National Congress
14MannadipetManickavasaga ReddiarIndian National Congress
15OussoudouN. HarikrishnanIndian National Congress
16VillenourThillai KanakarasuIndian National Congress
17EmbalamP. AngammalIndian National Congress
18OulgaretS. GovindasamyIndian National Congress
19CalapethJeevarathina UdayarIndian National Congress
20PoudoussaramN. GurusamyPeople's Front

Karikal Region

No.ConstituencyName of elected M.L.A.Party affiliation
21CotcheryG. NagarajanIndian National Congress
22Karaikal NorthFarook MaricarIndian National Congress
23 Karaikal SouthMohamed Ibrahim MaricarIndependent
24 NeravyNagamuttou PillaiIndian National Congress
25Grand Aldee SubarayaluIndian National Congress
26TirounallarV.M.C. Varadha PillaiIndian National Congress
27NedoungaduP. ShanmughamIndian National Congress

Mahe Region

No.ConstituencyName of elected M.L.A.Party affiliation
28Valavil KeshavanIndian National Congress
29PalloorVanmeri Nadeyi Purushothaman Indian National Congress

Yanam Region

See also

Notes and References

  1. Rahman, S. A. The Beautiful India. Pondicherry. New Delhi: Reference Press, 2006. pp. 138–139
  2. Das, Manoj. Pondicherry. New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India, 1976. p. 20
  3. Web site: The Government of Union Territories Act, 1963. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 8 June 2020.
  4. Book: Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature. G. C. Malhotra. Lok Sabha Secretariat. 2004. 9788120004009.
  5. Grover, Verinder, and Ranjana Arora. Encyclopaedia of India and Her States. Vol. 10. New Delhi [India]: Deep & Deep, 1996. p. 11
  6. Election Commission of India. Statistical Report on General Election, 1964 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry
  7. Book: The Story of Congress Pilgrimage: 1964-1970. 38. A.M.Zaidi. 6. Indian Institute of Applied Political Research, New Delhi. 1990. 9788185355528.