List of leaders of the opposition in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly explained

The Leader of the Opposition in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly is the politician who leads the official opposition in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly. The current Leader of the Opposition is R. Siva.[1]

List of opposition leaders of Puducherry representative assembly (1955-1963)

The tenure of different leaders of opposition of Puducherry Representative Assembly is given below

No.PortraitName Elected constituencyTerm of office[2] Assembly
Political party
Assumed officeLeft officeTime in office
1V. Kailassa Soubaya
(1911–1993)
Murungapakkam-Nainar Mandapam17 August 195524 October 19581st
People's Front
September 195930 June 19632nd

List of opposition leaders of Puducherry legislative assembly (since 1963)

The tenure of different leaders of opposition of Puducherry Legislative Assembly is given below[3]

No.PortraitName Elected constituencyTerm of office[4] Assembly
Political party
Assumed officeLeft officeTime in office
1V. Kailassa Soubaya
(1911–1993)
Murungapakkam1 July 196324 August 19641st
People's Front
Mudaliarpet29 August 196417 September 19682nd
2P. Shanmugam
(1927–2013)
N.A.17 March 19692 January 19743rd
Indian National Congress
3Dana Kantharaj Raj Bhavan6 March 197427 March 19744th
Indian National Congress
4P. Ansari Doraisamy
(c.1917–N.A.)
Cassicade2 July 197711 November 19785th
Janata Party
5P. Uthiravelu Bahour16 January 198023 November 19836th
Congress (Indira)
6P. K. Loganathan
(1938–2013)
Oupalam16 March 19854 March 19904 years, 353 days7th
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
7M.O.H. Farook Lawspet5 March 19903 March 19918th
Indian National Congress
8V. M. C. V. Ganapathy
(1960–)
Neravy T. R. Pattinam4 July 199113 May 19964 years, 314 days9th
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
9V. VaithilingamNettapakkam14 May 199621 March 200010th
Indian National Congress
10R.V. JanakiramanNellithope22 March 200015 May 2001Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam16 May 200111 May 200611th
11Karaikal29 May 2006May 201112th
(9)V. VaithilingamKamaraj Nagar17 August 2011[5] 201613th
Indian National Congress
12N. RangasamyIndira Nagar22 August 2016[6] 22 February 202114th
All India N.R. Congress
13R. SivaVillianur8 May 2021[7] Till date15th
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Four-time MLA R Siva appointed leader of DMK legislature party in Puducherry. 10 August 2022. 8 May 2021. The New Indian Express.
  2. The ordinal number of the term being served by the person specified in the row in the corresponding period
  3. Web site: Union Territory of Pondicherry. legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in. 10 August 2022.
  4. The ordinal number of the term being served by the person specified in the row in the corresponding period
  5. News: Vaithilingam appointed provisional CLP leader . 18 August 2011. The New Indian Express. en-IN. 11 August 2022.
  6. News: Rangasamy appointed Opposition leader . 23 August 2016. The Hindu. en-IN. 11 August 2022.
  7. News: Four-time MLA R Siva appointed leader of DMK legislature party in Puducherry. . 8 May 2021 . 11 August 2022.