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.	Portrait	Name	Elected constituency	Term of office^[2]			Assembly	Political party
				Assumed office	Left office	Time in office
1		V. Kailassa Soubaya (1911–1993)	Murungapakkam-Nainar Mandapam	17 August 1955	24 October 1958		1st	People's Front
September 1959				30 June 1963		2nd

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.	Portrait	Name	Elected constituency	Term of office^[4]			Assembly	Political party
				Assumed office	Left office	Time in office
1		V. Kailassa Soubaya (1911–1993)	Murungapakkam	1 July 1963	24 August 1964		1st	People's Front
Mudaliarpet	29 August 1964	17 September 1968		2nd
2		P. Shanmugam (1927–2013)	N.A.	17 March 1969	2 January 1974		3rd	Indian National Congress
3		Dana Kantharaj	Raj Bhavan	6 March 1974	27 March 1974		4th	Indian National Congress
4		P. Ansari Doraisamy (c.1917–N.A.)	Cassicade	2 July 1977	11 November 1978		5th	Janata Party
5		P. Uthiravelu	Bahour	16 January 1980	23 November 1983		6th	Congress (Indira)
6		P. K. Loganathan (1938–2013)	Oupalam	16 March 1985	4 March 1990	4 years, 353 days	7th	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
7		M.O.H. Farook	Lawspet	5 March 1990	3 March 1991		8th	Indian National Congress
8		V. M. C. V. Ganapathy (1960–)	Neravy T. R. Pattinam	4 July 1991	13 May 1996	4 years, 314 days	9th	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
9		V. Vaithilingam	Nettapakkam	14 May 1996	21 March 2000		10th	Indian National Congress
10		R.V. Janakiraman	Nellithope	22 March 2000	15 May 2001			Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		16 May 2001	11 May 2006		11th
11			Karaikal	29 May 2006	May 2011		12th
(9)		V. Vaithilingam	Kamaraj Nagar	17 August 2011^[5]	2016		13th	Indian National Congress
12		N. Rangasamy	Indira Nagar	22 August 2016^[6]	22 February 2021		14th	All India N.R. Congress
13		R. Siva	Villianur	8 May 2021^[7]	Till date		15th	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

See also

• Government of Puducherry
• Lieutenant Governors of Puducherry
• Chief Minister of Puducherry
• Puducherry Legislative Assembly
• Speaker of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
• Official Opposition
• Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of India
• List of current Indian opposition leaders
• Elections in Puducherry

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.