List of speakers of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly explained

Post:Speaker
Body:the
Puducherry Legislative Assembly
Border:parliamentary
Incumbent:Embalam R. Selvam
Incumbentsince:16 June 2021
Appointer:Members of Puducherry Legislative Assembly
Termlength:5 years
no renewable limit
Inaugural:A. S. Gangeyan
Formation:22 July 1963; years ago
Deputy:P. Rajavelu

Speaker of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Puducherry, the main law-making body for the Indian UT of Puducherry. The speaker is always a member of the Legislative Assembly.

History

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[1] and its members (who got elected in 1959) were deemed to have been elected to the Legislative Assembly. The elections for the Puducherry Vidhan Sabha held since 1964.

List of the speakers and deputy speakers

The tenure of different speakers of Puducherry Legislative Assembly is given below[2] [3]
Keys:

NameTook officeLeft officePolitical partyDeputy SpeakerNo. of AssemblyElection
1A. S. Gangeyan22 July 196318 September 1964Indian National CongressKamisetty Parasuram Naidu
(27 Nov. 1963 – 24 Aug. 1964)		1st1959
2M. O. H. Farook19 September 196419 March 1967V. N. Purushothaman
(25 Sep. 1964 – 17 Sep. 1968)		2nd1964
3P. Shanmugam30 March 19679 March 1968
4S. Manicka Vasagam25 March 196817 September 1968
align="center" -Vacant
18 September 196817 March 1969N/AVacant
5S. Perumal22 March 19692 December 1971Dravida Munnetra KazhagamM.L. Selvaradjou
(26 Mar. 1969 – 28 Mar. 1972)		3rd 1969
6M.L. Selvaradjou29 March 19723 January 1974Indian National CongressKamisetty Parasuram Naidu
(5 Apr. 1972 – 2 Jan. 1974)
align="center" -Vacant
3 January 19746 March 1974N/AVacant
7S. Pakkiam26 March 197428 March 1974All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagamalign="center"-4th1974
align="center" -Vacant
28 March 19742 July 1977N/AVacant
8K. Kanthi2 July 197712 November 1978Indian National CongressS. Pazhaninathan
(11 Aug. 1977 – 11 Nov. 1978)		5th1977
align="center" -Vacant
12 November 197816 January 1980N/AVacant
9M. O. H. Farook16 January 198024 June 1983Indian National CongressL.Joseph Mariadoss
(29 Jan. 1980 – 23 Jun. 1983)		6th1980
align="center" -Vacant
24 June 198316 March 1985N/AVacant
10Kamisetty Parasuram Naidu16 March 198519 January 1989Indian National CongressM. Chandirakasu
(29 Mar. 1985 – 28 Mar. 1989)		7th 1985
11M. Chandirakasu29 March 19895 March 1990P.K. Sathianandan
(5 Apr. 1989 – 4 Mar. 1990)
12G. Palaniraja22 Mar. 19903 Mar. 1991Dravida Munnetra KazhagamA. Bakthavatchalam
(29 Mar. 1990 – 3 Mar. 1991)		8th1990
align="center" -Vacant
22 Mar. 19914 Jul. 1991N/AVacant
13P. Kannan26 Jul. 1991 13 May 1996Indian National CongressA. V. Subramanian
(31 Jul. 1991 – 13 May 1996)		9th1991
14V.M.C. Sivakumar10 Jul. 1996 18 Mar. 2000Dravida Munnetra KazhagamV. Nagarathinam
(13 Jun. 1996 – 23 May 1997)
M. Kandasamy
(23 Aug. 1997 – 30 May 2000)
K. Rajasekaran
(30 May 2000 – 15 May 2001)		10th1996
align="center" -M. Kandasamy27 Mar. 200027 Mar. 2000
15A.V. Subramanian24 May 200031 May 2001Indian National Congress
16M.D.R. Ramachandran11 Jun. 200126 May 2006M. Chandirakasu
(5 Jul. 2001 – 10 Nov. 2001)
A.V. Subramanian
(12 Dec. 2001 – 11 May 2006)		11th2001
17R. Radhakrishnan1 Jun. 2006[4] May 2011A.V. Sreedharan
(1 Jun. 2006 - 3 Sep. 2008)
V. Vaithilingam
(4 Sep. 2008 - N.A.)		12th2006
18 V. Sabapathy29 Jun 2011[5] May 2016 All India N.R. CongressT. P. R. Selvame
(2 Nov 2011[6] - May 2016)		13th2011
1910 Jun 2016[7] 21 Mar. 2019[8] Indian National CongressV.P. Sivakolundhu
(10 Jun 2016 - 2. Jun. 2019)		14th2016
20V.P. Sivakolundhu 3 Jun. 2019[9] 3 May 2021M. N. R. Balan
(4 Sep. 2019[10] - 3 May 2021)
21 Embalam R. Selvam16 June 2021[11] IncumbentBharatiya Janata PartyP. Rajavelu
(25 Aug. 2021[12] -Till date)		15th2021

See also

Notes

Footnotes

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Government of Union Territories Act, 1963. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 8 June 2020.
  2. Web site: Union Territory of Pondicherry.
  3. Book: Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature. G. C. Malhotra. Lok Sabha Secretariat. 2004. 9788120004009.
  4. News: Radhakrishnan elected Speaker of Pondy Assembly. 2006-06-02. The Hindu. en-IN. 0971-751X. 2020-06-17.
  5. News: Sabapathy set to become Puducherry Speaker. Zee news. 28 June 2011. 15 June 2020.
  6. News: Sabapathy set to become Puducherry Speaker. New Indian Express. 3 November 2011. 15 June 2020.
  7. News: Former CM V Vaithilingam unanimously elected as Speaker. Press Trust of India. 11 June 2016. Business Standard India. 15 June 2020.
  8. News: V Vaithilingam resigns as Puducherry Assembly Speaker. ANI. 22 March 2019. Business Standard India. 15 June 2020.
  9. News: Sivakolundhu set to be elected Pondy Assembly Speaker. Press Trust of India. 2 June 2019. Business Standard India. 15 June 2020.
  10. News: M.N.R. Balan assumes charge as Puducherry Deputy Speaker. 5 September 2019. The Hindu. 15 June 2020.
  11. Web site: BJP's 'Embalam' Selvam set to be elected Speaker of Puducherry Assembly. 15 June 2021.
  12. News: Rajavelou elected Puducherry Deputy Speaker. 26 August 2021. The Hindu. 22 June 2022.

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