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!Election
!Election
!Winning party/coalition
!Winning party/coalition
!Council of ministers
!Leader of the house<br>{{small|(Chief minister)}}
!President
!President<br>{{small|(Speaker)}}
!Chief commissioner
!Chief commissioner
|-
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|[[1955 Pondicherry Representative Assembly election|First Election]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.100486|title=India, A Reference Annual 1956|page=494|work= Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India|publisher=Publications Division|year=1956}}</ref><ref name="ref2004"/>
|[[1955 Pondicherry Representative Assembly election|First Election]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.100486|title=India, A Reference Annual 1956|page=494|work= Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India|publisher=Publications Division|year=1956}}</ref><ref name="ref2004"/>
|[[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]]
|[[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]]
|'''[[Edouard Goubert]]''', Chandrasekhara Chettiar, Mohammed Yusoof,<br> S. Dakshinamoorthy Mudaliar and Thiagraja Naicker
|'''[[Maurice Paquirissamypoullé]]''' (1955-1956)<br>'''[[Edouard Goubert]]''' (1956-1958)
|
| K. L. Purushottama Reddiar <br> [[Kamichetty Parasuram]]
|[[Kewal Singh]]
|[[Kewal Singh]]<br>M. K. Kripalani
|-
|-
|1959
|1959
|[[1959 Pondicherry Representative Assembly election|Second Election]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.100489|title=India A Reference Annual 1962|page=499|work= Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India|publisher=Publications Division|year=1962}}</ref>
|[[1959 Pondicherry Representative Assembly election|Second Election]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.100489|title=India A Reference Annual 1962|page=499|work= Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India|publisher=Publications Division|year=1962}}</ref>
|[[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]]
|[[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]]
|'''[[V. Venkatasubba Reddiar]]''', [[Edouard Goubert]], C. E. Barathan,<br>Gouroussamy Pillai, [[P. Shanmugam]] and Mohamed Ismail Maricar
|'''[[V. Venkatasubba Reddiar]]''' (1959-1963)
|A. S. Gangeyan  
|A. S. Gangeyan  
|L. R. S. Singh
|L. R. S. Singh<br>S. K. Dutta<br>K. J. Somasundaram
|}
|}


==Vidhan Sabha elections==
==Legislative Assembly elections==
The [[Pondicherry Representative Assembly|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'''<ref name="1963Act">{{cite web|url=https://rajnivas.py.gov.in/rti/governmentunionterritoriesact1963.pdf|title=The Government of Union Territories Act, 1963|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|accessdate=8 June 2020}}</ref> and its members were deemed to have been elected to the Assembly.<ref name="ref2004"/>{{rp|966}} The elections for the Puducherry Vidhan Sabha held since 1964.  
The [[Pondicherry Representative Assembly|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'''<ref name="1963Act">{{cite web|url=https://rajnivas.py.gov.in/rti/governmentunionterritoriesact1963.pdf|title=The Government of Union Territories Act, 1963|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|accessdate=8 June 2020}}</ref> and its members were deemed to have been elected to the Assembly.<ref name="ref2004"/>{{rp|966}} The elections for the Puducherry Vidhan Sabha held since 1964.  
{| class=wikitable
{| class=wikitable
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|1969
|1969
|[[1969 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election|Second Election]]
|[[1969 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election|Second Election]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]]
|[[M. O. H. Farook]]
|[[M. O. H. Farook]]
|Third
|Third
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|[[14th Puducherry Assembly|Fourteenth]]
|[[14th Puducherry Assembly|Fourteenth]]
|-
|-
|2021
|[[2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election|Fourteenth Election]]
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]
|[[N. Rangaswamy]]
|[[15th Puducherry Assembly|Fifteenth]]
|-
|}
==Performance of difference parties in legislative elections==
=== 1964 ===
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
| style="background: {{Party color|Indian National Congress}}; width:73.34%;" |'''22'''
| style="background:{{party color|Popular Front}}; width:13.33%;" |'''4'''
| style="background: {{Party color|Independent politician}}; width:13.33%;" |'''4'''
|-
|<span style="color: {{Party color|Indian National Congress}};">'''INC'''</span>
|<span style="color:{{party color|Popular Front}};">'''PF'''</span>
|<span style="color:silver;">'''Ind.'''</span>
|}
=== 1969 ===
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
| style="background: {{Party color|Indian National Congress}}; width:33.33%;" |'''10'''
| style="background:{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; width:50%;" |'''15'''
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India}}; width:10%;" |'''3'''
| style="background: {{Party color|Independent politician}}; width:6.67%;" |'''2'''
|-
|<span style="color: {{Party color|Indian National Congress}};">'''INC'''</span>
|<span style="color:{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}};">'''DMK'''</span>
|<span style="color:{{party color|Communist Party of India}};">'''CPI'''</span>
|<span style="color:silver;">'''Ind.'''</span>
|}
=== 1974 ===
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
| style="background: {{Party color|Indian National Congress}}; width:23.33%;" |'''7'''
| style="background:{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; width:6.67%;" |'''2'''
| style="background:{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; width:40%;" |'''12'''
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India}}; width:6.67%;" |'''2'''
| style="background: {{Party color|Indian National Congress (Organization)}}; width:16.66.33%;" |'''5'''
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}; width:3.33%;" |'''1'''
| style="background: {{Party color|Independent politician}}; width:3.33%;" |'''1'''
|-
|<span style="color: {{Party color|Indian National Congress}};">'''INC'''</span>
|<span style="color:{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}};">'''DMK'''</span>
|<span style="color:{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}};">'''AIADMK'''</span>
|<span style="color:{{party color|Communist Party of India}};">'''CPI'''</span>
|<span style="color: {{Party color|Indian National Congress (Organization)}};">'''NCO'''</span>
|<span style="color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}};">'''CPM'''</span>
|<span style="color:silver;">'''Ind.'''</span>
|}
=== 1977 ===
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
| style="background: {{Party color|Indian National Congress}}; width:6.67%;" |'''2'''
| style="background:{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; width:10%;" |'''3'''
| style="background:{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; width:46.66%;" |'''14'''
| style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}}; width:23.33%;" |'''7'''
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India}}; width:3.33%;" |'''1'''
| style="background: {{Party color|Independent politician}}; width:10%;" |'''3'''
|-
|<span style="color: {{Party color|Indian National Congress}};">'''INC'''</span>
|<span style="color:{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}};">'''DMK'''</span>
|<span style="color:{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}};">'''AIADMK'''</span>
|<span style="color:{{party color|Janata Party}};">'''JNP'''</span>
|<span style="color:{{party color|Communist Party of India}};">'''CPI'''</span>
|<span style="color:silver;">'''Ind.'''</span>
|}
=== 1980 ===
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
| style="background: {{Party color|Indian National Congress}}; width:33.33%;" |'''10'''
| style="background:{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; width:46.66%;" |'''14'''
| style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}}; width:10%;" |'''3'''
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India}}; width:3.33%;" |'''1'''
| style="background: {{Party color|Independent politician}}; width:6.66%;" |'''2'''
|-
|<span style="color: {{Party color|Indian National Congress}};">'''INC'''</span>
|<span style="color:{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}};">'''DMK'''</span>
|<span style="color:{{party color|Janata Party}};">'''JNP'''</span>
|<span style="color:{{party color|Communist Party of India}};">'''CPI'''</span>
|<span style="color:silver;">'''Ind.'''</span>
|}
=== 1985 ===
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
| style="background: {{Party color|Indian National Congress}}; width:50%;" |'''15'''
| style="background:{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; width:16.66%;" |'''5'''
| style="background:{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; width:20%;" |'''6'''
| style="background:{{party color|Janata Party}}; width:6.66%;" |'''2'''
| style="background: {{Party color|Independent politician}}; width:6.66%;" |'''2'''
|-
|<span style="color: {{Party color|Indian National Congress}};">'''INC'''</span>
|<span style="color:{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}};">'''DMK'''</span>
|<span style="color:{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}};">'''AIADMK'''</span>
|<span style="color:{{party color|Janata Party}};">'''JNP'''</span>
|<span style="color:silver;">'''Ind.'''</span>
|}
=== 2006 ===
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
| style="background: {{Party color|Indian National Congress}}; width:33.33%;" |'''10'''
| style="background:{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; width:23.33%;" |'''7'''
| style="background:{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; width:10%;" |'''3'''
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India}}; width:3.33%;" |'''1'''
| style="background:{{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}; width:6.66%;" |'''2'''
| style="background:{{party color|Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; width:3.33%;" |'''1'''
| style="background: {{Party color|Others}}; width:10%;" |'''3'''
| style="background: {{Party color|Independent politician}}; width:3.33%;" |'''3'''
|-
|<span style="color: {{Party color|Indian National Congress}};">'''INC'''</span>
|<span style="color:{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}};">'''DMK'''</span>
|<span style="color:{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}};">'''AIADMK'''</span>
|<span style="color:{{party color|Communist Party of India}};">'''CPI'''</span>
|<span style="color:{{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}};">'''PMK'''</span>
|<span style="color:{{party color|Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}};">'''MDMK'''</span>
|<span style="color: {{Party color|Others}};">'''PMC'''</span>
|<span style="color:silver;">'''Ind.'''</span>
|}
=== 2011 ===
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
| style="background: {{Party color|Indian National Congress}}; width:23.33%;" |'''7'''
| style="background:{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; width:6.67%;" |'''2'''
| style="background:{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; width:16.66%;" |'''5'''
| style="background:{{party color|All India N.R. Congress}}; width:50%;" |'''15'''
| style="background: {{Party color|Independent politician}}; width:3.33%;" |'''1'''
|-
|<span style="color: {{Party color|Indian National Congress}};">'''INC'''</span>
|<span style="color:{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}};">'''DMK'''</span>
|<span style="color:{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}};">'''AIADMK'''</span>
|<span style="color:{{party color|All India N.R. Congress}};">'''AINRC'''</span>
|<span style="color:silver;">'''Ind.'''</span>
|}
=== 2016 ===
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
| style="background: {{Party color|Indian National Congress}}; width:50%;" |'''15'''
| style="background:{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; width:6.67%;" |'''2'''
| style="background:{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; width:13.34%;" |'''4'''
| style="background:{{party color|All India N.R. Congress}}; width:26.67%;" |'''8'''
| style="background: {{Party color|Independent politician}}; width:3.33%;" |'''1'''
|-
|<span style="color: {{Party color|Indian National Congress}};">'''INC'''</span>
|<span style="color:{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}};">'''DMK'''</span>
|<span style="color:{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}};">'''AIADMK'''</span>
|<span style="color:{{party color|All India N.R. Congress}};">'''AINRC'''</span>
|<span style="color:silver;">'''Ind.'''</span>
|}
=== 2021 ===
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
| style="background: {{Party color|Indian National Congress}}; width:6.67%;" |'''2'''
| style="background:{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}; width:20%;" |'''6'''
| style="background:{{party color|All India N.R. Congress}}; width:33.34%;" |'''10'''
| style="background: {{Party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}; width:20%;" |'''6'''
| style="background: {{Party color|Independent politician}}; width:20%;" |'''6'''
|-
|<span style="color: {{Party color|Indian National Congress}};">'''INC'''</span>
|<span style="color:{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}};">'''DMK'''</span>
|<span style="color:{{party color|All India N.R. Congress}};">'''AINRC'''</span>
|<span style="color: {{Party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};">'''BJP'''</span>
|<span style="color:silver;">'''Ind.'''</span>
|}
|}


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The elections for the Lok Sabha seats in Puducherry held since 1977.
The elections for the Lok Sabha seats in Puducherry held since 1977.


{| class=wikitable
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
|-
!Lok Sabha Election
!Election!!Winner!!colspan="2"|Party!!Alliance
!colspan=2|Winning party/coalition
|-
|-
|1967
| [[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
|[[1967 Indian general election in Pondicherry|Fourth Lok Sabha]]
| [[Thirumudi N. Sethuraman]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
|rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|Indian National Congress
|rowspan=2| [[Indian National Congress]]
| bgcolor=#00FFFF|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]+
|-
|-
|1971
| [[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
|[[1971 Indian general election in Pondicherry|Fifth Lok Sabha]]
| [[Mohan Kumaramangalam]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
| bgcolor=#00FFFF|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]+
|Indian National Congress
|-
|-
|1977
| [[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
|[[1977 Indian general election in Pondicherry|Sixth Lok Sabha]]
| [[Aravinda Bala Pajanor]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|AIADMK}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| bgcolor=#00FFFF|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]+
|-
|-
|1980
| [[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
|[[1980 Indian general election in Pondicherry|Seventh Lok Sabha]]
|rowspan=3|[[P. Shanmugam]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (Indira)}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (Indira)}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress (Indira)]]
|[[Indian National Congress (Indira)]]
| bgcolor=#00FFFF|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]+
|-
|-
|1984
| [[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|[[1984 Indian general election in Pondicherry|Eighth Lok Sabha]]
|rowspan=4 style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
|rowspan=4| [[Indian National Congress]]
|Indian National Congress  
| bgcolor=#00FFFF|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]+
|-
|-
|1989
| [[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|[[1989 Indian general election in Pondicherry|Ninth Lok Sabha]]
| bgcolor=#00FFFF|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]+
! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
|Indian National Congress
|-
|-
|1991
| [[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|[[1991 Indian general election in Pondicherry|Tenth Lok Sabha]]
|rowspan=2| [[M. O. H. Farook]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
| bgcolor=#00FFFF|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]+
|Indian National Congress
|-
|-
|1996
| [[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|[[1996 Indian general election in Pondicherry|Eleventh Lok Sabha]]
| bgcolor=#00FFFF|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]+
! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
|Indian National Congress
|-
|-
|1998
| [[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|[[1998 Indian general election in Pondicherry|Twelfth Lok Sabha]]
| S. Arumugham
! style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| [[United Front (India)|UF]]
|-
|-
|1999
| [[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|[[1999 Indian general election in Pondicherry|Thirteenth Lok Sabha]]
| [[M. O. H. Farook]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|Indian National Congress
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| bgcolor={{party color|United Progressive Alliance}}|[[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
|-
|-
|2004
| [[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|[[2004 Indian general election in Pondicherry|Fourteenth Lok Sabha]]
| [[M. Ramadass]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}" |
|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi]]  
| [[Pattali Makkal Katchi]]
| bgcolor={{party color|United Progressive Alliance}}|[[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
|-
|-
|2009
| [[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|[[2009 Indian general election in Puducherry|Fifteenth Lok Sabha]]
| [[V. Narayanasamy]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]  
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| bgcolor={{party color|United Progressive Alliance}}|[[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
|-
|-
|2014
| [[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|[[2014 Indian general election in Puducherry|Sixteenth Lok Sabha]]
| [[R. Radhakrishnan (politician)|R. Radhakrishnan]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|All India N.R. Congress}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|All India N.R. Congress}}" |
|[[All India N.R. Congress]]  
| [[All India N.R. Congress]]
| bgcolor={{party color|National Democratic Alliance}}|[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
|-
|-
|2019
| [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|[[2019 Indian general election in Puducherry|Seventeenth Lok Sabha]]
| [[V. Vaithilingam]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]  
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| bgcolor={{party color|United Progressive Alliance}}|[[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
|-
|-
|}
|}
== See Also ==
*[[Electoral history of the Indian National Congress#Puducherry|Electoral history of the Indian National Congress in Puducherry]]
*[[Electoral history of the Bharatiya Janata Party#Puducherry|Electoral history of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Puducherry]]
*[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam#Puducherry|Electoral history of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Puducherry]]
*[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam#State legislative assembly elections|Electoral history of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Puducherry]]
*[[Pattali Makkal Katchi#Puducherry|Electoral history of the Pattali Makkal Katchi in Puducherry]]


== References ==
== References ==
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Assembly constituency map

Elections in Puducherry are conducted to elect the members of Puducherry Vidhan Sabha and the members of the Lok Sabha. There are 30 Vidhan Sabha constituencies and 1 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state.[1][2]

Pondicherry Representative Assembly elections

After the de facto merger on 1 November 1954 and before the legal integration with the Indian Union on 16 August 1962, general elections were held in 1955 and 1959. So. the first general elections to the Pondicherry Representative Assembly were held in 1955 from July 18 to 23.[3]

Year Election Winning party/coalition Leader of the house
(Chief minister) 		President
(Speaker) 		Chief commissioner
1955 First Election[4][3] Congress Party Maurice Paquirissamypoullé (1955-1956)
Edouard Goubert (1956-1958) 		K. L. Purushottama Reddiar
Kamichetty Parasuram 		Kewal Singh
M. K. Kripalani
1959 Second Election[5] Congress Party V. Venkatasubba Reddiar (1959-1963) A. S. Gangeyan L. R. S. Singh
S. K. Dutta
K. J. Somasundaram

Legislative Assembly elections

The 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[6] and its members were deemed to have been elected to the Assembly.[3]:966 The elections for the Puducherry Vidhan Sabha held since 1964.

Year Election Winning party/coalition Chief Minister Assembly
1963 No election[3]:977 Congress Party Edouard Goubert First
1964 First Election Congress Party V. Venkatasubha Reddiar/M. O. H. Farook/V. Venkatasubha Reddiar, Second
1969 Second Election Congress Party M. O. H. Farook Third
1974 Third Election All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Subramanyan Ramaswamy Fourth
1977 Fourth Election All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Subramanyan Ramaswamy Fifth
1980 Fifth Election Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. D. R. Ramachandran Sixth
1985 Sixth Election Indian National Congress M. O. H. Farook Sevent
1990 Seventh Election Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. D. R. Ramachandran Eighth
1991 Eighth Election Indian National Congress V. Vaithilingam Ninth
1996 Ninth Election Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/Indian National Congress R. V. Janakiraman/P. Shanmugam Tenth
2001 Tenth Election Indian National Congress P. Shanmugam/N. Rangaswamy Eleventh
2006 Eleventh Election Indian National Congress N. Rangaswamy/V. Vaithilingam Twelfth
2011 Twelfth Election All India N.R. Congress N. Rangaswamy Thirteenth
2016 Thirteenth Election Indian National Congress V. Narayanasamy Fourteenth
2021 Fourteenth Election All India N.R. Congress N. Rangaswamy Fifteenth

Performance of difference parties in legislative elections

1964

22 4 4
INC PF Ind.

1969

10 15 3 2
INC DMK CPI Ind.

1974

7 2 12 2 5 1 1
INC DMK AIADMK CPI NCO CPM Ind.

1977

2 3 14 7 1 3
INC DMK AIADMK JNP CPI Ind.

1980

10 14 3 1 2
INC DMK JNP CPI Ind.

1985

15 5 6 2 2
INC DMK AIADMK JNP Ind.

2006

10 7 3 1 2 1 3 3
INC DMK AIADMK CPI PMK MDMK PMC Ind.

2011

7 2 5 15 1
INC DMK AIADMK AINRC Ind.

2016

15 2 4 8 1
INC DMK AIADMK AINRC Ind.

2021

2 6 10 6 6
INC DMK AINRC BJP Ind.

Lok Sabha elections

The elections for the Lok Sabha seats in Puducherry held since 1977.

Election Winner Party Alliance
1967 Thirumudi N. Sethuraman Indian National Congress INC+
1971 Mohan Kumaramangalam INC+
1977 Aravinda Bala Pajanor All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INC+
1980 P. Shanmugam Indian National Congress (Indira) INC+
1984 Indian National Congress INC+
1989 INC+
1991 M. O. H. Farook INC+
1996 INC+
1998 S. Arumugham Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam UF
1999 M. O. H. Farook Indian National Congress UPA
2004 M. Ramadass Pattali Makkal Katchi UPA
2009 V. Narayanasamy Indian National Congress UPA
2014 R. Radhakrishnan All India N.R. Congress NDA
2019 V. Vaithilingam Indian National Congress UPA

See Also

References

  1. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1964, to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry". Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 23 June 2019.
  2. ↑ Puducherry Vidhan Sabha Election Results
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature. Lok Sabha Secretariat. 2004. ISBN 9788120004009. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  4. ↑ "India, A Reference Annual 1956". Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. Publications Division. 1956. p. 494.
  5. ↑ "India A Reference Annual 1962". Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. Publications Division. 1962. p. 499.
  6. ↑ "The Government of Union Territories Act, 1963" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Retrieved 8 June 2020.

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