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Elections in Puducherry
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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[edit]
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[edit]
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.
Performance of difference parties in legislative elections[edit]
1964[edit]
| 22 | 4 | 4 |
| INC | PF | Ind. |
1969[edit]
| 10 | 15 | 3 | 2 |
| INC | DMK | CPI | Ind. |
1974[edit]
| 7 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| INC | DMK | AIADMK | CPI | NCO | CPM | Ind. |
1977[edit]
| 2 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| INC | DMK | AIADMK | JNP | CPI | Ind. |
1980[edit]
| 10 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| INC | DMK | JNP | CPI | Ind. |
1985[edit]
| 15 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| INC | DMK | AIADMK | JNP | Ind. |
2006[edit]
| 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| INC | DMK | AIADMK | CPI | PMK | MDMK | PMC | Ind. |
2011[edit]
| 7 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 1 |
| INC | DMK | AIADMK | AINRC | Ind. |
2016[edit]
| 15 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| INC | DMK | AIADMK | AINRC | Ind. |
2021[edit]
| 2 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 |
| INC | DMK | AINRC | BJP | Ind. |
Lok Sabha elections[edit]
The elections for the Lok Sabha seats in Puducherry held since 1977.
See Also[edit]
- Electoral history of the Indian National Congress in Puducherry
- Electoral history of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Puducherry
- Electoral history of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Puducherry
- Electoral history of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Puducherry
- Electoral history of the Pattali Makkal Katchi in Puducherry
References[edit]
- ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1964, to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry". Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 23 June 2019.
- ↑ Puducherry Vidhan Sabha Election Results
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature. 2004. ISBN 9788120004009.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ↑ "India, A Reference Annual 1956". Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. Publications Division. 1956. p. 494.
- ↑ "India A Reference Annual 1962". Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. Publications Division. 1962. p. 499.
- ↑ "The Government of Union Territories Act, 1963" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
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