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List of chief ministers of Puducherry
| Chief Minister of Union Territory of Puducherry | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Chief Minister's Office | |
| Style | The Honourable (formal) Mr. Chief Minister (informal) |
| Status | Head of Government |
| Abbreviation | CM |
| Member of | |
| Reports to | |
| Seat | Chief Secretariat Government of Puducherry, White Town, Puducherry - 605001 |
| Appointer | Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry by convention, based on appointee's ability to command confidence in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly |
| Term length | 5 years, unless dissolved sooner. No term limits specified.[1] |
| Inaugural holder | Edouard Goubert (1963–64) |
| Formation | 1 July 1963 |
The Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Puducherry is the Chief Minister of the Indian union territory of Puducherry. He is elected by the people of the union territory, appointed by the President of India[2] and sworn-in by the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry. The longest serving chief minister and current incumbent of Puducherry is N. Rangasamy of over 12 years period from 2001 to 2008 (Indian National Congress) and from 2011 to 2016 (All India N.R. Congress) and from 2021
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[3] 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.[4]:966
Chief Ministers of Puducherry[edit]
Color keys of Chief Minister's Party
N/A (President's rule)
| S. No. | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term | Assembly
(election) |
Party[lower-alpha 1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Édouard Goubert | Mannadipet | 1 July 1963 | 24 August 1964 | 1 year, 54 days | Interim Assembly | Indian National Congress | ||
| 2 | 
|
V. Venkatasubha Reddiar | Nettapacom | 11 September 1964 | 9 April 1967 | 2 years, 228 days | 1st Assembly | ||
| 3 | M. O. H. Farook | Karaikal North | 9 April 1967 | 6 March 1968 | 332 days | ||||
| (2) |
|
V. Venkatasubha Reddiar | Nettapacom | 6 March 1968 | 18 September 1968 | 196 days | |||
| – | 
|
Vacant[lower-alpha 2] (President's rule) |
N/A | 18 September 1968 | 17 March 1969 | 180 days | N/A | ||
| (3) | M. O. H. Farook | Calapeth | 17 March 1969 | 3 January 1974 | 4 years, 292 days | 2nd Assembly
(1969 election) |
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||
| – |
|
Vacant[lower-alpha 2] (President's rule) |
N/A | 3 January 1974 | 6 March 1974 | 62 days | N/A | ||
| 4 | Subramanyan Ramaswamy | Karaikal South | 6 March 1974 | 28 March 1974 | 22 days | 3rd Assembly
(1974 election) |
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||
| – |
|
Vacant[lower-alpha 2] (President's rule) |
N/A | 28 March 1974 | 2 July 1977 | 3 years, 96 days | N/A | ||
| (4) | Subramanyan Ramaswamy | Karaikal South | 2 July 1977 | 12 November 1978 | 1 year, 133 days | 4th Assembly
(1977 election) |
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||
| – |
|
Vacant[lower-alpha 2] (President's rule) |
N/A | 12 November 1978 | 16 January 1980 | 1 year, 65 days | N/A | ||
| 5 | M. D. R. Ramachandran | Mannadipet | 16 January 1980 | 24 June 1983 | 3 years, 159 days | 5th Assembly
(1980 election) |
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||
| – |
|
Vacant[lower-alpha 2] (President's rule) |
N/A | 24 June 1983 | 16 March 1985 | 1 year, 265 days | N/A | ||
| (3) | M. O. H. Farook | Lawspet | 16 March 1985 | 4 March 1990 | 4 years, 353 days | 6th Assembly
(1985 election) |
Indian National Congress | ||
| (5) | M. D. R. Ramachandran | Mannadipet | 8 March 1990 | 3 March 1991 | 364 days | 7th Assembly
(1990 election) |
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||
| – |
|
Vacant[lower-alpha 2] (President's rule) |
N/A | 3 March 1991 | 4 July 1991 | 123 days | N/A | ||
| 6 | 
|
V. Vaithilingam | Nettapakkam | 4 July 1991 | 13 May 1996 | 4 years, 314 days | 8th Assembly
(1991 election) |
Indian National Congress | |
| 7 | R. V. Janakiraman | Nellithope | 26 May 1996 | 21 March 2000 | 3 years, 313 days | 9th Assembly
(1996 election) |
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||
| 8 | P. Shanmugam | Yanam | 22 March 2000 | 15 May 2001 | 1 year, 55 days | Indian National Congress | |||
| 24 May 2001 | 26 October 2001 | 164 days | 10th Assembly
(2001 election) | ||||||
| 9 | 
|
N. Rangaswamy | Thattanchavady | 27 October 2001 | 12 May 2006 | 6 years, 313 days | |||
| 13 May 2006 | 4 September 2008 | 11th Assembly
(2006 election) | |||||||
| (6) |
|
V. Vaithilingam | Nettapakkam | 4 September 2008 | 16 May 2011 | 2 years, 254 days | |||
| (9) |
|
N. Rangaswamy | Kadirkamam | 16 May 2011 | 6 June 2016 | 5 years, 20 days | 12th Assembly | All India N.R. Congress | |
| 10 | 
|
V. Narayanasamy | Nellithope | 6 June 2016 | 22 February 2021 | 4 years, 261 days | 13th Assembly | Indian National Congress | |
| – |
|
Vacant[lower-alpha 2] (President's rule) |
N/A | 23 February 2021 | 7 May 2021 | 73 days | N/A | ||
| (9) |
|
N. Rangaswamy | Thattanchavady | 7 May 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 332 days | 14th Assembly | All India N.R. Congress | |
See also[edit]
- List of speakers of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
- List of lieutenant governors of Puducherry
- Puducherry Legislative Assembly
- Pondicherry Representative Assembly
Notes[edit]
- Footnotes
- ↑ This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.[5]
- References
- ↑ Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Odisha as well.
- ↑ "Indian Kanoon.org". Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ↑ "The Government of Union Territories Act, 1963" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ↑ Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature. 2004. ISBN 9788120004009.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ↑ Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.
