Yanam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)
Yanam is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India, covering the area of Yanam. Yanam assembly constituency was part of Puducherry (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Yanam | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Vidhan Sabha | |
 Location of Yanam within Puducherry | |
| District | Yanam |
| Union territory | Puducherry |
| Lok Sabha Constituency | Puducherry |
| Current constituency | |
| Party | Independent |
| MLA | Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok |
| Reservation | None |
| Ex MLA | Malladi Krishna Rao |
Member of the AssemblyEdit
Member of Representative Assembly of French IndiaEdit
- 1946: Madimchetty Satianarayanamourty ; Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu,[2]
- 1951: Madimchetty Satianarayanamourty ; Canacala Tataya.[3]
The de facto transfer of French settlements in India has happened on 1 November 1954. These four French settlements were organized as State of Pondicherry. Later, on 11 June 1955, The Government of India has dissolved the Representative Assembly by State of Pondicherry (Representative Assembly Decree Amendment) Order, 1955.[4]
Member of Pondicherry Representative AssemblyEdit
- 1955: Erra Jagannadha Rao (Congress); Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu (Congress).[5]
- 1959: Kanakalapeta constituency: Kamichetty Savithri (Ind.)[note 1]; Adiandhrapeta constituency: Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu (Ind.).
As the people aspired for a popular government, the Indian Parliament enacted The Union Territories Act, 1963[7] that came into force on 1 July 1963, and the pattern of government prevailing in the rest of the country was introduced in this territory. 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 and its members were deemed to have been elected to the Assembly.[8]:966 Thus, the MLAs of Yanam to the First Legislvative Assembly (1963–1964) were Smt.Kamichetty Savithri and Shri Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu.
Member of Legislative AssemblyEdit
The elections for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly are held since 1964. Before the Elections to the Pondicherry Legislative Assembly were held in August 1964, the constituencies were delimited by the Delimitation Commission and the entire territory was divided into 30 single-member constituencies and 1 seat is allocated for Yanam region.[8]:965
Election ResultsEdit
Legislative AssemblyEdit
Assembly Elections 1969Edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Kamichetty Sri Parasurama Varaprasada Rao Naidu | 2287 | 55.56 | 0 | |
| INC | Yarra Zaganadharao | 1829 | 44.44 | 0 | |
| Majority | 458 | 11.12 | |||
| Turnout | 4116 | ||||
| Independent gain from INC | Swing | ||||
Assembly Elections 2021Edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok | 17131 | 49.04 | 0 | |
| [[All India N.R. Congress|Template:All India N.R. Congress/meta/shortname]] | N. Rangasamy | 16475 | 47.17 | 0 | |
| Majority | 656 | 1.87 | |||
| Turnout | 34390[9] | 91.27[10] | |||
| Independent gain from All India N.R. Congress | Swing | ||||
Pondicherry Representative AssemblyEdit
Assembly Elections 1964Edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Kamichetty Sri Parasurama Varaprasada Rao Naidu | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| INC gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Assembly Elections 1955Edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Kamichetty Sri Parasurama Varaprasada Rao Naidu | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| INC | Yerra Jagannadha Rao | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| INC gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
French IndiaEdit
Assembly Elections 1951Edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madimchetty Satianarayanamourty | 1042 | 100 | 0 | ||
| Canacala Tataya | 1042 | 100 | 0 | ||
| [[|N/A]] hold | Swing | ||||
Assembly Elections 1946Edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madimchetty Satianarayanamourty | 1103 | 100 | 0 | ||
| Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassadaraw Naidou | 1103 | 100 | 0 | ||
| Mohamed Zicria | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Erra Satianarayanamourty | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| [[|N/A]] hold | Swing | ||||
See alsoEdit
NotesEdit
- ↑ For Kanakalapeta constituency, two independents secured exactly 707 votes each and so to decide the winner, lots were cast. Finally, Kamichetty Savithri was declared winner. In the same constituency, Congress candidate polled only 8 votes.[6]
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Yanam Election Results 2016, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up and Current MLAs". Elections in India.
- ↑ Journal Officiel des établissements français de l'Inde, 1947.
- ↑ Journal Officiel des établissements français de l'Inde, 1952.
- ↑ "Extraordinary Gazette of India, 1955, No. 468". Government of India. Directorate of Printing. 1955.
- ↑ "Directory of Indian Women Today, 1976". Ajīta Kaura, Arpana Caur. India International Publications. 1976. p. 251.
- ↑ K K Rajagopalan (12 September 1959). "Pondicherry Assembly Elections - An Analysis" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ↑ "The Government of Union Territories Act, 1963" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature. 2004. ISBN 9788120004009.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ↑ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in.
- ↑ "The Bharat Express News | Latest News, Breaking News, National News". The Bharat Express News.
External linksEdit
- "Schedule XXII Puducherry Table A – Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 May 2011.