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2nd Puducherry Assembly

2nd Assembly of Pondicherry
← First Assembly of Pondicherry 3rd Puducherry Assembly →
Legislative Assembly Building, rue Victor Simonel, Puducherry, India
Overview
Legislative body	Pondicherry Legislative Assembly
Term	29 August 1964 (1964-08-29) – 19 September 1968 (1968-09-19)
Election	1964 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election
Government	Indian National Congress
Opposition	People's Front
Members	30

The Second Assembly of Pondicherry Deuxième Assemblée de Pondichéry (29 August 1964 – 19 September 1968)^[1]: 967 succeeded the First Assembly of Pondicherry and was constituted after the victory of Indian National Congress (INC) and allies in the 1964 assembly election held on 23 August 1964.^[2] Venkatasubba Reddiar assumed office as 2nd Pondicherry. These were the first Legislative Assembly elections after the formation of the new Union Territory.^[3]

Background[edit]

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^[4] and its members were deemed to have been elected to the First Assembly.^[1]: 966 All the 30 members of this assembly were elected through direct suffrage, under the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963.^[5][6] However, its term was fixed to expire on 24 August 1964. This necessitated the 1964 assembly election to constitute the Second Assembly of Pondicherry.

Reduction in size of assembly[edit]

Under the provisions of The Union Territories Act, 1963, the strength of the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry has been reduced to 30.^[7] Similarly, Five seats were reserved for Scheduled Castes.^[6] Out of them, four were reserved in Pondicherry and the remaining one in Karikal.

Important members[edit]

• Speaker:
  • M.O.H. Farook from 19 September 1964 to 19 March 1967^[1]: 968
  • P. Shanmugam from 30 March 1967 to 9 March 1968^[1]: 968
• Chief minister:
  • V. Venkatasubba Reddiar from 29 August 1964 - 19 September 1968
• Leader of opposition:
  • V. Subbiah from 29 August 1964 - 19 September 1968

Members elected[edit]

Keys:   INC (22)   People's Front (4)   Independent (4)

Pondicherry Region[edit]

Karikal Region[edit]

Mahe Region[edit]

Yanam Region[edit]

See also[edit]

• Government of Puducherry
• List of chief ministers of Puducherry
• Puducherry Legislative Assembly
• Pondicherry Representative Assembly
• 1964 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

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