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Puducherry Legislative Assembly

Assemblée législative de Pondichéry
Puducherry Legislative Assembly ; Assemblée législative de Pondichéry
15th Puducherry Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	5 years
History
Founded	1 July 1963; 61 years ago
Preceded by	Puducherry Representative Assembly
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	6 April 2021
Next election	2026
Meeting place
	Puducherry Legislative Assembly

Map of Assembly constituencies in Puducherry

The Puducherry Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian union territory (UT) of Puducherry, which comprises four districts: Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahé and Yanam. The legislative assembly has 33 seats, of which 5 are reserved for candidates from scheduled castes and 3 members are nominated by the Government of India. 30 out of 33 Members are elected directly by the people on the basis of universal adult franchise.

History

In terms of the provisions of the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963 the normal tenure of the Assembly is five years, unless sooner dissolved. There are 16 Committees in the Assembly.

Parliamentary and assembly constituencies of Puducherry were redesigned by Delimitation Commission of India based on data obtained in 2001 census of India.^[1] On 4 January 2008, the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA) decided to implement the order from the Delimitation Commission.^[2] In addition, three members can be nominated to the assembly by the central government.^[3]

After 1963 Delimitation

As per The Union Territories Act, 1963, thirty members would be elected through direct suffrage.^[4]^[5] Before the Elections to constitute the First Pondicherry Legislative Assembly were held in August 1964, the constituencies were delimited by the Delimitation Commission (as per Delimitation Commission Act, 1962) and the entire territory was divided into 30 single-member constituencies-21 for Pondicherry region, 6 for Karaikal region, 2 for Mahe region and 1 for Yanam region. Out of these 5 seats were reserved for Scheduled Castes,^[5] four in Pondicherry region and one in Karaikal region.^[6]^: 965 ^[7]

Before delimitation of 2008

The Puducherry Legislative Assembly has 30 constituencies. Out of them 21 constituencies belong to Puducherry, Karaikal has 6 in number, Mahé has 2 in number and Yanam has a single constituency.

Puducherry was divided among these 21 assembly constituencies: Muthialpet, Cassicade, Raj Bhavan, Bussy, Oupalam, Orleampeth, Nellithope, Modeliarpeth, Ariankuppam, Embalom (SC), Nettapakkam, Kuruvinatham, Bahour (SC), Thirubuvanai (SC), Mannadipeth, Ossudu (SC), Villenour, Ozhukarai, Thattanchavady, Reddiarpalayam and Lawspet.

Area under Karaikal district was divided among the following 6 assembly constituencies: Cotchery, Karaikal, Karaikal South, Neravy-Grand Alde, Tirunallar and Neduncadu (SC).

Assembly constituencies of Mahé and Palloor were from Mahé district. The Yanam district formed a single assembly constituency, i.e. Yanam.

After delimitation of 2008

Post delimitation, the Puducherry parliamentary constituencies is divided among 30 elected assembly constituencies, as before. Now, Yanam and Mahé districts form a single constituency each, viz Yanam and Mahé, respectively.^[1] The area under Karaikal district forms 5 assembly constituencies, viz Nedungadu, Thirunallar, Karaikal North, Karaikal South and Neravy T R Pattinam.^[1] The area under the Puducherry district forms 23 assembly constituencies, viz Mannadipet, Thirubuvanai, Ossudu, Mangalam, Villianur, Ozhukarai, Kadirkamam, Indira Nagar, Thattanchavady, Kamaraj Nagar, Lawspet, Kalapet, Muthialpet, Raj Bhavan, Oupalam, Orleampeth, Nellithope, Mudaliarpet, Ariankuppam, Manavely, Embalam, Nettapakkam and Bahour.^[1]

The constituencies of Thirubuvanai, Ossudu, Embalam, Nettapakkam and Nedungadu are reserved for candidates from SC.^[1]

Constituencies

Following is the list of the constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly since the delimitation of legislative assembly constituencies in 2008. Out of the 30 elected constituencies, 23 belong to Puducherry, Karaikal has 5 constituencies, while Mahe and Yanam have a single constituency each. The constituencies of Thirubuvanai, Ossudu, Embalam, Nettapakkam and Nedungadu are reserved for candidates of the Scheduled Castes (SC).^[8]^[9]

Constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
#	Name	Reservation	District	Lok Sabha constituency	Electors (2021)^[10]
1	Mannadipet	None	Puducherry	Puducherry	32,324
2	Thirubuvanai	SC			32,908
3	Ossudu	SC			32,176
4	Mangalam	None			38,004
5	Villianur				42,329
6	Ozhukarai				41,890
7	Kadirkamam				34,471
8	Indira Nagar				35,492
9	Thattanchavady				30,483
10	Kamaraj Nagar				37,491
11	Lawspet				32,359
12	Kalapet				34,547
13	Muthialpet				29,924
14	Raj Bhavan				26,349
15	Oupalam				27,913
16	Orleampeth				24,723
17	Nellithope				33,609
18	Mudaliarpet				35,597
19	Ariankuppam				39,001
20	Manavely				34,509
21	Embalam	SC			34,810
22	Nettapakkam	SC			32,707
23	Bahour	None			29,762
24	Nedungadu	SC	Karaikal		31,494
25	Thirunallar	None			31,204
26	Karaikal North				35,598
27	Karaikal South				31,891
28	Neravy T. R. Pattinam				31,277
29	Mahe		Mahe		31,092
30	Yanam		Yanam		37,747