List of leaders of the opposition in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly

The Leader of the Opposition in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly is the politician who leads the official opposition in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly. The current Leader of the Opposition is R. Siva.[1]

List of opposition leaders of Puducherry representative assembly (1955-1963)

The tenure of different leaders of opposition of Puducherry Representative Assembly is given below

No. Portrait Name

(Birth–Death)

Elected constituency Term of office[2] Assembly
(Election) 		Political party[a]
Assumed office Left office Time in office
1 V. Kailassa Soubaya
(1911–1993) 		Murungapakkam-Nainar Mandapam 17 August 1955 24 October 1958 1st
(1955 election) 		People's Front
September 1959 30 June 1963 2nd
(1959 election)

List of opposition leaders of Puducherry legislative assembly (since 1963)

The tenure of different leaders of opposition of Puducherry Legislative Assembly is given below[3]

No. Portrait Name

(Birth–Death)

Elected constituency Term of office[2] Assembly
(Election) 		Political party[a]
Assumed office Left office Time in office
1 V. Kailassa Soubaya
(1911–1993) 		Murungapakkam 1 July 1963 24 August 1964 1st
(1959 election) 		People's Front
Mudaliarpet 29 August 1964 17 September 1968 2nd
(1964 election)
2 P. Shanmugam
(1927–2013) 		N.A. 17 March 1969 2 January 1974 3rd
(1968 election) 		Indian National Congress
3 Dana Kantharaj Raj Bhavan 6 March 1974 27 March 1974 4th
(1974 election) 		Indian National Congress
4 P. Ansari Doraisamy
(c.1917–N.A.) 		Cassicade 2 July 1977 11 November 1978 5th
(1977 election) 		Janata Party
5 P. Uthiravelu Bahour 16 January 1980 23 November 1983 6th
(1980 election) 		Congress (Indira)
6 P. K. Loganathan
(1938–2013) 		Oupalam 16 March 1985 4 March 1990 4 years, 353 days 7th
(1985 election) 		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
7 M.O.H. Farook Lawspet 5 March 1990 3 March 1991 8th
(1990 election) 		Indian National Congress
8 V. M. C. V. Ganapathy
(1960–) 		Neravy T. R. Pattinam 4 July 1991 13 May 1996 4 years, 314 days 9th
(1991 election) 		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
9 V. Vaithilingam Nettapakkam 14 May 1996 21 March 2000 10th
(1996 election) 		Indian National Congress
10 R.V. Janakiraman Nellithope 22 March 2000 15 May 2001 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
16 May 2001 11 May 2006 11th
(2001 election)
11 A. M. H. Nazeem Karaikal 29 May 2006 May 2011 12th
(2006 election)
(9) V. Vaithilingam Kamaraj Nagar 17 August 2011[4] 2016 13th
(2011 election) 		Indian National Congress
12 N. Rangasamy Indira Nagar 22 August 2016[5] 22 February 2021 14th
(2016 election) 		All India N.R. Congress
13 R. Siva Villianur 8 May 2021[6] Till date 15th
(2021 election) 		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

See also

References

  1. ^ "Four-time MLA R Siva appointed leader of DMK legislature party in Puducherry". The New Indian Express. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b The ordinal number of the term being served by the person specified in the row in the corresponding period
  3. ^ "Union Territory of Pondicherry". legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Vaithilingam appointed provisional CLP leader". The New Indian Express. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Rangasamy appointed Opposition leader". The Hindu. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Four-time MLA R Siva appointed leader of DMK legislature party in Puducherry". The New Indian Express. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

Notes

  1. ^ a b This column only names the Leader of opposition's party. The opposition he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.