15th Puducherry Assembly

The Fifteenth Assembly of Pondicherry succeeded the 14th Assembly of Pondicherry and was constituted after the victory of National Democratic Alliance in the 2021 assembly election that was held on April 6, 2021.

15th Assembly of Pondicherry
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Legislative Assembly Building, rue Victor Simonel, Puducherry, India
Overview
Legislative bodyPondicherry Legislative Assembly
Term2021 (2021) – 2026 (2026)
Election2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election
GovernmentNational Democratic Alliance
OppositionDravida Munetra Kazhagam
Members30+3
SpeakerEmbalam R. Selvam
Deputy SpeakerP. Rajavelu
Chief MinisterN. Rangasamy
Leader of the OppositionR. Siva
Nominal Executive
Lieutenant GovernorTamilisai Soundararajan

Important members

Membership by party

Members of Puducherry assembly by their political party (As on 28.06.2022) :

Alliance Party MLAs Leader of the legislature party Role
NDA (22) AINRC 10 N. Rangasamy[3] Government
BJP 9[note 1] Namassivayam[5]
IND 6
UPA (8) DMK 6 R. Siva[6] Opposition
INC 2

Members of 15th Legislative Assembly
No. Constituency Name Party Alliance Remarks
Puducherry District
1 Mannadipet A. Namassivayam Bharatiya Janata Party NDA
2 Thirubuvanai P Angalane Independent NDA
3 Ossudu A.K. Sai J Saravanan Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party NDA
4 Mangalam C. Djeacoumar All India N.R. Congress NDA
5 Villianur R. Siva Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam UPA
6 Ozhukarai M.Sivasankar Independent NDA
7 Kadirkamam S. Ramesh All India N.R. Congress NDA
8 Indira Nagar V. Aroumougam A. K. D. All India N.R. Congress NDA
9 Thattanchavady N. Rangaswamy All India N.R. Congress NDA
10 Kamaraj Nagar A. Johnkumar Bharatiya Janata Party NDA
11 Lawspet M. Vaithianathan Indian National Congress UPA
12 Kalapet P.M.L. Kalyanasundaram Bharatiya Janata Party NDA
13 Muthialpet J. Prakash Kumar Independent NDA
14 Raj Bhavan K. Lakshminarayanan All India N.R. Congress NDA
15 Oupalam Anibal Kennedy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam UPA
16 Orleampeth G. Nehru Independent NDA
17 Nellithope Richards Johnkumar Bharatiya Janata Party NDA
18 Mudaliarpet L. Sambath Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam UPA
19 Ariankuppam R. Baskar All India N.R. Congress NDA
20 Manavely Embalam R. Selvam Bharatiya Janata Party NDA
21 Embalam U Lakshmikandhan All India N.R. Congress NDA
22 Nettapakkam P. Rajavelu All India N.R. Congress NDA
23 Bahour R Senthilkumar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam UPA
Karaikal District
24 Nedungadu Chandira Priyanga All India N.R. Congress NDA
25 Thirunallar P.R Siva Independent NDA
26 Karaikal North P. R. N. Thirumurugan All India N.R. Congress NDA
27 Karaikal South A.M.H. Nazeem Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam UPA
28 Neravy T R Pattinam M Nagathiyagarajan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam UPA
Mahe District
29 Mahe Ramesh Parambath Indian National Congress UPA
Yanam District
30 Yanam Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok Independent NDA
Nominated
31 Nominated[4] R. B. Ashok Babu Bharatiya Janata Party NDA
32 K. Venkatesan Bharatiya Janata Party NDA
33 V. P. Ramalingam Bharatiya Janata Party NDA

See also

References
  1. "BJP's 'Embalam' R Selvam elected Speaker of Puducherry Assembly". New Indian Express. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  2. "Rajavelou elected Puducherry Deputy Speaker". The Hindu. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  3. "Rangasamy elected AINRC Legislature Party Leader in Puducherry". NetIndian. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  4. "BJP grows stronger in Puducherry as 3 party men nominated as MLAs". The Deccan Herald. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  5. "A Namassivayam elected floor leader of BJP in Puducherry Assembly". Asian News International. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  6. "Four-time MLA R Siva appointed leader of DMK legislature party in Puducherry". The New Indian Express. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2022.

Notes
  1. While six are elected members, the remaining three members are affiliated to BJP and were appointed as nominated MLAs.[4]
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