The Pondicherry Representative Assembly was converted into the Legislative Assembly on 1 July 1963 as per Section 54(3) of The Union Territories Act, 1963. All the 39 members who were elected by 1959 were deemed to have been elected to the First Assembly of Pondicherry Première Assemblée de Pondichéry (1 July 1963 – 24 August 1964).. Its term was fixed to expire on 24 August 1964.
Background The First Representative Assembly of Pondicherry which was constituted in 1955 after 1955 Pondicherry Representative Assembly election. However, that government was not stable as the ruling party was ridden with personal strifes and factions. The Government of India had to intervene finally by dissolving the Assembly following the instability caused by the change of party affiliation of members. Then, the Chief Commissioner took over the administration in October 1958. Later, after nine months, second general elections were held to the Pondicherry Representative Assembly in 1959.
Important members Speaker: A.S. Gangeyan from 22 July 1963 to 18 September 1964 Deputy Speaker: Kamichetty S.V. Rao Naidu from 27 November 1963 to 24 August 1964 Chief minister: Edouard Goubert from 1 July 1963 to 24 August 1964 Leader of opposition: V. Subbiah from 29 August 1964 – 19 September 1968
Members of the 1st Pondicherry Representative Assembly Party Name Members Congress 21 People's Front (P.F.) 13 PSP 1 Independents 4 Keys:
+ Members of the 1st Pondicherry Representative AssemblyS. NoName ConstituencyRegionParty 1 Kamichetty SavithriAnakalapettaiYanamInd.2K.S.V. Prasadarao NaiduAndhrapettaiYanamInd.3P.C. Purushottam RettiarArchivak–TavalacoupomPondicherryCongress4K.Ramanujam AriankuppamPondicherryP.F.5K. Subrahmania PadayachiBahourPondicherryCongress6M.M.HusseinBussy StreetPondicherryP.F.7 Annamalai Naicker Embaralam-KalamandapamPondicherryCongress 8S. Somasundara ChettiarKalapetPondicherryCongress9Mohamed Ismail MaricarKarikal NorthKarikalCongress10K.E.M. Mohamed Ibrahim MaricarKarikal CentralKarikalInd.11K.V. ProsperKarikal SouthKarikalCongress12 K.S.GovindarajKaraikovil PathuKarikalCongress13Smt. Saraswathi SubbiahKasikaddaiPondicherryP.F.14P.C. Murugaswamy ClemenceauKurichikuppamPondicherryP.F.15R.L. Purushottam Reddiar Kuruvinattam-KariambutturPondicherryCongress 16 V.Ramaswamy Pillai MadhakovilKarikalCongress 17C. E. BarathanMahe TownMaheCongress18Édouard Goubert MannadipetPondicherryCongress `19V.SubbaiahMurungapakkam-Nainar MandapamPondicherryP.F.20P. AbrahamMuthialpetPondicherryCongress21P. ShanmugamNedungaduKarikalCongress22N. GovindarajuNellitope TownPondicherryP.F.23D. Rathinasabapathy PillaiNeravyKarikalCongress 24 Venkatasubba Reddiar NettapakkamPondicherryCongress 25N. GuruswamyOulgaretPondicherryP.F.26R. VaithilingamOoppalaomPondicherryP.F.27R. Pakir MohammedOossetteriPondicherryP.F.28C.T.RamanPalloorMaheP.S.P.29 T.N.PurushottamaPanthakkalMaheCongress30A. S. GangeyanRajbhavanPondicherryCongress 31 V.Narayanaswamy Reddiarpalayam TownPondicherryP.F.32P.Narayana SwamySaram and LawspetPondicherryP.F. 33 S. NatarajanSellipet-SouttoukenyPondicherryP.F.34 K. M. Guruswamy Pillai Thirumeni AlagarKarikalCongress35 V. M. C. Varada Pillai Thirumalayapattinam NorthKarikalCongress36Nagamuthu Pillai Thirumalarayanpattinam South KarikalCongress37 Subbarayulu Naicker Tirunalar-Badrakaliamman KovilKarikalCongress38SoundarassamyTirunalar-Darbaranyeswarar KoilKarikalInd.39M. ChidambaramVillenourPondicherryP.F.
See also Government of Puducherry List of chief ministers of Puducherry List of lieutenant governors of Puducherry Puducherry Legislative Assembly Pondicherry Representative Assembly 1959 Pondicherry Representative Assembly election
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