Speaker of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Puducherry, the main law-making body for the Indian UT of Puducherry. The speaker is always a member of the Legislative Assembly.
History 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 and its members (who got elected in 1959) were deemed to have been elected to the Legislative Assembly. The elections for the Puducherry Vidhan Sabha held since 1964.
List of the speakers and deputy speakers The tenure of different speakers of Puducherry Legislative Assembly is given below
Keys:
# Name Took office Left office Political party Deputy Speaker No. of Assembly Election 1 A. S. Gangeyan 22 July 1963 18 September 1964 Indian National Congress Kamisetty Parasuram Naidu(27 Nov. 1963 – 24 Aug. 1964) 1st 1959 2 M. O. H. Farook 19 September 1964 19 March 1967 V. N. Purushothaman(25 Sep. 1964 – 17 Sep. 1968) 2nd1964 3 P. Shanmugam 30 March 1967 9 March 1968 4 S. Manicka Vasagam 25 March 1968 17 September 1968-Vacant 18 September 1968 17 March 1969N/AVacant 5 S. Perumal 22 March 1969 2 December 1971 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M.L. Selvaradjou (26 Mar. 1969 – 28 Mar. 1972)3rd 1969 6 M.L. Selvaradjou 29 March 1972 3 January 1974 Indian National Congress Kamisetty Parasuram Naidu(5 Apr. 1972 – 2 Jan. 1974)-Vacant 3 January 1974 6 March 1974N/AVacant 7 S. Pakkiam 26 March 1974 28 March 1974 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-4th1974-Vacant 28 March 1974 2 July 1977N/AVacant 8 K. Kanthi 2 July 1977 12 November 1978 Indian National Congress S. Pazhaninathan(11 Aug. 1977 – 11 Nov. 1978)5th1977-Vacant 12 November 1978 16 January 1980N/AVacant (2) M. O. H. Farook 16 January 1980 24 June 1983 Indian National Congress L.Joseph Mariadoss(29 Jan. 1980 – 23 Jun. 1983)6th1980-Vacant 24 June 1983 16 March 1985N/AVacant 9 Kamisetty Parasuram Naidu 16 March 1985 19 January 1989 Indian National Congress M. Chandirakasu(29 Mar. 1985 – 28 Mar. 1989)7th 1985 10 M. Chandirakasu 29 March 1989 5 March 1990P.K. Sathianandan(5 Apr. 1989 – 4 Mar. 1990) 11 G. Palaniraja 22 Mar. 1990 3 Mar. 1991 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. Bakthavatchalam(29 Mar. 1990 – 3 Mar. 1991)8th1990-Vacant 22 Mar. 1991 4 Jul. 1991N/AVacant 12 P. Kannan 26 Jul. 1991 13 May 1996 Indian National Congress A. V. Subramanian(31 Jul. 1991 – 13 May 1996)9th 1991 13 V.M.C. Sivakumar 10 Jul. 1996 18 Mar. 2000 Dravida Munnetra KazhagamV. Nagarathinam(13 Jun. 1996 – 23 May 1997)M. Kandasamy(23 Aug. 1997 – 30 May 2000)K. Rajasekaran(30 May 2000 – 15 May 2001)10th 1996- M. Kandasamy 27 Mar. 2000 27 Mar. 2000 Tamil Maanila Congress 14 A.V. Subramanian 24 May 2000 31 May 2001 Indian National Congress 15 M.D.R. Ramachandran 11 Jun. 2001 26 May 2006 M. Chandirakasu(5 Jul. 2001 – 10 Nov. 2001)A.V. Subramanian(12 Dec. 2001 – 11 May 2006) 11th 2001 16 R. Radhakrishnan 1 Jun. 2006 May 2011 A.V. Sreedharan(1 Jun. 2006 - 3 Sep. 2008) V. Vaithilingam(4 Sep. 2008 - N.A.) 12th 2006 17 V. Sabapathy29 Jun 2011 May 2016 All India N.R. Congress T. P. R. Selvame(2 Nov 2011 - May 2016)13th2011 18 V. Vaithilingam 10 Jun 2016 21 Mar. 2019 Indian National Congress V. P. Sivakolundhu(10 Jun 2016 - 2. Jun. 2019) 14th 2016 19 V. P. Sivakolundhu 3 Jun. 2019 3 May 2021 M. N. R. Balan(4 Sep. 2019- 3 May 2021) 20 Embalam R. Selvam16 June 2021 4 May 2026 Bharatiya Janata Party P. Rajavelu(25 Aug. 2021-4 May 2026) 15th 2021
Pro tem Speaker
List of Pro tem Speakers K. Lakshminarayanan 2021 See also Government of Puducherry List of chief ministers of Puducherry List of leaders of the opposition in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly List of lieutenant governors of Puducherry Puducherry Legislative Assembly Pondicherry Representative Assembly Elections in Puducherry
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