First Representative Assembly of Pondicherry

After the de-factor merger on 1 November 1954 and before the legal integration with the Indian Union on 16 August 1962, general elections were held in 1955 and 1959. So. the first general elections to the Pondicherry Representative Assembly were held in 1955 from July 18th to 23rd for 39 constituencies. The election were held on the basis of adult franchise under the State of Pondicherry (Representation of the People) Order, 1955 which prescribed the rules and regulations for the conduct of elections, more or less on the pattern adopted in the Indian Union.[1][2]

1st Representative Assembly of Pondicherry
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Assembly Building, rue Victor Simonel, Puducherry, India
Overview
Legislative bodyPondicherry Legislative Assembly
Term17 August 1955 (1955-08-17) – 28 October 1958 (1958-10-28)
Election1955 Pondicherry Representative Assembly election
GovernmentIndian National Congress
OppositionPeople's Front
Members39

Important Members
  • President:[note 1]
    • R.L. Purushothama Reddiar from 17 August 1955[3]:368
  • Leader of the House:
    • Maurice Pakkiriswamy Pillai from 17 August 1955[4] to 13 January 1956[5]:64–65
    • Édouard Goubert from 1956[6] to 24 October 1958
  • Leader of opposition:

Members of the First Pondicherry Representative Assembly as of 1956
Party Name Members
 Indian National Congress 22
 People's Front 12
 Independents 5

Keys:   Congress (22)   People's Front (P.F.) (12)   Independent (5)

Members of the First Pondicherry Representative Assembly
S. NoNameConstituencyCommuneRegionParty
1 Annousamy Ariankuppam Ariancoupom Pondicherry P.F.
2 Arul Raj Muthialpet Pondicherry Pondicherry P.F.
3 Arunachalam Darbaranyeswarar Koil Tirnoular Karikal Congress
4 Asappu Bairavasamy Oulgaret Town Oulgaret Pondicherry P.F.
5 Barathidasan Cassicade Pondicherry Pondicherry Congress[note 2]
6 C. E. Barathan Mahe Town Mahe Mahe Congress
7 Chandrasekhara Chettiar Archivak–Tavalacoupom Ariancoupom Pondicherry Congress
8 D.Rathinasabapathy Pillai Néravy Commune Néravy Karikal Congress
9 Édouard Goubert Bahour Bahour Pondicherry Congress
10 Evariste Dessame Karikal South Karikal Karikal P.F.
11 Govindaraju Nellitope Town Modéliarpeth Pondicherry P.F.
12 Joseph Latour Ouppalaom Pondicherry Pondicherry P.F.
13 K. Sheikh Dawood Maricar Karikal Town North Karikal Karikal Congress
14 K.S.V. Prasadarao Naidu Yanam[note 3] Yanaon Yanam Congress
15 Louis Savarih Villenour Town Villenour Pondicherry Ind.
16 M.M.Hussein Fifth Bussy Street Pondicherry Pondicherry P.F.
17 Mohamed Yusoof Karikal Central Karikal Karikal Ind.
18 Padmanabhan Palloor Mahé Mahe Ind.
19 Murugaswamy Clemanso Couroussou Coupom Pondicherry Pondicherry P.F.
20 N. Sethuraman Chettiar Rajbhavan Pondicherry Pondicherry Ind.
21 N. Ranganathan Saram and Lawspet Oulgaret Pondicherry P.F.
22 Pakkir Mohammed Oussoudou Villenour Pondicherry P.F.
23 Shanmugam Nedungadu Neduncadou Karikal P.F.
24 Ramalingam Calapet Oulgaret Pondicherry Congress
25 R.L. Purushottam Reddiar Kuruvinattam-Kariambuttur Bahour Pondicherry Congress
26 S. Dakshinamoorthy Mudaliar Thirumalarayanpattinam South Grand Aldée Karikal Congress
27 Thandapani Kounder Mannadipet Town Tiroubouvané Pondicherry Congress
28 Thiagaraja Naicker Embaralam-Kalamandapam Nettapacom Pondicherry Congress
29 Thirukamu Reddi Sellipet-Souttoukeny Tiroubouvané Pondicherry Congress
30 T. Srinivasa Pillai Thirumeni Alagar Cotchéry Karikal Congress
31 U. Rangaswamy Pillai Thirumalayapattinam North Grand Aldée Karikal Congress
32 Venkatasubba Reddiar Nettapakkam Town Nettapacom Pondicherry Congress
33 V.N.Purushottaman Pandakkal Mahe Mahe Ind.
34 V.Narayanaswamy Reddiarpalayam Town Oulgaret Pondicherry P.F.
35 V.Ramalingam Pillai Badrakaliamman Kovil Tirnoular Karikal Congress
36 V.Ramaswamy Pillai Kottuchery-Mathakovil Cotchéry Karikal Congress
37 V. Subbiah Murugapakkam Modéliarpeth Pondicherry P.F.
38 Y.Jagannadha Rao Yanam[note 4] Yanaon Yanam Congress
39 M. Pakkiriswamy Pillai Karikovil Pathan[note 5] Karikal Karikal Congress

Dissolution

However, the government was not stable as the ruling party was ridden with personal strifes and factions. Finally, 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.[9]

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See also

References
  1. "India, A Reference Annual 1956" (PDF). Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. Publications Division. 1956. p. 494.
  2. "Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature". G.C.Malhotra. Metropolitan Book Co. Pvt. Ltd. 1964. p. 464.
  3. S., Geetha (2008). Society and politics in French India: merger and anti-merger alignments in the Mid-Twentieth century (PhD). Pondicherry University.
  4. "The Encyclopaedia of Indian National Congress". A. Moin Zaidi. S. Chand Publications. 1976. p. 229.
  5. Shriman Narayan, K.P.Madhavan Nair (1956). "Report Of The General Secretaries" (PDF). Indian National Congress.
  6. "Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru" (PDF). Jawaharlal Nehru. Oxford University Press. 1961. p. 156.
  7. "Bharathidasan: Life". Pāppaṇṇā Paramēsvaran̲. Anu Pathippagam. 1991. p. 39.
  8. "All India Election Guide". R. V. Krishna Ayyar. Oriental Publishers. 1956. pp. 167, 464.
  9. K. K., Rajagopalan (September 12, 1959). "Pondicherry Assembly Elections An Analysis" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

Notes
  1. Equivalent to Speaker in contemporary Indian assemblies
  2. i.e. Won on P.F. ticket,[7] but, among three who joined Congress after elections
  3. i.e. Kanakalpeta constituency
  4. i.e. Adi Andhrapeta constituency
  5. i.e. The seat fell vacant after Pakkiriswamy Pillai's death in January 1956.[8]
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