Yanam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)
Yanam is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India, covering the area of Yanam. Yanam assembly constituency was part of Puducherry (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Member of Representative Assembly of French India
- 1946: Madimchetty Satianarayanamourty ; Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu,[2]
- 1951: Madimchetty Satianarayanamourty ; Canacala Tataya.[3]
The de-facto transfer of French settlements in India has happened on November 1 1954. These four french settlements were organized as State of Pondicherry. Later, on June 11 1955, The Government of India has dissolved the Representative Assembly by State of Pondicherry (Representative Assembly Decree Amendment) Order, 1955.[4]
Member of Pondicherry Representative Assembly
- 1955: Erra Jagannadha Rao (Congress); Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu (Congress).[5]
- 1959: Kanakalapeta constituency: Kamichetty Savithri (Ind.)[note 1]; Adiandhrapeta constituency: Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu (Ind.).
As the people aspired for a popular government, the Indian Parliament enacted The Union Territories Act, 1963[7] that came into force on 1 July 1963, and the pattern of government prevailing in the rest of the country was introduced in this territory. 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 were deemed to have been elected to the Assembly.[8]:966 Thus, the MLAs of Yanam to the First Legislvative Assembly (1963-1964) were Smt.Kamichetty Savithri and Shri Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu.
Member of Legislative Assembly
The elections for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly are held since 1964. Before the Elections to the Pondicherry Legislative Assembly were held in August 1964, the constituencies were delimited by the Delimitation Commission and the entire territory was divided into 30 single-member constituencies and 1 seat is allocated for Yanam region.[8]:965
- 1963:Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu, Kamichetty Savithri[note 2]
- 1964: Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu, Indian National Congress
- 1969: Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu, Independent
- 1974: Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu, Independent
- 1977: Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu, Janata Party
- 1980: Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu, Independent
- 1985: Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu, Indian National Congress
- 1990: Raksha Harikrishna, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
- 1991: Velaga Rajeswara Rao, Indian National Congress
- 1996: Malladi Krishna Rao, Independent
- 2000: P.Shanmugam, Indian National Congress
- 2001: Malladi Krishna Rao, Independent
- 2006: Malladi Krishna Rao, Indian National Congress
- 2011: Malladi Krishna Rao, Indian National Congress
- 2016: Malladi Krishna Rao, Indian National Congress
Assembly Elections 1969
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Kamichetty Sri Parasurama Varaprasada Rao Naidu | 2287 | 55.56 | 0 | |
INC | Yarra Zaganadharao | 1829 | 44.44 | 0 | |
Majority | 458 | 11.12 | |||
Turnout | 4116 | ||||
Independent gain from INC | Swing | ||||
Assembly Elections 1964
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Kamichetty Sri Parasurama Varaprasada Rao Naidu | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
INC gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Assembly Elections 1955
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Kamichetty Sri Parasurama Varaprasada Rao Naidu | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
INC | Yerra Jagannadha Rao | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
INC gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Assembly Elections 1951
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Madimchetty Satianarayanamourty | 1042 | 100 | 0 | ||
Canacala Tataya | 1042 | 100 | 0 | ||
[[|N/A]] hold | Swing |
Assembly Elections 1946
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Madimchetty Satianarayanamourty | 1103 | 100 | 0 | ||
Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassadaraw Naidou | 1103 | 100 | 0 | ||
Mohamed Zicria | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Erra Satianarayanamourty | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
[[|N/A]] hold | Swing |
See Also
References
- Yanam (Pondicherry) Election Results 2016
- Journal Officiel des établissements français de l'Inde, 1947.
- Journal Officiel des établissements français de l'Inde, 1952.
- "Extraordinary Gazette of India, 1955, No. 468" (PDF). Government of India. Directorate of Printing. 1955.
- "Directory of Indian Women Today, 1976". Ajīta Kaura, Arpana Caur. India International Publications. 1976. p. 251.
- https://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/1959_11/37/pondicherry_assembly_electionsan_analysis.pdf
- "The Government of Union Territories Act, 1963" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- "Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature". G. C. Malhotra. Lok Sabha Secretariat. 2004.
- "Directory of Indian Women Today, 1976". Ajīta Kaura, Arpana Caur. India International Publications. 1918. p. 251.
External Links
- "Schedule XXII Puducherry Table A - Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
Notes
- For Kanakalapeta constituency, two independents secured exactly 707 votes each and so to decide the winner, lots were cast. Finally, Kamichetty Savithri was declared winner. In the same constituency, Congress candidate polled only 8 votes.[6]
- Smt. Savithri also happens to be the First lady MLA of Yanam.[9]