1959 Pondicherry Representative Assembly election

Indian union territory election 1959 Pondicherry Representative Assembly election India parliamentary no 1955 Pondicherry Representative Assembly election 1955 yes 1959 08 11 1964 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election 1964 All 39 seats to the Puducherry Representative Assembly 20 V Venkatasubha Reddiar 2011 stamp of India.jpg 200 80 100 110 07 Indian National Congress V. Venkatasubba Reddiar Nettapakkam 20 22 21 1 38.4% Subbiah.jpg 120 80 100 20 17 People's Front V. Subbiah Murungapakkam-Nainar Mandapam 16 12 13 1 31.6% Chief Minister Édouard Goubert Indian National Congress V. Venkatasubba Reddiar Indian National Congress After the de facto merger on 1 November 1954 and before the legal integration with the Indian Union on 16 August 1962, second general elections were held in August 1959 to constitute Second Pondicherry Representative Assembly.https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.100486 India, A Reference Annual 1956 494 Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India Publications Division 1956https://books.google.com/books?id=DFqbAAAAMAAJ Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature 464 G.C.Malhotra Metropolitan Book Co. Pvt. Ltd. 1964 9788120004009 Background the Congress, with the support of independents, was able to form a Government after first elections in 1955. However, that government was not stable as the ruling party was ridden with personal strife and factions. The Government of India had to intervene finally by dissolving the Assembly and the Chief Commissioner took over the administration in October 1958.K. K. Rajagopalan September 12, 1959 Pondicherry Assembly Elections An Analysis https://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/1959_11/37/pondicherry_assembly_electionsan_analysis.pdf The Economic Weekly 10 June 2020 6 June 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200606152924/https://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/1959_11/37/pondicherry_assembly_electionsan_analysis.pdf dead Later, after nine months, second general elections were held to the Pondicherry Representative Assembly in 1959 from 11 to 14 August. Results The results of 1959 election were summarized below:https://books.google.com/books?id=2rpVAAAAYAAJ The Story of Congress Pilgrimage: 1964-1970 38 A.M.Zaidi 6 Indian Institute of Applied Political Research, New Delhi 1990 9788185355528https://books.google.com/books?id=7We3DQAAQBAJ The Statesman's Year-Book 1960: The One-Volume ENCYCLOPAEDIA of all nations S. Steinberg MACMILLAN&Co.LTD, London 1960 9780230270893197 Parties and Coalitions Won Votes Vote % Change  Indian National Congress 21 60,636 38.41  People's Frontnote Thirty-four Communist candidates stood under the banner of the People's Front.Rajagopalan K. K. 12 September 1959 Pondicherry Assembly Elections : An Analysis 1269 The Economic Weekly PDF https://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/1959_11/37/pondicherry_assembly_electionsan_analysis.pdf 1 June 2022 6 June 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200606152924/https://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/1959_11/37/pondicherry_assembly_electionsan_analysis.pdf dead 1349,505 31.61  Independents and othersnote i.e. Praja Socialist Party 547,162 30 TOTAL 391,57,030 100 N.A. Another reference with some change in voteshare were summarized below: Parties and Coalitions Won Votes Vote % Change  Indian National Congress 21 64,000 41.11  People's Frontnote Thirty-four Communist candidates stood under the banner of the People's Front.1353,800 34.31  Independents and othersnote i.e. Praja Socialist Party 538,600 24.6 TOTAL 391,57,000 100 N.A. However, during 1963, the state of parties in the Representative Assembly was: Congress, 24; People's Front (Makkaḷ Munnaṇi (Tamil:மக்கள் முன்னணி)), 12; Praja Socialist Party, 1; Independents, 2.475 Members of the 1959 Pondicherry Representative Assembly + Members of the 1959 Pondicherry Representative AssemblyS. NoName ConstituencyRegionParty 1 Kamisetty SavithriAnakalapettainote i.e. Kanakalapeta constituencyYanamInd.note i.e. Independent2Kamisetty Parasuram NaiduAndhrapettainote i.e. Adi Andhrapeta constituencyYanamInd.3P.C. Purushottam RettiarArchivak–TavalacoupomPondicherryCongress4K.Ramanujam AriankuppamPondicherryP.F.note i.e. People's Front5K. 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.28P.K.RamanPalloorMaheP.S.P.29 V.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. Council of ministers of Reddiar (1959-1963) Under supervision of then chief commissioner L.R.S Singh a Council of ministers was formed under leadership of V. Venkatasubba Reddiar:https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.100489 India A Reference Annual 1962 499 Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India Publications Division 1962 on 9 September 1959.https://books.google.com/books?id=DFqbAAAAMAAJ Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature G. C. Malhotra Lok Sabha Secretariat 2004 9788120004009966 President of the assembly that is equivalent to speaker was A. S. Gangeyan.https://books.google.com/books?id=6NbMDQAAQBAJ The Statesman's Year-Book 1963: The One-Volume ENCYCLOPAEDIA of all nations S. Steinberg MACMILLAN&Co.LTD, London 1963 9780230270923475 MinisterPortfolioV. Venkatasubba ReddiarChief ministerPublic Works, Electrical, Fisheries and PortÉdouard GoubertFinance, Labour and IndustriesC. E. BarathanLocal Administration, Education and TransportGouroussamy PillaiRevenue ministerRevenue, Veterinary and InformationP. ShanmugamAgriculture ministerAgriculture, Rural Development and Harijan WelfareMohamed Ismail MaricarHealth ministerHealth, Hygiene and Co-operation Council of ministers of Goubert (1963-1964) The French settlements of India were de jure transferred on 16 August 1962. Pondicherry Representative Assembly functioned until June 30, 1963, and succeeded by Puducherry Legislative Assembly. The Indian Parliament enacted the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963 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 also, but subject to certain limitations.https://rajnivas.py.gov.in/rti/governmentunionterritoriesact1963.pdf The Government of Union Territories Act, 1963 Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India 8 June 2020 Edouard Goubert became the chief minister in the subsequent Pondicherry Legislative Assembly. In the First Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry, under supervision of then chief commissioner S.K. Datta a Council of ministers was formed under leadership of Édouard Goubert:https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5a9d01fddcda0a0001b04edf/5a9e23506851690001023a71_the-union-treritory-of-pondicherry-in-maps-and-charts.pdf The Union Territory of Pondicherry, Maps & Charts Ajaib Singh, Bureau of Statistics Government of Pondicherry 1963 on 1 July 1963. Speaker was A. S. Gangeyan. MinisterPortfolioÉdouard GoubertChief MinisterConfidential and Cabinet Department, Home Department, Appointments Department, General Administration Department (except Information, Publicity and Government Press,) Education Department, Legislative and Judicial Department, Industries Department, Finance Department and any other business not allocated to any other MinisterV. Venkatasubba ReddiarDevelopment ministerFive Year Plans-Planning, Implementation and Evaluation, Public Works Department, Electricity, Fisheries, Port, Government Press and StatisticsGouroussamy PillaiRevenue ministerRevenue Department, Animal Husbandry, Information and Publicity DepartmentMohamed Ismail MaricarHealth ministerMedical and Public Health Department, Co-operation and Town PlanningM.K.ZeevaratnamLocal Administration Department, Labour Department, Social, Child and Women's WelfareV.M.C. Varada PillayAgriculture ministerAgriculture, Community Development and Local Development Works Trivia In Yanam, for Kanakalapeta constituency, two independentsnote Kamichetty Savithri and Yerra Jagannadha Rao secured exactly 707 votes each and so to decide the winner, lots were cast. Finally, Kamichetty Savithri was declared winner.note There was a rumour that on both of lots the name of Kamichetty Savithri was written. Thus ensuring her victory. In the same constituency, Congress candidate polled only 8 votes.Rajagopalan K Pondicherry Assembly Elections Economic and Political Weekly 12 September 1959 37 https://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/1959_11/37/pondicherry_assembly_electionsan_analysis.pdf 6 June 2020 6 June 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200606152924/https://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/1959_11/37/pondicherry_assembly_electionsan_analysis.pdf dead See also India Politics Puducherry Legislative Assembly 1946 French India Representative Assembly election 1951 French India Representative Assembly election 1955 Pondicherry Representative Assembly election Elections in Puducherry References Notes note Category:State Assembly elections in Puducherry Category:20th century in French India Category:Elections in France Puducherry