16th Puducherry Assembly

Government assembly in India May 2026 May 2026 16th Puducherry Assembly Legislative Assembly Building, rue Victor Simonel, Puducherry, India Pondicherry Legislative Assembly 2026 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election 15th Puducherry Assembly 17th Puducherry Assembly Rangaswamy V Dravida Munetra Kazhagam 2026 y 30+3 Speaker Deputy Speaker Chief Minister N. Rangasamy Leader of the Opposition The Sixteenth Assembly of Puducherry succeeds the 15th Assembly of Puducherry and will be constituted sooner following the victory of National Democratic Alliance in the 2026 assembly election that was held on 9 April 2026. Important members Speaker: TBA Deputy Speaker: TBA Chief Minister: N. Rangasamy since 7 May 2021. Leader of opposition: TBA Composition AlliancePartyNo. of MLAsLeader of the partyrowspan=5 National Democratic AllianceGovernmentNDASeats: 20All India N.R. CongressAll India N.R. Congress12N. RangasamyBharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata Party4A. NamassivayamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam1A. AnbalaganLatchiya Jananayaga Katchi1Jose Charles MartinIndependent politicianIndependent2N/Arowspan=1 Dravida Munnetra KazhagamOfficial OppositionDMKSeats: 5Dravida Munnetra KazhagamDravida Munnetra Kazhagam5TBArowspan=3 Tamilaga Vettri KazhagamOther OppositionTVK+Seats: 4Tamilaga Vettri KazhagamTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam2A. K. Sai J. Saravanan KumarIndian National CongressIndian National Congress1P. KarthikeyanNeyam Makkal Kazhagam1G. Nehru KuppusamyIndependent politicianOthersIndependent politicianIndependent1N/A Members of Legislative Assembly +Source: 2026-05-04 Puducherry Assembly Election 2026: Full list of winners https://www.thehindu.com/elections/puducherry-assembly/puducherry-election-2026-results-full-list-of-winners/article70915984.ece 2026-05-05 The Hindu en-IN 0971-751X2026-05-04 Puducherry Election Results 2026: Full List of constituency-wise winners https://indianexpress.com/article/india/puducherry-election-results-2026-winners-list-constituency-wise-seats-list-10664163/ 2026-05-05 The Indian Express enDistrictNo.Constituency NamePartyAllianceRemarks Puducherry 1 MannadipetA. NamassivayamBharatiya Janata PartyNational Democratic AllianceCabinet Minister 2 Thirubuvanai (SC)A. K. Sai J. Saravanan KumarTamilaga Vettri KazhagamTVK+ 3 Ossudu (SC)P. KarthikeyanIndian National CongressTVK+Won as SPA candidate; party switched to TVK+ post-election4 MangalamN. RangaswamyAll India N.R. CongressNational Democratic AllianceChief Minister 5 VillianurB. RavicoumarAll India N.R. CongressNational Democratic Alliance 6 OzhukaraiK. NarayanasamyAll India N.R. CongressNational Democratic Alliance 7 KadirkamamAzhagananthamIndependent politicianIndIndependent politician 8 Indira NagarA. K. D. ArumugamAll India N.R. CongressNational Democratic Alliance9 ThattanchavadyCasual vacancyCasual vacancy Vacated by N.Rangaswamy, Retained Mangalam10 Kamaraj NagarJose Charles MartinLJKNational Democratic Alliance 11 LawspetV. P. SivakolundhuAll India N.R. CongressNational Democratic Alliance12 KalapetRameshDravida Munnetra KazhagamSecular Progressive Alliance 13 MuthialpetVaiyapuri ManikandanAll India N.R. CongressNational Democratic Alliance 14 Raj BhavanVignesh KannanDravida Munnetra KazhagamSecular Progressive Alliance 15 OupalamA. AnbalaganAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamNational Democratic Alliance 16 OrleampethG. Nehru KuppusamyNeyam Makkal Kazhagam NMK #FFFF00TVK+ 17 NellithopeV. KarthikeyanDravida Munnetra KazhagamSecular Progressive Alliance 18 MudaliarpetA. JohnkumarBharatiya Janata PartyNational Democratic Alliance 19 AriankuppamAiyappanAll India N.R. CongressNational Democratic Alliance 20 ManavelyB. RamuTamilaga Vettri KazhagamTVK+ 21 Embalam (SC)E. MohandaossAll India N.R. CongressNational Democratic Alliance 22 Nettapakkam (SC)RajaveluAll India N.R. CongressNational Democratic Alliance 23 BahourR. SenthilkumarDravida Munnetra KazhagamSecular Progressive Alliance Karaikal 24Nedungadu (SC)V. VigneswaranIndependent politicianIndIndependent politician 25 ThirunallarG. N. S. RajasekaranBharatiya Janata PartyNational Democratic Alliance 26 Karaikal NorthP. R. N. ThirumuruganAll India N.R. CongressNational Democratic Alliance 27 Karaikal SouthA. M. H. NazeemDravida Munnetra KazhagamSecular Progressive AllianceLeader of the Opposition 28 Neravy T. R. PattinamT. K. S. M. MeenatchisundaramBharatiya Janata PartyNational Democratic AllianceMahe 29 MaheT. Ashok KumarIndependent politicianIndIndependent politicianYanam 30 YanamMalladi Krishna RaoAll India N.R. CongressNational Democratic AllianceCabinet Minister N/A 31Nominated 32 33 Notes References Category:Terms of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly Puducherry