15th Puducherry Assembly

Government assembly in India August 2024 August 2024 15th Puducherry Assembly Legislative Assembly Building, rue Victor Simonel, Puducherry, India Pondicherry Legislative Assembly 2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election 14th Puducherry Assembly 16th Puducherry Assembly National Democratic Alliance Dravida Munetra Kazhagam 2021 06 16 y 2026 06 15 y 30+3 Speaker Embalam R. Selvam Deputy Speaker P. Rajavelu Chief Minister N. Rangasamy Leader of the Opposition R. Siva The Fifteenth Assembly of Pondicherry succeeded the 14th Assembly of Pondicherry and was constituted after the victory of National Democratic Alliance in the 2021 assembly election that was held on 6 April 2021. Important members Speaker: Embalam R. Selvam from 16 June 2021.https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2021/jun/16/bjpsembalam-r-selvam-elected-speaker-of-puducherry-assembly-2316999.html BJP's 'Embalam' R Selvam elected Speaker of Puducherry Assembly New Indian Express 16 June 2021 27 June 2020 Deputy Speaker: P. Rajavelu from 25 August 2021https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/puducherry/rajavelou-elected-puducherry-deputy-speaker/article36115414.ece Rajavelou elected Puducherry Deputy Speaker 26 August 2021 The Hindu 22 June 2022 to 2. Jun. 2019 Chief Minister: N. Rangasamy since 7 May 2021. Leader of opposition: R. Siva since 8 May 2021. Composition AlliancePartyNo. of MLAsLeader of the partyrowspan=3 National Democratic AllianceGovernmentNDASeats: 24All India N.R. CongressAll India N.R. Congress10N. RangasamyBharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata Party9A. NamassivayamIndependent politicianIndependent5rowspan=3 Indian National Developmental Inclusive AllianceOppositionSPASeats: 9Dravida Munnetra KazhagamDravida Munnetra Kazhagam6R. SivaIndian National CongressIndian National Congress2M. VaithianathanIndependent politicianIndependent1 Members of Legislative Assembly DistrictNo.Constituency NamePartyAllianceRemarks Puducherry 1 MannadipetA. NamassivayamBharatiya Janata PartyNational Democratic Alliance 2 Thirubuvanai (SC)P. AngalaneIndependent politicianNational Democratic Alliance 3 Ossudu (SC)A. K. Sai J. Saravanan KumarBharatiya Janata PartyNational Democratic Alliance4 MangalamC. DjeacoumarAll India N.R. CongressNational Democratic Alliance 5 VillianurR. SivaDravida Munnetra KazhagamSecular Progressive Alliance 6 OzhukaraiM. SivasankarIndependent politicianNational Democratic Alliance 7 KadirkamamS. RameshAll India N.R. CongressNational Democratic Alliance 8 Indira NagarV. Aroumougam A. K. D. All India N.R. CongressNational Democratic Alliance9 ThattanchavadyN. Rangaswamy All India N.R. CongressNational Democratic Alliance10 Kamaraj NagarA. JohnkumarBharatiya Janata PartyNational Democratic Alliance 11 LawspetM. VaithianathanIndian National CongressSecular Progressive Alliance12 KalapetP. M. L. KalyanasundaramBharatiya Janata PartyNational Democratic Alliance 13 MuthialpetJ. Prakash KumarIndependent politicianNational Democratic Alliance 14 Raj BhavanK. LakshminarayananAll India N.R. CongressNational Democratic Alliance 15 OupalamAnibal KennedyDravida Munnetra KazhagamSecular Progressive Alliance 16 OrleampethG. Nehru KuppusamyIndependent politicianSecular Progressive Alliance 17 NellithopeRichards JohnkumarBharatiya Janata PartyNational Democratic Alliance 18 MudaliarpetL. Sambath Dravida Munnetra KazhagamSecular Progressive Alliance 19 AriankuppamR. BaskarAll India N.R. CongressNational Democratic Alliance 20 ManavelyEmbalam R. SelvamBharatiya Janata PartyNational Democratic Alliance 21 Embalam (SC)U. Lakshmikandhan All India N.R. CongressNational Democratic Alliance 22 Nettapakkam (SC)P. Rajavelu All India N.R. CongressNational Democratic Alliance 23 BahourR. Senthilkumar Dravida Munnetra KazhagamSecular Progressive Alliance Karaikal 24 Nedungadu (SC)Chandira Priyanga All India N.R. CongressNational Democratic Alliance 25 ThirunallarP. R. SivaIndependent politicianNational Democratic Alliance 26 Karaikal NorthP. R. N. Thirumurugan All India N.R. CongressNational Democratic Alliance 27 Karaikal SouthA. M. H. NazeemDravida Munnetra KazhagamSecular Progressive Alliance 28 Neravy T. R. PattinamM. NagathiyagarajanDravida Munnetra KazhagamSecular Progressive AllianceMahe 29 MaheRamesh ParambathIndian National CongressSecular Progressive AllianceYanam 30 YanamGollapalli Srinivas AshokIndependent politicianNational Democratic Alliance N/A 31NominatedMinistry of Home Affairs nominates three BJP members to the Puducherry Assembly https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/puducherry/mha-nominates-three-bjp-members-to-the-puducherry-assembly/article69800493.ece The Hindu 14 July 2025 16 July 2025 V. SelvamBharatiya Janata PartyNational Democratic Alliance 32 E. TheeppainthanBharatiya Janata PartyNational Democratic Alliance 33 S. RajasekaranBharatiya Janata PartyNational Democratic Alliance See also Government of Puducherry List of chief ministers of Puducherry List of speakers of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly List of lieutenant governors of Puducherry Puducherry Legislative Assembly Pondicherry Representative Assembly 2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election 2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election First Assembly of Puducherry References Notes note Category:Terms of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly