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The
Pondicherry Representative Assembly After the merger of French settlements into an Indian union, a new assembly, named the Pondicherry Representative Assembly, was created by the government of India. After the "de facto transfer day" of 1 October 1954, before 16 August 1962 also ...
was converted into the Legislative Assembly on 1 July 1963 as per Section 54(3) of The Union Territories Act, 1963. All the 39 members who were elected by
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were deemed to have been elected to the First Assembly of Pondicherry ''Première Assemblée de Pondichéry'' (1 July 1963 – 24 August 1964).. Its term was fixed to expire on 24 August 1964.


Background

The ''First Representative Assembly of Pondicherry'' which was constituted in 1955 after
1955 Pondicherry Representative Assembly election After the de facto 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 (French ...
. However, that government was not stable as the ruling party was ridden with personal strifes and factions. The
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had to intervene finally by dissolving the Assembly following the instability caused by the change of party affiliation of members. Then, the
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took over the administration in October 1958. Later, after nine months, second general elections were held to the Pondicherry Representative Assembly in
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.


Important members

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: **A.S. Gangeyan from 22 July 1963 to 18 September 1964 * Deputy Speaker: ** Kamichetty S.V. Rao Naidu from 27 November 1963 to 24 August 1964 *
Chief minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union terri ...
: ** Edouard Goubert from 1 July 1963 to 24 August 1964 *
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: ** V. Subbiah from 29 August 1964 – 19 September 1968


Members of the 1st Pondicherry Representative Assembly

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See also

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Government of Puducherry Government of Puducherry is the union territorial government for the union territory of Puducherry, India. It is headed by the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry. Its capital is located at Pondicherry. Government and administration Lieuten ...
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List of Chief Ministers of Puducherry The chief minister of Puducherry is the chief executive of the Indian union territory of Puducherry. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the lieutenant governor is a union territory's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive auth ...
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List of lieutenant governors of Puducherry Puducherry (formerly known as "Pondicherry") is a Union Territory of India. Governance and administration of the territory fall directly under federal authority. Chief Commissioner (1954 1963) After the ''de facto'' transfer of French settl ...
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Puducherry Legislative Assembly The Puducherry Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian union territory (UT) of Puducherry, which comprises four districts: Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahé and Yanam. Out of eight union territories of India, only three h ...
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Pondicherry Representative Assembly After the merger of French settlements into an Indian union, a new assembly, named the Pondicherry Representative Assembly, was created by the government of India. After the "de facto transfer day" of 1 October 1954, before 16 August 1962 also ...
*
1959 Pondicherry Representative Assembly election 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. Background the Con ...


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