Legislative Assembly elections

Legislative Assembly elections in India Members of the State Legislative Assembly, the only house of State Legislature in 22 states and 3 union territories of India and the lower house of 6 states, are elected by being voted upon by all adult citizens of India enlisted in the voter l ...

were conducted for

Nagaland Legislative Assembly Nagaland Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Nagaland. Nagaland became a state of India on 1 December 1963 and after election in January 1964, the first Nagaland Legislative Assembly was formed on 11 Februa ...

and

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 ...

in 1964.

Nagaland

Nagaland Nagaland () is a landlocked state in the northeastern region of India. It is bordered by the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh to the north, Assam to the west, Manipur to the south and the Sagaing Region of Myanmar to the east. Its capital cit ...

was granted the statehood on 1 December 1963, and the first state assembly elections were held on January 10–16, 1964. Naga Nationalist Organization (NNO) won 33 out of 46 seats in the Legislative Assembly. The National Democratic Party (NDP) won 11 seats in the Legislative Assembly.

Puducherry

Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian Union Territory of

Pondicherry Pondicherry (), now known as Puducherry ( French: Pondichéry ʊdʊˈtʃɛɹi(listen), on-dicherry, is the capital and the most populous city of the Union Territory of Puducherry in India. The city is in the Puducherry district on the sout ...

took place on 23 August 1964.Rahman, S. A.
The Beautiful India. Pondicherry
'. New Delhi: Reference Press, 2006. pp. 138–139 These were the first Legislative Assembly elections after the formation of the new Union Territory.Das, Manoj.
Pondicherry
'. New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India, 1976. p. 20 21 seats were won by

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British E ...

while rest of the seats were won by Independents and others. The results of 1964 election were summarized below:

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Election Commission of India
{{Legislatures of India 1964 elections in India

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1964 in India Elections in India by year

Legislative Assembly elections

Nagaland

Puducherry

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