The first election to the Representative Assembly of French India ( French: ''Assemblée Représentative des Indes Françaises'') was held on 15 December 1946 to constitute the First Representative Assembly of

French India French India, formally the (), was a French colony comprising five geographically separated enclaves on the Indian subcontinent that had initially been factories of the French East India Company. They were ''de facto'' incorporated into the ...

. The election included Pondichéry (with 22 seats),

Karaikal Karaikal (, , Help:IPA/French, /kaʁikal/) is a port city of the Indian States and territories of India, Union Territory of Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry. It is the administrative headquarters of the Karaikal district, Karaikal Di ...

(12 seats), Chandernagor (5 seats), Mahé (3 seats) and

Yanaon Yanaon (, , ) was one of the five principal settlements of French India between 1731 and 1954. It was referred to in British records as Yanam. Early years Reason for European interests The French in their earlier records does mention their ...

(2 seats). The election was won by the National Democratic Front of Deiva Zivarattinam, that won 30 out of 44 seats.Moutoussamy, Ernest.
Les députés de l'Inde française à l'Assemblée Nationale sous la VIe République
'. Paris .a. Harmattan, 2003. p. 28

Results in Yanaon

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Results in Yanaon

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