Elections to the

Puducherry Legislative Assembly The Puducherry Legislative Assembly (French language, French: ''Assemblée législative de Pondichéry'') is the unicameral legislature of the Indian States and union territories of India, union territory (UT) of Puducherry (union territory), P ...

(French: ''Assemblée législative de Pondichéry'') were held in March 1969, to elect members of the 3rd Puducherry Assembly. The

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

won the popular vote, but the

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; ; DMK) is an Indian political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu, where it is currently the ruling party, and the union territory of Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry, where it is currently the main ...

won the most seats, and M. O. H. Farook was appointed as the

Chief Minister 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 ...

. The territory of Pondicherry was delimited by the

Delimitation Commission of India The Delimitation Commission of India is a commission established by the Government of India under the provisions of the Delimitation Commission Act, tasked with redrawing the boundaries of legislative assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies bas ...

into 30 single-member constituencies.

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* {{Puducherry elections 1969 State Assembly elections in India State Assembly elections in Puducherry 1960s in Pondicherry

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