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 (Fre ...

. 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

Important members

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: **A.S. Gangeyan from 22 July 1963 to 18 September 1964 *

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: ** Kamichetty S.V. Rao Naidu from 27 November 1963 to 24 August 1964 *

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: ** Edouard Goubert from 1 July 1963 to 24 August 1964 *

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: **

V. Subbiah Varadarajulu Kailasa Subbiah (7 February 1911 – 12 October 1993) was an Indian communist politician from Puducherry (city), Pondicherry (now Puducherry). Subbiah was the secretary of the Communist Party of French India. He is regarded as the f ...

from 29 August 1964 – 19 September 1968

Members of the 1st Pondicherry Representative Assembly

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Notes

{{Legislature of the Puducherry Terms of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly 1963 establishments in Pondicherry 1964 disestablishments in India

Background

Important members

Members of the 1st Pondicherry Representative Assembly

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