Yanam is a
legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of
Puducherry in India, covering the area of
Yanam. Yanam assembly constituency was part of
Puducherry (Lok Sabha constituency)
Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency covers the entire Union Territory of Puducherry. Pondicherry became a union territory after the implementation of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of India in 1962 and changed its name to Puduc ...
.
Member of the Assembly
Member of Representative Assembly of French India
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1946: Madimchetty Satianarayanamourty ;
Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu,
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1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...
: Madimchetty Satianarayanamourty ; Canacala Tataya.
The ''de facto transfer'' of
French settlements in India has happened on 1 November 1954. These four French settlements were organized as State of Pondicherry. Later, on 11 June 1955, The Government of India has dissolved the ''Representative Assembly'' by State of Pondicherry (Representative Assembly Decree Amendment) Order, 1955.
Member of Pondicherry Representative Assembly
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1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yiji ...
: Erra Jagannadha Rao (Congress);
Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu (Congress).
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1959
Events January
* January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...
: Kanakalapeta constituency:
Kamichetty Savithri
Kamisetty Savithri (also spelled as Kamichetty Savithri; born 26 February 1923, date of death unknown) was an Indian politician from Yanam and was first MLA after de facto transfer from that constituency, between 1959 and 1964. She was also form ...
(Ind.); Adiandhrapeta constituency:
Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu (Ind.).
As the people aspired for a popular government, the
Indian Parliament
The Parliament of India ( IAST: ) is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India. It is a bicameral legislature composed of the president of India and two houses: the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and the Lok Sabha (House of the ...
enacted The Union Territories Act, 1963
that came into force on 1 July 1963, and the pattern of government prevailing in the rest of the country was introduced in this territory. The
Pondicherry Representative Assembly was converted into the
Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry
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 ...
on 1 July 1963 as per Section 54(3) of The Union Territories Act, 1963 and its members were deemed to have been elected to the Assembly.
Thus, the MLAs of Yanam to the First Legislvative Assembly (1963–1964) were Smt.
Kamichetty Savithri
Kamisetty Savithri (also spelled as Kamichetty Savithri; born 26 February 1923, date of death unknown) was an Indian politician from Yanam and was first MLA after de facto transfer from that constituency, between 1959 and 1964. She was also form ...
and Shri
Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu.
Member of Legislative Assembly
The elections for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly are held since 1964. Before the Elections to the
Pondicherry 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 ...
were held in August 1964, the constituencies were delimited by the Delimitation Commission and the entire territory was divided into 30 single-member constituencies and 1 seat is allocated for Yanam region.
Election Results
Legislative Assembly
Assembly Elections 2021
Assembly Elections 1969
Pondicherry Representative Assembly
Assembly Elections 1964
Assembly Elections 1955
French India
Assembly Elections 1951
Assembly Elections 1946
See also
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Yanaon
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Representative Assembly of French India
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Pondicherry Representative Assembly
Notes
References
External links
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Assembly constituencies of Puducherry
Yanam