List of constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly

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Puducherry Legislative Assembly

Assemblée législative de Pondichéry
2026
Meeting place
Puducherry Legislative Assembly
Map of Assembly constituencies in Puducherry
Map of Assembly constituencies in Puducherry

The

scheduled castes. Additionally 3 members are nominated by the Government of India
. 30 out of 33 Members are elected directly by the people on the basis of universal adult franchise.

History

In terms of the provisions of the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963 the normal tenure of the Assembly is five years, unless sooner dissolved. There are 16 Committees in the Assembly.

Parliamentary and assembly constituencies of Puducherry were redesigned by Delimitation Commission of India based on data obtained in 2001 census of India.[1] On 4 January 2008, the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA) decided to implement the order from the Delimitation Commission.[2] In addition, three members can be nominated to the assembly by the central government.[3]

After 1963 Delimitation

As per The Union Territories Act, 1963, thirty members would be elected through direct suffrage.[4][5] Before the Elections to constitute the

Scheduled Castes,[5] four in Pondicherry region and one in Karaikal region.[6]
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Before delimitation of 2008

The Puducherry Legislative Assembly has 30 constituencies. Out of them 21 constituencies belong to Puducherry, Karaikal has 6 in number, Mahé has 2 in number and Yanam has a single constituency.

SC
), Villenour, Ozhukarai, Thattanchavady, Reddiarpalayam and Lawspet.

Area under

SC
).

Assembly constituencies of Mahé and Palloor were from Mahé district. The Yanam district formed a single assembly constituency, i.e. Yanam.

After delimitation of 2008

Post delimitation, the Puducherry parliamentary constituencies is divided among 30 assembly constituencies, as before. Now, Yanam and Mahé districts form a single constituency each, viz

Neravy T R Pattinam.[1] The area under the Puducherry district forms 23 assembly constituencies, viz Mannadipet, Thirubuvanai, Ossudu, Mangalam, Villianur, Ozhukarai, Kadirkamam, Indira Nagar, Thattanchavady, Kamaraj Nagar, Lawspet, Kalapet, Muthialpet, Raj Bhavan, Oupalam, Orleampeth, Nellithope, Mudaliarpet, Ariankuppam, Manavely, Embalam, Nettapakkam and Bahour.[1]

The constituencies of Thirubuvanai, Ossudu, Embalam, Nettapakkam and Nedungadu are reserved for candidates from

SC.[1]

Constituencies

Map of PY Assembly constituencies
Constituency map

Following is the list of the constituencies of the

Scheduled Castes (SC).[7][8]

Constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
# Name Reservation District Lok Sabha
constituency 		Electors
(2021)[9] 		Constituency
Map
1 Mannadipet None Puducherry Puducherry
32,324
2 Thirubuvanai SC
32,908
3 Ossudu
32,176
4 Mangalam None
38,004
5 Villianur
42,329
6 Ozhukarai
41,890
7 Kadirkamam
34,471
8 Indira Nagar
35,492
9 Thattanchavady
30,483
10 Kamaraj Nagar
37,491
11 Lawspet
32,359
12 Kalapet 34,547
13 Muthialpet
29,924
14 Raj Bhavan
26,349
15 Oupalam 27,913
16 Orleampeth
24,723
17 Nellithope
33,609
18 Mudaliarpet
35,597
19 Ariankuppam
39,001
20 Manavely
34,509
21 Embalam SC
34,810
22 Nettapakkam
32,707
23 Bahour None
29,762
24 Nedungadu SC Karaikal
31,494
25 Thirunallar None
31,204
26 Karaikal North
35,598
27 Karaikal South
31,891
28
Neravy T R Pattinam
31,277
29 Mahe Mahe
31,092
30 Yanam Yanam
37,747

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies in the UT of Pondicherry on the basis of 2001 Census" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 30 March 2005. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  2. ^ Sunil Gatade (2008). "Delimitation process now gets CCPA nod". The Economic Times.
  3. ^ "Centre can nominate 3 MLAs to Puducherry Assembly: SC". Deccan Herald. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  4. ^ Grover, Verinder, and Ranjana Arora. Encyclopaedia of India and Her States. Vol. 10. New Delhi [India]: Deep & Deep, 1996. p. 11
  5. ^ a b Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1964 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PONDICHERRY Archived 27 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ISBN 9788120004009
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  7. ^ "Schedule XXII Puducherry Table A - Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  8. ^ PUDUCHERRY ELECTIONS 2016 RESULTS
  9. ^ "Integrated Electoral Rolls of 2021, published on 20th January, 2021 - Assembly Constituency-wise Electors". ceopuducherry.py.gov.in. 20 January 2021. Archived from the original on 7 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
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