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The All India N.R. Congress has 10 seats and its alliance partner BJP has 6 seats, thus taking the government's majority to 16 seats. DMK is the main opposition party with 6 seats. There are 6 independent candidates elected by the people. The remaining 3 candidates from Central Government (NDA) have been appointed by Ministry of Home Affairs.
Puducherry (/ ˌ p ʊ d ʊ ˈ tʃ ɛr i /; Tamil: [puðut͡ːʃeːɾi]), also known as Pondicherry (/ ˌ p ɒ n d ɪ ˈ tʃ ɛr i /; Tamil: [paːɳɖit͡ːʃeːɾi]), is a union territory of India, consisting of four small geographically unconnected districts.
After delimitation shortly after its formation, the Puducherry legislative assembly has 33 seats, of which 5 are reserved for candidates from scheduled castes and 3 members are nominated by the Government of India. 30 out of 33 Members are elected directly by the people based on universal adult franchise and the remaining three are nominated by ...
Speaker of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly Président de l'Assemblée législative de Pondichéry Incumbent Embalam R. Selvam since 16 June 2021 Appointer Members of Puducherry Legislative Assembly Term length 5 years no renewable limit Inaugural holder A. S. Gangeyan Formation 22 July 1963; 61 years ago Deputy P. Rajavelu (since 25 August 2021) Speaker of the Puducherry Legislative ...
Even though results for the election were declared on 2 May, the government formation was finalized on 8 June. The results were with NDA winning 16 seats (AIRNC :- 10, BJP :- 6) and UPA winning 9 seats (DMK :- 6, INC :- 2, Independent :- 1) and 5 Independents not backed by either of the alliance won.
This introduced the same pattern of government that prevailed in the rest of the country, but subject to certain limitations. [6] Under Article 239 of the Indian Constitution , the president of India appoints the lieutenant governor of Puducherry with such designation as he may specify to head the administration of the territory.
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After 2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election, N. Rangaswamy was sworn in as Chief Minister of Puducherry on 7 May 2021. [1] [2] According to a Puducherry Gazette notification dated 25 May 2021, "the President has been pleased to appoint" A Namassivayam, K Lakshminarayanan, C Djeacoumar and A K Sai J Saravana Kumar as Ministers in the cabinet.