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Government of Puducherry (Tamil: Putuccēri aracu, Telugu: Puduccēri prabhutvamu) is the union territorial government for the union territory of Puducherry, India. It is headed by the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry.
The topography of Pondicherry is the same as that of coastal Tamil Nadu. Pondicherry's average elevation is at sea level and includes a number of sea inlets, referred to locally as "backwaters". Pondicherry experiences extreme coastal erosion as a result of a breakwater constructed in 1989, [9] just to the south of the city.
As per The Union Territories Act, 1963, thirty members would be elected through direct suffrage. [4] [5] Before the Elections to constitute the First Pondicherry Legislative Assembly were held in August 1964, the constituencies were delimited by the Delimitation Commission (as per Delimitation Commission Act, 1962) and the entire territory was divided into 30 single-member constituencies-21 ...
Pondicherry Assembly seats. Geographically, the area under the Puducherry UT consists of three disjointed regions, with Puducherry and Karaikal districts surrounded by districts of Tamil Nadu, Yanam district an enclave of East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, and Mahé district bordered by districts of Kerala. The four districts were ruled ...
Pondicherry Municipality–The total area is 19.46 km 2. The 2011 population was 2,44,377. The Municipality is divided into 42 wards comprising 8 Assembly Constituencies. Ozhukarai or Oulgaret Municipality–The total area is 36.75 km 2. The 2011 population was 3,00,150. The Municipality is divided into 37 wards.
Puducherry Election Commission an autonomous and statutory body constituted in Indian union territory of Puducherry (formerly Pondicherry) for ensuring that elections in states and union territories are conducted in free, fair and unbiased way.
Puducherry is the smallest union territory in terms of sea coastline with 30.6 km length. Some of Puducherry's regions are themselves amalgamations of non-contiguous enclaves, often called "pockets" in India. The Puducherry region is made of 11 such pockets, some of which are very small and entirely surrounded by the territory of Tamil Nadu.
The basic Law of Municipalities decree has now been replaced by the Pondicherry Municipalities Act 1973, which come into force on 26 January 1974. The Pondicherry Municipality constituted under the Act of 1973 is a selection grade municipality, and comprises the erstwhile Communes of Pondicherry, and Mudaliarpet and its headquarters in Pondicherry.