Yanam_Assembly_constituency

Yanam Assembly constituency

Yanam Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Puducherry legislative assembly in India


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).[1]

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Member of the Assembly

Member of Representative Assembly of French India

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.[4]

Member of Pondicherry Representative Assembly

As the people aspired for a popular government, the Indian Parliament enacted The Union Territories Act, 1963[7] 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 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.[8]:966 Thus, the MLAs of Yanam to the First Legislvative Assembly (1963–1964) were Smt.Kamichetty Savithri and Shri Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The elections for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly are held since 1964. Before the Elections to the Pondicherry Legislative Assembly 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.[8]:965

Election results

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Assembly Election 2021

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Assembly Election 2016

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Assembly Election 2011

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Assembly Election 2006

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Assembly Election 2001

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Assembly Election 1996

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Assembly Election 1991

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Assembly Election 1990

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Assembly Election 1985

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Assembly Election 1980

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Assembly Election 1977

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Assembly Election 1974

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Assembly Election 1969

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Assembly Election 1964

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Pondicherry Representative Assembly

Assembly Elections 1964

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Assembly Elections 1955

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French India

Assembly Elections 1951

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Assembly Elections 1946

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Notes

  1. For Kanakalapeta constituency, two independents secured exactly 707 votes each and so to decide the winner, lots were cast. Finally, Kamichetty Savithri was declared winner. In the same constituency, Congress candidate polled only 8 votes.[6]

References

  1. "Yanam Election Results 2016, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up and Current MLAs". Elections in India.
  2. Journal Officiel des établissements français de l'Inde, 1947.
  3. Journal Officiel des établissements français de l'Inde, 1952.
  4. "Extraordinary Gazette of India, 1955, No. 468". Government of India. Directorate of Printing. 1955.
  5. "Directory of Indian Women Today, 1976". Ajīta Kaura, Arpana Caur. India International Publications. 1976. p. 251.
  6. K K Rajagopalan (12 September 1959). "Pondicherry Assembly Elections - An Analysis" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  7. "The Government of Union Territories Act, 1963" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  8. G. C. Malhotra (2004). Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature. Lok Sabha Secretariat. ISBN 9788120004009.
  9. "Puducherry 2006". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021.
  10. "Puducherry 2001". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021.
  11. "Puducherry 1996". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
  12. "Puducherry 1991". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
  13. "Puducherry 1990". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
  14. "Puducherry 1985". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
  15. "Puducherry 1980". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021.
  16. "Puducherry 1977". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021.
  17. "Puducherry 1974". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
  18. "Puducherry 1969". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
  19. "Puducherry 1964". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 15 May 2019.

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