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1959 Pondicherry Representative Assembly election

1959 Pondicherry Representative Assembly election

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All 39 seats to the Puducherry Representative Assembly
20 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader V. Venkatasubba Reddiar V.Subbiah
Party Indian National Congress People's Front
Leader's seat Nettapakkam Murungapakkam-Nainar Mandapam
Last election 20 16
Seats before 22 12
Seats won 21 13
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1
Percentage 38.4% 31.6%

Chief Minister before election

Édouard Goubert
Indian National Congress

Elected Chief Minister

V. Venkatasubba Reddiar
Indian National Congress

After the de facto merger on 1 November 1954 and before the legal integration with the Indian Union on 16 August 1962, second general elections were held in August 1959 to constitute Second Pondicherry Representative Assembly.[1][2]

  1. ^ "India, A Reference Annual 1956". Publications Division. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. 1956. p. 494.
  2. ^ G.C.Malhotra (1964). Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature. Metropolitan Book Co. Pvt. Ltd. p. 464. ISBN 9788120004009.

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