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{{Infobox election<br />
| election_name = French India Representative Assembly election, 1946<br />
| country = India<br />
| type = Representative assembly<br />
| ongoing = no<br />
| previous_election = Nill<br />
| previous_year = Nill<br />
| next_election = [[1951 French India Representative Assembly election|1951]]<br />
| next_year = [[1951 French India Representative Assembly election|1951]]<br />
| election_date = 15 December 1946<br />
| seats_for_election = 44<br />
| turnout = <br />
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| party1 = [[National Democratic Front (French India)|National Democratic Front]]<br />
| image1 = <br />
| leader1 = [[Deiva Zivarattinam]]<br />
| alliance1 = National Democratic Front<br />
| last_election1 = 0<br />
| seats1 = 30<br />
| seat_change1 = 30<br />
| popular_vote1 = <br />
| percentage1 = <br />
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}}<br />
The first '''election to the [[Representative Assembly of French India]]''' was held on 15 December 1946 to constitute the First Representative Assembly of French India.<ref name=a/><ref name="BonnichonGény2012">{{cite book|author1=Philippe Bonnichon|author2=Pierre Gény|title=Présences françaises outre-mer, XVIe-XXIe siècles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSSFAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA659|year=2012|publisher=KARTHALA Editions|isbn=978-2-8111-0737-6|page=659}}</ref> The election included [[Pondicherry district|Pondichéry]] (with 22 seats), [[Karaikal]] (12 seats), [[Chandernagor]] (5 seats), [[Mahé, India|Mahé]] (3 seats) and [[Yanam, French India|Yanaon]] (2 seats).<ref name=a/> The election was won by the [[National Democratic Front (French India)|National Democratic Front]] of [[Deiva Zivarattinam]], that won 30 out of 44 seats.<ref name=a>Moutoussamy, Ernest. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=IE1uAAAAMAAJ Les députés de l'Inde française à l'Assemblée Nationale sous la VIe République]''. Paris [u.a.]: Harmattan, 2003. p. 28</ref><ref name="BonnichonGény2012"/><br />
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==Results in Yanaon==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|+ Election results of the first Pondicherry Representative Assembly in Yanaon<ref>Journal Officiel des établissements français de l'Inde, 1946.</ref><br />
|-<br />
!S. No!!Name !!Votes!!Result <br />
|-<br />
|1<br />
|Madimchetty Satianarayanamourty<br />
|1,103<br />
|Elected<br />
|-<br />
|2<br />
|[[Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassadaraw Naidou]]<br />
|1,103<br />
|Elected<br />
|-<br />
|3<br />
|Mohamed Zicria<br />
|Nil<br />
|Not Elected<br />
|-<br />
|4<br />
|Erra Satianarayanamourty<br />
|Nil<br />
|Not Elected<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[1951 French India Representative Assembly election]]<br />
*[[1955 Pondicherry Representative Assembly election]]<br />
*[[1959 Pondicherry Representative Assembly election]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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