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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Elections to municipal councils in the 22 municipalities of [[French India]] were held by universal direct suffrage on June 23, 1946. The [[National Democratic Front (French India)|National Democratic Front]] captured power in all 22 municipalities, winning 101 out of 122 municipal seats up for election.&lt;ref name=&quot;ch&quot;&gt;Neogy, Ajit K. &#039;&#039;[https://books.google.com/books?id=5yNuAAAAMAAJ Decolonization of French India: Liberation Movement and Indo-French Relations, 1947-1954]&#039;&#039;. Pondichéry: Institut français de Pondichéry, 1997. p. 24&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;Manickam, M. and J. B. Prashant More. &#039;&#039;[https://books.google.com/books?id=9S9uAAAAMAAJ Freedom movement in French India: the Mahe revolt of 1948]&#039;&#039;. Tellicherry: Inst. for Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, MESHAR, 2001. p. 93&lt;/ref&gt; Kamal Ghosh, a National Democratic Front leader, became mayor of [[Chandernagore]].&lt;ref name=&quot;pu&quot;&gt;Antony, Francis Cyril. &#039;&#039;[https://books.google.com/books?id=ucpFAQAAIAAJ Union Territory of Pondicherry]&#039;&#039;. [Pondicherry]: Administration of the Union Territory of Pondicherry, 1982. p. 248&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Elections in France]]<br /> [[Category:1946 elections in India]]<br /> [[Category:Municipal elections in France]]<br /> [[Category:Local elections in India]]<br /> [[Category:1946 in India]]<br /> [[Category:1946 in the French colonial empire]]<br /> [[Category:20th century in French India]]</div>

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