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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1959 Pondicherry Representative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| previous_election = 1955 Pondicherry Representative Assembly election
| previous_year = 1955
| previous_mps =
| election_date = {{Start date|df=yes|1955|08|11}}
| elected_mps =
| next_election = 1964 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 1964
| next_mps =
| seats_for_election= All 39 seats to the Puducherry Representative Assembly
| majority_seats = 20
| opinion_polls =
| turnout =
| image1 = V Venkatasubha Reddiar 2011 stamp of India.jpg
| leader1 =
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| leader_since1 = [[V. Venkatasubba Reddiar]]
| leaders_seat1 = Nettapakkam
| last_election1 = 20
| seats_before1 = 22
| seats1 = 21
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 1
| popular_vote1 =
| percentage1 = 38.4%
| swing1 =
| image2 = [[File:Subbiah.jpg|125px]]
| leader2 =
| party2 = People's Front
| leader_since2 = [[V.Subbiah]]
| leaders_seat2 = Murungapakkam-Nainar Mandapam
| last_election2 = 16
| seats_before2 = 12
| seats2 = 13
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 1
| popular_vote2 =
| percentage2 = 31.6%
| swing2 =

| map_image =

| title = Chief Minister
| before_election = [[Édouard Goubert]]
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| after_election = [[V. Venkatasubba Reddiar]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
}}

After the de facto merger on 1 November 1954 and before the legal integration with the [[India|Indian Union]] on 16 August 1962, second general elections were held in August 1959 to constitute '''[[Second Pondicherry Representative Assembly]]'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.100486|title=India, A Reference Annual 1956|page=494|work= Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India|publisher=Publications Division|year=1956}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DFqbAAAAMAAJ|title=Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature|page=464|work= G.C.Malhotra|publisher=Metropolitan Book Co. Pvt. Ltd.|year=1964|isbn=9788120004009}}</ref>

==Background==
the Congress, with the support of independents, was able to form a Government after first elections in 1955. However, that government was not stable as the ruling party was ridden with personal strife and factions. The [[Government of India]] had to intervene finally by dissolving the Assembly and the Chief Commissioner took over the administration in October 1958.<ref>{{cite news |last= K. K. |first=Rajagopalan |date= September 12, 1959|title= Pondicherry Assembly Elections An Analysis |url=https://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/1959_11/37/pondicherry_assembly_electionsan_analysis.pdf |work= The Economic Weekly|access-date=10 June 2020 }}</ref> Later, after nine months, second general elections were held to the Pondicherry Representative Assembly in 1959 from 11 to 14 August.

==Results==
The results of 1959 election were summarized below<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2rpVAAAAYAAJ|title=The Story of Congress Pilgrimage: 1964-1970|page=38|work=A.M.Zaidi|volume=6|publisher=Indian Institute of Applied Political Research, New Delhi|year=1990|isbn=9788185355528}}</ref><ref name="reference1960">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7We3DQAAQBAJ|title=The Statesman's Year-Book 1960: The One-Volume ENCYCLOPAEDIA of all nations|work=S. Steinberg|publisher=MACMILLAN&Co.LTD, London|year=1960|isbn=9780230270893}}</ref>{{rp|197}}
{| class="wikitable Sortable" border="2"
|- valign="top"
!||Parties and Coalitions
! Won
! Votes
! Vote %
! Change
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|  || style="text-align:left;"|[[Indian National Congress]]
| align="right"|21
| align="right"| 60,636
| align="right"| 38.4
| align="right"|{{decrease}}1
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Popular Front}}"|  || style="text-align:left;"|People's Front
| align="right"|13
| align="right"|49,505
| align="right"| 31.6
| align="right"|{{increase}}1
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent}}"|  || style="text-align:left;"|[[Independent politician|Independents]] and others{{refn|group=note|i.e. [[Praja Socialist Party]]}}
| align="right"| 5
| align="right"|47,162
| align="right"| 30
| align="right"|{{steady}}
|}
However, during 1963, the state of parties in the Representative Assembly was: Congress, 24; People's Front (''Makkaḷ Munnaṇi'' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]]:மக்கள் முன்னணி)), 12; Praja Socialist Party, 1; Independents, 2.<ref name="reference1963"/>{{rp|475}}

==Members of the 1959 Pondicherry Representative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Members of the 1959 Pondicherry Representative Assembly
|-
!S. No!!Name !!Constituency!!Region!!Party
|-
|1
| [[Kamichetty Savithri]]
|Anakalapettai{{refn|group=note|i.e. Kanakalapeta constituency}}
|Yanam
|Ind.{{refn|group=note|i.e. Independent}}
|-
|2
|[[K.S.V. Prasadarao Naidu]]
|Andhrapettai{{refn|group=note|i.e. Adi Andhrapeta constituency}}
|Yanam
|Ind.
|-
|3
|P.C. Purushottam Rettiar
|Archivak–Tavalacoupom
|Pondicherry
|[[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
|-
|4
|K.Ramanujam
|Ariankuppam
|Pondicherry
|P.F.{{refn|group=note|i.e. People's Front}}
|-
|5
|K. Subrahmania Padayachi
|Bahour
|Pondicherry
|Congress
|-
|6
|M.M.Hussein
|Bussy Street
|Pondicherry
|P.F.
|-
|7
| Annamalai Naicker
|Embaralam-Kalamandapam
|Pondicherry
|Congress
|-
|8
|S. Somasundara Chettiar
|Kalapet
|Pondicherry
|Congress
|-
|9
|Mohamed Ismail Maricar
|Karikal North
|Karikal
|Congress
|-
|10
|K.E.M. Mohamed Ibrahim Maricar
|Karikal Central
|Karikal
|Ind.
|-
|11
|K.V. Prosper
|Karikal South
|Karikal
|Congress
|-
|12
| K.S.Govindaraj
|Karaikovil Pathu
|Karikal
|Congress
|-
|13
|Smt. Saraswathi Subbiah
|Kasikaddai
|Pondicherry
|P.F.
|-
|14
|P.C. Murugaswamy Clemenceau
|Kurichikuppam
|Pondicherry
|P.F.
|-
|15
|R.L. Purushottam Reddiar
|Kuruvinattam-Kariambuttur
|Pondicherry
|Congress
|-
|16
| V.Ramaswamy Pillai
| Madhakovil
|Karikal
|Congress
|-
|17
|C. E. Barathan
|Mahe Town
|Mahe
|Congress
|-
|18
|[[Édouard Goubert]]
|Mannadipet
|Pondicherry
|Congress `
|-
|19
|[[V.Subbaiah]]
|Murungapakkam-Nainar Mandapam
|Pondicherry
|P.F.
|-
|20
|P. Abraham
|Muthialpet
|Pondicherry
|Congress
|-
|21
|P. Shanmugam
|Nedungadu
|Karikal
|Congress
|-
|22
|N. Govindaraju
|Nellitope Town
|Pondicherry
|P.F.
|-
|23
|D. Rathinasabapathy Pillai
|Neravy
|Karikal
|Congress
|-
|24
| Venkatasubba Reddiar
|Nettapakkam
|Pondicherry
|Congress
|-
|25
|N. Guruswamy
|Oulgaret
|Pondicherry
|P.F.
|-
|26
|R. Vaithilingam
|Ooppalaom
|Pondicherry
|P.F.
|-
|27
|R. Pakir Mohammed
|Oossetteri
|Pondicherry
|P.F.
|-
|28
|P.K.Raman
|Palloor
|Mahe
|[[Praja Socialist Party|P.S.P.]]
|-
|29
| V.N.Purushottama
|Panthakkal
|Mahe
|Congress
|-
|30
|A. S. Gangeyan
|Rajbhavan
|Pondicherry
|Congress
|-
|31
| V.Narayanaswamy
|Reddiarpalayam Town
|Pondicherry
|P.F.
|-
|32
|P.Narayana Swamy
|Saram and Lawspet
|Pondicherry
|P.F.
|-
|33
| S. Natarajan
|Sellipet-Souttoukeny
|Pondicherry
|P.F.
|-
|34
| K. M. Guruswamy Pillai
|Thirumeni Alagar
|Karikal
|Congress
|-
|35
| V. M. C. Varada Pillai
|Thirumalayapattinam North
|Karikal
|Congress
|-
|36
|Nagamuthu Pillai
|Thirumalarayanpattinam South
|Karikal
|Congress
|-
|37
| Subbarayulu Naicker
|Tirunalar-Badrakaliamman Kovil
|Karikal
|Congress
|-
|38
|Soundarassamy
|Tirunalar-Darbaranyeswarar Koil
|Karikal
|Ind.
|-
|39
|M. Chidambaram
|Villenour
|Pondicherry
|P.F.
|}

==Council of ministers of Reddiar (1959-1963)==
Under supervision of then chief commissioner L.R.S Singh a ''Council of ministers'' was formed under leadership of [[V. Venkatasubba Reddiar]]:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.100489|title=India A Reference Annual 1962|page=499|work= Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India|publisher=Publications Division|year=1962}}</ref> on 9 September 1959.<ref name="ref2004">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DFqbAAAAMAAJ|title=Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature|work= G. C. Malhotra|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|year=2004|isbn=9788120004009}}</ref>{{rp|966}} '''President of the assembly''' that is equivalent to speaker was A. S. Gangeyan.<ref name="reference1963">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6NbMDQAAQBAJ|title=The Statesman's Year-Book 1963: The One-Volume ENCYCLOPAEDIA of all nations|work=S. Steinberg|publisher=MACMILLAN&Co.LTD, London|year=1963|isbn=9780230270923}}</ref>{{rp|475}}
{| class="wikitable" width="70%" style="font-size: x-big; font-family: verdana"
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Minister
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Portfolio
|---
|[[V. Venkatasubba Reddiar]]
|Public Works, Electrical, Fisheries and Port
|---
|[[Édouard Goubert]]
|Finance, Labour and Industries
|---
|C. E. Barathan
|Local Administration, Education and Transport
|---
|Gouroussamy Pillai
|Revenue, Veterinary and Information
|---
|[[P. Shanmugam]]
|Agricultute, Rural Development and Harijan Welfare
|---
|Mohamed Ismail Maricar
|Health, Hygiene and Co-operation
|}

==Council of ministers of Goubert (1963-1964)==
The French settlements of India were de jure transferred on 16 August 1962. Pondicherry Representative Assembly functioned until June 30, 1963 and succeeded by Puducherry Legislative Assembly. The Indian Parliament enacted the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963 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 also, but subject to certain limitations.<ref name="1963Act">{{cite web|url=https://rajnivas.py.gov.in/rti/governmentunionterritoriesact1963.pdf|title=The Government of Union Territories Act, 1963|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref> [[Edouard Goubert]] became the chief minister in the subsequent [[Pondicherry Legislative Assembly]].

In the [[First Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry]], under supervision of then chief commissioner S.K. Datta a ''Council of ministers'' was formed under leadership of [[Édouard Goubert]]:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5a9d01fddcda0a0001b04edf/5a9e23506851690001023a71_the-union-treritory-of-pondicherry-in-maps-and-charts.pdf|title=The Union Territory of Pondicherry, Maps & Charts|work= Ajaib Singh, Bureau of Statistics|publisher=Government of Pondicherry|year=1963}}</ref> on 1 July 1963.<ref name="ref2004"/> Speaker was A. S. Gangeyan.
{| class="wikitable" width="70%" style="font-size: x-big; font-family: verdana"
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Minister
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Portfolio
|---
|[[Édouard Goubert]] ([[List of chief ministers of Puducherry|Chief Minister]])
|Confidential and Cabinet Department, Home Department, Appointments Department, General Administration Department (except Information, Publicity and Government Press,) Education Department, Legislative and Judicial Department, Industries Department, Finance Department and any other business not allocated to any other Minister
|---
|[[V. Venkatasubba Reddiar]] (Development Minister)
|Five Year Plans-Planning, Implementation and Evaluation, Public Works Department, Electricity, Fisheries, Port, Government Press and Statistics
|---
|Gouroussamy Pillai (Revenue Minister)
|Revenue Department, Animal Husbandry, Information and Publicity Department
|---
|Mohamed Ismail Maricar (Health Minister)
|Medical and Public Health Department, Co-operation and Town Planning
|---
|M.K.Zeevaratnam
|Local Administration Department, Labour Department, Social, Child and Women's Welfare
|---
|V.M.C. Varada Pillay (Agriculture Minister)
|Agriculture, Community Development and Local Development Works
|}

==Trivia==
In Yanam, for Kanakalapeta constituency, two independents{{refn|group=note|Kamichetty Savithri and Yerra Jagannadha Rao}} secured exactly 707 votes each and so to decide the winner, lots were cast. Finally, [[Kamichetty Savithri]] was declared winner.{{refn|group=note|There was a rumour that on both of lots the name of Kamichetty Savithri was written. Thus ensuring her victory.}} In the same constituency, Congress candidate polled only 8 votes.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rajagopalan |first1=K |title=Pondicherry Assembly Elections |journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]] |date=12 September 1959 |issue=37 |url=https://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/1959_11/37/pondicherry_assembly_electionsan_analysis.pdf}}</ref>

==See also==

*[[Puducherry Legislative Assembly]]
*[[1946 French India Representative Assembly election]]
*[[1951 French India Representative Assembly election]]
*[[1955 Pondicherry Representative Assembly election]]
*[[Elections in Puducherry]]

==References==
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==Notes==
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