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{{Infobox legislative term
| name = 2nd Assembly of Pondicherry
| image =
| image_size =
| caption = Legislative Assembly Building, rue Victor Simonel, [[Puducherry (city)|Puducherry]], [[India]]
| body = [[Pondicherry Legislative Assembly]]
| election = [[1964 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election]]
| before = ''[[First Assembly of Pondicherry]]''
| after = ''[[3rd Pondicherry Assembly]]''
| government = [[Indian National Congress]]
| opposition = People's Front
| term_start = {{Start date|1964|08|29|df=y}}
| term_end = {{End date|1968|09|19|df=y}}
| membership1 = 30
}}
The '''Second Assembly of Pondicherry''' ''Deuxième Assemblée de Pondichéry'' (29 August 1964 – 19 September 1968)<ref name="ref2004"/>{{rp|967}} succeeded the [[First Assembly of Pondicherry]] and was constituted after the victory of [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) and allies in the [[1964 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election|1964 assembly election]] held on 23 August 1964.<ref name="r1">Rahman, S. A. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=mV0wAQAAIAAJ The Beautiful India. Pondicherry]''. New Delhi: Reference Press, 2006. pp. 138–139</ref> [[V. Venkatasubba Reddiar|Venkatasubba Reddiar]] assumed office as 2nd [[List of chief ministers of Puducherry|Pondicherry]]. These were the first Legislative Assembly elections after the formation of the new Union Territory.<ref>Das, Manoj. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=acUtAAAAMAAJ Pondicherry]''. New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India, 1976. p. 20</ref>

==Background==
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'''<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|accessdate=8 June 2020}}</ref> and its members were deemed to have been elected to the ''First Assembly''.<ref name="ref2004">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DFqbAAAAMAAJ|title=Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature|author= G. C. Malhotra|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|year=2004|isbn=9788120004009}}</ref>{{rp|966}} All the 30 members of this assembly were elected through direct suffrage, under the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963.<ref>Grover, Verinder, and Ranjana Arora. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=NzxuAAAAMAAJ Encyclopaedia of India and Her States]''. Vol. 10. New Delhi [India]: Deep & Deep, 1996. p. 11</ref><ref name="eci">Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1964/StatReport_PY_64.pdf Statistical Report on General Election, 1964 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127205343/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1964/StatReport_PY_64.pdf |date=27 January 2013 }}''</ref> However, its term was fixed to expire on 24 August 1964. This necessitated the [[1964 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election|1964 assembly election]] to constitute the Second Assembly of Pondicherry.

==Reduction in size of assembly==
Under the provisions of The Union Territories Act, 1963, the strength of the Legislative Assembly of [[Puducherry (city)|Pondicherry]] has been reduced to 30.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2rpVAAAAYAAJ|title=The Story of Congress Pilgrimage: 1964-1970|page=38|author=A.M.Zaidi|volume=6|publisher=Indian Institute of Applied Political Research, New Delhi|year=1990|isbn=9788185355528}}</ref> Similarly, Five seats were reserved for [[Scheduled Caste]]s.<ref name="eci"/> Out of them, four were reserved in Pondicherry and the remaining one in [[Karaikal|Karikal]].

==Important members==
* '''[[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]]:'''
**[[M.O.H. Farook]] from 19 September 1964 to 19 March 1967<ref name="ref2004"/>{{rp|968}}
**[[P. Shanmugam]] from 30 March 1967 to 9 March 1968<ref name="ref2004"/>{{rp|968}}
* '''[[List of chief ministers of Puducherry|Chief minister]]:'''
** [[V. Venkatasubba Reddiar]] from 29 August 1964 - 19 September 1968
* '''[[Leader of opposition]]:'''
** [[V. Subbiah]] from 29 August 1964 - 19 September 1968

==Members elected==
'''Keys:'''
{{legend2|#00FFFF|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] (22) |border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#FF0000|People's Front (4) |border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#D3D3D3|[[Independent politician|Independent]] (4) |border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}

===Pondicherry Region===
{|class="sortable wikitable"
! No.
! style="width:120px" | Constituency
! style="width:180px" | Name of elected M.L.A.
! Party affiliation
|-
! 1
| [[Muthialpet (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Muthialpet]]
| [[P. Shanmugham]]
| bgcolor=#00FFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
! 2
| Couroussoucoupom
| Padmini Chandrasekar
| bgcolor=#00FFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
! 3
|Cassicade
| A.S. Kankeyan
|bgcolor=#00FFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
! 4
|[[Raj Bhavan (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Raj Nivas]]
| [[Édouard Goubert]]
|bgcolor=#00FFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
! 5
|Bussy Street
| C.M. Achraff
|bgcolor=#D3D3D3|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
! 6
|Oupalom
| G. Perumal Raja
|bgcolor=#D3D3D3|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
! 7
|[[Nellithope (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Nellithope]]
| N. Ranganathan
|bgcolor=#FF0000|People's Front
|-
! 8
|[[Mudaliarpet (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Mudaliarpeth]]
| [[V. Subbiah|V. Kailasa Subbiah]]
|bgcolor=#FF0000|People's Front
|-
! 9
|[[Ariankuppam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Ariancoupom]]
| P. Rathinavelu
|bgcolor=#00FFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
! 10
|Courouvinattam
| Subramanya Padayachi
|bgcolor=#D3D3D3|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
! 11
|[[Bahour (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Bahour]]
| C. Thangavelu
|bgcolor=#FF0000|People's Front
|-
! 12
| [[Nettapakkam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Netapacom]]
| [[V. Venkatasubha Reddiar|Venkatasubba Reddy]]
| bgcolor=#00FFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
! 13
| [[Thirubuvanai (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Tiroubouvane]]
| R. Kulandai
| bgcolor=#00FFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
! 14
| [[Mannadipet (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Mannadipet]]
| Manickavasaga Reddiar
| bgcolor=#00FFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
! 15
| [[Ossudu (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Oussoudou]]
| N. Harikrishnan
| bgcolor=#00FFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
! 16
| [[Villianur (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Villenour]]
| Thillai Kanakarasu
| bgcolor=#00FFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
! 17
| [[Embalam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Embalam]]
| P. Angammal
| bgcolor=#00FFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
! 18
| Oulgaret
| S. Govindasamy
| bgcolor=#00FFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
! 19
| [[Kalapet (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Calapeth]]
| Jeevarathina Udayar
| bgcolor=#00FFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
! 20
| Poudoussaram
| N. Gurusamy
| bgcolor=#FF0000|People's Front
|-
|}

===Karikal Region===
{|class="sortable wikitable"
! No.
! style="width:120px" | Constituency
! style="width:180px" | Name of elected M.L.A.
! Party affiliation
|-
! 21
| Cotchery
| G. Nagarajan
| bgcolor=#00FFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
! 22
| [[Karaikal North (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Karaikal North]]
| Farook Maricar
| bgcolor=#00FFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
! 23
| [[Karaikal South (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Karaikal South]]
| Mohamed Ibrahim Maricar
|bgcolor=#D3D3D3|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
! 24
| Neravy
| Nagamuttou Pillai
|bgcolor=#00FFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
! 25
| Grand Aldee
| Subarayalu
| bgcolor=#00FFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
! 26
| [[Thirunallar (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Tirounallar]]
| V.M.C. Varadha Pillai
| bgcolor=#00FFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
! 27
| [[Nedungadu (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Nedoungadu]]
| [[P. Shanmugham]]
| bgcolor=#00FFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|}

===Mahe Region===
{|class="sortable wikitable"
! No.
! style="width:120px" | Constituency
! style="width:180px" | Name of elected M.L.A.
! Party affiliation
|-
! 28
| [[Mahe (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Mahe]]
| Valavil Keshavan
| bgcolor=#00FFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
! 29
| Palloor
| Vanmeri Nadeyi Purushothaman
| bgcolor=#00FFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|}

===Yanam Region===
{|class="sortable wikitable"
! No.
! style="width:120px" | Constituency
! style="width:180px" | Name of elected M.L.A.
! Party affiliation
|-
! 30
| [[Yanam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Yanam]]
| [[Kamichetty Sri Parasurama Varaprasada Rao Naidu]]
| bgcolor=#00FFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|}

== See also ==
*[[Government of Puducherry]]
*[[List of chief ministers of Puducherry]]
*[[Puducherry Legislative Assembly]]
*[[Pondicherry Representative Assembly]]
*[[1964 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Notes==
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{{Legislature of the Puducherry}}

[[Category:Terms of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Pondicherry MLAs 1964–1969| ]]
[[Category:1964 establishments in Pondicherry]]

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