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{{Infobox legislative term
| name = 2nd Representative Assembly of Pondicherry
| image =
| image_size =
| caption = Assembly Building, rue Victor Simonel, [[Puducherry (city)|Puducherry]], [[India]]
| body = [[Pondicherry Representative Assembly]]
| election = [[1959 Pondicherry Representative Assembly election]]
| before = ''[[1st Pondicherry Representative Assembly]]''
| after = ''[[First Assembly of Pondicherry|1st Assembly of Pondicherry]]''
| government = [[Indian National Congress]]
| opposition = People's Front
| term_start = {{Start date|1959|09|09|df=y}}
| term_end = {{End date|1963|06|30|df=y}}
| membership1 = 39
}}
The '''Second Representative Assembly of Pondicherry''' ''Deuxième Assemblée Représentative de Pondichéry'' (9 September 1959 - 30 June 1963)<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> succeeded the [[First Representative Assembly of Pondicherry]] and was constituted after the victory of [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) and its ally in the [[1959 Pondicherry Representative Assembly election|1959 assembly election]] held between 11 and 14 August 1959.<ref name="ElectionResultsNews1956">{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.100486|title=India, A Reference Annual 1956|page=494|publisher= Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India|department=Publications Division|year=1956}}</ref>

==Background==
The ''First Representative Assembly of Pondicherry'' which was constituted in 1955 after [[1955 Pondicherry Representative Assembly election]]. However, that government was not stable as the ruling party was ridden with personal strifes and factions. The [[Government of India]] had to intervene finally by dissolving the Assembly following the instability caused by the change of party affiliation of members. Then, the [[List of lieutenant governors of Puducherry|Chief Commissioner]] took over the administration in October 1958. Later, after nine months, second general elections were held to the Pondicherry Representative Assembly in [[1955 Pondicherry Representative Assembly election|1959]].<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 |publisher= The Economic Weekly|access-date=10 June 2020 }}</ref>

==Important members==
* '''[[Speaker (politics)|President]]:'''{{refn|group=note|Equivalent to Speaker in contemporary Indian assemblies}}
**A.S. Gangeyan from September 1959 to 30 June 1963<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|author=S. Steinberg|publisher=MACMILLAN&Co.LTD, London|year=1960|isbn=9780230270893}}</ref>{{rp|197}}
* '''Leader of the House:'''
** [[V. Venkatasubba Reddiar]] from 9 September 1959<ref name="ref2004"/>{{rp|978}} to 30 June 1963
* '''[[Leader of opposition]]:'''
** [[V. Subbiah]] from September 1959 to 30 June 1963

==Members of the 2nd Pondicherry Representative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable Sortable" border="2"
|- valign="top"
!||Party Name
! Members
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|  || style="text-align:left;"|[[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| align="right"|21
|-
| style="background-color:#FF0000"|  || style="text-align:left;"|People's Front (P.F.)
| align="right"|13
|-
| style="background-color:#FFF000"|  || style="text-align:left;"|[[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]]
| align="right"| 1
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent}}"|  || style="text-align:left;"|[[Independent politician|Independents]]
| align="right"| 4
|}
'''Keys:'''
{{legend2|#00FFFF|[[Indian National Congress|Congress]] (21) |border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#FF0000|People's Front (P.F.) (13) |border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#FFF000|Praja Socialist Party (P.S.P.) (1) |border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#D3D3D3|[[Independent politician|Independent]] (4) |border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Members of the 2nd Pondicherry Representative Assembly
|-
!S. No!!Name !!Constituency!!Region!!Party
|-
|1
| [[Kamichetty Savithri]]
|Anakalapettai{{refn|group=note|i.e. Kanakalapeta constituency}}
|Yanam
|bgcolor=#D3D3D3|Ind.
|-
|2
|[[K.S.V. Prasadarao Naidu]]
|Andhrapettai{{refn|group=note|i.e. Adi Andhrapeta constituency}}
|Yanam
|bgcolor=#D3D3D3|Ind.
|-
|3
|P.C. Purushottam Rettiar
|Archivak–Tavalacoupom
|Pondicherry
|bgcolor=#00FFFF|[[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
|-
|4
|K.Ramanujam
|Ariankuppam
|Pondicherry
|bgcolor=#FF0000|P.F.
|-
|5
|K. Subrahmania Padayachi
|Bahour
|Pondicherry
|bgcolor=#00FFFF|Congress
|-
|6
|M.M.Hussein
|Bussy Street
|Pondicherry
|bgcolor=#FF0000|P.F.
|-
|7
| Annamalai Naicker
|Embaralam-Kalamandapam
|Pondicherry
|bgcolor=#00FFFF|Congress
|-
|8
|S. Somasundara Chettiar
|Kalapet
|Pondicherry
|bgcolor=#00FFFF|Congress
|-
|9
|Mohamed Ismail Maricar
|Karikal North
|Karikal
|bgcolor=#00FFFF|Congress
|-
|10
|K.E.M. Mohamed Ibrahim Maricar
|Karikal Central
|Karikal
|bgcolor=#D3D3D3|Ind.
|-
|11
|K.V. Prosper
|Karikal South
|Karikal
|bgcolor=#00FFFF|Congress
|-
|12
| K.S.Govindaraj
|Karaikovil Pathu
|Karikal
|bgcolor=#00FFFF|Congress
|-
|13
|Smt. Saraswathi Subbiah
|Kasikaddai
|Pondicherry
|bgcolor=#FF0000|P.F.
|-
|14
|P.C. Murugaswamy Clemenceau
|Kurichikuppam
|Pondicherry
|bgcolor=#FF0000|P.F.
|-
|15
|R.L. Purushottam Reddiar
|Kuruvinattam-Kariambuttur
|Pondicherry
|bgcolor=#00FFFF|Congress
|-
|16
| V.Ramaswamy Pillai
| Madhakovil
|Karikal
|bgcolor=#00FFFF|Congress
|-
|17
|C. E. Barathan
|Mahe Town
|Mahe
|bgcolor=#00FFFF|Congress
|-
|18
|[[Édouard Goubert]]
|Mannadipet
|Pondicherry
|bgcolor=#00FFFF|Congress `
|-
|19
|[[V.Subbaiah]]
|Murungapakkam-Nainar Mandapam
|Pondicherry
|bgcolor=#FF0000|P.F.
|-
|20
|P. Abraham
|Muthialpet
|Pondicherry
|bgcolor=#00FFFF|Congress
|-
|21
|P. Shanmugam
|Nedungadu
|Karikal
|bgcolor=#00FFFF|Congress
|-
|22
|N. Govindaraju
|Nellitope Town
|Pondicherry
|bgcolor=#FF0000|P.F.
|-
|23
|D. Rathinasabapathy Pillai
|Neravy
|Karikal
|bgcolor=#00FFFF|Congress
|-
|24
| Venkatasubba Reddiar
|Nettapakkam
|Pondicherry
|bgcolor=#00FFFF|Congress
|-
|25
|N. Guruswamy
|Oulgaret
|Pondicherry
|bgcolor=#FF0000|P.F.
|-
|26
|R. Vaithilingam
|Ooppalaom
|Pondicherry
|bgcolor=#FF0000|P.F.
|-
|27
|R. Pakir Mohammed
|Oossetteri
|Pondicherry
|bgcolor=#FF0000|P.F.
|-
|28
|C.T.Raman
|Palloor
|Mahe
|bgcolor=#FFF000|[[Praja Socialist Party|P.S.P.]]
|-
|29
| T.N.Purushottama
|Panthakkal
|Mahe
|bgcolor=#00FFFF|Congress
|-
|30
|A. S. Gangeyan
|Rajbhavan
|Pondicherry
|bgcolor=#00FFFF|Congress
|-
|31
| V.Narayanaswamy
|Reddiarpalayam Town
|Pondicherry
|bgcolor=#FF0000|P.F.
|-
|32
|P.Narayana Swamy
|Saram and Lawspet
|Pondicherry
|bgcolor=#FF0000|P.F.
|-
|33
| S. Natarajan
|Sellipet-Souttoukeny
|Pondicherry
|bgcolor=#FF0000|P.F.
|-
|34
| K. M. Guruswamy Pillai
|Thirumeni Alagar
|Karikal
|bgcolor=#00FFFF|Congress
|-
|35
| V. M. C. Varada Pillai
|Thirumalayapattinam North
|Karikal
|bgcolor=#00FFFF|Congress
|-
|36
|Nagamuthu Pillai
|Thirumalarayanpattinam South
|Karikal
|bgcolor=#00FFFF|Congress
|-
|37
| Subbarayulu Naicker
|Tirunalar-Badrakaliamman Kovil
|Karikal
|bgcolor=#00FFFF|Congress
|-
|38
|Soundarassamy
|Tirunalar-Darbaranyeswarar Koil
|Karikal
|bgcolor=#D3D3D3|Ind.
|-
|39
|M. Chidambaram
|Villenour
|Pondicherry
|bgcolor=#FF0000|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|publisher= Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India|department=Publications Division|year=1962}}</ref> on 9 September 1959.<ref name="ref2004"/>{{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|author=S. Steinberg|publisher=MACMILLAN&Co.LTD, London|year=1963|isbn=9780230270923}}</ref>{{rp|475}}

As on 20 April 1962 the composition of ministry of Venkatasubba Reddiar was as follows:
{| 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]] {{small|Chief counsellor}}
|Public Works, Electrical, Fisheries and Port
|---
|[[Édouard Goubert]]
|Finance, Labour and Industries
|---
|C. E. Barathan
|Local Administration, Education and Transport
|---
|Gouroussamy Pillai {{small|Revenue minister}}
|Revenue, Veterinary and Information
|---
|[[P. Shanmugam]] {{small|Agriculture minister}}
|Agriculture, Rural Development and Harijan Welfare
|---
|Mohamed Ismail Maricar {{small|Health minister}}
|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|department= 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]] {{small|[[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]] {{small|Development minister}}
|Five Year Plans-Planning, Implementation and Evaluation, Public Works Department, Electricity, Fisheries, Port, Government Press and Statistics
|---
|Gouroussamy Pillai {{small|Revenue minister}}
|Revenue Department, Animal Husbandry, Information and Publicity Department
|---
|Mohamed Ismail Maricar {{small|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 {{small|Agriculture minister}}
|Agriculture, Community Development and Local Development Works
|}

== See also ==
*[[Government of Puducherry]]
*[[List of chief ministers of Puducherry]]
*[[List of lieutenant governors of Puducherry]]
*[[Puducherry Legislative Assembly]]
*[[Pondicherry Representative Assembly]]
*[[1959 Pondicherry Representative Assembly election]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Notes==
{{reflist|group=note}}

{{Legislature of the Puducherry}}

[[Category:Puducherry Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Puducherry]]
[[Category:1959 establishments in Pondicherry]]
[[Category:1963 disestablishments in India]]

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