15th Assembly of Pondicherry | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Pondicherry Legislative Assembly | ||||
Term | 2021 – 2026 | ||||
Election | 2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election | ||||
Government | National Democratic Alliance | ||||
Opposition | Dravida Munetra Kazhagam | ||||
Members | 30+3 | ||||
Speaker | Embalam R. Selvam | ||||
Deputy Speaker | P. Rajavelu | ||||
Chief Minister | N. Rangasamy | ||||
Leader of the Opposition | R. Siva | ||||
Nominal Executive | |||||
Lieutenant Governor | C. P. Radhakrishnan |
The Fifteenth Assembly of Pondicherry succeeded the 14th Assembly of Pondicherry and was constituted after the victory of National Democratic Alliance in the 2021 assembly election that was held on April 6, 2021.
Members of Puducherry assembly by their political party (As on 28.06.2022) :
Alliance | Party | MLAs | Leader of the legislature party | Role | ||||
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NDA (22) | All India N.R. Congress | AINRC | 10 | N. Rangasamy [3] | Government | |||
Bharatiya Janata Party | BJP | 6 [note 1] | Namassivayam [5] | |||||
Independent | IND | 6 | ||||||
SPA (8) | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | DMK | 6 | R. Siva [6] | Opposition | |||
Indian National Congress | INC | 2 | ||||||
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