1955 Pondicherry Representative Assembly election

1955 Pondicherry Representative Assembly election
← 1951 18 July 1955 (1955-07-18) 1959 →
All 39 seats to the Puducherry Representative Assembly
20 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Maurice Paquirissamypoullé V. Subbiah
Party INC People's Front
Leader's seat Karikovil Pathan Murungapakkam
Seats won 20 16
Percentage 37.2 35
Leader of Assembly before election

Balasupramanien[1]: 30 
INC

Elected Leader of Assembly

Maurice Paquirissamypoullé
INC

After the de facto merger on 1 November 1954 and before the legal integration with the Indian Union on 16 August 1962, general elections were held in 1955 and 1959. So. the first general elections to the Pondicherry Representative Assembly (French: Assemblée représentative de Pondichéry) along with 16 municipal councils were held in 1955 from 18 to 23 July for 39 constituencies to constitute First Pondicherry Representative Assembly (French: Première Assemblée représentative de Pondichéry). The election were held on the basis of adult franchise under the State of Pondicherry (Representation of the People: French: Représentation du peuple) Order, 1955 which prescribed the rules and regulations for the conduct of elections, more or less on the pattern adopted in the Indian Union.[2][3] The elections were conducted under supervision of the Election commissioner Mr. Sukumar Sen and heavy polling was reported during the elections.[4]

  1. ^ D.Banerjea (2005). Criminal Justice India Series: Pondicherry. Vol. 20. Allied Publishers. ISBN 9788177648713.
  2. ^ "India, A Reference Annual 1956". Publications Division. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. 1956.
  3. ^ G.C.Malhotra (1964). Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature. Metropolitan Book Co. Pvt. Ltd. p. 464. ISBN 9788120004009.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference IndianRecorderVol1and2_1955 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).