1964 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

1964 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election
← 1959 23 August 1964 (1964-08-23) 1969 →
All 30 seats to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader V. Venkatasubba Reddiar V.Subbiah
Party INC People's Front
Leader's seat Nettapakkam Murungapakkam-Nainar Mandapam
Last election 21 13
Seats before 21 13
Seats won 22 4
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 9
Percentage 54.3% 13.4%
Swing Increase 15.9% Decrease 15.9%
Chief Minister before election

Edouard Goubert
INC

Elected Chief Minister

V. Venkatasubba Reddiar
INC

Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian Union Territory of Pondicherry took place on 23 August 1964 to constitute the Second Assembly of Pondicherry.[1] These were the first Legislative Assembly elections after the formation of the new Union Territory.[2] The elections marked the end of the rule of Edouard Goubert in Pondicherry.[3]

  1. ^ Rahman, S. A. The Beautiful India. Pondicherry. New Delhi: Reference Press, 2006. pp. 138–139
  2. ^ Das, Manoj. Pondicherry. New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India, 1976. p. 20
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference s2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).