| 1st Representative Assembly of Pondicherry | |||||
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 Assembly Building, rue Victor Simonel, Puducherry, India | |||||
| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | Pondicherry Representative Assembly | ||||
| Term | 17 August 1955 – 28 October 1958 | ||||
| Election | 1955 Pondicherry Representative Assembly election | ||||
| Government | Indian National Congress | ||||
| Opposition | People's Front | ||||
| Members | 39 | ||||
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. In January 1955, The Indian union government renamed the French settlements in India as State of Pondicherry by passing an order.[1]: 20 The previous assembly that was elected during French rule was dissolved on 13 June 1955 and the first general elections to the Pondicherry Representative Assembly were held in next month from 18 to 23 July for 39 constituencies. 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]
- ^ "Indian Affairs Record (Vol. I and II)". Diwan Chand Indian Information Center. 1955.
- ^ "India, A Reference Annual 1956". Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. Publications Division. 1956. p. 494.
- ^ Malhotra, G.C. (1964). Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature. Metropolitan Book Co. Pvt. Ltd. p. 464. ISBN 9788120004009.