Yanam
SLA
Constituency no30
Electors37,747
Union territoryPuducherry
DistrictYanam
Loksabha consPuducherry
Established1964
ReservationNone
MlaGollapalli Srinivas Ashok
PartyIndependent
Latest election year2021

Yanam is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India, covering the area of Yanam. Yanam assembly constituency is part of Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency.[1]

Member of the Assembly

Member of Representative Assembly of French India

Further information: French India Representative Assembly

The de facto transfer of French settlements in India has happened on 1 November 1954. These four French settlements were organized as State of Pondicherry. Later, on 11 June 1955, The Government of India has dissolved the Representative Assembly by State of Pondicherry (Representative Assembly Decree Amendment) Order, 1955.[4]

Member of Pondicherry Representative Assembly

Further information: Pondicherry Representative Assembly

As the people aspired for a popular government, the Indian Parliament enacted The Union Territories Act, 1963[6] 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. The Pondicherry Representative Assembly was converted into the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry on 1 July 1963 as per Section 54(3) of The Union Territories Act, 1963 and its members were deemed to have been elected to the Assembly.[7]: 966 Thus, the MLAs of Yanam to the First Legislvative Assembly (1963–1964) were Smt.Kamichetty Savithri and Shri Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The elections for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly are held since 1964. Before the Elections to the Pondicherry Legislative Assembly were held in August 1964, the constituencies were delimited by the delimitation commission and the entire territory was divided into 30 single-member constituencies and a single seat is allocated for Yanam region.[7]: 965

YearAssemblyMemberParty
19642ndKamisetty Parasuram Naidu
19693rd
19744th
19775th
19806th
19857th
19908thRaksha Harikrishna
19919thVelaga Rajeswara Rao
199610thMalladi Krishna Rao
2000^10thP. Shanumugam (politician)
200111thMalladi Krishna Rao
200612th
201113th
201614th
202115thGollapalli Srinivas Ashok
202616thMalladi Krishna Rao

See also

Notes

  1. ^ For Kanakalapeta constituency, two independents secured exactly 707 votes each and so to decide the winner, lots were cast. Finally, Kamichetty Savithri was declared winner. In the same constituency, Congress candidate polled only 8 votes.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Yanam Election Results 2016, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up and Current MLAs". Elections in India
  2. ^ Journal Officiel des établissements français de l'Inde, 1947.
  3. ^ Journal Officiel des établissements français de l'Inde, 1952.
  4. ^ "Extraordinary Gazette of India, 1955, No. 468". Government of India. Directorate of Printing. 1955.
  5. ^ "Directory of Indian Women Today, 1976". Ajīta Kaura, Arpana Caur. India International Publications. 1976. p. 251.
  6. ^ "The Government of Union Territories Act, 1963". Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  7. ^ G. C. Malhotra (2004). Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature. Lok Sabha Secretariat. ISBN 9788120004009.
  8. ^ K K Rajagopalan (12 September 1959). "Pondicherry Assembly Elections - An Analysis". Archived from the original on 6 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2021.