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Yanam Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Puducherry legislative assembly in India
Constituency of the Puducherry legislative assembly in India
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| constituency_no | 30 |
| electors | |
| name | Yanam |
| union_territory | Puducherry |
| district | Yanam |
| loksabha_cons | Puducherry |
| established | 1964 |
| reservation | None |
| type | SLA |
| map_image | Yanam Assembly Constituency-30.png |
| mla | Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok |
| party | Independent |
| latest_election_year | 2021 |
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.
Member of the Assembly
Member of Representative Assembly of French India
- 1946: Madimchetty Satianarayanamourty; Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu,
- 1951: Madimchetty Satianarayanamourty; Canacala Tataya.
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.
Member of Pondicherry Representative Assembly
- 1955: Erra Jagannadha Rao (Congress); Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu (Congress).
- 1959: Kanakalapeta constituency: Kamichetty Savithri (Ind.); Adiandhrapeta constituency: Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu (Ind.).
As the people aspired for a popular government, the Indian Parliament enacted The Union Territories Act, 1963 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. 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 1 seat is allocated for Yanam region.
| Year | Assembly | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 1st | Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu | ||
| and Kamichetty Savithri | ||||
| 1964 | 2nd | Kamichetty Sri Parassourama Varaprassada Rao Naidu | ||
| 1969 | 3rd | |||
| 1974 | 4th | |||
| 1977 | 5th | |||
| 1980 | 6th | |||
| 1985 | 7th | |||
| 1990 | 8th | Raksha Harikrishna | ||
| 1991 | 9th | Velaga Rajeswara Rao | ||
| 1996 | 10th | Malladi Krishna Rao | ||
| 2000 by election & 2001 | 11th | P. Shanmugam (Puducherry politician) | ||
| 2006 | 12th | Malladi Krishna Rao | ||
| 2011 | 13th | |||
| 2016 | 14th | |||
| 2021 | 15th | Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok |
Election results
Assembly Election 2026
Assembly Election 2021
Assembly Election 2016
Assembly Election 2011
Assembly Election 2006
Assembly Election 2001
Assembly Election 1996
Assembly Election 1991
Assembly Election 1990
Assembly Election 1985
Assembly Election 1980
Assembly Election 1977
Assembly Election 1974
Assembly Election 1969
Assembly Election 1964
Pondicherry Representative Assembly
Assembly Elections 1964
Assembly Elections 1955
French India
Assembly Elections 1951
Assembly Elections 1946
Notes
References
References
- "Yanam Election Results 2016, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up and Current MLAs".
- Journal Officiel des établissements français de l'Inde, 1947.
- Journal Officiel des établissements français de l'Inde, 1952.
- (1955). "Extraordinary Gazette of India, 1955, No. 468". Directorate of Printing.
- (1976). "Directory of Indian Women Today, 1976". India International Publications.
- K K Rajagopalan. (12 September 1959). "Pondicherry Assembly Elections - An Analysis".
- "The Government of Union Territories Act, 1963". Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
- G. C. Malhotra. (2004). "Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature". Lok Sabha Secretariat.
- "Puducherry General Legislative Election 2021". [[Election Commission of India]].
- "Puducherry 2006".
- "Puducherry 2001".
- "Puducherry 1996".
- "Puducherry 1991".
- "Puducherry 1990".
- "Puducherry 1985".
- "Puducherry 1980".
- "Puducherry 1977".
- "Puducherry 1974".
- "Puducherry 1969".
- "Puducherry 1964".
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