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15th Assembly of Pondicherry | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Pondicherry Legislative Assembly | ||||
Term | 2021 | – 2026||||
Election | 2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election | ||||
Government | National Democratic Alliance | ||||
Opposition | Dravida Munetra Kazhagam | ||||
Members | 30+3 | ||||
Speaker | Embalam R. Selvam | ||||
Deputy Speaker | P. Rajavelu | ||||
Chief Minister | N. Rangasamy | ||||
Leader of the Opposition | R. Siva | ||||
Nominal Executive | |||||
Lieutenant Governor | C. P. Radhakrishnan |
The Fifteenth Assembly of Pondicherry succeeded the 14th Assembly of Pondicherry and was constituted after the victory of National Democratic Alliance in the 2021 assembly election that was held on 6 April 2021.
Members of Puducherry assembly by their political party (as of 1 April 2024[update]) :
Alliance | Party | MLAs | Leader of the legislature party | Role | ||||
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NDA (21) | All India N.R. Congress | AINRC | 10 | N. Rangasamy[3] | Government | |||
Bharatiya Janata Party | BJP | 6[note 1] | A. Namassivayam[5] | |||||
Independent | IND | 5 | ||||||
SPA (9) | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | DMK | 6 | R. Siva[6] | Opposition | |||
Indian National Congress | INC | 2 | M. Vaithianathan | |||||
Independent | IND | 1 | G. Nehru Kuppusamy |