2nd Puducherry Assembly

The Second Assembly of Pondicherry Deuxième Assemblée de Pondichéry (29 August 1964 – 19 September 1968) succeeded the First Assembly of Pondicherry and was constituted after the victory of Indian National Congress (INC) and allies in the 1964 assembly election held on 23 August 1964. Venkatasubba Reddiar assumed office as 2nd Pondicherry. These were the first Legislative Assembly elections after the formation of the new Union Territory.

Background
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 First Assembly. All the 30 members of this assembly were elected through direct suffrage, under the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963. However, its term was fixed to expire on 24 August 1964. This necessitated the 1964 assembly election to constitute the Second Assembly of Pondicherry.

Reduction in size of assembly
Under the provisions of The Union Territories Act, 1963, the strength of the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry has been reduced to 30. Similarly, Five seats were reserved for Scheduled Castes. Out of them, four were reserved in Pondicherry and the remaining one in Karikal.

Important members

 * Speaker:
 * M.O.H. Farook from 19 September 1964 to 19 March 1967
 * P. Shanmugam from 30 March 1967 to 9 March 1968
 * Chief minister:
 * V. Venkatasubba Reddiar from 29 August 1964 - 19 September 1968
 * Leader of opposition:
 * V. Subbiah from 29 August 1964 - 19 September 1968

Members elected
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