List of constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly

In terms of the provisions of the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963 the normal tenure of the Assembly is five years, unless sooner dissolved. There are 16 Committees in the Assembly.

Parliamentary and assembly constituencies of Puducherry were redesigned by Delimitation Commission of India based on data obtained in 2001 census of India.^[1] On 4 January 2008, the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA) decided to implement the order from the Delimitation Commission.^[2] In addition, three members can be nominated to the assembly by the central government.^[3]

As per The Union Territories Act, 1963, thirty members would be elected through direct suffrage.^[4][5]Before the Elections to constitute the First Pondicherry Legislative Assembly were held in August 1964, the constituencies were delimited by the Delimitation Commission (as per Delimitation Commission Act, 1962) and the entire territory was divided into 30 single-member constituencies-21 for Pondicherry region, 6 for Karaikal region, 2 for Mahe region and 1 for Yanam region. Out of these 5 seats were reserved for Scheduled Castes,^[5] four in Pondicherry region and one in Karaikal region.^[6]: 965

The Puducherry Legislative Assembly has 30 constituencies. Out of them 21 constituencies belong to Puducherry, Karaikal has 6 in number, Mahé has 2 in number and Yanam has a single constituency.

Puducherry was divided among these 21 assembly constituencies: Muthialpet, Cassicade, Raj Bhavan, Bussy, Oupalam, Orleampeth, Nellithope, Modeliarpeth, Ariankuppam, Embalom (SC), Nettapakkam, Kuruvinatham, Bahour (SC), Thirubuvanai (SC), Mannadipeth, Ossudu (SC), Villenour, Ozhukarai, Thattanchavady, Reddiarpalayam and Lawspet.

Area under Karaikal district was divided among the following 6 assembly constituencies: Cotchery, Karaikal, Karaikal South, Neravy-Grand Alde, Tirunallar and Neduncadu (SC).

Assembly constituencies of Mahé and Palloor were from Mahé district. The Yanam district formed a single assembly constituency, i.e. Yanam.

Post delimitation, the Puducherry parliamentary constituencies is divided among 30 assembly constituencies, as before. Now, Yanam and Mahé districts form a single constituency each, viz Yanam and Mahé, respectively.^[1] The area under Karaikal district forms 5 assembly constituencies, viz Nedungadu, Thirunallar, Karaikal North, Karaikal South and Neravy T R Pattinam.^[1] The area under the Puducherry district forms 23 assembly constituencies, viz Mannadipet, Thirubuvanai, Ossudu, Mangalam, Villianur, Ozhukarai, Kadirkamam, Indira Nagar, Thattanchavady, Kamaraj Nagar, Lawspet, Kalapet, Muthialpet, Raj Bhavan, Oupalam, Orleampeth, Nellithope, Mudaliarpet, Ariankuppam, Manavely, Embalam, Nettapakkam and Bahour.^[1]

The constituencies of Thirubuvanai, Ossudu, Embalam, Nettapakkam and Nedungadu are reserved for candidates from SC.^[1]

Following is the list of the constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly since the delimitation of legislative assembly constituencies in 2008. Out of the 30 constituencies, 23 belong to Puducherry, Karaikal has 5 constituencies, while Mahe and Yanam have a single constituency each. The constituencies of Thirubuvanai, Ossudu, Embalam, Nettapakkam and Nedungadu are reserved for candidates of the Scheduled Castes (SC).^[7][8]

Constituencies of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly

#	Name	Reservation	District	Lok Sabha constituency	Electors (2021)[9]	Constituency Map
1	Mannadipet	None	Puducherry	Puducherry	32,324
2	Thirubuvanai	SC			32,908
3	Ossudu				32,176
4	Mangalam	None			38,004
5	Villianur				42,329
6	Ozhukarai				41,890
7	Kadirkamam				34,471
8	Indira Nagar				35,492
9	Thattanchavady				30,483
10	Kamaraj Nagar				37,491
11	Lawspet				32,359
12	Kalapet				34,547
13	Muthialpet				29,924
14	Raj Bhavan				26,349
15	Oupalam				27,913
16	Orleampeth				24,723
17	Nellithope				33,609
18	Mudaliarpet				35,597
19	Ariankuppam				39,001
20	Manavely				34,509
21	Embalam	SC			34,810
22	Nettapakkam				32,707
23	Bahour	None			29,762
24	Nedungadu	SC	Karaikal		31,494
25	Thirunallar	None			31,204
26	Karaikal North				35,598
27	Karaikal South				31,891
28	Neravy T R Pattinam				31,277
29	Mahe		Mahe		31,092
30	Yanam		Yanam		37,747

• List of chief ministers of Puducherry
• List of speakers of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly