List of Chief Ministers of Puducherry & Their Tenure Periods

Since 1963, Puducherry has seen 10 Chief Ministers starting from Edouard Goubert who took oath in July 1963 to current and the longest serving Chief Minister N. Rangaswamy who took oath on May 2021 and served for 13 years on different tenure and is from All India N.R. Congress party. The former Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation M. O. H. Farook has the second-longest tenure, followed by V. Vaithilingam is from INC has the third-longest tenure.
Puducherry has been under President's rule for 7 times over a short period of time .The major ruling party has been INC,AIADMK and DMK.

Chief Minister

Chief Minister	Party	From	To
N. Rangaswamy	All India N.R. Congress	07 May 2021	Present
President's rule		23 Feb 2021	06 May 2021
V. Narayanasamy	INC	06 Jun 2016	22 Feb 2021
N. Rangaswamy	All India N.R. Congress	16 May 2011	06 Jun 2016
V. Vaithilingam	INC	04 Sep 2008	16 May 2011
N. Rangaswamy	INC	13 May 2006	04 Sep 2008
N. Rangaswamy	INC	27 Oct 2001	12 May 2006
P. Shanmugam	INC	24 May 2001	26 Oct 2001
P. Shanmugam	INC	22 Mar 2000	15 May 2001
R. V. Janakiraman	DMK	26 May 1996	21 Mar 2000

Chief Minister	Party	From	To
V. Vaithilingam	INC	04 Jul 1991	13 May 1996
President's rule		03 Mar 1991	04 Jul 1991
M. D. R. Ramachandran	DMK	08 Mar 1990	03 Mar 1991
M. O. H. Farook	INC	16 Mar 1985	04 Mar 1990
President's rule		24 Jun 1983	16 Mar 1985
M. D. R. Ramachandran	DMK	16 Jan 1980	24 Jun 1983
President's rule		12 Nov 1978	16 Jan 1980
Subramanyan Ramaswamy	AIADMK	02 Jul 1977	12 Nov 1978
President's rule		28 Mar 1974	02 Jul 1977
Subramanyan Ramaswamy	AIADMK	06 Mar 1974	28 Mar 1974
President's rule		03 Jan 1974	06 Mar 1974
M. O. H. Farook	DMK	17 Mar 1969	03 Jan 1974
President's rule		18 Sep 1968	17 Mar 1969
V. Venkatasubha Reddiar	INC	06 Mar 1968	18 Sep 1968
M. O. H. Farook	INC	09 Apr 1967	06 Mar 1968
V. Venkatasubha Reddiar	INC	11 Sep 1964	09 Apr 1967
Edouard Goubert	INC	01 Jul 1963	24 Aug 1964

Source: ECI

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The information provided on this page about the current and previous elections in the constituency is sourced from various publicly available platforms including https://old.eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/ and https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/. The ECI is the authoritative source for election-related data in India, and we rely on their official records for the content presented here. However, due to the complexity of electoral processes and potential data discrepancies, there may be occasional inaccuracies or omissions in the information provided.

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