Puducherry Assembly election: CM, Cabinet ministers, and their portfolios

A look at Puducherry Assembly elections in 2021, highlighting the current CM N. Rangasamy and key ministers from AINRC and BJP.

In the 2021 Puducherry Assembly elections, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) secured a majority, winning 16 of 30 constituencies. The All India N.R. Congress (AINRC) emerged as the single-largest party with 10 seats, while its ally, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), won 6 seats. The other seats went to DMK (6), Independents (6), and Congress (2).

AINRC founder N. Rangasamy was sworn in as Chief Minister on May 7, 2021. He formed a coalition government with the BJP.

Here is the current Council of Ministers in Puducherry.

N. Rangasamy had contested in two seats but won only his traditional constituency of Thattanchavady, defeating CPI nominee K. Sethu Selvam by 5,456 votes. In Yanam, he lost to Independent Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok by a margin of 2,183 votes.

Mr. Rangasamy holds the portfolio of Confidential and Cabinet Department, Cooperation, Revenue and Excise, Planning and Finance, Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, General Administration, Health and Family Welfare, Hindu Religious Institutions, Waqf Board, Local Administration, Port, Science, Technology and Environment, Town and Country Planning, Information and Publicity, and other subjects that are not allocated to any other ministers.

A. Namassivayam, who belongs to the BJP, is the Home Minister. He won from the Mannadipet constituency, defeating the DMK’s A. Krishnan by 2,750 votes. A former Minister and second-in-command in the erstwhile Congress ministry headed by Mr. Narayanasamy, Mr. Namassivayam had quit the Congress and joined BJP in 2021 ahead of the elections.