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Rangasamy</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:N_Rangaswamy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/N_Rangaswamy.jpg/220px-N_Rangaswamy.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/N_Rangaswamy.jpg/330px-N_Rangaswamy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/N_Rangaswamy.jpg/440px-N_Rangaswamy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="599" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Rangasamy in March 2015</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">9th <a href="/wiki/List_of_Chief_Ministers_of_Puducherry" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Chief Ministers of Puducherry">Chief Minister of Puducherry</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />8 May 2021</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Lieutenant Governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kuniyil_Kailashnathan" title="Kuniyil Kailashnathan">Kuniyil Kailashnathan</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/President%27s_Rule" class="mw-redirect" title="President's Rule">President's Rule</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thattanchavady_(Union_Territory_Assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thattanchavady (Union Territory Assembly constituency)">Thattanchavady</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />16 May 2011 – 6 June 2016</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Lieutenant Governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iqbal_Singh_(politician)" title="Iqbal Singh (politician)">Iqbal Singh</a> (until 2013)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Virendra_Kataria" title="Virendra Kataria">Virendra Kataria</a> (2013-2014)</li><li><a href="/wiki/A._K._Singh" title="A. K. Singh">A. K. Singh</a> (2014-2016)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/V._Vaithilingam" title="V. Vaithilingam">V. Vaithilingam</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/V._Narayanasamy" title="V. Narayanasamy">V. Narayanasamy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kadirkamam_(Union_Territory_Assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kadirkamam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)">Kadirgamam</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1 October 2006 – 4 September 2008</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Lieutenant Governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mukut_Mithi" title="Mukut Mithi">Mukut Mithi</a> (2006-2008)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Bhopinder_Singh" title="Bhopinder Singh">Bhopinder Singh</a> (2008)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Govind_Singh_Gurjar" title="Govind Singh Gurjar">Govind Singh Gurjar</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>position established</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/V._Vaithilingam" title="V. Vaithilingam">V. Vaithilingam</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thattanchavady_(Union_Territory_Assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thattanchavady (Union Territory Assembly constituency)">Thattanchavady</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />27 October 2001 – 1 October 2006</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Lieutenant Governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rajani_Rai" title="Rajani Rai">Rajani Rai</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/K._R._Malkani" title="K. R. Malkani">K. R. Malkani</a> (2002-2003)</li><li><a href="/wiki/P._S._Ramamohan_Rao" title="P. S. Ramamohan Rao">P. S. Ramamohan Rao</a> (2003-2004)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Nagendra_Nath_Jha" title="Nagendra Nath Jha">Nagendra Nath Jha</a> (2004)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Madan_Mohan_Lakhera" title="Madan Mohan Lakhera">Madan Mohan Lakhera</a> (2004-2006)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Mukut_Mithi" title="Mukut Mithi">Mukut Mithi</a> (2006)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/P._Shanmugam" title="P. Shanmugam">P Shanmugam</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>position abolished</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thattanchavady_(Union_Territory_Assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thattanchavady (Union Territory Assembly constituency)">Thattanchavady</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">3rd <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition" title="Leader of the Opposition">Leader of the Opposition</a> in <a href="/wiki/Puducherry_Legislative_Assembly" title="Puducherry Legislative Assembly">Puducherry Legislative Assembly</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />16 May 2016 – 22 February 2021</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/V._Vaithilingam" title="V. Vaithilingam">V. Vaithilingam</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/R._Siva" title="R. Siva">R. Siva</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Puducherry_Council_of_Ministers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Puducherry Council of Ministers (page does not exist)">Puducherry</a> <a href="/wiki/Puducherry_(union_territory)" title="Puducherry (union territory)">Minister of Agriculture</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />4 June 1991 – 13 May 1996</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Chief Minister</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/V._Vaithilingam" title="V. Vaithilingam">V. Vaithilingam</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Puducherry_Council_of_Ministers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Puducherry Council of Ministers (page does not exist)">Puduchery</a> <a href="/wiki/Puducherry_(union_territory)" title="Puducherry (union territory)">Minister of Education</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 2000 – October 2001</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Chief Minister</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/P._Shanmugam" title="P. Shanmugam">P. Shanmugam</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">President of <a href="/wiki/All_India_N.R._Congress" title="All India N.R. Congress">All India N.R. Congress</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />7 February 2011</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">General Secretary</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Vacant</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>position created</i></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Leader of the House in <a href="/wiki/Puducherry_Legislative_Assembly" title="Puducherry Legislative Assembly">Puducherry Legislative Assembly</a></th></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Natesan Krishnasamy Gounder Rangasamy</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1950-08-04</span>) </span>4 August 1950<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 74)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Pondicherry" title="Pondicherry">Pondicherry</a>, <a href="/wiki/French_India" title="French India">French India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/All_India_NR_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India NR Congress">All India NR Congress</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2011—present)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">National Democratic Alliance</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2014–present)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1990–2011)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Natesan Krishnasamy Gounder (father)<br />Panjali Ammal (mother)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Pondicherry" title="Pondicherry">9, Vinayagar Koil Street, Thilaspet, Pondicherry</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Natesan Krishnasamy Gounder Rangasamy</b> (born 4 August 1950) is an Indian politician who is the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Ministers_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Ministers of India">Chief Minister</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Union_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Territory">Union Territory</a> of <a href="/wiki/Puducherry_(union_territory)" title="Puducherry (union territory)">Puducherry</a>. He previously served as the chief minister from 2001 to 2006 and from 2006 to 2008 as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> and then from 2011 to 2016 as a member of his own party, the <a href="/wiki/All_India_N.R._Congress" title="All India N.R. Congress">All India N.R. Congress</a>. He holds the record of becoming Chief Minister within three months after creating his own party and also holds the record of becoming chief minister of Puducherry for the fourth time. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=N._Rangaswamy&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rangasamy was born on 4 August 1950 in <a href="/wiki/Puducherry_(union_territory)" title="Puducherry (union territory)">Puducherry</a> to parents Natesan Krishnasamy Gounder and Panchali Ammal in a <a href="/wiki/Vanniyar" title="Vanniyar">Vanniyar</a> <a href="/wiki/Tamil_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamil people">Tamil</a> family. He got his <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Commerce" title="Bachelor of Commerce">Bachelor of Commerce</a> degree from <a href="/wiki/Tagore_Arts_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Tagore Arts College">Tagore Arts College</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Laws" title="Bachelor of Laws">BL</a> from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.aglc1972.edu.in/">Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Puducherry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prior to entering politics (before 1990), he served as an assistant to the Minister of Puducherry V Pethaperumal. </p><p>His first election was the contest at <a href="/wiki/Thattanchavady_Assembly_constituency" title="Thattanchavady Assembly constituency">Thattanchavady</a> constituency in 1990, he lost against V. Pethaperumal JD got 9,503 votes and N. Rangasamy got 8,521 votes. </p><p>He won the 1991 assembly election with an overwhelming majority and was appointed Minister for Agriculture and Co-operation. He was again re-elected to the same constituency in 1996. During 2000, he had adorned the office of the Minister for Tourism, Education, Public Works, Civil Aviation and Art & Culture. In the 2001 Assembly Election, he won from the Thattanchavady constituency and assumed office as Minister for Public Works, Agriculture and Forest. In the same year, he assumed office of the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Puducherry" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Puducherry">Chief Minister of Puducherry</a> on 27 October.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=N._Rangaswamy&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Elected Member of Legislative Assembly from <a href="/wiki/Thattanchavady_(Union_Territory_Assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thattanchavady (Union Territory Assembly constituency)">Thattanchavady</a> assembly constituency in 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2021 and from Indiranagar in 2011 and 2016 and from Kathirkamam in 2011.</li> <li>1991 – Elected to Vidhan Sabha as a member of <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a>.</li> <li>1991 - Appointed Agriculture Minister</li> <li>1996 – MLA</li> <li>2000 – Education Minister</li> <li>2001 to 2008 : Chief minister, as a member of <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a></li> <li>2011 - Quit Congress and founded his own party.</li> <li>2011 to 2016 – Chief Minister of Puducherry, as a President of <a href="/wiki/All_India_N._R._Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India N. R. Congress">All India N. R. Congress</a></li> <li>2016 to 2021 – Leader of the Opposition</li> <li>2021 to present - Chief Minister of Puducherry, as Leader of NDA Alliance in Puducherry.</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:N._Rangaswamy,_Pondicherry.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/N._Rangaswamy%2C_Pondicherry.jpg/250px-N._Rangaswamy%2C_Pondicherry.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/N._Rangaswamy%2C_Pondicherry.jpg/375px-N._Rangaswamy%2C_Pondicherry.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/N._Rangaswamy%2C_Pondicherry.jpg/500px-N._Rangaswamy%2C_Pondicherry.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1244" data-file-height="933" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>During his first tenure as Chief Minister, various path breaking schemes for socio-economic development were implemented like ‘Perunthalaivar Kamarajar’ Housing Scheme for making the <a href="/wiki/Union_Territory_of_Puducherry" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Territory of Puducherry">Union Territory of Puducherry</a> a "Hut-free Zone", distribution of free text books, note books, rain coats, cycles, umbrellas, ‘Shri Rajiv Gandhi Breakfast Scheme’ under which hot milk and biscuits are provided to students of Govt. and Govt.-aided schools apart from mid-day meal scheme, free LPG connection with free stove and cylinder to BPL families, 50% concession on stamp duty for immovable property registered in the name of Women and full reimbursement of tuition fees for students selected through CENTAC for pursuing Medicine and Engineering courses.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chief_Minister_of_Puducherry">Chief Minister of Puducherry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=N._Rangaswamy&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Chief Minister of Puducherry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Chief_Minister_of_Puducherry,_Shri_N._Rangaswamy_calling_on_the_Prime_Minister,_Shri_Narendra_Modi,_in_New_Delhi_on_March_16,_2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/The_Chief_Minister_of_Puducherry%2C_Shri_N._Rangaswamy_calling_on_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_16%2C_2015.jpg/200px-The_Chief_Minister_of_Puducherry%2C_Shri_N._Rangaswamy_calling_on_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_16%2C_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/The_Chief_Minister_of_Puducherry%2C_Shri_N._Rangaswamy_calling_on_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_16%2C_2015.jpg/300px-The_Chief_Minister_of_Puducherry%2C_Shri_N._Rangaswamy_calling_on_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_16%2C_2015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/The_Chief_Minister_of_Puducherry%2C_Shri_N._Rangaswamy_calling_on_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_16%2C_2015.jpg/400px-The_Chief_Minister_of_Puducherry%2C_Shri_N._Rangaswamy_calling_on_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_16%2C_2015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1694" data-file-height="1828" /></a><figcaption> The Chief Minister of Puducherry, Shri N. Rangaswamy calling on the Prime Minister, Shri <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a>, in New Delhi on 16 March 2015</figcaption></figure> <p>In Puducherry he was always called as People chief minister (makkal mudhalvar) due to noteworthy achievements in education including free education through good government schools, old age pension scheme, free reimbursements for professional and non-professional college students. He laid the foundation for the first government medical college at Kathirkamam. His welfare schemes include distribution of wheat through PDS for the poor diabetics who have crossed the age of 60, a <a href="/wiki/Mid-day_Meal_Scheme" class="mw-redirect" title="Mid-day Meal Scheme">Mid-day Meal Scheme</a> and breakfast schemes for the poor school children and reimbursing the school and college tuition fees to students.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rangaswamy resigned as Chief Minister on 28 August 2008; <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> had asked him to resign due to internal politics. After resigning from <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a>, he started a new political party called <a href="/wiki/All_India_NR_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India NR Congress">All India NR Congress</a> on 7 February 2011. Within three months, in the <a href="/wiki/2011_Puducherry_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2011 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election">2011 Legislative Assembly Elections</a>, his party won 15 seats out of 17 seats it contested and its alliance partner, <a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> got 5 out of 10 seats it contested. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elections_contested_and_results">Elections contested and results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=N._Rangaswamy&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Elections contested and results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Constituency </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th> <th colspan="3">Opponent </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th> <th>Result </th> <th>Margin </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1990_Pondicherry_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1990 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election">1990</a> </th> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Thattanchavady_Assembly_constituency" title="Thattanchavady Assembly constituency">Thattanchavady</a> </td> <td rowspan="5" style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>8,521 </td> <td>46.00 </td> <td rowspan="3" style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2E8B57;" data-sort-value="Janata Dal"> </td> <td scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">JD</a> </td> <td rowspan="4">V. Pethaperumal </td> <td>9,503 </td> <td>51.31 </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Lost </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">982 </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">5.30 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1991_Pondicherry_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1991 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election">1991</a> </th> <td>12,545 </td> <td>69.71 </td> <td>5,285 </td> <td>29.37 </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Won </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">7,260 </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">40.34 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1996_Pondicherry_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1996 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election">1996</a> </th> <td>9,989 </td> <td>42.95 </td> <td>7,699 </td> <td>33.11 </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Won </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">2,290 </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">9.85 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2001_Pondicherry_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2001 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election">2001</a> </th> <td>14,323 </td> <td>58.90 </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #003366;" data-sort-value="Janata Dal (United)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">JD(U)</a> </td> <td>8,769 </td> <td>36.06 </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Won </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">5,554 </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">22.84 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2006_Pondicherry_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election">2006</a> </th> <td>27,024 </td> <td>90.16 </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #009933;" data-sort-value="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>T. Gunasekaran </td> <td>2,026 </td> <td>6.76 </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Won </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">24,998 </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">83.40 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2011_Puducherry_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2011 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election">2011</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kadirkamam_Assembly_constituency" title="Kadirkamam Assembly constituency">Kadirgamam</a> </td> <td rowspan="5" style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDA209;" data-sort-value="All India N.R. Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_N.R._Congress" title="All India N.R. Congress">AINRC</a> </td> <td>16,323 </td> <td>70.02 </td> <td rowspan="3" style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>V. Pethaperumal </td> <td>6,566 </td> <td>28.16 </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Won </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">9,757 </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">41.86 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2011_Puducherry_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2011 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election">2011</a> </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indira_Nagar_Assembly_constituency" title="Indira Nagar Assembly constituency">Indira Nagar</a> </td> <td>20,685 </td> <td>83.77 </td> <td rowspan="2">V. Aroumougam </td> <td>4,008 </td> <td>16.23 </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Won </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">16,677 </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">67.54 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2016_Puducherry_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election">2016</a> </th> <td>15,463 </td> <td>52.53 </td> <td>12,059 </td> <td>41.09 </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Won </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">3,404 </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">11.44 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2021_Puducherry_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election">2021</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Yanam_Assembly_constituency" title="Yanam Assembly constituency">Yanam</a> </td> <td>16,477 </td> <td>47.20 </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">IND</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gollapalli_Srinivas_Ashok" title="Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok">Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok</a> </td> <td>17,132 </td> <td>49.07 </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Lost </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">655 </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">1.88 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2021_Puducherry_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election">2021</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Thattanchavady_Assembly_constituency" title="Thattanchavady Assembly constituency">Thattanchavady</a> </td> <td>12,978 </td> <td>55.02 </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #f50222;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">CPI</a> </td> <td>K. 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style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_of_Jharkhand" title="List of chief ministers of Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Hemant_Soren" title="Hemant Soren">Hemant Soren</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jharkhand_Mukti_Morcha" title="Jharkhand Mukti Morcha">JMM</a>)</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:10em;"><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_of_Karnataka" title="List of chief ministers of Karnataka">Karnataka</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Siddaramaiah" title="Siddaramaiah">Siddaramaiah</a> (<a 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title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a>)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_of_Maharashtra" title="List of chief ministers of Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Devendra_Fadnavis" title="Devendra Fadnavis">Devendra Fadnavis</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a>)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_of_Manipur" title="List of chief ministers of Manipur">Manipur</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><i>Vacant</i> (<a href="/wiki/President%27s_rule" title="President's rule">President's rule</a>)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a 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navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Charan_Majhi" title="Mohan Charan Majhi">Mohan Charan Majhi</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a>)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_of_Puducherry" title="List of chief ministers of Puducherry">Puducherry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/N._Rangasamy" class="mw-redirect" title="N. Rangasamy">N. Rangasamy</a> (<a href="/wiki/All_India_N.R._Congress" title="All India N.R. Congress">AINRC</a>)</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:10em;"><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_of_Punjab_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="List of chief ministers of Punjab (India)">Punjab</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Bhagwant_Mann" title="Bhagwant Mann">Bhagwant Mann</a> (<a href="/wiki/Aam_Aadmi_Party" title="Aam Aadmi Party">AAP</a>)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_of_Rajasthan" title="List of chief ministers of Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Bhajan_Lal_Sharma" title="Bhajan Lal Sharma">Bhajan Lal Sharma</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a>)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_of_Sikkim" title="List of chief ministers of Sikkim">Sikkim</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Prem_Singh_Tamang" title="Prem Singh Tamang">Prem Singh Tamang</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sikkim_Krantikari_Morcha" title="Sikkim Krantikari Morcha">SKM</a>)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_of_Tamil_Nadu" title="List of chief ministers of Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/M._K._Stalin" title="M. 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title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a>)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_of_West_Bengal" title="List of chief ministers of West Bengal">West Bengal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Mamata_Banerjee" title="Mamata Banerjee">Mamata Banerjee</a> (<a href="/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Trinamool Congress">AITC</a>)</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>See also: <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_longest-serving_Indian_chief_ministers" title="List of longest-serving Indian chief ministers">Longest-serving chief ministers</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_female_chief_ministers_in_India" title="List of female chief ministers in India">Female chief 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