V. Narayanasamy

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10th Chief Minister of Puducherry, India

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Field	Value
name	V. Narayanasamy
image	V. Narayanasamy with Ambassador Kenneth I. Juster (cropped).jpg
caption	Narayayanaswami in 2016
office	10th Chief Minister of Puducherry
term_start
term_end
lieutenant_governor
predecessor	N. Rangaswamy
successor	President's Rule
constituency	Nellithope
office1	Union Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
term_start1	22 May 2009
term_end1	26 May 2014
minister1	Manmohan Singh
predecessor1	Suresh Pachouri
successor1	Jitendra Singh
office2	Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
term_start2	2 June 2009
term_end2	18 May 2014
predecessor2	M. Ramadass
successor2	R. Radhakrishnan
constituency2	Puducherry
office3	Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs
term_start3	22 May 2004
term_end3	22 May 2009
minister3	Ghulam Nabi Azad (2004–2005)
Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi (2005–2008)
Vayalar Ravi (2008–2009)
predecessor3	Santosh Gangwar
successor3	Rajeev Shukla
office4	Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
term_start4	7 October 2003
term_end4	16 May 2009
predecessor4	C. P. Thirunavukkarasu
successor4	P. Kannan
constituency4	Puducherry
term_start5	5 August 1985
term_end5	4 August 1997
predecessor5	V. P. M. Samy
successor5	C. P. Thirunavukkarasu
constituency5	Puducherry
birth_name	Velu Narayanasamy
birth_date
birth_place	Pondichéry, French India (present-day Puducherry, India)
spouse
children	2
residence	5, Ellaiamman Koil Street, Pondicherry
party	Indian National Congress
occupation	Politician
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Velu Narayanasamy (born 30 May 1947) is an Indian politician who served as the 10th Chief Minister of Puducherry from 2016 to 2021. He is a member of the Indian National Congress.

He previously served as Member of Parliament, representing Puducherry in the Lok Sabha. He served as a Union Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office in the Manmohan Singh government.

In the 2014 general elections, he was defeated by the NDA candidate R. Radhakrishnan, who was backed by the ruling All India N.R. Congress. He is a member of the Congress Working Committee as well as All India Congress Committee's General Secretary.

Early life

V. Narayanasamy was born in Pondicherry, the son of Velu, and Iswary. He did his B.A. from Tagore Arts College, Pondicherry. B.L. from Madras Law College, Chennai and M.L. from Annamalai University.

Political career

V. Narayanasamy served three tenures as Rajya Sabha MP and was a member of Lok Sabha from Puducherry constituency from 2009 to 2014. He was minister of state in Prime Minister's office in Manmohan Singh's second government as well as minister of state, Parliamentary Affairs in the first UPA government.

Chief Minister

He was named the Chief Minister of Puducherry in May 2016 after Indian National Congress and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam alliance won Puducherry Legislative Assembly election.

He was chosen over Namassivayam who was candidate for Chief Minister of Puducherry in that year election.

On 6 June 2016, he replaced N. Rangaswamy and was sworn in as Chief Minister of Puducherry.

On 22 February 2021, Narayanasamy resigned from the post after the Congress government lost its majority in the legislative assembly and the trust vote on floor.

Elections Contested

Lok Sabha

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Year	Constituency	Party	Votes	Opponent	Opponent Party	Opponent Votes	%	Result	Margin	%
Puducherry		300,391	49.41	M. Ramadass		208,619	34.32		91,772	15.09
194,972	26.35		Radhakrishnan	255,826	34.57		-60,854	-8.22
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Rajya Sabha

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Position	Party	Constituency	From
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
(1st Term)		Puducherry	5 August
1985	4 August
1991	****
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
(2nd Term)	5 August
1991	4 August
1997
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
(3rd Term)	7 October
2003	16 May
2009	****
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Puducherry Legislative Assembly

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Year	Party	Votes	%	Opponent Party	Opponent Votes	Result	Margin
[Nellithope
(by-election)](nellithope-assembly-constituency)	18,506	69.07	Omsakthi Sekar	6,365	23.75	12,141	45.31
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References

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References

(2 June 2009). "LS Members".
(6 June 2016). "Puducherry: V Narayanasamy sworn in as Chief Minister". Indian Express.
PTI. (28 May 2016). "Narayanasamy to become new Chief Minister of Puducherry".
(28 May 2016). "V Narayansamy to be new chief minister of Puducherry". The New Indian Express.
PTI. (28 May 2016). "Narayanasamy to become new Chief Minister of Puducherry". India Today.
(28 May 2016). "V Narayanasamy to be new Puducherry Chief Minister". The Times of India.
IANS. (6 June 2016). "V Narayanasamy sworn-in as chief minister of Puducherry". Firstpost.
(22 February 2021). "Congress Loses Power In Puducherry, V Narayanasamy Resigns, Blames BJP". NDTV.

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