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 Year ConstituencyParty Votes % OpponentOpponent Party Opponent Votes % Result Margin % 2009Puducherry 300,391 49.41M. Ramadass 208,619 34.32 91,772 15.09 2014 194,972 26.35Radhakrishnan 255,826 34.57 -60,854 -8.22
Rajya Sabha PositionParty Constituency From To Tenure Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha(1st Term) Puducherry 5 August1985 4 August1991 Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha(2nd Term) 5 August1991 4 August1997 Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha(3rd Term) 7 October2003 16 May2009
Puducherry Legislative Assembly Year ConstituencyParty Votes % OpponentOpponent Party Opponent Votes % Result Margin % 2016 Nellithope(by-election) 18,506 69.07 Omsakthi Sekar 6,365 23.75 12,141 45.31
See also V. Narayanasamy ministry
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