[1] On 24 December 1948 Randria ran for election to the Council of the Republic as a candidate on the list of Félix Totolehibe's Parti des déshérités de Madagascar (PADESM).

[2] In February 1952 he published an article in Le Monde in which he called for better technical education and better geographical distribution of schools in Madagascar.

[1] The Rassemblement Chrétien Malagache (RCM) was formed at a meeting in Tamatave with Randria as president, but due to disputes among the church leaders it did not gain much influence.

He was elected mayor of Fianarantsoa in 1957 as the Manjaka Vahoaka candidate, and was reelected in 1969, but was dismissed by a decree of the PSD-dominated Council of Ministers a few months later.

He acted as adviser to his eldest son, Lucien Xavier Michel-Andrianarahinjaka, who became President of the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Madagascar.