12th Tamil Nadu Assembly

2001–2006 Tamil Nadu Assembly term June 2024 August 2020 12th Tamil Nadu Assembly Seal of Tamil Nadu.svg Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Fort St. George, Chennai 2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Second Jayalalithaa ministry (2001) First Panneerselvam ministry (2001-2002) Third Jayalalithaa ministry (2002-2006) Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2001 05 14 y 2006 05 12 y 11th 13th 235 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Speaker K. Kalimuthu Deputy Speaker A. Arunachalam Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Leader of the Opposition K. Anbazhagan The 12th Assembly of Tamil Nadu was instituted after the victory of AIADMK and allies in the 2001 state assembly election. O. Panneerselvam and J. Jayalalithaa subsequently became the 13th and 14th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu respectively. Even though Jayalalithaa was the Chief Minister between 14 May and 21 September 2001, the Supreme Court of India, declared that she did not legally hold the post, due to corruption charges from her previous Chief ministership.2026-04-03 Jayalalithaa vs Karunanidhi: The legal battles behind her 2001 comeback https://www.indiatoday.in/india/interactive/story/time-tide-and-tamil-part-40-centre-stable-chennai-countdown-law-and-outlaw-amma-comeback-2891325-2026-04-03 2026-08-05 India Today enRadhakrishnan R. K. 2016-04-18 Tamil Nadu’s Experiments with Electoral Alliances https://www.thehinducentre.com/verdict/tamil-nadus-experiments-with-electoral-alliances/article64936341.ece 2026-08-05 www.thehinducentre.com enV Venkatesan 29 September 2001 Exit Jayalalithaa https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/article30252142.ece 2026-08-05 Frontline en Overview Department MinisterSpeakerK. KalimuthuDeputy SpeakerA. ArunachalamLeader of the HouseC. PonnaiyanLeader of OppositionK. Anbazhagan Chief Ministers Chief MinisterTook officeLeft officeTermJ. Jayalalithaa85px14 May 200121 September 200114 May 2001 21 September 2001 daysO. Panneerselvam85px21 September 20012 March 200221 September 2001 2 March 2002 daysJ. Jayalalithaa85px2 March 200212 May 20062 March 2002 12 May 2006 days Council of Ministers DepartmentMinisterChief MinisterO. Panneerselvam (21 September 2001 – 2 March 2002) J. Jayalalithaa (14 May 2001 – 21 September 2001)(2 March 2002 – 12 May 2006)Deputy Chief MinisterNoneFinance and LawC. PonnaiyanPublic AccountsS. R. BalasubramoniyanPublic UndertakingsR. JeevananthamM. C. Sampath See also Government of Tamil Nadu Legislature of Tamil Nadu References Category:Terms of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly