15th Tamil Nadu Assembly

2016–2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly term May 2018 15th Tamil Nadu Assembly Seal of Tamil Nadu.svg Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Fort St. George, Chennai 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Sixth Jayalalithaa ministry (2016) Third Panneerselvam ministry (2016-2017) Palaniswami ministry (2017-2021) Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2016 05 23 y 2021 05 06 y 14th 16th Official website 235 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Speaker P. Dhanapal Deputy Speaker V. Jayaraman Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam(2017-2021) Leader of the Opposition M. K. Stalin The 15th Assembly of Tamil Nadu succeeded the 14th Tamil Nadu Assembly and was constituted after the victory of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and allies in the 2016 state assembly election held on 16 May. J. Jayalalitha assumed office as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for the sixth time. Overview Source: Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly websitehttp://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/ Home Page of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Assembly.tn.gov.in 8 January 2018 27 May 2018 Office Office bearerSpeakerP. DhanapalDeputy SpeakerJayaramanLeader of the HouseO. Panneerselvam (until 17 February 2017) K.A. Sengottaiyan (17 February 2017 to 4 January 2018)http://indianexpress.com/article/india/aiadmks-k-a-sengottaiyan-named-leader-of-tamil-nadu-assembly-4530305/ Sengottaiyan Named Leader of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 17 February 2017 The Indian Express O. Panneerselvam (from 4 January 2018)Leader of OppositionM. K. Stalin Chief ministers Chief MinisterTook officeLeft officeTermNotesJ. Jayalalithaa85px23 May 20165 December 2016 24 May 2016 5 December 2016 daysDied in officeO. Panneerselvam85px5 December 201616 February 20175 December 2016 16 February 2017 daysO. Panneerselvam gave up his position, allegedly so that V. K. Sasikala could take his place as the head of the government.Edappadi K. Palaniswami85px16 February 20176 May 20214 years 2 months 21 daysWith her chief ministerial hopes ended by a conviction in a disproportionate assets case, V.K. Sasikala named Edappadi K. Palaniswami as her successor. Council of Ministers The council of Ministers in the Cabinet of Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami as followshttp://www.tn.gov.in Government of Tamil Nadu Website Name Image Designation Portfolios Edappadi K. Palaniswami 116x116px Chief Minister Public,Indian Administrative Service,Indian Police Service,Indian Forest Service,General Administration,District Revenue Officers,Police andHome,Public Works,Irrigation including Minor Irrigation,Programme Works,Highways and Minor Ports O. Panneerselvam left|106x106px Deputy Chief Minister Finance,Planning,Legislative Assembly,Elections and Passports,Housing,Rural Housing and Housing Development,Slum Clearance Board andAccommodation Control,Town Planning,Urban Development andChennai Metropolitan Development Authority Dindigul C. Sreenivasan 85px Minister for Forests Forests K. A. Sengottaiyan Minister for School Education, Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development School Education,Youth Welfare andSports Development Department Sellur K. Raju Minister for Co-operation Co-operation, Statistics and Ex-Servicemen Welfare P. Thangamani Minister for Electricity, Minister for Prohibition and Excise Electricity, Non-Conventional Energy Development, Prohibition and Excise, Molasses and Prevention of Corruption Act S. P. Velumani 85px Minister for Municipal Administration, Minister for Rural Development and Implementation of Special Programme Municipal Administration, Rural Development, Panchayats and Panchayat Unions, Poverty Alleviation Programmes, Rural Indebtedness, Urban and Rural Water Supply, Implementation of Special Programme D. Jayakumar Minister for Fisheries Minister for Personal and Administrative Reforms Fisheries andFisheries Development Corporation Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Personnel and Administrative Reforms (Training) C. Ve. Shanmugam Minister for Law, Courts and Prisons, Minister for Mines and Minerals Law, Courts and Prisons, Mines and Minerals K. P. Anbalagan 85px Minister for Higher Education Higher Education including Technical Education,Electronics,Science and Technology V. Saroja Minister for Social Welfare and Nutritious Noon Meal Programme Social Welfare including Women's and Children's Welfare, Orphanages and Correctional Administration, Integrated Child Development and Beggar Homes, Welfare of the Differently Abled andSocial Reforms and Nutritious Noon Meal Programme M. C. Sampath Minister for Industries, Steel Control and Special Initiatives Industries, Steel Control andSpecial Initiatives K. C. Karuppannan Minister for Environment Environment and Pollution Control R. Kamaraj Minister for Food and Civil Supplies Food, Civil Supplies, Consumer Protection andPrice Control O. S. Manian Minister for Handlooms and Textiles Handlooms and Textiles Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan Minister for Animal Husbandry Animal Husbandry C. Vijaya Baskar Minister for Health and Family Welfare Health, Medical Education andFamily Welfare R. Doraikkannu Minister for Agriculture Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, Agro Service Cooperatives, Horticulture, Sugarcane Cess, Sugarcane Development andWaste Land Development Kadambur Raju Minister for Information and Publicity Information and PublicityFilm Technology and Cinematograph Act, Stationery and Printing andGovernment Press R. B. Udhayakumar Minister for Revenue Minister for Disaster Management Revenue, District Revenue Establishment, Deputy Collectors, Weights and Measures, Debt Relief including Legislation on Money lending, Chits, Registration of Companies Disaster Management Vellamandi N. Natarajan Minister for Tourism Tourism, Tourism Development Corporation K. C. Veeramani 85px Minister for Commercial Taxes Commercial Taxes, Registration and Stamp Act K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji Minister for Milk and Dairy Development Milk and Dairy Development P. Benjamin Minister for Rural Industries Rural Industries including Cottage Industries, Small Industries M. R. Vijayabhaskar Minister for Transport Transport, Nationalised Transport and Motor Vehicles Act Nilofer Kafeel Minister for Labour Labour, Population, Employment and Training, Newsprint Control, Census and Urban and Rural Employment and Wakf Board M. Manikandan Minister for Information Technology Information Technology V. M. Rajalakshmi Minister for Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Adi Dravidar Welfare, Hill Tribes and Bonded Labour K. Pandiarajan 85px Minister for Tamil Official Language and Tamil Culture Tamil Official Language andTamil Culture and Archaeology G. Baskaran Minister for Khadi and Village Industries Board Khadi and Village Industries Board, Bhoodhan and Gramadhan Sevvoor S. Ramachandran Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments S. Valarmathi Minister for Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes andDenotified Communities, Overseas Indians, Refugees and Evacuees andMinorities Welfare Party positions PartyNumber of membersAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam123Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam100Indian National Congress7Bharatiya Janata Party0Indian Union Muslim League1Independent1Nominated1Vacant1Total235 The 123 AIADMK members include three independents who contested and won under the AIADMK symbol. Members Information derived from data produced by the Election Commission of India (ECI) except where noted. The results for two constituencies – Aravakurichi and Thanjavur – were undeclared at the time that the ECI published its list.https://web.archive.org/web/20161125230740/http://eciresults.nic.in/statewiseS22.htm?st=S22 25 November 2016 Election Commission of India General Election to Legislative Assembly Trends and Results 2016: Tamil Nadu : Constituency-wise Trends http://eciresults.nic.in/statewiseS22.htm?st=S22 19 May 2016 Reserved constituencies for candidates from the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC / ST) were defined in 2007 by the Delimitation Commission.Delimitation Commission of India Notification 13 August 2007 http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Tamilnadu/Final%20Notification%20&%20Order%20.pdf 27 May 2018 +Results#NameWinnerParty Tiruvallur District1GummidipoondiK. S. VijayakumarAIADMK2Ponneri (SC)P. BalaramanAIADMK3TiruttaniP. M. NarasimhanAIADMK4ThiruvallurV. G. RaajendranDMK5Poonamallee (SC)A. KrishnaswamyDMK6AvadiK. PandiarajanAIADMK Chennai District7MaduravoyalP. BenjaminAIADMK8AmbatturV. AlexanderAIADMK9MadavaramS. SudharsanamDMK10ThiruvottiyurVacant11Dr. Radhakrishnan NagarT. T. V. DhinakaranAMMK12PeramburR. D. SekarDMK13KolathurM. K. StalinDMK14VillivakkamB. RanganathanDMK15Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar (SC)P. SivakumarDMK16Egmore (SC)K. S. RavichandranDMK17RoyapuramD. JayakumarAIADMK18HarbourP. K. Sekar BabuDMK19Chepauk-ThiruvallikeniVacant20Thousand LightsK. K. SelvamBJP21Anna NagarM. K. MohanDMK22VirugambakkamV. N. Virugai RaviAIADMK23SaidapetM. A. SubramanianDMK24T. NagarB. SathyanarayananAIADMK25MylaporeR. NatarajAIADMK26VelacheryVagai ChandrasekharDMK27SholinganallurRamesh S. AravindDMK28AlandurT. M. AnbarasanDMK Kanchipuram District29Sriperumbudur (SC)K. PalaniAIADMK Chengalpattu District30PallavaramI. KarunanithiDMK31TambaramS. R. RajaDMK32ChengalpattuM. VaralakshmiDMK33ThiruporurL. IdhayavarmanDMK34Cheyyur (SC)R. T. ArasuDMK35Maduranthakam (SC)S. PugazhenthiDMK Kanchipuram District36UthiramerurK. SundarDMK37KancheepuramC. V. M. P. EzhilarasanDMK Ranipet District38Arakkonam (SC)S. RaviAIADMK39SholingurG. SampathuAIADMK Vellore District40KatpadiDuraimuruganDMK Ranipet District41RanipetR. GandhiDMK42ArcotJ. L. EswarappanDMK Vellore District43VelloreP. KarthikeyanDMK44AnaikattuA. P. NandakumarDMK45K. V. Kuppam (SC)G. LoganathanAIADMK46Gudiyattam (SC)Vacant Tirupattur District47VaniyambadiKafeel NiloferAIADMK48AmburA. C. VilwanathanDMK49JolarpetK. C. VeeramaniAIADMK50Tirupattur, VelloreA. NallathambiDMK Krishnagiri District51Uthangarai (SC)N. ManoranjithamAIADMK52BargurC. V. RajendiranAIADMK53KrishnagiriT. SenguttuvanDMK54VeppanahalliP. MuruganDMK55HosurS. A. SathyaDMK56ThalliY. PrakaashDMK Dharmapuri District57PalacodeK. P. AnbalaganAIADMK58PennagaramP. N. P. InbasekaranDMK59DharmapuriP. SubramaniDMK60PappireddippattiA. GovindasamyAIADMK61Harur (SC)V. SampathkumarAIADMK Tiruvannamalai District62Chengam (SC)M. P. GiriDMK63TiruvannamalaiE. V. VeluDMK64KilpennathurK. PitchandiDMK65KalasapakkamV. PanneerselvamAIADMK66PolurK. V. SekaranDMK67AraniS. Sevoor RamachandranAIADMK68CheyyarK. MohanAIADMK69Vandavasi (SC)S. AmbethkumarDMK Villupuram District70GingeeK. S. MasthanDMK71MailamR. MasilamaniDMK72Tindivanam (SC)P. SeethapathyDMK73Vanur (SC)M. ChakrapaniAIADMK74VillupuramC. Ve. ShanmugamAIADMK75VikravandiR. MuthamilselvanAIADMK Kallakurichi District76TirukkoyilurK. PonmudyDMK77UlundurpettaiR. KumaraguruAIADMK78RishivandiyamK. KarthikeyanDMK79SankarapuramT. UdhayasuriyanDMK80Kallakurichi (SC)A. PrabhuAIADMK Salem District81Gangavalli (SC)A. NallathambiAIADMK82Attur (SC)R. M. ChinnathambiAIADMK83Yercaud (ST)G. ChitraAIADMK84OmalurS. VetrivelAIADMK85MetturS. SemmalaiAIADMK86EdappadiEdappadi K. PalaniswamiAIADMK87SankariS. RajaAIADMK88Salem (West)G. VenkatachalamAIADMK89Salem (North)R. RajendranDMK90Salem (South)A. B. SakthivelAIADMK91VeerapandiP. ManonmaniAIADMK Namakkal District92Rasipuram (SC)V. SarojaAIADMK93Senthamangalam (ST)C. ChandrasekaranAIADMK94NamakkalK. P. P. BaskarAIADMK95Paramathi VelurK. S. MoorthiyDMK96TiruchengoduPon. SaraswathiAIADMK97KumarapalayamP. ThangamaniAIADMK Erode District98Erode (East)K. S. ThennarasuAIADMK99Erode (West)K. V. RamalingamAIADMK100ModakkurichiV. P. SivasubramaniAIADMK Tiruppur District101Dharapuram (SC)V. S. KalimuthuINC106KangayamU. ThaniyarasuAIADMK Erode District103PerunduraiN. D. VenkatachalamAIADMK104BhavaniK. C. KaruppannanAIADMK105AnthiyurK. R. RajakrishnanAIADMK106GobichettipalayamK. A. SengonttaiyanAIADMK107Bhavanisagar (SC)S. EswaranAIADMK Nilgiris District108UdhagamandalamR. GaneshINC109CoonoorA. RamuAIADMK110Gudalur (SC)M. ThiravidamaniDMK Coimbatore District111MettupalayamO. K. ChinnarajAIADMK Tiruppur District112Avanashi (SC)P. DhanapalAIADMK113Tiruppur (North)K. N. VijayakumarAIADMK114Tiruppur (South)S. GunasekaranAIADMK115PalladamA. NatarajanAIADMK116SulurP. KandhasamyAIADMK Coimbatore District117KavundampalayamV. C. ArukuttyAIADMK118Coimbatore NorthP. R. G. Arun KumarAIADMK119ThondamuthurS. P. VelumaniAIADMK120Coimbatore (South)Arjunan alias K. Amman ArjunanAIADMK121SinganallurN. KarthikDMK122KinathukadavuA. ShanmugamAIADMK123PollachiPollachi V. JayaramanAIADMK124Valparai (SC)V. Kasthuri VasuAIADMK Tiruppur District125UdumalaipettaiK. RadhakrishnanAIADMK126MadathukulamR. JayaramakrishnanDMK Dindigul District127PalaniI. P. Senthil KumarDMK128OddanchatramR. SakkarapaniDMK129AthoorI. PeriyasamyDMK130Nilakottai (SC)S. ThenmozhiAIADMK131NathamM. A. AndiambalamDMK132DindigulC. SreenivasanAIADMK133VedasandurV. P. B. ParamasivamAIADMK Karur District134AravakurichiV. Senthil BalajiDMK135KarurM. R. VijayabhaskarAIADMK136Krishnarayapuram (SC)M. GeethaAIADMK137KulithalaiE. RamarDMK Tiruchirappalli District138ManapaaraiR. ChandrasekarAIADMK139SrirangamS. ValarmathiAIADMK140Tiruchirappalli (West)K. N. NehruDMK141Tiruchirappalli (East)Vellamandi N. NatarajanAIADMK142ThiruverumburAnbil Mahesh PoyyamozhiDMK143LalgudiA. SoundarapandianDMK144ManachanallurM. ParameswariAIADMK145MusiriM. SelvarasuAIADMK146Thuraiyur (SC)S. StalinkumarDMK Perambalur District147Perambalur (SC)R. ThamizhselvanAIADMK148KunnamR. T. RamachandranAIADMK Ariyalur District149AriyalurS. RajendranAIADMK150JayankondamJ. K. N. RamajeyalingamAIADMK Cuddalore District151Tittakudi (SC)V. GanesanDMK152VriddhachalamV. T. KalaiselvanAIADMK153NeyveliRajendran SabaDMK154PanrutiP. SathyaAIADMK155CuddaloreM. C. SampathAIADMK156KurinjipadiM. R. K. PanneerselvamDMK157BhuvanagiriK. Durai SaravananDMK158ChidambaramK. A. PandianAIADMK159Kattumannarkoil (SC)N. MurugumaranAIADMK Mayiladuthurai District160Sirkazhi (SC)P. V. BharathiAIADMK161MayiladuthuraiV. RathakrishnanAIADMK162PoompuharS. PavunrajAIADMK Nagapattinam District163NagapattinamM. Thamimun AnsariAIADMK164Kilvelur (SC)U. MathivananDMK165VedaranyamO. S. ManianAIADMK Tiruvarur District166Thiruthuraipoondi (SC)P. AdalarasanDMK167MannargudiT. R. B. RajaaDMK168ThiruvarurPoondi K. KalaivananDMK169NannilamR. KamarajAIADMK Thanjavur District170Thiruvidaimarudur (SC)Govi ChezhiaanDMK171KumbakonamG. AnbalaganDMK172PapanasamVacant173ThiruvaiyaruDurai ChandrashekaranDMK174ThanjavurT. K. G. NeelamegamDMK175OrathanaduM. RamchandranDMK176PattukkottaiV. SekarAIADMK177PeravuraniM. GovindarasuAIADMK Pudukottai District178Gandharvakottai (SC)B. ArumugamAIADMK179ViralimalaiC. Vijaya BaskarAIADMK180PudukkottaiPeriyannan ArassuDMK181ThirumayamS. RegupathyDMK182AlangudiSiva V. MeyyanathanDMK183AranthangiE. RathinasabhapathyAIADMK Sivaganga District184KaraikudiK. R. RamasamyINC185Tiruppattur, SivagangaK. R. PeriyakaruppanDMK186SivagangaG. BaskaranAIADMK187Manamadurai (SC)S. NagarajanAIADMK Madurai District188MelurPeriyapullan alias P. SelvamAIADMK189Madurai EastP. MoorthyDMK190Sholavandan (SC)K. ManickamAIADMK191Madurai NorthV. V. Rajan ChellappaAIADMK192Madurai SouthS. S. SaravananAIADMK193Madurai CentralPalanivel ThiagarajanDMK194Madurai WestK. RajuAIADMK195ThiruparankundramP. SaravananDMK196TirumangalamR. B. UdhayakumarAIADMK197UsilampattiP. NeethipathiAIADMK Theni District198AndipattiA. MaharajanDMK199Periyakulam (SC)K. S. SaravanakumarDMK200BodinayakanurO. PanneerselvamAIADMK201CumbumS. T. K. JakkaiyanAIADMK Virudhunagar District202RajapalayamS. ThangappandianDMK203Srivilliputhur (SC)M. Chandra PrabhaAIADMK204SatturM. S. R. RajavarmanAIADMK205SivakasiK. T. Rajenthra BhalajiAIADMK206VirudhunagarA. R. R. SeenivasanDMK207AruppukkottaiK. K. S. S. R. RamachandranDMK208TiruchuliT. Thangam ThenarasuDMK Ramanathapuram District209Paramakudi (SC)N. Sadhan PrabhakarAIADMK210TiruvadanaiKarunasAIADMK211RamanathapuramM. ManikandanAIADMK212MudhukulathurS. PandiINC Thoothukudi District213VilathikulamP. ChinnappanAIADMK214ThoothukkudiP. Geetha JeevanDMK215TiruchendurAnitha R. RadhakrishnanDMK216SrivaikuntamS. P. ShanmuganathanAIADMK217Ottapidaram (SC)C. ShanmugaiahDMK218KovilpattiC. Kadambur RajuAIADMK Tenkasi District219Sankarankovil (SC)V. M. RajalakshmiAIADMK220Vasudevanallur (SC)A. ManoharanAIADMK221KadayanallurK. A. M. Muhammed AbubackerIUML222TenkasiS. Selvamohandas PandianAIADMK223AlangulamPoongothai Aladi ArunaDMK Tirunelveli District224TirunelveliA. L. S. LakshmananDMK225AmbasamudramR. Murugaiah PandianAIADMK226PalayamkottaiT. P. M. Mohideen KhanDMK227NanguneriV. NarayananAIADMK228RadhapuramI. S. InbaduraiAIADMK Kanniyakumari District229KanniyakumariS. AustinDMK230NagercoilN. Suresh RajanDMK231ColachalJ. G. PrinceINC232PadmanabhapuramT. Mano ThangarajDMK233VilavancodeS. VijayadharaniINC234KilliyoorS. Rajesh KumarINC235Anglo-IndianNancy Ann Cynthia FrancisNominated Important events On 18 September 2017, the Speaker of the Assembly disqualified 18 dissident AIADMK MLAs.https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tamil-nadu-speaker-disqualifies-18-dissident-aiadmk-mlas/article61472479.ece Tamil Nadu Speaker disqualifies 18 dissident AIADMK MLAs The Hindu 18 September 2017 27 May 2018 T. T. V. Dhinakaran was elected as an independent candidate from Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar constituency in the bye-election held on 21 December 2017. On 7 January 2019, Tamil Nadu sports minister P Balakrishna Reddy sentenced to three years in 1998 riot case, steps down.http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2019/jan/07/tamil-nadu-sports-minister-p-balakrishna-reddy-sentenced-to-three-years-in-1998-riot-case-steps-do-1921853.html https://web.archive.org/web/20190107233510/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2019/jan/07/tamil-nadu-sports-minister-p-balakrishna-reddy-sentenced-to-three-years-in-1998-riot-case-steps-do-1921853.html dead 7 January 2019 Tamil Nadu sports minister P Balakrishna Reddy sentenced to three years in 1998 riot case, steps down newindianexpress 7 January 2019 7 January 2019 H.Vasanthakumar elected as Member of Parliament in 2019 election, K K Selvam Joined BJP on 6 August 2020https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/tamil-nadu-mla-selvam-asks-partymen-to-join-bjp-dares-dmk-to-expel-him/articleshow/77386007.cms Tamil Nadu: MLA Selvam asks partymen to join BJP, dares DMK to expel him | Chennai News - Times of India See also Government of Tamil Nadu List of chief ministers of Tamil Nadu Legislative assembly of Tamil Nadu References Category:Terms of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly