16th Tamil Nadu Assembly

2021–2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly term July 2022 June 2019 16th Tamil Nadu Assembly Seal of Tamil Nadu.svg Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Fort St. George, Chennai 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election M. K. Stalin ministry All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2021 05 11 yhttps://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tn-assemblys-annual-sitting-days-declined-from-64-in-the-first-term-to-32-in-the-16th-prs-study/article70762592.ece TN Assembly’s annual sitting days declined from 64 in the first term to 32 in the 16th: PRS study The Hindu 20 March 2026 6 May 2026 2026 05 05 y 15th 17th Official website 234 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Speaker M. Appavu Deputy Speaker K. Pitchandi Chief Minister M. K. Stalin Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin (2024-2026) Leader of the Opposition Edappadi K. Palaniswami The 16th Assembly of Tamil Nadu succeeded the 15th Tamil Nadu Assembly and was constituted after the victory of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and allies in the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election. M. K. Stalin was elected chief minister and assumed office on 7 May 2021. Office bearers The main officials of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly are:8 January 2018 Home Page of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/ Assembly.tn.gov.in 27 May 2018 7 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180607233252/http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/ live Office Office BearerSpeakerM. AppavuDeputy SpeakerK. PitchandiChief MinisterM. K. StalinDeputy Chief MinisterUdhayanidhi StalinLeader of the HouseDurai MuruganLeader of OppositionEdappadi K. PalaniswamiDeputy Leader of the OppositionR. B. UdhayakumarGovernment WhipGovi. Chezhian Chief Minister Chief MinisterTook officeLeft officeTermM. K. Stalin7 May 20219 May 2026 7 May 2021 9 May 2026 days Council of Ministers M. K. Stalin Ministry#Council of Ministers Council of Ministers Composition AlliancePolitical partyNo. of MLAsLeader of the partyrowspan=5 Secular Progressive AllianceGovernmentSPASeats: 158Dravida Munnetra KazhagamDravida Munnetra Kazhagam133M. K. Stalin(Chief Minister)Indian National CongressIndian National Congress17S. Rajesh KumarViduthalai Chiruthaigal KatchiViduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi4Sinthanai SelvanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Communist Party of India (Marxist)2V. P. NagaimaaliCommunist Party of IndiaCommunist Party of India2T. Ramachandranrowspan=3 AIADMK-led AllianceOppositionAIADMK+Seats: 67All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam60Edappadi K. Palaniswami(Leader of the Opposition)Bharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata Party4Nainar NagenthranPattali Makkal KatchiPattali Makkal Katchi3S. P. VenkateshwaranOthersOthersSeats: 2Pattali Makkal KatchiAyya Pattali Makkal Katchi2G. K. ManiVacantVacantSeats: 7VacantValparai Senthamangalam Alangulam Gobichettipalayam Orathanad Bodinayakkanur Usilampatti7Total234 Members +Source:3 May 2021 Tamil Nadu Election Results 2021: full list of winners https://www.cnbctv18.com/politics/tamil-nadu-election-results-2021-mk-stalin-kamal-haasan-heres-full-list-of-winners-9157651.htm 1 June 2023 CNBCTV182 May 2021 Tamil Nadu Election Results 2021: Full list of winners https://www.indiatvnews.com/elections/news-tamil-nadu-election-results-2021-tamil-nadu-elections-winners-list-701893 1 June 2023 India TVDistrictNo.ConstituencyNamePartyAllianceRemarks Tiruvallur1GummidipoondiT. J. GovindrajanDravida Munnetra KazhagamSecular Progressive Alliance 62Ponneri (SC)Durai ChandrasekarIndian National Congress3TiruttaniS. ChandranDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 44ThiruvallurV. G. Raajendran5Poonamallee (SC)A. Krishnaswamy6AvadiS. M. NasarChennai7MaduravoyalK. GanapathyDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 19Secular Progressive Alliance 228AmbatturJoseph Samuel9MadavaramS. Sudharsanam10ThiruvottiyurK. P. Shankar11Dr. Radhakrishnan NagarJ. J. Ebenezer12PeramburR. D. Shekar13KolathurM. K. StalinChief Minister14VillivakkamA. Vetriazhagan15Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar (SC)P. Sivakumar16Egmore (SC)I. Paranthamen17RoyapuramIdream R. Murthy18HarbourP. K. Sekar Babu19Chepauk-ThiruvallikeniUdhayanidhi StalinDeputy Chief Minister20Thousand LightsDr. Ezhilan Naganathan21Anna NagarM. K. Mohan22VirugampakkamA. M. V. Prabhakara Raja23SaidapetMa. Subramanian24ThiyagarayanagarJ. Karunanithi25MylaporeDha. Velu26VelacheryJ. M. H. Aassan MaulaanaIndian National Congress 27ShozhinganallurS. Aravind RameshDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 228AlandurT. M. Anbarasan Kanchipuram29Sriperumbudur (SC)K. SelvaperunthagaiIndian National Congress Secular Progressive Alliance Chengalpattu30PallavaramI. KarunanithiDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3 Secular Progressive Alliance 531TambaramS. R. Raja32ChengalpattuM. Varalakshmi33ThiruporurS. S. BalajiViduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi 234Cheyyur (SC)Panaiyur M. Babu35Madurantakam (SC)Maragatham KumaravelAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam National Democratic Alliance Kanchipuram36UthiramerurK. SundarDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2 Secular Progressive Alliance 237KancheepuramC. V. M. P. Ezhilarasan Ranipet38Arakkonam (SC)S. RaviAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam National Democratic Alliance39SholinghurA. M. MunirathinamIndian National Congress Secular Progressive Alliance Vellore40KatpadiDurai MuruganDravida Munnetra Kazhagam Secular Progressive AllianceLeader of the House Ranipet41RanipetR. GandhiDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2 Secular Progressive Alliance 242ArcotJ. L. Eswarappan Vellore43VelloreP. KarthikeyanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2 Secular Progressive Alliance 244AnaikattuA. P. Nandakumar45Kilvaithinankuppam (SC)M. Jagan MoorthyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam National Democratic Alliance46Gudiyattam (SC)V. AmuluDravida Munnetra Kazhagam Secular Progressive Alliance Tirupathur47VaniyambadiG. Sendhil KumarAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam National Democratic Alliance48AmburA. C. VilwanathanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3 Secular Progressive Alliance 349JolarpetK. Devaraji50TirupatturA. Nallathambi Krishnagiri51Uthangarai (SC)T. M. TamilselvamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam National Democratic Alliance52BargurD. MathiazhaganDravida Munnetra Kazhagam Secular Progressive Alliance53KrishnagiriK. Ashok KumarAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2 National Democratic Alliance 254VeppanahalliK. P. Munusamy55HosurY. PrakaashDravida Munnetra Kazhagam Secular Progressive Alliance 256ThalliT. RamachandranCommunist Party of India Dharmapuri57PalacodeK. P. AnbalaganAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam National Democratic Alliance 258PennagaramG. K. ManiPattali Makkal KatchiPattali Makkal Katchi APMKNone Aligned with S. Ramadoss-led PMK in 202559DharmapuriS. P. VenkateshwaranPattali Makkal Katchi National Democratic Alliance 360PappireddippattiA. GovindasamyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 261Harur (SC)V. Sampathkumar Tiruvannamalai62Chengam (SC)M. P. GiriDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4 Secular Progressive Alliance 463TiruvannamalaiE. V. Velu64KilpennathurK. PitchandiDeputy Speaker65KalasapakkamP. S. T. Saravanan66PolurS. S. KrishnamoorthyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2 National Democratic Alliance 267AraniSevvoor S. Ramachandran68CheyyarO. JothiDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2 Secular Progressive Alliance 269Vandavasi (SC)S. Ambeth Kumar Viluppuram70GingeeK. S. MasthanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam Secular Progressive Alliance71MailamC. SivakumarPattali Makkal Katchi National Democratic Alliance 372Tindivanam (SC)P. ArjunanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 273Vanur (SC)M. Chakrapani74VillupuramR. LakshmananDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4 Secular Progressive Alliance 475VikravandiN. PugazhenthiDied on 6 April 20242024-04-06 Vikravandi DMK MLA N Pugazhenthi dies https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/vikravandi-dmk-mla-n-pugazhenthi-dies/articleshow/109083629.cms 2025-11-26 The Times of India 0971-8257Anniyur SivaWon in 2024 bypoll76TirukkoyilurK. PonmudyKallakurichi77UlundurpettaiA. J. ManikannanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3 Secular Progressive Alliance 378RishivandiyamVasantham K. Karthikeyan79SankarapuramT. Udhayasuriyan80Kallakurichi (SC)M. SenthilkumarAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam National Democratic Alliance Salem81Gangavalli (SC)A. NallathambiAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4 National Democratic Alliance 882Attur (SC)A. P. Jayasankaran83Yercaud (ST)G. Chitra84OmalurR. Mani85MetturS. SadhasivamPattali Makkal Katchi86EdappadiEdappadi K. PalaniswamiAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2Leader of the Opposition87SankariS. Sundararajan88Salem (West)R. ArulPattali Makkal KatchiPattali Makkal Katchi APMKNone Aligned with S. Ramadoss-led PMK in 202589Salem (North)R. RajendranDravida Munnetra Kazhagam Secular Progressive Alliance90Salem (South)E. BalasubramanianAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2 National Democratic Alliance 291VeerapandiM. Rajamuthu Namakkal92Rasipuram (SC)M. MathiventhanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2 Secular Progressive Alliance 293Senthamangalam (ST)K. PonnusamyVacantDied on 23 October 20252025-10-23 Tamil Nadu: Senthamangalam DMK MLA K. Ponnusamy passes away https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/senthamangalam-dmk-mla-k-ponnusamy-passes-away/article70192532.ece 2025-11-26 The Hindu en-IN 0971-751X94NamakkalP. RamalingamDravida Munnetra Kazhagam Secular Progressive Alliance95Paramathi-VelurS. SekarAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam National Democratic Alliance96TiruchengoduE. R. EswaranDravida Munnetra Kazhagam Secular Progressive Alliance97KumarapalayamP. ThangamaniAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam National Democratic Alliance Erode98Erode (East)Thirumagan EveraIndian National Congress 2 Secular Progressive Alliance 4 Died on 4 January 20232023-01-04 Thirumahan Everaa, Erode East MLA and son of Congress leader E.V.K.S. Elangovan, dead https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/erode-east-mla-thirumahan-everaa-no-more/article66337204.ece 2025-11-26 The Hindu en-IN 0971-751XE. V. K. S. Elangovan Won in 2023 bypoll. Died on 14 December 20242024-12-14 Senior Congress leader EVKS Elangovan passes away https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2024/Dec/14/senior-congress-leader-evks-elangovan-passes-away 2025-11-26 The New Indian Express enV. C. ChandhirakumarDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2Won in 2025 bypoll99Erode (West)S. Muthusamy100ModakkurichiC. SaraswathiBharatiya Janata PartyNational Democratic Alliance Tiruppur101Dharapuram (SC)N. KayalvizhiDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2 Secular Progressive Alliance 2102KangayamM. P. Saminathan Erode103PerunduraiS. JayakumarAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2 National Democratic Alliance 2104BhavaniK. C. Karuppannan105AnthiyurA. G. VenkatachalamDravida Munnetra Kazhagam Secular Progressive Alliance106GobichettipalayamK. A. SengottaiyanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam National Democratic AllianceIndependent politicianNone Expelled from AIADMK2025-10-31 Tamil Nadu MLA Sengottaiyan expelled from AIADMK a day after his meeting with Panneerselvam, Dhinakaran, Sasikala https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tn-mla-ka-sengottaiyan-expelled-from-aiadmk-a-day-after-meeting-ops-dhinakaran-sasikala/article70225526.ece 2025-11-26 The Hindu en-IN 0971-751X VacantResigned on 26 November 20252025-11-26 Expelled AIADMK leader Sengottaiyan resigns as Gobichettipalayam MLA amid speculations of joining Vijay's TVK https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/expelled-aiadmk-senior-leader-sengottaiyan-resigns-as-gobichettipalayam-mla-amid-speculations-of-joining-tvk/article70325017.ece 2025-11-26 The Hindu en-IN 0971-751X107Bhavanisagar (SC)A. BannariAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam National Democratic Alliance Nilgiris108UdhagamandalamR. GaneshIndian National Congress Secular Progressive Alliance109Gudalur (SC)Pon. JayaseelanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam National Democratic Alliance110CoonoorK. RamachandranDravida Munnetra Kazhagam Secular Progressive Alliance Coimbatore111MettupalayamA. K. SelvarajAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamNational Democratic Alliance Tiruppur112Avanashi (SC)P. DhanapalAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2National Democratic Alliance 2113Tiruppur (North)K. N. Vijayakumar114Tiruppur (South)K. SelvarajDravida Munnetra Kazhagam Secular Progressive Alliance115PalladamM. S. M. AnandanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam National Democratic Alliance Coimbatore116SulurV. P. KandasamyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4National Democratic Alliance 9117KavundampalayamP. R. G. Arunkumar118Coimbatore (North)Amman K. Arjunan119ThondamuthurS. P. VelumaniChief Whip of the Opposition120Coimbatore (South)Vanathi SrinivasanBharatiya Janata Party121SinganallurK. R. JayaramAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4122KinathukadavuS. Damodaran123PollachiPollachi V. Jayaraman124Valparai (SC)T. K. AmulkandasamiVacantDied on 21 June 20252025-06-21 Valparai AIADMK MLA Amul Kandasamy passes away at 60 https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/valparai-aiadmk-mla-amul-kandasamy-passes-away-at-60/article69721031.ece 2025-11-26 The Hindu en-IN 0971-751X Tiruppur125UdumalaipettaiUdumalai K. RadhakrishnanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2 National Democratic Alliance 2126MadathukulamC. Mahendran Dindigul127PalaniI. P. Senthil KumarDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3 Secular Progressive Alliance 3128OddanchatramR. Sakkarapani129AthoorI. Periyasamy130Nilakottai (SC)S. ThenmozhiAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3 National Democratic Alliance 3131NathamNatham R. Viswanathan132DindigulDindigul C. Sreenivaasan133VedasandurS. GandhirajanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam Secular Progressive Alliance Karur134AravakurichiMonjanoor R. ElangoDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4 Secular Progressive Alliance 4135KarurV. Senthilbalaji136Krishnarayapuram (SC)K. Sivagama Sundari137KulithalaiR. Manickam Tiruchirappalli138ManapparaiP. Abdul SamadDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 9 Secular Progressive Alliance 9139SrirangamM. Palaniyandi140Tiruchirappalli (West)K. N. Nehru Deputy Leader of the House 141Tiruchirappalli (East)Inigo S. Irudayaraj142ThiruverumburAnbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi143LalgudiA. Soundara Pandian144ManachanallurS. Kathiravan145MusiriN. Thiyagarajan146Thuraiyur (SC)S. Stalin Kumar Perambalur147Perambalur (SC)M. PrabhakaranDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2 Secular Progressive Alliance 2148KunnamS. S. Sivasankar Ariyalur149AriyalurK. ChinnappaMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Secular Progressive Alliance 2150JayankondamKa. So. Ka. KannanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam Cuddalore151Tittakudi (SC)C. V. GanesanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam Secular Progressive Alliance 6152VriddhachalamR. RadhakrishnanIndian National Congress153NeyveliSaba RajendranDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4154PanrutiT. Velmurugan155CuddaloreG. Iyappan156KurinjipadiM. R. K. Panneerselvam157BhuvanagiriA. ArunmozhithevanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2 National Democratic Alliance 2158ChidambaramK. A. Pandian159Kattumannarkoil (SC)M. Sinthanai SelvanViduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi Secular Progressive Alliance Mayiladuthurai160Sirkazhi (SC)M. PanneerselvamDravida Munnetra Kazhagam Secular Progressive Alliance 3161MayiladuthuraiS. RajakumarIndian National Congress162PoompuharNivedha M. MuruganDravida Munnetra Kazhagam Nagapattinam163NagapattinamAloor ShanavasViduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi Secular Progressive Alliance 2164Kilvelur (SC)V. P. NagaimaaliCommunist Party of India (Marxist)165VedaranyamO. S. ManianAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam National Democratic Alliance Tiruvarur166Thiruthuraipoondi (SC)K. MarimuthuCommunist Party of India Secular Progressive Alliance 3167MannargudiDr. T. R. B. RajaaDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2168ThiruvarurK. Poondi Kalaivanan169NannilamR. KamarajAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam National Democratic Alliance Thanjavur170Thiruvidaimarudur (SC)Go. Vi. ChezhiyanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5 Secular Progressive Alliance 5Chief Whip of the Government171KumbakonamG. Anbazhagan172PapanasamDr. M. H. Jawahirullah173ThiruvaiyaruDurai Chandrasekaran174ThanjavurT. K. G. Neelamegam175OrathanaduR. VaithilingamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam National Democratic AllianceIndependent politicianNoneExpelled from AIADMK2022-07-11 What a fall: From AIADMK chief, O Panneerselvam becomes unattached MLA https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/what-a-fall-from-aiadmk-chief-o-panneerselvam-becomes-unattached-mla/articleshow/92811750.cms 2025-11-26 The Times of India 0971-8257VacantResigned on 21 January 20262026-01-21 Former AIADMK Minister R. Vaithilingam joins DMK https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/r-vaithilingam-resigns-aiadmk-dmk-january-21-2026/article70532054.ece176PattukkottaiK. AnnaduraiDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2 Secular Progressive Alliance 2177PeravuraniN. Ashok Kumar Pudukkottai178Gandarvakkottai (SC)M. ChinnaduraiCommunist Party of India (Marxist) Secular Progressive Alliance179ViralimalaiC. VijayabaskarAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam National Democratic Alliance180PudukkottaiDr. V. MuthurajaDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3 Secular Progressive Alliance 4181ThirumayamS. Ragupathi182AlangudiMeyyanathan Siva V183AranthangiT. RamachandranIndian National Congress Sivaganga184KaraikudiS. MangudiIndian National Congress Secular Progressive Alliance 2185TiruppatturK. R. PeriyakaruppanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam186SivagangaP. R. SenthilnathanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam National Democratic Alliance187Manamadurai (SC)A. TamilarasiDravida Munnetra Kazhagam Secular Progressive Alliance Madurai188MelurP. SelvamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamNational Democratic Alliance189Madurai EastP. MoorthyDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3Secular Progressive Alliance 5190Sholavandan (SC)A. Venkatesan191Madurai NorthG. Thalapathi192Madurai SouthM. BoominathanMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam193Madurai CentralPalanivel ThiagarajanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam194Madurai WestSellur K. RajuAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4National Democratic Alliance 4195ThiruparankundramV. V. Rajan Chellappa196ThirumangalamR. B. Udhayakumar Deputy Leader of Opposition197UsilampattiP. Ayyappan -Independent politicianNone Resigned from AIADMK Vacant Resigned after joining DMK on 27 February 2026 Theni198AndipattiA. MaharajanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2 Secular Progressive Alliance 2199Periyakulam (SC)K. S. Saravana Kumar200BodinayakanurO. PanneerselvamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamNational Democratic AllianceIndependent politicianNone Expelled from AIADMK Vacant Resigned after joining DMK on 27 February 20262026-01-21 'I accept MK Stalin's leadership': Ex-Tamil Nadu CM O Panneerselvam joins DMK https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/expelled-aiadmk-leader-o-panneerselvam-joins-dmk-in-presence-of-tamil-nadu-cm-m-k-stalin/articleshow/128836447.cms201CumbumN. EramakrishnanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam Secular Progressive Alliance Virudhunagar202RajapalayamS. ThangappandianDravida Munnetra Kazhagam Secular Progressive Alliance203Srivilliputhur (SC)E. M. ManrajAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam National Democratic Alliance204SatturA. R. R. RaghumaranMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Secular Progressive Alliance 5205SivakasiA. M. S. G. AshokanIndian National Congress206VirudhunagarA. R. R. SeenivasanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3207AruppukkottaiK. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran208TiruchuliThangam Thennarasu Ramanathapuram209Paramakudi (SC)S. MurugesanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam Secular Progressive Alliance 4210TiruvadanaiR. M. KarumanickamIndian National Congress211RamanathapuramKatharbatcha MuthuramalingamDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2212MudhukulathurR. S. Raja Kannappan Thoothukudi213VilathikulamG. V. MarkandayanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3 Secular Progressive Alliance 5214ThoothukkudiP. Geetha Jeevan215TiruchendurAnitha Radhakrishnan216SrivaikuntamOorvasi S. AmirtharajIndian National Congress217Ottapidaram (SC)M. C. ShunmugaiahDravida Munnetra Kazhagam218KovilpattiKadambur C. RajuAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam National Democratic Alliance Tenkasi219Sankarankovil (SC)E. RajaDravida Munnetra Kazhagam Secular Progressive Alliance 2220Vasudevanallur (SC)T. Sadhan TirumalaikumarMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam221KadayanallurC. KrishnamuraliAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam National Democratic Alliance222TenkasiS. Palani NadarIndian National Congress Secular Progressive Alliance223AlangulamP. H. Manoj Pandian All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam National Democratic AllianceIndependent politicianNone Expelled from AIADMK Vacant Resigned on 4 November 20252025-11-05 AIADMK MLA Manoj Pandian joins DMK, resigns as MLA https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/aiadmk-mla-manoj-pandian-joins-dmk-resigns-as-mla/articleshow/125095599.cms 2025-11-26 The Times of India 0971-8257 Tirunelveli224TirunelveliNainar NagendranBharatiya Janata PartyNational Democratic Alliance 2225AmbasamudramE. SubayaAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam226PalayamkottaiM. Abdul WahabDravida Munnetra Kazhagam Secular Progressive Alliance 3227NanguneriRuby R. ManoharanIndian National Congress228RadhapuramM. AppavuDravida Munnetra KazhagamSpeaker Kanyakumari229KanniyakumariN. Thalavai SundaramAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam National Democratic Alliance 2230NagercoilM. R. GandhiBharatiya Janata Party231ColachalPrince J.G.Indian National Congress Secular Progressive Alliance 5232PadmanabhapuramMano ThangarajDravida Munnetra Kazhagam233VilavancodeS. VijayadharaniIndian National Congress 3 Resigned on 24 Feb 20242024-02-25 T.N. Speaker Appavu accepts Vijayadharani’s resignation https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tn-speaker-appavu-accepts-vijayadharanis-resignation/article67884741.ece 2025-11-26 The Hindu en-IN 0971-751XTharahai CuthbertWon in 2024 bypoll234KilliyoorS. Rajeshkumar Committees 2024-2026 2024-2026 Constituted on 29th June, 2024 and Extended upto 31st March 2026.Members of the Standing Committees of the House (2024-2026) https://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/16thassembly/standing_committees.php Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Committee Chairperson PartyBusiness Advisory CommitteeM. Appavu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4Committee on RulesM. AppavuCommittee on PrivilegesK. PitchandiCommittee on EstimatesS. GandhirajanCommittee on Public AccountsK. Selvaperunthagai Indian National CongressCommittee on Public UndertakingsA. P. Nandakumar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7Committee on Delegated LegislationG. V. MarkandayanCommittee on Government AssurancesT. VelmuruganHouse CommitteeI. ParanthamenCommittee on PetitionsK. RamachandranLibrary CommitteeJ. L. EswarappanCommittee on Papers Laid on the Table of the HouseR. Lakshmanan Business Advisory Committee +Business Advisory Committee (2024–26)Sr. No.NamePostParty 1 M. Appavu ChairpersonDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 82 M. K. Stalin Member3 Durai Murugan Member4 K. N. Nehru Member5 I. Periyasamy Member6 E. V. Velu Member7 K. Pitchandi Member8 K. Ramachandran Member9 Edappadi K. Palaniswami MemberAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 310 R. B. Udhayakumar Member11 S. P. Velumani Member12 S. Rajesh Kumar MemberIndian National Congress13 G. K. Mani MemberPattali Makkal Katchi PMK(R)14 Nainar Nagenthran MemberBharatiya Janata Party15 M. Sinthanai Selvan MemberViduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi16 V. P. Nagaimaali MemberCommunist Party of India (Marxist)17 T. Ramachandran MemberIndian National Congress +Committee on Rules (2024–26)Sr. No.NamePostParty 1 M. Appavu ChairpersonDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 42 M. K. Stalin Member3 Durai Murugan Member4 K. Pitchandi Member5 Edappadi K. Palaniswami MemberAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam6 Anniyur Siva @ A. Sivashanmugam MemberDravida Munnetra Kazhagam7 K. S. Saravanakumar MemberAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam8 S. Thangapandian MemberDravida Munnetra Kazhagam9 C. Krishnamurali MemberAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 310 G. Sendhil Kumar Member11 A. K. Selvaraj Member12 Oorvasi S. Amirtharaj MemberIndian National Congress13 C. Sivakumar MemberPattali Makkal Katchi14 Vanathi Srinivasan MemberBharatiya Janata Party15 M. Sinthanai Selvan MemberViduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi16 V. P. Nagaimaali MemberCommunist Party of India (Marxist)17T. Ramachandran MemberCommunist Party of India +Committee on Privileges (2024–26)Sr. No.NamePostParty 1 K. Pitchandi Chairperson Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 22 Durai Murugan Member3 Edappadi K. Palaniswami MemberAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam4 N. Ashokkumar MemberDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 85 K. Annadurai Member6 M. Abdul Wahab Member7 N. Eramakrishnan Member8 Inigo S. Irudayaraj Member9 K. Karthikeyan Member10 R. Manickam Member11 M. Varalakshmi Member12 A. Arunmozhithevan MemberAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 313 N. Thalavai Sundaram Member14 Dr. Pollachi V. Jayaraman Member15 J. G. Prince MemberIndian National Congress16 S. Sadhasivam MemberPattali Makkal Katchi17 K. Marimuthu MemberCommunist Party of India +Committee on Estimates (2024–26)Sr. No.NamePostParty 1 S. Gandhirajan Chairperson Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 22 Thangam Thenarasu Member3 K. Selvaperunthagai MemberIndian National Congress4 A. P. Nandakumar MemberDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 85 S. Ambethkumar Member6 T. Udhayasuriyan Member7 Katharbatcha Muthuramalingam Member8 T. Sadhan Thirumalaikumar Member9 S. Sudharsanam Member10 M. Panneerselvam Member11 E. Raja Member12 P. R. G. Arunkumar MemberAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 419 Sellur K. Raju Member13 Sevvoor S. Ramachandran Member16 O. S. Manian Member18 R. M. Karumanikam MemberIndian National Congress14 S. P. Venkateshwaran MemberPattali Makkal Katchi17 S. S. Balaji MemberViduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi15 M. Chinnadurai MemberCommunist Party of India (Marxist) +Committee on Public Accounts (2024–26)Sr. No.NamePostParty 1 K. Selvaperunthagai Chairperson Indian National Congress2 Thangam Thenarasu MemberDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 113 S. Gandhirajan Member4 A. P. Nandakumar Member5 P. Abdul Samad Member6 C. V. M. P. Ezhilarasan Member7 G. Iyappan Member8 S. Chandran Member9 P. Sivakumar (a) Thayagamkavi Member10 I. P. Senthil Kumar Member11 R. D. Shekar Member12 M. Palaniyandi Member13 Agri S. S. Krishnamoorthy MemberAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 414 S. Sekar Member15 Natham R. Viswanathan Member16 K. R. Jayaram Member17 Dr. C. Saraswathi MemberBharatiya Janata Party18 J. Mohamed Shanavas MemberViduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi19 T. Ramachandran MemberCommunist Party of India +Committee on Public Undertakings (2024–26)Sr. No.NamePostParty 1 A. P. Nandakumar Chairperson Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 22 S. Gandhirajan Member3 K. Selvaperunthagai MemberIndian National Congress4 G. Anbalagan MemberDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 75 E. R. Eswaran Member7 M. P. Giri Member8 Durai. Chandrasekaran Member10 Y. Prakaash Member11 Dha. Velu Member12 M. H. Jawahirullah Member6 M. S. M. Anandan MemberAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 59 Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan Member16 Kadambur C. Raju Member18 A. Govindasamy Member14 C. Vijaya Basker Member17 G. Ashokan MemberIndian National Congress15 M. Sinthanai Selvan MemberViduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi13 V. P. Nagaimaali MemberCommunist Party of India (Marxist) +Committee on Delegated Legislation (2024–26)Sr. No.NamePostParty 1 G. V. Markandayan Chairperson Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 72 S. R. Raja Member3 Ka. So. Ka. Kannan Member4 A. Krishnaswamy Member5 N. Thiyagarajan Member6 A. R. R. Raghuraman Member7 S. Stalinkumar Member8 P. Arjunan MemberAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 49 P. R. Senthilnathan Member10 E. Balasubramanian Member11 E. M. Manraj Member12 Tharahai Cuthbert MemberIndian National Congress +Committee on Government Assurances (2024–26)Sr. No.NamePostParty 1 T. Velmurugan Chairperson Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 72 S. Aravindramesh Member3 A. R. R. Seenivasan Member4 G. Thalapathi Member5 A. Nallathambi Member6 M. Boominathan Member7 M. K. Mohan Member8 M. Chakrapani MemberAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 39 R. Mani Member10 S. Jayakumar Member11 S. Mangudi MemberIndian National Congress12 R. Arul MemberPattali Makkal Katchi PMK(R) +House Committee (2024–26)Sr. No.NamePostParty 1 I. Paranthamen Chairperson Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 112 V. Amulu Member3 K. Ganapathy Member4 I. Karunanithi Member5 J. Karunanithi Member6 P. S. T. Saravanan Member7 K. Sivagama Sundari Member8 Nivedha M. Murugan Member9 K. Ponnusamy(died on 23 October 2025) Member10 S. Murugesan Member11 P. Ramalingam Member12 M. Senthilkumar MemberAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 613 T. M. Tamilselvam Member14 A. Nallathambi Member15 A. Bannari Member16 M. Rajamuthu Member17 Pon. Jayaseelan Member18 S. Rajakumar MemberIndian National Congress +Committee on Petitions (2024–26)Sr. No.NamePostParty 1 K. Ramachandran Chairperson Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 62 K. P. Shankar Member3 K. Chinnappa Member4 A. Soundarapandian Member5 D. Mathiazhagan Member6 O. Jothi Member7 V. P. Kandasamy MemberAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 38 S. Sundararajan Member9 M. Jagan Moorthy Member10 T. Ramachandran MemberIndian National Congress11 M. Babu MemberViduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi +Library Committee (2024–26)Sr. No.NamePostParty 1 J. L. Eswarappan Chairperson Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 62 P. Karthikeyan Member3 T. J. Govindrajan Member4 A. Tamilarasi Member5 A. M. V. Prabhakara Raja Member6 A. Maharajan Member7 V. Sampathkumar MemberAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 38 K. Maragatham Member9 A. P. Jayasankaran Member10 R. Radhakrishnan MemberIndian National Congress +Committee on Papers Laid on the Table of the House (2024–26)Sr. No.NamePostParty 1 R. Lakshmanan Chairperson Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 6 2 J. John Ebenezer Member3 S. Kathiravan Member4 K. Devaraji Member5 V. Muthuraja Member6 A. C. Vilwanathan Member7 K. Ashokkumar MemberAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 48 T. K. Amulkandasami(died on 21 June 2025) Member9 G. Chitra Member10 K. A. Pandian Member11 Durai. 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