15th Tamil Nadu Assembly

Tamil Nadu state legislative session (2016-2021)

Fifteenth Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu

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Overview
Legislative body| Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Meeting place| Fort St. George, Chennai
Term| 16 May 2016 (2016-05-16) – 6 May 2021 (2021-05-06)
Election| 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
Government| Government of Tamil Nadu
Opposition| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Website| Official website
Members| 235
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
Party control| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

The Fifteenth Assembly of Tamil Nadu succeeded the Fourteenth Assembly of Tamil Nadu 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 fourth time.

## Overview

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Source: Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly website[1]

Office  | Office bearer

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Speaker  | P. Dhanapal
Deputy Speaker  | Jayaraman
Leader of the House  | O. Panneerselvam (until 17 February 2017)

K.A. Sengottaiyan (17 February 2017 to 4 January 2018)[2]

O. Panneerselvam (from 4 January 2018)

Leader of Opposition  | M. K. Stalin

## Chief ministers

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Chief Minister  |  | Took office  | Left office  | Term

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J. Jayalalithaa |  | 23 May 2016  | 5 December 2016 (Died in office)  | 195 days
O. Panneerselvam |  | 5 December 2016  | 16 February 2017  | 73 days
Edappadi K. Palaniswami |  | 16 February 2017  | 6 May 2021  | 4 years 2 months 21 days

## Council of Ministers

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The council of Ministers in the Cabinet of Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami as follows[3]

Name  | Image  | Designation  | Portfolios

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Edappadi K. Palaniswami |  | Chief Minister | Public,
Indian Administrative Service,
Indian Police Service,
Indian Forest Service,
General Administration,
District Revenue Officers,
Police and
Home,
Public Works,
Irrigation including Minor Irrigation,
Programme Works,
Highways and Minor Ports
O. Panneerselvam |  | Deputy Chief Minister | Finance,
Planning,
Legislative Assembly,
Elections and
Passports,
Housing,
Rural Housing and Housing Development,
Slum Clearance Board and
Accommodation Control,
Town Planning,
Urban Development and
Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority
Dindigul C. Sreenivasan |  | Minister for Forests | Forests
K. A. Sengottaiyan |  | Minister for School Education,
Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development  | School Education,
Youth Welfare and
Sports 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 |  | 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 and
Fisheries 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 |  | 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 and
Social Reforms and Nutritious Noon Meal Programme
M. C. Sampath |  | Minister for Industries, Steel Control and Special Initiatives | Industries,
Steel Control and
Special Initiatives
K. C. Karuppannan |  | Minister for Environment | Environment and Pollution Control
R. Kamaraj |  | Minister for Food and Civil Supplies | Food,
Civil Supplies,
Consumer Protection and
Price 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 and
Family Welfare
R. Doraikkannu |  | Minister for Agriculture | Agriculture,
Agricultural Engineering,
Agro Service Cooperatives,
Horticulture,
Sugarcane Cess,
Sugarcane Development and
Waste Land Development
Kadambur Raju |  | Minister for Information and Publicity  | Information and Publicity
Film Technology and Cinematograph Act,
Stationery and Printing and
Government 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 |  | 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 |  | Minister for Tamil Official Language and Tamil Culture  | Tamil Official Language and
Tamil 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 and

Denotified Communities,
Overseas Indians,
Refugees and Evacuees and
Minorities Welfare

## Party positions

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Party  | Number of members

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All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 123
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 100
Indian National Congress | 7
Bharatiya Janata Party | 0
Indian Union Muslim League | 1
Independent  | 1
Nominated  | 1
Vacant  | 1
Total  | 235

The 123 AIADMK members include three independents who contested and won under the AIADMK symbol.

## List of members

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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.[4] Reserved constituencies for candidates from the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC / ST) were defined in 2007 by the Delimitation Commission.[5]

Results  #  | Name  | Winner  | Party

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Tiruvallur District
1  | Gummidipoondi | K. S. Vijayakumar |  | AIADMK
2  | Ponneri (SC) | P. Balaraman |  | AIADMK
3  | Tiruttani | P. M. Narasimhan |  | AIADMK
4  | Thiruvallur | V. G. Raajendran |  | DMK
5  | Poonamallee (SC) | A. Krishnaswamy |  | DMK
6  | Avadi | K. Pandiarajan |  | AIADMK
Chennai District
7  | Maduravoyal | P. Benjamin |  | AIADMK
8  | Ambattur | V. Alexander |  | AIADMK
9  | Madavaram | S. Sudharsanam |  | DMK
10  | Thiruvottiyur | Vacant
11  | Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar | T. T. V. Dhinakaran |  | AMMK
12  | Perambur | R. D. Sekar |  | DMK
13  | Kolathur | M. K. Stalin |  | DMK
14  | Villivakkam | B. Ranganathan |  | DMK
15  | Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar (SC) | P. Sivakumar |  | DMK
16  | Egmore (SC) | K. S. Ravichandran |  | DMK
17  | Royapuram | D. Jayakumar |  | AIADMK
18  | Harbour | P. K. Sekar Babu |  | DMK
19  | Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni | Vacant
20  | Thousand Lights | K. K. Selvam  |  | BJP
21  | Anna Nagar | M. K. Mohan |  | DMK
22  | Virugambakkam | V. N. Virugai Ravi |  | AIADMK
23  | Saidapet | M. A. Subramanian |  | DMK
24  | T. Nagar | B. Sathyanarayanan |  | AIADMK
25  | Mylapore | R. Nataraj |  | AIADMK
26  | Velachery | Vagai Chandrasekhar |  | DMK
27  | Sholinganallur | Ramesh S. Aravind |  | DMK
28  | Alandur | T. M. Anbarasan |  | DMK
Kanchipuram District
29  | Sriperumbudur (SC) | K. Palani |  | AIADMK
Chengalpattu District
30  | Pallavaram | I. Karunanithi |  | DMK
31  | Tambaram | S. R. Raja |  | DMK
32  | Chengalpattu | M. Varalakshmi |  | DMK
33  | Thiruporur | L. Idhayavarman |  | DMK
34  | Cheyyur (SC) | R. T. Arasu |  | DMK
35  | Maduranthakam (SC) | S. Pugazhenthi |  | DMK
Kanchipuram District
36  | Uthiramerur | K. Sundar |  | DMK
37  | Kancheepuram | C. V. M. P. Ezhilarasan |  | DMK
Ranipet District
38  | Arakkonam (SC) | S. Ravi |  | AIADMK
39  | Sholingur | G. Sampathu |  | AIADMK
Vellore District
40  | Katpadi | Duraimurugan |  | DMK
Ranipet District
41  | Ranipet | R. Gandhi |  | DMK
42  | Arcot | J. L. Eswarappan |  | DMK
Vellore District
43  | Vellore | P. Karthikeyan |  | DMK
44  | Anaikattu | A. P. Nandakumar |  | DMK
45  | K. V. Kuppam (SC) | G. Loganathan |  | AIADMK
46  | Gudiyattam (SC) | Vacant
Tirupattur District
47  | Vaniyambadi | Kafeel Nilofer |  | AIADMK
48  | Ambur | A. C. Vilwanathan |  | DMK
49  | Jolarpet | K. C. Veeramani |  | AIADMK
50  | Tirupattur, Vellore | A. Nallathambi |  | DMK
Krishnagiri District
51  | Uthangarai (SC) | N. Manoranjitham |  | AIADMK
52  | Bargur | C. V. Rajendiran  |  | AIADMK
53  | Krishnagiri | T. Senguttuvan |  | DMK
54  | Veppanahalli | P. Murugan |  | DMK
55  | Hosur | S. A. Sathya |  | DMK
56  | Thalli | Y. Prakaash |  | DMK
Dharmapuri District
57  | Palacode | K. P. Anbalagan |  | AIADMK
58  | Pennagaram | P. N. P. Inbasekaran |  | DMK
59  | Dharmapuri | P. Subramani |  | DMK
60  | Pappireddippatti | A. Govindasamy |  | AIADMK
61  | Harur (SC) | V. Sampathkumar |  | AIADMK
Tiruvannamalai District
62  | Chengam (SC) | M. P. Giri |  | DMK
63  | Tiruvannamalai | E. V. Velu |  | DMK
64  | Kilpennathur | K. Pitchandi |  | DMK
65  | Kalasapakkam | V. Panneerselvam |  | AIADMK
66  | Polur | K. V. Sekaran |  | DMK
67  | Arani | S. Sevoor Ramachandran |  | AIADMK
68  | Cheyyar | K. Mohan |  | AIADMK
69  | Vandavasi (SC) | S. Ambethkumar |  | DMK
Villupuram District
70  | Gingee | K. S. Masthan |  | DMK
71  | Mailam | R. Masilamani |  | DMK
72  | Tindivanam (SC) | P. Seethapathy |  | DMK
73  | Vanur (SC) | M. Chakrapani |  | AIADMK
74  | Villupuram | C. Ve. Shanmugam |  | AIADMK
75  | Vikravandi | R. Muthamilselvan |  | AIADMK
Kallakurichi District
76  | Tirukkoyilur | K. Ponmudy |  | DMK
77  | Ulundurpettai | R. Kumaraguru |  | AIADMK
78  | Rishivandiyam | K. Karthikeyan |  | DMK
79  | Sankarapuram | T. Udhayasuriyan |  | DMK
80  | Kallakurichi (SC) | A. Prabhu |  | AIADMK
Salem District
81  | Gangavalli (SC) | A. Nallathambi |  | AIADMK
82  | Attur (SC) | R. M. Chinnathambi |  | AIADMK
83  | Yercaud (ST) | G. Chitra |  | AIADMK
84  | Omalur | S. Vetrivel |  | AIADMK
85  | Mettur | S. Semmalai |  | AIADMK
86  | Edappadi | Edappadi K. Palaniswami |  | AIADMK
87  | Sankari | S. Raja |  | AIADMK
88  | Salem (West) | G. Venkatachalam |  | AIADMK
89  | Salem (North) | R. Rajendran |  | DMK
90  | Salem (South) | A. B. Sakthivel |  | AIADMK
91  | Veerapandi | P. Manonmani |  | AIADMK
Namakkal District
92  | Rasipuram (SC) | V. Saroja |  | AIADMK
93  | Senthamangalam (ST) | C. Chandrasekaran |  | AIADMK
94  | Namakkal | K. P. P. Baskar |  | AIADMK
95  | Paramathi Velur | K. S. Moorthiy |  | DMK
96  | Tiruchengodu | Pon. Saraswathi |  | AIADMK
97  | Kumarapalayam | P. Thangamani |  | AIADMK
Erode District
98  | Erode (East) | K. S. Thennarasu |  | AIADMK
99  | Erode (West) | K. V. Ramalingam |  | AIADMK
100  | Modakkurichi | V. P. Sivasubramani  |  | AIADMK
Tiruppur District
101  | Dharapuram (SC) | V. S. Kalimuthu |  | INC
106  | Kangayam | U. Thaniyarasu |  | AIADMK
Erode District
103  | Perundurai | N. D. Venkatachalam |  | AIADMK
104  | Bhavani | K. C. Karuppannan |  | AIADMK
105  | Anthiyur | K. R. Rajakrishnan |  | AIADMK
106  | Gobichettipalayam | K. A. Sengonttaiyan |  | AIADMK
107  | Bhavanisagar (SC) | S. Eswaran |  | AIADMK
Nilgiris District
108  | Udhagamandalam | R. Ganesh |  | INC
109  | Coonoor | A. Ramu |  | AIADMK
110  | Gudalur (SC) | M. Thiravidamani |  | DMK
Coimbatore District
111  | Mettupalayam | O. K. Chinnaraj |  | AIADMK
Tiruppur District
112  | Avanashi (SC) | P. Dhanapal |  | AIADMK
113  | Tiruppur (North) | K. N. Vijayakumar |  | AIADMK
114  | Tiruppur (South) | S. Gunasekaran |  | AIADMK
115  | Palladam | A. Natarajan |  | AIADMK
116  | Sulur | P. Kandhasamy |  | AIADMK
Coimbatore District
117  | Kavundampalayam | V. C. Arukutty |  | AIADMK
118  | Coimbatore North | P. R. G. Arun Kumar |  | AIADMK
119  | Thondamuthur | S. P. Velumani |  | AIADMK
120  | Coimbatore (South) | Arjunan alias K. Amman Arjunan  |  | AIADMK
121  | Singanallur | N. Karthik |  | DMK
122  | Kinathukadavu | A. Shanmugam |  | AIADMK
123  | Pollachi | Pollachi V. Jayaraman |  | AIADMK
124  | Valparai (SC) | V. Kasthuri Vasu |  | AIADMK
Tiruppur District
125  | Udumalaipettai | K. Radhakrishnan |  | AIADMK
126  | Madathukulam | R. Jayaramakrishnan |  | DMK
Dindigul District
127  | Palani | I. P. Senthil Kumar |  | DMK
128  | Oddanchatram | R. Sakkarapani |  | DMK
129  | Athoor | I. Periyasamy |  | DMK
130  | Nilakottai (SC) | S. Thenmozhi |  | AIADMK
131  | Natham | M. A. Andiambalam |  | DMK
132  | Dindigul | C. Sreenivasan |  | AIADMK
133  | Vedasandur | V. P. B. Paramasivam |  | AIADMK
Karur District
134  | Aravakurichi | V. Senthil Balaji |  | DMK
135  | Karur | M. R. Vijayabhaskar |  | AIADMK
136  | Krishnarayapuram (SC) | M. Geetha |  | AIADMK
137  | Kulithalai | E. Ramar |  | DMK
Tiruchirappalli District
138  | Manapaarai | R. Chandrasekar |  | AIADMK
139  | Srirangam | S. Valarmathi |  | AIADMK
140  | Tiruchirappalli (West) | K. N. Nehru |  | DMK
141  | Tiruchirappalli (East) | Vellamandi N. Natarajan |  | AIADMK
142  | Thiruverumbur | Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi |  | DMK
143  | Lalgudi | A. Soundarapandian |  | DMK
144  | Manachanallur | M. Parameswari |  | AIADMK
145  | Musiri | M. Selvarasu |  | AIADMK
146  | Thuraiyur (SC) | S. Stalinkumar |  | DMK
Perambalur District
147  | Perambalur (SC) | R. Thamizhselvan |  | AIADMK
148  | Kunnam | R. T. Ramachandran |  | AIADMK
Ariyalur District
149  | Ariyalur | S. Rajendran  |  | AIADMK
150  | Jayankondam | J. K. N. Ramajeyalingam |  | AIADMK
Cuddalore District
151  | Tittakudi (SC) | V. Ganesan |  | DMK
152  | Vriddhachalam | V. T. Kalaiselvan |  | AIADMK
153  | Neyveli | Rajendran Saba |  | DMK
154  | Panruti | P. Sathya |  | AIADMK
155  | Cuddalore | M. C. Sampath |  | AIADMK
156  | Kurinjipadi | M. R. K. Panneerselvam |  | DMK
157  | Bhuvanagiri | K. Durai Saravanan |  | DMK
158  | Chidambaram | K. A. Pandian |  | AIADMK
159  | Kattumannarkoil (SC) | N. Murugumaran |  | AIADMK
Mayiladuthurai District
160  | Sirkazhi (SC) | P. V. Bharathi |  | AIADMK
161  | Mayiladuthurai | V. Rathakrishnan |  | AIADMK
162  | Poompuhar | S. Pavunraj |  | AIADMK
Nagapattinam District
163  | Nagapattinam | M. Thamimun Ansari |  | AIADMK
164  | Kilvelur (SC) | U. Mathivanan |  | DMK
165  | Vedaranyam | O. S. Manian |  | AIADMK
Tiruvarur District
166  | Thiruthuraipoondi (SC) | P. Adalarasan |  | DMK
167  | Mannargudi | T. R. B. Rajaa |  | DMK
168  | Thiruvarur | Poondi K. Kalaivanan |  | DMK
169  | Nannilam | R. Kamaraj |  | AIADMK
Thanjavur District
170  | Thiruvidaimarudur (SC) | Govi Chezhiaan |  | DMK
171  | Kumbakonam | G. Anbalagan |  | DMK
172  | Papanasam | Vacant
173  | Thiruvaiyaru | Durai Chandrashekaran |  | DMK
174  | Thanjavur | T. K. G. Neelamegam |  | DMK
175  | Orathanadu | M. Ramchandran |  | DMK
176  | Pattukkottai | V. Sekar |  | AIADMK
177  | Peravurani | M. Govindarasu |  | AIADMK
Pudukottai District
178  | Gandharvakottai (SC) | B. Arumugam |  | AIADMK
179  | Viralimalai | C. Vijaya Baskar |  | AIADMK
180  | Pudukkottai | Periyannan Arassu |  | DMK
181  | Thirumayam | S. Regupathy |  | DMK
182  | Alangudi | Siva V. Meyyanathan |  | DMK
183  | Aranthangi | E. Rathinasabhapathy |  | AIADMK
Sivaganga District
184  | Karaikudi | K. R. Ramasamy |  | INC
185  | Tiruppattur, Sivaganga | K. R. Periyakaruppan |  | DMK
186  | Sivaganga | G. Baskaran |  | AIADMK
187  | Manamadurai (SC) | S. Nagarajan |  | AIADMK
Madurai District
188  | Melur | Periyapullan alias P. Selvam  |  | AIADMK
189  | Madurai East | P. Moorthy |  | DMK
190  | Sholavandan (SC) | K. Manickam |  | AIADMK
191  | Madurai North | V. V. Rajan Chellappa |  | AIADMK
192  | Madurai South | S. S. Saravanan |  | AIADMK
193  | Madurai Central | Palanivel Thiagarajan |  | DMK
194  | Madurai West | K. Raju |  | AIADMK
195  | Thiruparankundram | P. Saravanan |  | DMK
196  | Tirumangalam | R. B. Udhayakumar |  | AIADMK
197  | Usilampatti | P. Neethipathi |  | AIADMK
Theni District
198  | Andipatti | A. Maharajan |  | DMK
199  | Periyakulam (SC) | K. S. Saravanakumar |  | DMK
200  | Bodinayakanur | O. Panneerselvam |  | AIADMK
201  | Cumbum | S. T. K. Jakkaiyan |  | AIADMK
Virudhunagar District
202  | Rajapalayam | S. Thangappandian |  | DMK
203  | Srivilliputhur (SC) | M. Chandra Prabha |  | AIADMK
204  | Sattur | M. S. R. Rajavarman |  | AIADMK
205  | Sivakasi | K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji |  | AIADMK
206  | Virudhunagar | A. R. R. Seenivasan |  | DMK
207  | Aruppukkottai | K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran |  | DMK
208  | Tiruchuli | T. Thangam Thenarasu |  | DMK
Ramanathapuram District
209  | Paramakudi (SC) | N. Sadhan Prabhakar |  | AIADMK
210  | Tiruvadanai | Karunas |  | AIADMK
211  | Ramanathapuram | M. Manikandan |  | AIADMK
212  | Mudhukulathur | S. Pandi |  | INC
Thoothukudi District
213  | Vilathikulam | P. Chinnappan |  | AIADMK
214  | Thoothukkudi | P. Geetha Jeevan |  | DMK
215  | Tiruchendur | Anitha R. Radhakrishnan |  | DMK
216  | Srivaikuntam | S. P. Shanmuganathan |  | AIADMK
217  | Ottapidaram (SC) | C. Shanmugaiah |  | DMK
218  | Kovilpatti | C. Kadambur Raju |  | AIADMK
Tenkasi District
219  | Sankarankovil (SC) | V. M. Rajalakshmi |  | AIADMK
220  | Vasudevanallur (SC) | A. Manoharan |  | AIADMK
221  | Kadayanallur | K. A. M. Muhammed Abubacker |  | IUML
222  | Tenkasi | S. Selvamohandas Pandian |  | AIADMK
223  | Alangulam | Poongothai Aladi Aruna |  | DMK
Tirunelveli District
224  | Tirunelveli | A. L. S. Lakshmanan |  | DMK
225  | Ambasamudram | R. Murugaiah Pandian |  | AIADMK
226  | Palayamkottai | T. P. M. Mohideen Khan |  | DMK
227  | Nanguneri | V. Narayanan |  | AIADMK
228  | Radhapuram | I. S. Inbadurai |  | AIADMK
Kanniyakumari District
229  | Kanniyakumari | S. Austin |  | DMK
230  | Nagercoil | N. Suresh Rajan |  | DMK
231  | Colachal | J. G. Prince |  | INC
232  | Padmanabhapuram | T. Mano Thangaraj |  | DMK
233  | Vilavancode | S. Vijayadharani |  | INC
234  | Killiyoor | S. Rajesh Kumar |  | INC
235  | Anglo-Indian  | Nancy Ann Cynthia Francis | Nominated

## Important events

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On 18 September 2017, the Speaker of the Assembly disqualified 18 dissident AIADMK MLAs.[6]

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.[7]

H.Vasanthakumar elected as Member of Parliament in 2019 election,

K K Selvam Joined BJP on 6 August 2020[8]

## See also

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* Government of Tamil Nadu
* List of chief ministers of Tamil Nadu
* Legislative assembly of Tamil Nadu

## References

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1. ^ "Home Page of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly". Assembly.tn.gov.in. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
2. ^ "Sengottaiyan Named Leader of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly". The Indian Express. 17 February 2017.
3. ^ "Government of Tamil Nadu Website".
4. ^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly Trends and Results 2016: Tamil Nadu : Constituency-wise Trends". Election Commission of India. 19 May 2016. Archived from the original on 25 November 2016.
5. ^ "Notification" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. 13 August 2007. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
6. ^ "Tamil Nadu Speaker disqualifies 18 dissident AIADMK MLAs". The Hindu. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
7. ^ "Tamil Nadu sports minister P Balakrishna Reddy sentenced to three years in 1998 riot case, steps down". newindianexpress. 7 January 2019. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
8. ^ "Tamil Nadu: MLA Selvam asks partymen to join BJP, dares DMK to expel him | Chennai News - Times of India".