The Fifteenth Assembly of Tamil Nadu succeeded the

Fourteenth Assembly of Tamil Nadu The Fourteenth Assembly of Tamil Nadu was constituted after the victory of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and allies, in the 2011 Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 2011 state assembly election. J. Jayalalitha became the Chie ...

and was constituted after the victory of

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK) is an Indian regional political party with great influence in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is a Dravidian party founded by the former chief mini ...

(AIADMK) and allies in the 2016 state assembly election held on 16 May.

J. Jayalalitha Jayaram Jayalalithaa (24 February 1948 – 5 December 2016) was an Indian politician and actress who served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for more than fourteen years over six terms between 1991 and 2016. From 9 February 1989 to 5 December 2 ...

assumed office as

Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu The chief minister of Tamil Nadu is the chief executive of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests with th ...

for the fourth time.

Overview

Source: Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly website

Chief Ministers

Council of Ministers

The council of Ministers in the Cabinet of Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswamy as follows

Party positions

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

List of members

Information derived from data produced by the

Election Commission of India The Election Commission of India (ECI) is a constitutional body. It was established by the Constitution of India to conduct and regulate elections in the country. Article 324 of the Constitution provides that the power of superintendence, di ...

(ECI) except where noted. The results for two constituencies –

Aravakurichi Aravakurichi is a panchayat town and a Taluk headquarters in Karur district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Aravakurichi is well known in Tamil Nadu as a major market for Moringa oleifera vegetable (commonly known as Drumstick). Aravakurichi ...

and

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– were undeclared at the time that the ECI published its list. Reserved constituencies for candidates from the

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(SC / ST) were defined in 2007 by the Delimitation Commission.

Important events

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

T. T. V. Dhinakaran Thiruthurapoondi Thiruvenkatam Vivekananda Dhinakaran (born 13 December 1963) is an Indian politician and founding General Secretary of Amma Makkal Munneetra Kazagam. In the past he was the Treasurer of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ...

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. H.Vasanthakumar elected as Member of Parliament in 2019 election, K K Selvam Joined BJP on 6 August 2020

References

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