The Sixteenth Assembly of Tamil Nadu succeeded the
Fifteenth Assembly of Tamil Nadu and was constituted after the victory of
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; DMK) is a political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu where it is currently the ruling party having a comfortable majority without coalition support and the union territory of Puducherry where it is curre ...
(DMK) and allies in the
2021 State Assembly Elections held on 6 April 2021.
M. K Stalin was elected as
Chief Minister
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for the first time and assumed office on 7 May 2021.
Overview
The main officials of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly are:
Chief Minister
Council of Ministers
Party positions
List of members
Information derived from data produced by the
Election Commission of India
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(ECI) except where noted.
Reserved constituencies for candidates from the
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
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(SC / ST) were defined in 2007 by the Delimitation Commission.
See also
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Government of Tamil Nadu
Government of Tamil Nadu is the subnational government for the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is seated at Fort St George, Chennai. The legislature of Tamil Nadu was bicameral until 1986, when it was replaced by a unicameral legislature, lik ...
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List of Chief Ministers 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 ...
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Legislative assembly of Tamil Nadu
The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It has a strength of 234 members of whom are democratically elected using the First-past-the-post system. The presiding officer of the Assembl ...
References
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Government of Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...