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 A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union terri ...

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

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(ECI) except where noted. Reserved constituencies for candidates from the

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

References

{{Reflist Government of Tamil Nadu