Fifteenth Assembly of Tamil Nadu
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 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
Source: Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly website| Office | Office Bearer |
| Speaker | P. Dhanapal |
| Deputy Speaker | Jayaraman |
| Leader of the House | O. Panneerselvam K.A. Sengottaiyan O. Panneerselvam |
| Leader of Opposition | M. K. Stalin |
Chief Ministers
Council of Ministers
The council of Ministers in the Cabinet of Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswamy as follows| Name | Designation | Porfolios | |
| 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 | |
| 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
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 except where noted. The results for two constituencies – Aravakurichi and Thanjavur – were undeclared at the time that the ECI published its list. Reserved constituencies for candidates from the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes were defined in 2007 by the Delimitation Commission.| Schedule No. | Constituency | MLA | Party |
| 1 | Gummidipoondi | K. S. Vijayakumar | AIADMK |
| 2 | Ponneri | P. Balaraman | AIADMK |
| 3 | Tiruttani | P. M. Narasimhan | AIADMK |
| 4 | Thiruvallur | V. G. Raajendran | DMK |
| 5 | Poonamallee | T. A. Elumalai | AIADMK |
| 6 | Avadi | K. Pandiarajan | AIADMK |
| 7 | Maduravoyal | P. Benjamin | AIADMK |
| 8 | Ambattur | V. Alexander | AIADMK |
| 9 | Madavaram | S. Sudharsanam | DMK |
| 10 | Thiruvottiyur | Vacant | |
| 11 | Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar | J. Jayalalitha T. T. V. Dhinakaran | AIADMK Independent |
| 12 | Perambur | P. Vetrivel | AIADMK |
| 13 | Kolathur | M. K. Stalin | DMK |
| 14 | Villivakkam | B. Ranganathan | DMK |
| 15 | Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar | P. Sivakumar alias Thayagam Kavi | DMK |
| 16 | Egmore | K. S. Ravichandran | DMK |
| 17 | Royapuram | D. Jayakumar | AIADMK |
| 18 | Harbour | P. K. Sekar Babu | DMK |
| 19 | Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni | Vacant | |
| 20 | Thousand Lights | Ku. Ka. Selvam | DMK |
| 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 |
| 29 | Sriperumbudur | K. Palani | AIADMK |
| 30 | Pallavaram | I. Karunanithi | DMK |
| 31 | Tambaram | S. R. Raja | DMK |
| 32 | Chengalpattu | M. Varalakshmi | DMK |
| 33 | Thiruporur | M. Kothandapani | AIADMK |
| 34 | Cheyyur | R. T. Arasu | DMK |
| 35 | Maduranthakam | S. Pugazhenthi | DMK |
| 36 | Uthiramerur | K. Sundar | DMK |
| 37 | Kancheepuram | C. V. M. P. Ezhilarasan | DMK |
| 38 | Arakkonam | S. Ravi | AIADMK |
| 39 | Sholingur | N. G. Parthiban | AIADMK |
| 40 | Katpadi | Duraimurugan | DMK |
| 41 | Ranipet | R. Gandhi | DMK |
| 42 | Arcot | J. L. Eswarappan | DMK |
| 43 | Vellore | P. Karthikeyan | DMK |
| 44 | Anaikattu | A. P. Nandakumar | DMK |
| 45 | K. V. Kuppam | G. Loganathan | AIADMK |
| 46 | Gudiyattam | vacant | |
| 47 | Vaniyambadi | Kafeel Nilofer | AIADMK |
| 48 | Ambur | Balasubramani | AIADMK |
| 49 | Jolarpet | K. C. Veeramani | AIADMK |
| 50 | Tirupattur, Vellore | A. Nallathambi | DMK |
| 51 | Uthangarai | N. Manoranjitham | AIADMK |
| 52 | Bargur | V. Rajendran | AIADMK |
| 53 | Krishnagiri | T. Senguttuvan | DMK |
| 54 | Veppanahalli | P. Murugan | DMK |
| 55 | Hosur | P. Balakrishna Reddy | AIADMK |
| 56 | Thalli | Y. Prakaash | DMK |
| 57 | Palacode | K. P. Anbalagan | AIADMK |
| 58 | Pennagaram | P. N. P. Inbasekaran | DMK |
| 59 | Dharmapuri | P. Subramani | DMK |
| 60 | Pappireddippatti | P. Palaniappan | AIADMK |
| 61 | Harur | R. Murugan | AIADMK |
| 62 | Chengam | 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. Ramachandran | AIADMK |
| 68 | Cheyyar | K. Mohan | AIADMK |
| 69 | Vandavasi | S. Ambethkumar | DMK |
| 70 | Gingee | K. S. Masthan | DMK |
| 71 | Mailam | R. Masilamani | DMK |
| 72 | Tindivanam | P. Seethapathy | DMK |
| 73 | Vanur | M. Chakrapani | AIADMK |
| 74 | Villupuram | C. Ve. Shanmugam | AIADMK |
| 75 | Vikravandi | R. Muthamilselvan | DMK |
| 76 | Tirukkoyilur | K. Ponmudy | DMK |
| 77 | Ulundurpettai | R. Kumaraguru | AIADMK |
| 78 | Rishivandiyam | K. Karthikeyan | DMK |
| 79 | Sankarapuram | T. Udhayasuriyan | DMK |
| 80 | Kallakurichi | A. Prabhu | AIADMK |
| 81 | Gangavalli | A. Maruthamuthu | AIADMK |
| 82 | Attur | R. M. Chinnathambi | AIADMK |
| 83 | Yercaud | G. Chitra | AIADMK |
| 84 | Omalur | S. Vetrivel | AIADMK |
| 85 | Mettur | S. Semmalai | AIADMK |
| 86 | Edapadi | K. Palaniswami | AIADMK |
| 87 | Sankari | S. Raja | AIADMK |
| 88 | Salem | G. Venkatachalam | AIADMK |
| 89 | Salem | R. Rajendran | DMK |
| 90 | Salem | A. B. Sakthivel | AIADMK |
| 91 | Veerapandi | P. Manonmani | AIADMK |
| 92 | Rasipuram | V. Saroja | AIADMK |
| 93 | Senthamangalam | 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 |
| 98 | Erode | K. S. Thennarasu | AIADMK |
| 99 | Erode | K. V. Ramalingam | AIADMK |
| 100 | Modakkurichi | V. P. Sivasubramani | AIADMK |
| 101 | Dharapuram | V. S. Kalimuthu | INC |
| 102 | Kangayam | U. Thaniyarasu | AIADMK |
| 103 | Perundurai | N. D. Venkatachalam | AIADMK |
| 104 | Bhavani | K. C. Karuppanan | AIADMK |
| 105 | Anthiyur | K. R. Rajakrishnan | AIADMK |
| 106 | Gobichettipalayam | K. A. Sengonttaiyan | AIADMK |
| 107 | Bhavanisagar | S. Eswaran | AIADMK |
| 108 | Udhagamandalam | R. Ganesh | INC |
| 109 | Gudalur | M. Thiravidamani | DMK |
| 110 | Coonoor | A. Ramu | AIADMK |
| 111 | Mettupalayam | O. K. Chinnaraj | AIADMK |
| 112 | Avanashi | P. Dhanapal | AIADMK |
| 113 | Tiruppur | K. N. Vijayakumar | AIADMK |
| 114 | Tiruppur | S. Gunasekaran | AIADMK |
| 115 | Palladam | A. Natarajan | AIADMK |
| 116 | Sulur | R. Kanagaraj | AIADMK |
| 117 | Kavundampalayam | V. C. Arukutty | AIADMK |
| 118 | Coimbatore North | P. R. G. Arun Kumar | AIADMK |
| 119 | Thondamuthur | S. P. Velumani | AIADMK |
| 120 | Coimbatore | Arjunan alias K. Amman Arjunan | AIADMK |
| 121 | Singanallur | N. Karthik | DMK |
| 122 | Kinathukadavu | A. Shanmugam | AIADMK |
| 123 | Pollachi | Pollachi V. Jayaraman | AIADMK |
| 124 | Valparai | V. Kasthuri Vasu | AIADMK |
| 125 | Udumalaipettai | K. Radhakrishnan | AIADMK |
| 126 | Madathukulam | R. Jayaramakrishnan | DMK |
| 127 | Palani | I. P. Senthilkumar | DMK |
| 128 | Oddanchatram | R. Sakkarapani | DMK |
| 129 | Athoor | I. Periyasamy | DMK |
| 130 | Nilakottai | R. Thangathurai | AIADMK |
| 131 | Natham | M. A. Andi Ambalam | DMK |
| 132 | Dindigul | C. Sreenivasan | AIADMK |
| 133 | Vedasandur | V. P. B. Paramasivam | AIADMK |
| 134 | Aravakurichi | V. Senthil Balaji | DMK |
| 135 | Karur | M. R. Vijayabhaskar | AIADMK |
| 136 | Krishnarayapuram | M. Geetha | AIADMK |
| 137 | Kulithalai | E. Ramar | DMK |
| 138 | Manapaarai | R. Chandrasekar | AIADMK |
| 139 | Srirangam | S. Valarmathi | AIADMK |
| 140 | Tiruchirappalli | K. N. Nehru | DMK |
| 141 | Tiruchirappalli | 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 | S. Stalinkumar | DMK |
| 147 | Perambalur | R. Thamizhselvan | AIADMK |
| 148 | Kunnam | R. T. Ramachandran | AIADMK |
| 149 | Ariyalur | S. Rajendran | AIADMK |
| 150 | Jayankondam | J. K. N. Ramajeyalingam | AIADMK |
| 151 | Tittakudi | 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 | N. Murugumaran | AIADMK |
| 160 | Sirkazhi | P. V. Bharathi | AIADMK |
| 161 | Mayiladuthurai | V. Rathakrishnan | AIADMK |
| 162 | Poompuhar | S. Pavunraj | AIADMK |
| 163 | Nagapattinam | M. Thamimun Ansari | AIADMK |
| 164 | Kilvelur | U. Mathivanan | DMK |
| 165 | Vedaranyam | O. S. Manian | AIADMK |
| 166 | Thiruthuraipoondi | P. Adalarasan | DMK |
| 167 | Mannargudi | T. R. B. Rajaa | DMK |
| 168 | Thiruvarur | M. Karunanidhi | DMK |
| 169 | Nannilam | R. Kamaraj | AIADMK |
| 170 | Thiruvidaimarudur | Govi Chezhiaan | DMK |
| 171 | Kumbakonam | G. Anbalagan | DMK |
| 172 | Papanasam | R. Doraikkannu | AIADMK |
| 173 | Thiruvaiyaru | Chandrasekaran Durai | DMK |
| 174 | Thanjavur | M. Rengasamy | AIADMK |
| 175 | Orathanadu | M. Ramchandran | DMK |
| 176 | Pattukkottai | V. Sekar | AIADMK |
| 177 | Peravurani | M. Govindarasu | AIADMK |
| 178 | Gandharvakottai | 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 |
| 184 | Karaikudi | K. R. Ramasamy | INC |
| 185 | Tiruppattur, Sivaganga | K. R. Periakaruppan | DMK |
| 186 | Sivaganga | G. Baskaran | AIADMK |
| 187 | Manamadurai | S. Mariappankennady | AIADMK |
| 188 | Melur | Periyapullan alias P. Selvam | AIADMK |
| 189 | Madurai East | P. Moorthy | DMK |
| 190 | Sholavandan | 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 | S. N. Seenivel | AIADMK |
| 196 | Tirumangalam | R. B. Udhayakumar | AIADMK |
| 197 | Usilampatti | P. Neethipathi | AIADMK |
| 198 | Andipatti | Thangatamilselvam | AIADMK |
| 199 | Periyakulam | K. Kathirkamu | AIADMK |
| 200 | Bodinayakanur | O. Panneerselvam | AIADMK |
| 201 | Cumbum | S. T. K. Jakkaiyan | AIADMK |
| 202 | Rajapalayam | S. Thangappandian | DMK |
| 203 | Srivilliputhur | M. Chandra Prabha | AIADMK |
| 204 | Sattur | S. G. Subramanian | 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 |
| 209 | Paramakudi | S. Muthiah | AIADMK |
| 210 | Tiruvadanai | Karunas | AIADMK |
| 211 | Ramanathapuram | M. Manikandan | AIADMK |
| 212 | Mudhukulathur | S. Pandi | INC |
| 213 | Vilathikulam | K. Uma Maheswari | AIADMK |
| 214 | Thoothukkudi | P. Geetha Jeevan | DMK |
| 215 | Tiruchendur | Anitha R. Radhakrishnan | DMK |
| 216 | Srivaikuntam | S. P. Shanmuganathan | AIADMK |
| 217 | Ottapidaram | R. Sundararaj | AIADMK |
| 218 | Kovilpatti | C. Kadambur Raju | AIADMK |
| 219 | Sankarankovil | M. Rajalakshmi | AIADMK |
| 220 | Vasudevanallur | A. Manoharan | AIADMK |
| 221 | Kadayanallur | K. A. M. Muhammed Abubacker | IUML |
| 222 | Tenkasi | S. Selvamohandas Pandian | AIADMK |
| 223 | Alangulam | Poongothai Aladi Aruna | DMK |
| 224 | Tirunelveli | A. L. S. Lakshmanan | DMK |
| 225 | Ambasamudram | R. Murugaiah Pandian | AIADMK |
| 226 | Palayamkottai | P. M. Mohideen Khant | DMK |
| 227 | Nanguneri | V Narayanan | - |
| 228 | Radhapuram | I. S. Inbadurai | AIADMK |
| 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 | Nominated | Nancy Ann Cynthia Francis | Anglo-Indian community |
Important events
On 18 September 2017, the Speaker of the Assembly disqualified 18 dissident AIADMK MLAs.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.
H.Vasantha kumar elected as Member of Parliament in 2019 election,