The 15th Assembly of Tamil Nadu succeeded the 14th Tamil Nadu Assembly 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 sixth time.
Overview Source: Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly website
Office Office bearerSpeakerP. DhanapalDeputy SpeakerJayaramanLeader of the HouseO. Panneerselvam (until 17 February 2017) K.A. Sengottaiyan (17 February 2017 to 4 January 2018)
O. Panneerselvam (from 4 January 2018)Leader of OppositionM. K. Stalin
Chief ministers Chief MinisterTook officeLeft officeTermNotesJ. Jayalalithaa23 May 20165 December 2016 daysDied in officeO. Panneerselvam5 December 201616 February 2017 daysO. Panneerselvam gave up his position, allegedly so that V. K. Sasikala could take his place as the head of the government.Edappadi K. Palaniswami16 February 20176 May 20214 years 2 months 21 daysWith her chief ministerial hopes ended by a conviction in a disproportionate assets case, V.K. Sasikala named Edappadi K. Palaniswami as her successor.
Council of Ministers The council of Ministers in the Cabinet of Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami as follows Name Image Designation Portfolios Edappadi K. Palaniswami Chief Minister Public,Indian Administrative Service,Indian Police Service,Indian Forest Service,General Administration,District Revenue Officers,Police andHome,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 andAccommodation Control,Town Planning,Urban Development andChennai 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 andSports 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 andFisheries 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 andSocial Reforms and Nutritious Noon Meal Programme M. C. Sampath Minister for Industries, Steel Control and Special Initiatives Industries, Steel Control andSpecial Initiatives K. C. Karuppannan Minister for Environment Environment and Pollution Control R. Kamaraj Minister for Food and Civil Supplies Food, Civil Supplies, Consumer Protection andPrice 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 andFamily Welfare R. Doraikkannu Minister for Agriculture Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, Agro Service Cooperatives, Horticulture, Sugarcane Cess, Sugarcane Development andWaste Land Development Kadambur Raju Minister for Information and Publicity Information and PublicityFilm Technology and Cinematograph Act, Stationery and Printing andGovernment 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 andTamil 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 andDenotified Communities, Overseas Indians, Refugees and Evacuees andMinorities Welfare
Party positions PartyNumber of membersAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam123Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam100Indian National Congress7Bharatiya Janata Party0Indian Union Muslim League1Independent1Nominated1Vacant1Total235
The 123 AIADMK members include three independents who contested and won under the AIADMK symbol.
Members 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. Reserved constituencies for candidates from the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC / ST) were defined in 2007 by the Delimitation Commission.