The 16th Assembly of Tamil Nadu succeeded the 15th Tamil Nadu Assembly and was constituted after the victory of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and allies in the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election. M. K. Stalin was elected chief minister and assumed office on 7 May 2021.

Office bearers The main officials of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly are: Office Office BearerSpeakerM. AppavuDeputy SpeakerK. PitchandiChief MinisterM. K. StalinDeputy Chief MinisterUdhayanidhi StalinLeader of the HouseDurai MuruganLeader of OppositionEdappadi K. PalaniswamiDeputy Leader of the OppositionR. B. UdhayakumarGovernment WhipGovi. Chezhian

Chief Minister Chief MinisterTook officeLeft officeTermM. K. Stalin7 May 20219 May 2026 days

Council of Ministers

Composition AlliancePolitical partyNo. of MLAsLeader of the partyrowspan=5 GovernmentSPASeats: 158Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam133M. K. Stalin(Chief Minister)Indian National Congress17S. Rajesh KumarViduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi4Sinthanai SelvanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)2V. P. NagaimaaliCommunist Party of India2T. Ramachandranrowspan=3 OppositionAIADMK+Seats: 67All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam60Edappadi K. Palaniswami(Leader of the Opposition)Bharatiya Janata Party4Nainar NagenthranPattali Makkal Katchi3S. P. VenkateshwaranOthersSeats: 2Ayya Pattali Makkal Katchi2G. K. ManiVacantSeats: 7Valparai Senthamangalam Alangulam Gobichettipalayam Orathanad Bodinayakkanur Usilampatti7Total234

Members

+Source:DistrictNo.ConstituencyNamePartyAllianceRemarks Tiruvallur1GummidipoondiT. J. Govindrajan2Ponneri (SC)Durai Chandrasekar3TiruttaniS. Chandran4ThiruvallurV. G. Raajendran5Poonamallee (SC)A. Krishnaswamy6AvadiS. M. NasarChennai7MaduravoyalK. Ganapathy8AmbatturJoseph Samuel9MadavaramS. Sudharsanam10ThiruvottiyurK. P. Shankar11Dr. Radhakrishnan NagarJ. J. Ebenezer12PeramburR. D. Shekar13KolathurM. K. StalinChief Minister14VillivakkamA. Vetriazhagan15Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar (SC)P. Sivakumar16Egmore (SC)I. Paranthamen17RoyapuramIdream R. Murthy18HarbourP. K. Sekar Babu19Chepauk-ThiruvallikeniUdhayanidhi StalinDeputy Chief Minister20Thousand LightsDr. Ezhilan Naganathan21Anna NagarM. K. Mohan22VirugampakkamA. M. V. Prabhakara Raja23SaidapetMa. Subramanian24ThiyagarayanagarJ. Karunanithi25MylaporeDha. Velu26VelacheryJ. M. H. Aassan Maulaana 27ShozhinganallurS. Aravind Ramesh28AlandurT. M. Anbarasan Kanchipuram29Sriperumbudur (SC)K. Selvaperunthagai Chengalpattu30PallavaramI. Karunanithi 31TambaramS. R. Raja32ChengalpattuM. Varalakshmi33ThiruporurS. S. Balaji34Cheyyur (SC)Panaiyur M. Babu35Madurantakam (SC)Maragatham Kumaravel Kanchipuram36UthiramerurK. Sundar 37KancheepuramC. V. M. P. Ezhilarasan Ranipet38Arakkonam (SC)S. Ravi 39SholinghurA. M. Munirathinam Vellore40KatpadiDurai Murugan Leader of the House Ranipet41RanipetR. Gandhi 42ArcotJ. L. Eswarappan Vellore43VelloreP. Karthikeyan 44AnaikattuA. P. Nandakumar45Kilvaithinankuppam (SC)M. Jagan Moorthy 46Gudiyattam (SC)V. Amulu Tirupathur47VaniyambadiG. Sendhil Kumar 48AmburA. C. Vilwanathan 49JolarpetK. Devaraji50TirupatturA. Nallathambi Krishnagiri51Uthangarai (SC)T. M. Tamilselvam 52BargurD. Mathiazhagan 53KrishnagiriK. Ashok Kumar 54VeppanahalliK. P. Munusamy55HosurY. Prakaash 56ThalliT. Ramachandran Dharmapuri57PalacodeK. P. Anbalagan 58PennagaramG. K. Mani APMK Aligned with S. Ramadoss-led PMK in 202559DharmapuriS. P. Venkateshwaran 60PappireddippattiA. Govindasamy61Harur (SC)V. Sampathkumar Tiruvannamalai62Chengam (SC)M. P. Giri 63TiruvannamalaiE. V. Velu64KilpennathurK. PitchandiDeputy Speaker65KalasapakkamP. S. T. Saravanan66PolurS. S. Krishnamoorthy 67AraniSevvoor S. Ramachandran68CheyyarO. Jothi 69Vandavasi (SC)S. Ambeth Kumar Viluppuram70GingeeK. S. Masthan 71MailamC. Sivakumar 72Tindivanam (SC)P. Arjunan73Vanur (SC)M. Chakrapani74VillupuramR. Lakshmanan 75VikravandiN. PugazhenthiDied on 6 April 2024Anniyur SivaWon in 2024 bypoll76TirukkoyilurK. PonmudyKallakurichi77UlundurpettaiA. J. Manikannan 78RishivandiyamVasantham K. Karthikeyan79SankarapuramT. Udhayasuriyan80Kallakurichi (SC)M. Senthilkumar Salem81Gangavalli (SC)A. Nallathambi 82Attur (SC)A. P. Jayasankaran83Yercaud (ST)G. Chitra84OmalurR. Mani85MetturS. Sadhasivam86EdappadiEdappadi K. PalaniswamiLeader of the Opposition87SankariS. Sundararajan88Salem (West)R. Arul APMK Aligned with S. Ramadoss-led PMK in 202589Salem (North)R. Rajendran 90Salem (South)E. Balasubramanian 91VeerapandiM. Rajamuthu Namakkal92Rasipuram (SC)M. Mathiventhan 93Senthamangalam (ST)K. PonnusamyVacantDied on 23 October 202594NamakkalP. Ramalingam 95Paramathi-VelurS. Sekar 96TiruchengoduE. R. Eswaran 97KumarapalayamP. Thangamani Erode98Erode (East)Thirumagan Evera Died on 4 January 2023E. V. K. S. Elangovan Won in 2023 bypoll. Died on 14 December 2024V. C. ChandhirakumarWon in 2025 bypoll99Erode (West)S. Muthusamy100ModakkurichiC. Saraswathi Tiruppur101Dharapuram (SC)N. Kayalvizhi 102KangayamM. P. Saminathan Erode103PerunduraiS. Jayakumar 104BhavaniK. C. Karuppannan105AnthiyurA. G. Venkatachalam 106GobichettipalayamK. A. Sengottaiyan Expelled from AIADMK VacantResigned on 26 November 2025107Bhavanisagar (SC)A. Bannari Nilgiris108UdhagamandalamR. Ganesh 109Gudalur (SC)Pon. Jayaseelan 110CoonoorK. Ramachandran Coimbatore111MettupalayamA. K. Selvaraj Tiruppur112Avanashi (SC)P. Dhanapal113Tiruppur (North)K. N. Vijayakumar114Tiruppur (South)K. Selvaraj 115PalladamM. S. M. Anandan Coimbatore116SulurV. P. Kandasamy117KavundampalayamP. R. G. Arunkumar118Coimbatore (North)Amman K. Arjunan119ThondamuthurS. P. VelumaniChief Whip of the Opposition120Coimbatore (South)Vanathi Srinivasan121SinganallurK. R. Jayaram122KinathukadavuS. Damodaran123PollachiPollachi V. Jayaraman124Valparai (SC)T. K. AmulkandasamiVacantDied on 21 June 2025 Tiruppur125UdumalaipettaiUdumalai K. Radhakrishnan 126MadathukulamC. Mahendran Dindigul127PalaniI. P. Senthil Kumar 128OddanchatramR. Sakkarapani129AthoorI. Periyasamy130Nilakottai (SC)S. Thenmozhi 131NathamNatham R. Viswanathan132DindigulDindigul C. Sreenivaasan133VedasandurS. Gandhirajan Karur134AravakurichiMonjanoor R. Elango 135KarurV. Senthilbalaji136Krishnarayapuram (SC)K. Sivagama Sundari137KulithalaiR. Manickam Tiruchirappalli138ManapparaiP. Abdul Samad 139SrirangamM. Palaniyandi140Tiruchirappalli (West)K. N. Nehru Deputy Leader of the House 141Tiruchirappalli (East)Inigo S. Irudayaraj142ThiruverumburAnbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi143LalgudiA. Soundara Pandian144ManachanallurS. Kathiravan145MusiriN. Thiyagarajan146Thuraiyur (SC)S. Stalin Kumar Perambalur147Perambalur (SC)M. Prabhakaran 148KunnamS. S. Sivasankar Ariyalur149AriyalurK. Chinnappa 150JayankondamKa. So. Ka. Kannan Cuddalore151Tittakudi (SC)C. V. Ganesan 152VriddhachalamR. Radhakrishnan153NeyveliSaba Rajendran154PanrutiT. Velmurugan155CuddaloreG. Iyappan156KurinjipadiM. R. K. Panneerselvam157BhuvanagiriA. Arunmozhithevan 158ChidambaramK. A. Pandian159Kattumannarkoil (SC)M. Sinthanai Selvan Mayiladuthurai160Sirkazhi (SC)M. Panneerselvam 161MayiladuthuraiS. Rajakumar162PoompuharNivedha M. Murugan Nagapattinam163NagapattinamAloor Shanavas 164Kilvelur (SC)V. P. Nagaimaali165VedaranyamO. S. Manian Tiruvarur166Thiruthuraipoondi (SC)K. Marimuthu 167MannargudiDr. T. R. B. Rajaa168ThiruvarurK. Poondi Kalaivanan169NannilamR. Kamaraj Thanjavur170Thiruvidaimarudur (SC)Go. Vi. Chezhiyan Chief Whip of the Government171KumbakonamG. Anbazhagan172PapanasamDr. M. H. Jawahirullah173ThiruvaiyaruDurai Chandrasekaran174ThanjavurT. K. G. Neelamegam175OrathanaduR. Vaithilingam Expelled from AIADMKVacantResigned on 21 January 2026176PattukkottaiK. Annadurai 177PeravuraniN. Ashok Kumar Pudukkottai178Gandarvakkottai (SC)M. Chinnadurai 179ViralimalaiC. Vijayabaskar 180PudukkottaiDr. V. Muthuraja 181ThirumayamS. Ragupathi182AlangudiMeyyanathan Siva V183AranthangiT. Ramachandran Sivaganga184KaraikudiS. Mangudi 185TiruppatturK. R. Periyakaruppan186SivagangaP. R. Senthilnathan 187Manamadurai (SC)A. Tamilarasi Madurai188MelurP. Selvam189Madurai EastP. Moorthy190Sholavandan (SC)A. Venkatesan191Madurai NorthG. Thalapathi192Madurai SouthM. Boominathan193Madurai CentralPalanivel Thiagarajan194Madurai WestSellur K. Raju195ThiruparankundramV. V. Rajan Chellappa196ThirumangalamR. B. Udhayakumar Deputy Leader of Opposition197UsilampattiP. Ayyappan - Resigned from AIADMK Vacant Resigned after joining DMK on 27 February 2026 Theni198AndipattiA. Maharajan 199Periyakulam (SC)K. S. Saravana Kumar200BodinayakanurO. Panneerselvam Expelled from AIADMK Vacant Resigned after joining DMK on 27 February 2026201CumbumN. Eramakrishnan Virudhunagar202RajapalayamS. Thangappandian 203Srivilliputhur (SC)E. M. Manraj 204SatturA. R. R. Raghumaran 205SivakasiA. M. S. G. Ashokan206VirudhunagarA. R. R. Seenivasan207AruppukkottaiK. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran208TiruchuliThangam Thennarasu Ramanathapuram209Paramakudi (SC)S. Murugesan 210TiruvadanaiR. M. Karumanickam211RamanathapuramKatharbatcha Muthuramalingam212MudhukulathurR. S. Raja Kannappan Thoothukudi213VilathikulamG. V. Markandayan 214ThoothukkudiP. Geetha Jeevan215TiruchendurAnitha Radhakrishnan216SrivaikuntamOorvasi S. Amirtharaj217Ottapidaram (SC)M. C. Shunmugaiah218KovilpattiKadambur C. Raju Tenkasi219Sankarankovil (SC)E. Raja 220Vasudevanallur (SC)T. Sadhan Tirumalaikumar221KadayanallurC. Krishnamurali 222TenkasiS. Palani Nadar 223AlangulamP. H. Manoj Pandian Expelled from AIADMK Vacant Resigned on 4 November 2025 Tirunelveli224TirunelveliNainar Nagendran225AmbasamudramE. Subaya226PalayamkottaiM. Abdul Wahab 227NanguneriRuby R. Manoharan228RadhapuramM. AppavuSpeaker Kanyakumari229KanniyakumariN. Thalavai Sundaram 230NagercoilM. R. Gandhi231ColachalPrince J.G. 232PadmanabhapuramMano Thangaraj233VilavancodeS. Vijayadharani Resigned on 24 Feb 2024Tharahai CuthbertWon in 2024 bypoll234KilliyoorS. Rajeshkumar

Committees 2024-2026

Constituted on 29th June, 2024 and Extended upto 31st March 2026. Committee Chairperson PartyBusiness Advisory CommitteeM. Appavu Committee on RulesM. AppavuCommittee on PrivilegesK. PitchandiCommittee on EstimatesS. GandhirajanCommittee on Public AccountsK. Selvaperunthagai Committee on Public UndertakingsA. P. Nandakumar Committee on Delegated LegislationG. V. MarkandayanCommittee on Government AssurancesT. VelmuruganHouse CommitteeI. ParanthamenCommittee on PetitionsK. RamachandranLibrary CommitteeJ. L. EswarappanCommittee on Papers Laid on the Table of the HouseR. Lakshmanan

+ (2024–26)Sr. No.NamePostParty 1 M. Appavu Chairperson2 M. K. Stalin Member3 Durai Murugan Member4 K. N. Nehru Member5 I. Periyasamy Member6 E. V. Velu Member7 K. Pitchandi Member8 K. Ramachandran Member9 Edappadi K. Palaniswami Member10 R. B. Udhayakumar Member11 S. P. Velumani Member12 S. Rajesh Kumar Member13 G. K. Mani Member PMK(R)14 Nainar Nagenthran Member15 M. Sinthanai Selvan Member16 V. P. Nagaimaali Member17 T. Ramachandran Member

+ (2024–26)Sr. No.NamePostParty 1 M. Appavu Chairperson2 M. K. Stalin Member3 Durai Murugan Member4 K. Pitchandi Member5 Edappadi K. Palaniswami Member6 Anniyur Siva @ A. Sivashanmugam Member7 K. S. Saravanakumar Member8 S. Thangapandian Member9 C. Krishnamurali Member10 G. Sendhil Kumar Member11 A. K. Selvaraj Member12 Oorvasi S. Amirtharaj Member13 C. Sivakumar Member14 Vanathi Srinivasan Member15 M. Sinthanai Selvan Member16 V. P. Nagaimaali Member17T. Ramachandran Member

+ (2024–26)Sr. No.NamePostParty 1 K. Pitchandi Chairperson 2 Durai Murugan Member3 Edappadi K. Palaniswami Member4 N. Ashokkumar Member5 K. Annadurai Member6 M. Abdul Wahab Member7 N. Eramakrishnan Member8 Inigo S. Irudayaraj Member9 K. Karthikeyan Member10 R. Manickam Member11 M. Varalakshmi Member12 A. Arunmozhithevan Member13 N. Thalavai Sundaram Member14 Dr. Pollachi V. Jayaraman Member15 J. G. Prince Member16 S. Sadhasivam Member17 K. Marimuthu Member