The 17th Assembly of Tamil Nadu succeeded the 16th Tamil Nadu Assembly and was constituted after the 2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, which resulted in a Hung Assembly for the second time in the state's history, with no party or alliance reaching the majority mark since the 1952 election when INC was the largest party with no majority in the 1st Madras Assembly.
Office bearers
The main officials of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly are:
PositionNameOffice Taken Speaker J. C. D. Prabhakar12 May 2026 Deputy Speaker M. RavisankarChief MinisterC. Joseph Vijay10 May 2026Leader of the HouseK. A. Sengottaiyan 12 May 2026Government WhipR. SabarinathanLeader of OppositionUdhayanidhi Stalin10 May 2026Deputy Leader of OppositionK. N. Nehru Chief Minister Chief MinisterTook officeLeft officeTermC. Joseph Vijay10 May 2026 Incumbent days
Council of Ministers
Party position Number of members of legislative assembly by party-wise and their floor leaders (As on ): AlliancePolitical partyNo. of MLAsFloor leader of the partyrowspan=4 GovernmentSSJVASeats: 116Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam107C. Joseph Vijay(Chief Minister)Indian National Congress5Tharahai CuthbertIndian Union Muslim League2A. M. ShahjahanViduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi2Vanni Arasurowspan=3 Outside Support/ Confidence and SupplyLF and one otherSeats: 5Communist Party of India2T. RamachandranCommunist Party of India (Marxist)2R. ChellaswamyIndependent1S. Kamarajrowspan=2 OppositionSPASeats: 60Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam59Udhayanidhi Stalin(Leader of the Opposition)Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam1Premallatha Vijayakantrowspan=3 Others AIADMK+Seats: 46All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam41Edappadi K. PalaniswamiPattali Makkal Katchi4Sowmiya AnbumaniBharatiya Janata Party1M. BhojarajanVacantSeats: 7Madurantakam Dharapuram Perundurai Karur Tiruchirappalli (East) Viralimalai Ambasamudram7N/ATotal234
Members