The Fifteenth Assembly of Tamil Nadu succeeded the

Fourteenth Assembly of Tamil Nadu The Fourteenth Assembly of Tamil Nadu was constituted after the victory of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and allies, in the 2011 state assembly election. J. Jayalalithaa became the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu due to the elec ...

and was constituted after the victory of

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK, also abbreviated as ADMK), also shortened to Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, is an Indian Regionalism (politics), regional political party with great influence in the Federated state, sta ...

(AIADMK) and allies in the 2016 state assembly election held on 16 May. J. Jayalalitha assumed office as

Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu The chief minister of Tamil Nadu is the head of government, chief executive of the Indian Federated state, state of Tamil Nadu. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the Governor (India), governor is a state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de ...

for the fourth time.

Overview

Source: Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly website

Chief ministers

Council of Ministers

The council of Ministers in the Cabinet of Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami as follows

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

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(ECI) except where noted. The results for two constituencies –

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and

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– 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.

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.Vasanthakumar elected as Member of Parliament in 2019 election, K K Selvam Joined BJP on 6 August 2020

References

{{Reflist Terms of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly