15th Tamil Nadu Assembly


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
OfficeOffice bearer
SpeakerP. Dhanapal
Deputy SpeakerJayaraman
Leader of the HouseO. Panneerselvam
K.A. Sengottaiyan
O. Panneerselvam
Leader of OppositionM. K. Stalin

Council of Ministers

The council of Ministers in the Cabinet of Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami as follows
NameImageDesignationPortfolios
Edappadi K. PalaniswamiChief MinisterPublic,
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. PanneerselvamDeputy Chief MinisterFinance,
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. SreenivasanMinister for ForestsForests
K. A. SengottaiyanMinister for School Education,
Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development		School Education,
Youth Welfare and
Sports Development Department
Sellur K. RajuMinister for Co-operationCo-operation,
Statistics and Ex-Servicemen Welfare
P. ThangamaniMinister for Electricity,
Minister for Prohibition and Excise		Electricity,
Non-Conventional Energy Development,
Prohibition and Excise,
Molasses and Prevention of Corruption Act
S. P. VelumaniMinister 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. JayakumarMinister for Fisheries
Minister for Personal and Administrative Reforms		Fisheries and
Fisheries Development Corporation
Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Personnel and Administrative Reforms
C. Ve. ShanmugamMinister for Law, Courts and Prisons,
Minister for Mines and Minerals		Law, Courts and Prisons,
Mines and Minerals
K. P. AnbalaganMinister for Higher EducationHigher Education including Technical Education,
Electronics,
Science and Technology
V. SarojaMinister for Social Welfare and Nutritious Noon Meal ProgrammeSocial 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. SampathMinister for Industries, Steel Control and Special InitiativesIndustries,
Steel Control and
Special Initiatives
K. C. KaruppannanMinister for EnvironmentEnvironment and Pollution Control
R. KamarajMinister for Food and Civil SuppliesFood,
Civil Supplies,
Consumer Protection and
Price Control
O. S. ManianMinister for Handlooms and TextilesHandlooms and Textiles
Udumalai K. RadhakrishnanMinister for Animal HusbandryAnimal Husbandry
C. Vijaya BaskarMinister for Health and Family WelfareHealth,
Medical Education and
Family Welfare
R. DoraikkannuMinister for AgricultureAgriculture,
Agricultural Engineering,
Agro Service Cooperatives,
Horticulture,
Sugarcane Cess,
Sugarcane Development and
Waste Land Development
Kadambur RajuMinister for Information and PublicityInformation and Publicity
Film Technology and Cinematograph Act,
Stationery and Printing and
Government Press
R. B. UdhayakumarMinister 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. NatarajanMinister for TourismTourism,
Tourism Development Corporation
K. C. VeeramaniMinister for Commercial TaxesCommercial Taxes,
Registration and Stamp Act
K. T. Rajenthra BhalajiMinister for Milk and Dairy DevelopmentMilk and Dairy Development
P. BenjaminMinister for Rural IndustriesRural Industries including Cottage Industries,
Small Industries
M. R. VijayabhaskarMinister for TransportTransport,
Nationalised Transport and Motor Vehicles Act
Nilofer KafeelMinister for LabourLabour,
Population,
Employment and Training,
Newsprint Control,
Census and
Urban and Rural Employment and
Wakf Board
M. ManikandanMinister for Information TechnologyInformation Technology
V. M. RajalakshmiMinister for Adi Dravidar and Tribal WelfareAdi Dravidar Welfare,
Hill Tribes and Bonded Labour
K. PandiarajanMinister for Tamil Official Language and Tamil CultureTamil Official Language and
Tamil Culture and Archaeology
G. BaskaranMinister for Khadi and Village Industries BoardKhadi and Village Industries Board,
Bhoodhan and Gramadhan
Sevvoor S. RamachandranMinister for Hindu Religious and Charitable EndowmentsHindu Religious and Charitable Endowments
S. ValarmathiMinister for Backward Classes and Minorities WelfareBackward 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.

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