16th Tamil Nadu Assembly
The Sixteenth Assembly of Tamil Nadu succeeded the Fifteenth Assembly of Tamil Nadu and was constituted after the victory of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and allies in the 2021 State Assembly Elections held on 6 April 2021. M. K Stalin was elected as Chief Minister for the first time and assumed office on 7 May 2021. His cabinet is named M. K. Stalin ministry
16th Tamil Nadu Assembly | |
|---|---|
| Ministry of Tamil Nadu | |
| Date formed | 7 May 2021 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | R. N. Ravi |
| Head of government | M. K. Stalin |
| No. of ministers | 35 |
| Member parties | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Status in legislature | Majority |
| Opposition party | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Opposition leader | Edappadi K. Palaniswami |
| History | |
| Election(s) | 2021 |
| Legislature term(s) | 5 years |
| Predecessor | 15th Assembly of Tamil Nadu |
Office bearers
The main officials of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly are:[1]
| Office | Office Bearer |
|---|---|
| Speaker | M. Appavu |
| Deputy Speaker | K. Pitchandi |
| Leader of the House | Durai Murugan |
| Leader of Opposition | Edappadi K. Palaniswami |
| Deputy Leader of the Opposition | R. B. Udhayakumar[2] |
| Government Whip | Govi. Chezhian |
Composition
| Alliance | Party | No.of MLA'S | Leader Of Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government (SPA) Seats (159) |
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 133 | M. K. Stalin | ||
| Indian National Congress | 18 | K. Selvaperunthagai | |||
| Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi | 4 | Sinthanai Selvan | |||
| Communist Party of India | 2 | T. Ramachandran | |||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 2 | P. Mahalingam | |||
| Opposition (NDA) Seats (75) |
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 66 | Edappadi K. Palaniswami | ||
| Pattali Makkal Katchi | 5 | G. K. Mani | |||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 4 | Nainar Nagendran | |||
| Total | 234 | ||||
Members of Legislative Assembly
Information derived from data produced by the Election Commission of India (ECI) except where noted. Reserved constituencies for candidates from the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC / ST) were defined in 2007 by the Delimitation Commission.[3]
Committees
2021-2023
Constituted on 17 June 2021 and tenure extended till 31 March 2023.[4]
| Sr. No. | Name | Post | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M. Appavu | Chairperson | DMK | |
| 2 | M. K. Stalin | Member | DMK | |
| 3 | Durai Murugan | Member | DMK | |
| 4 | K. N. Nehru | Member | DMK | |
| 5 | I. Periyasamy | Member | DMK | |
| 6 | K. Ponmudy | Member | DMK | |
| 7 | K. Pitchandi | Member | DMK | |
| 8 | Govi. Chezhiaan | Member | DMK | |
| 9 | Edappadi K. Palaniswami | Member | AIADMK | |
| 10 | O. Panneerselvam | Member | AIADMK | |
| 11 | S. P. Velumani | Member | AIADMK | |
| 12 | K. Selvaperunthagai | Member | INC | |
| 13 | G. K. Mani | Member | PMK | |
| 14 | Nainar Nagenthran | Member | BJP | |
| 15 | Sinthanai Selvan | Member | DMK | |
| 16 | V. P. Nagaimaali | Member | CPI(M) | |
| 17 | T. Ramachandran | Member | INC | |
| Sr. No. | Name | Post | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M. Appavu | Chairperson | DMK | |
| 2 | M. K. Stalin | Member | DMK | |
| 3 | Durai Murugan | Member | DMK | |
| 4 | K. Pitchandi | Member | DMK | |
| 5 | Edappadi K. Palaniswami | Member | AIADMK | |
| 6 | T. Ramachandran | Member | CPI | |
| 7 | G. Iyappan | Member | DMK | |
| 8 | V. Sampathkumar | Member | AIADMK | |
| 9 | P. S. T. Saravanan | Member | DMK | |
| 10 | Sinthanai Selvan | Member | VCK | |
| 11 | P. R. Senthilnathan | Member | AIADMK | |
| 12 | N. Thalavai Sundaram | Member | AIADMK | |
| 13 | N. Thiyagarajan | Member | DMK | |
| 14 | V. P. Nagaimaali | Member | CPI(M) | |
| 15 | A. M. Munirathinam | Member | INC | |
| 16 | Vanathi Srinivasan | Member | BJP | |
| 17 | S. P. Venkateshwaran | Member | PMK | |
| Sr. No. | Name | Post | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K. Pitchandi | Chairperson | DMK | |
| 2 | Durai Murugan | Member | DMK | |
| 3 | Edappadi K. Palaniswami | Member | AIADMK | |
| 4 | Dr. Inigo S. Irudayaraj | Member | DMK | |
| 5 | J. L. Eswarappan | Member | DMK | |
| 6 | I. Karunanithi | Member | DMK | |
| 7 | C. Sivakumar | Member | PMK | |
| 8 | M. Chinnadurai | Member | CPI(M) | |
| 9 | A. Soundara Pandian | Member | DMK | |
| 10 | A. Nallathambi (Tirupathur) | Member | DMK | |
| 11 | J. G. Prince | Member | INC | |
| 12 | M. Babu | Member | VCK | |
| 13 | P. H. Manoj Pandian | Member | DMK | |
| 14 | Dr. Pollachi V. Jayaraman | Member | AIADMK | |
| 15 | G. V. Markandayan | Member | DMK | |
| 16 | E. M. Manraj | Member | AIADMK | |
| 17 | Saba Rajendran | Member | DMK | |
| Sr. No. | Name | Post | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. T. R. B. Rajaa | Chairperson | DMK | |
| 2 | Palanivel Thiaga Rajan | Member | DMK | |
| 3 | K. Selvaperunthagai | Member | INC | |
| 4 | S. R. Raja | Member | DMK | |
| 5 | Agri S. S. Krishnamurthy | Member | AIADMK | |
| 6 | Amman K. Arjunan | Member | AIADMK | |
| 7 | Arul Ramadoss | Member | PMK | |
| 8 | G. Anbalagan | Member | DMK | |
| 9 | T. Ramachandran | Member | CPI | |
| 10 | E. R. Eswaran | Member | KMDK | |
| 11 | Udhayanidhi Stalin | Member | DMK | |
| 12 | C. V. M. P. Ezhilarasan | Member | DMK | |
| 13 | Dr. T. Sadhan Tirumalaikumar | Member | MDMK | |
| 14 | P. Sivakumar | Member | DMK | |
| 15 | I. P. Senthil Kumar | Member | DMK | |
| 16 | E. Balasubramanian | Member | AIADMK | |
| 17 | Aloor Shanavas | Member | VCK | |
| 18 | S. Rajakumar | Member | INC | |
| 19 | Sellur K. Raju | Member | AIADMK | |
| Sr. No. | Name | Post | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K. Selvaperunthagai | Chairperson | INC | |
| 2 | Palanivel Thiaga Rajan | Member | DMK | |
| 3 | Dr. T. R. B. Rajaa | Member | DMK | |
| 4 | S. R. Raja | Member | DMK | |
| 5 | P. R. G. Arunkumar | Member | AIADMK | |
| 6 | S. Gandhirajan | Member | DMK | |
| 7 | K. Karthikeyan | Member | DMK | |
| 8 | Dr. C. Saraswathi | Member | BJP | |
| 9 | Sinthanai Selvan | Member | VCK | |
| 10 | S. Sudharsanam | Member | DMK | |
| 11 | Y. Prakaash | Member | DMK | |
| 12 | K. Poondi Kalaivanan | Member | DMK | |
| 13 | K. Maragatham | Member | AIADMK | |
| 14 | K. Marimuthu | Member | CPI | |
| 15 | K. P. Munusamy | Member | AIADMK | |
| 16 | M. Rajamuthu | Member | AIADMK | |
| 17 | E. Raja | Member | DMK | |
| 18 | T. Velmurugan | Member | DMK(TVK) | |
| 19 | Dr. M. H. Jawahirullah | Member | DMK (MMK) | |
| Sr. No. | Name | Post | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S. R. Raja | Chairperson | DMK | |
| 2 | T. R. B. Rajaa | Member | DMK | |
| 3 | K. Selvaperunthagai | Member | INC | |
| 4 | S. Aravind Ramesh | Member | DMK | |
| 5 | A. Arunmozhithevan | Member | DMK | |
| 6 | E. Subaya | Member | AIADMK | |
| 7 | Katharbatcha Muthuramalingam | Member | DMK | |
| 8 | A. Krishnaswamy | Member | DMK | |
| 9 | A. K. Selvaraj | Member | AIADMK | |
| 10 | R. D. Sekar | Member | DMK | |
| 11 | A. Tamilarasi | Member | DMK | |
| 12 | G. Thalapathi | Member | DMK | |
| 13 | V. P. Nagaimaali | Member | CPI(M) | |
| 14 | Nivedha M. Murugan | Member | DMK | |
| 15 | S. S. Balaji | Member | VCK | |
| 16 | C. Mahendran | Member | AIADMK | |
| 17 | Ruby R. Manoharan | Member | INC | |
| 18 | S. Jayakumar | Member | AIADMK | |
| Sr. No. | Name | Post | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R. Rajendran | Chairperson | DMK | |
| 2 | A. M. S. G. Ashokan | Member | INC | |
| 3 | Peravurani N. Ashokkumar | Member | DMK | |
| 4 | K. Annadurai | Member | DMK | |
| 5 | M. Senthilkumar | Member | AIADMK | |
| 6 | S. Sekar | Member | AIADMK | |
| 7 | I. Paranthamen | Member | DMK | |
| 8 | M. Panneerselvam | Member | DMK | |
| 9 | R. Mani | Member | AIADMK | |
| 10 | M. K. Mohan | Member | DMK | |
| 11 | V. V. Rajan Chellappa | Member | AIADMK | |
| 12 | O. Jothi | Member | DMK | |
| Sr. No. | Name | Post | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T. Udhayasuriyan | Chairperson | DMK | |
| 2 | K. Ashok Kumar | Member | AIADMK | |
| 3 | S. Ambethkumar | Member | DMK | |
| 4 | P. Arjunan | Member | AIADMK | |
| 5 | K. Chinnappa | Member | DMK | |
| 6 | K. Selvaraj | Member | DMK | |
| 7 | S. Thanga Pandian | Member | DMK | |
| 8 | K. Devaraji | Member | DMK | |
| 9 | K. A. Pandian | Member | AIADMK | |
| 10 | A. Maharajan | Member | DMK | |
| 11 | T. Ramachandran | Member | CPI | |
| 12 | K. R. Jayaram | Member | AIADMK | |
| Sr. No. | Name | Post | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Durai. Chandrasekaran | Chairperson | DMK | |
| 2 | P. Ayyappan | Member | AIADMK | |
| 3 | R. Lakshmanan | Member | DMK | |
| 4 | V. P. Kandasamy | Member | AIADMK | |
| 5 | P. Karthikeyan | Member | DMK | |
| 6 | M. Chakrapani | Member | AIADMK | |
| 7 | K. S. Saravana Kumar | Member | DMK | |
| 8 | K. Sivagama Sundari | Member | DMK | |
| 9 | A. R. R. Seenivasan | Member | DMK | |
| 10 | Thirumagan Evera | Member | INC | |
| 11 | A. Bannari | Member | AIADMK | |
| 12 | M. Palaniyandi | Member | DMK | |
| 13 | R. Manickam | Member | DMK | |
| 14 | M. Varalakshmi | Member | DMK | |
| 15 | A. C. Vilwanathan | Member | DMK | |
| 16 | M. Jaganmoorthy | Member | DMK | |
| 17 | A. P. Jayasankaran | Member | AIADMK | |
| 18 | S. Stalinkumar | Member | DMK | |
| Sr. No. | Name | Post | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Govi. Chezhiaan | Chairperson | DMK | |
| 2 | T. K. Amulkandasamy | Member | AIADMK | |
| 3 | S. Kathiravan | Member | DMK | |
| 4 | M. P. Giri | Member | DMK | |
| 5 | A. Govindasamy | Member | AIADMK | |
| 6 | K. P. Shankar | Member | DMK | |
| 7 | S. Chandran | Member | DMK | |
| 8 | G. Sendhil Kumar | Member | AIADMK | |
| 9 | A. M. V. Prabhakara Raja | Member | DMK | |
| 10 | D. Mathiazhagan | Member | DMK | |
| 11 | S. Mangudi | Member | INC | |
| Sr. No. | Name | Post | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K. Sundar | Chairperson | DMK | |
| 2 | J. John Ebenezer | Member | DMK | |
| 3 | J. Karunanithi | Member | DMK | |
| 4 | T. J. Govindrajan | Member | DMK | |
| 5 | S. Sundararajan | Member | AIADMK | |
| 6 | T. M. Tamilselvam | Member | AIADMK | |
| 7 | S. Palani Nadar | Member | INC | |
| 8 | V. Muthuraja | Member | DMK | |
| 9 | P. Ramalingam | Member | DMK | |
| 10 | Pon Jayaseelan | Member | AIADMK | |
| Sr. No. | Name | Post | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N. Eramakrishnan | Chairperson | DMK | |
| 2 | M. Abdul Wahab | Member | DMK | |
| 3 | V. Amulu | Member | DMK | |
| 4 | C. Krishnamurali | Member | AIADMK | |
| 5 | Durai. Chandrasekar | Member | INC | |
| 6 | N. Pugazhenthi | Member | DMK | |
| 7 | Periyapullan @ P. Selvam | Member | AIADMK | |
| 8 | K. Ponnusamy | Member | DMK | |
| 9 | A. Nallathambi (Gangavalli) | Member | AIADMK | |
| 10 | S. Thenmozhi | Member | AIADMK | |
| 11 | Dha. Velu | Member | DMK | |
See also
References
- "Home Page of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly". Assembly.tn.gov.in. 8 January 2018. Archived from the original on 7 June 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- "RB Udhayakumar replaces OPS as deputy leader in Tamil Nadu assembly". Hindustan Times. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
- "Notification" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. 13 August 2007. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- "Members of the Standing Committees of the House (2021-2022)". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.