16th Tamil Nadu Assembly

Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu
Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu
Overview
Legislative body	Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Meeting place	Fort St. George, Chennai
Term	11 May 2021 – 5 May 2026
Election	2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
Government	Government of Tamil Nadu
Opposition	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Website	Official website
Members	234
Speaker	M. Appavu
Deputy Speaker	K. Pitchandi
Chief Minister	M. K. Stalin
Deputy Chief Minister	Udhayanidhi Stalin ; (2024-2026)
Leader of the Opposition	Edappadi K. Palaniswami
Party control	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

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 April 2021 State Assembly elections. 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:^[2]

Office	Office Bearer
Speaker	M. Appavu
Deputy Speaker	K. Pitchandi
Chief Minister	M. K. Stalin
Deputy Chief Minister	Udhayanidhi Stalin
Leader of the House	Durai Murugan
Leader of Opposition	Edappadi K. Palaniswami
Deputy Leader of the Opposition	R. B. Udhayakumar
Government Whip	Govi. Chezhian

Chief Minister

Chief Minister	Took office	Left office	Term
M. K. Stalin	7 May 2021	9 May 2026	1,828 days

Council of Ministers

Source:^[3]

Sr. No.	Name	Constituency	Portfolio(s)	Party		Term of office
Sr. No.	Name	Constituency	Portfolio(s)	Party		Took office	Duration
Chief Minister
1	M. K. Stalin	Kolathur	Public, General Administration, Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service, Indian Forest Service, other All India Service, District Revenue Officers, Police, Home, and Welfare of Differently abled persons		DMK	7 May 2021	5 years and 2 days
Deputy Chief Minister
2	Udhayanidhi Stalin	Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni	Youth Welfare, Sports Development, Special Programme Implementation Department & Poverty Alleviation Programme and Rural Indebtedness, Planning, Development and Special Initiatives		DMK	14 December 2022	3 years, 4 months and 25 days
Cabinet Ministers
3	Durai Murugan	Katpadi	Irrigation Projects including Small Irrigation, Legislative Assembly, Governor and Ministry, Elections and Passports, Law		DMK	7 May 2021	5 years and 2 days
4	K. N. Nehru	Tiruchirappalli West	Municipal Administration, Urban and Water Supply
5	I. Periyasamy	Athoor	Rural Development, Panchayats and Panchayat Union
6	E. V. Velu	Tiruvannamalai	Public Works (Buildings), Highways and Minor Ports
7	M. R. K. Panneerselvam	Kurinjipadi	Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, Agro Service Co-operatives, Horticulture, Sugarcane Excise, Sugarcane Development and Waste Land Development
8	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran	Aruppukottai	Revenue, District Revenue Establishment, Deputy Collectors, Disaster Management
9	Thangam Thennarasu	Tiruchuli	Finance, Statistics, Archaeology, Environment and Climate Change
10	S. Regupathy	Tirumayam	Courts, Prisons, Prevention of Corruption and Minerals And Mines
11	S. Muthusamy	Erode West	Housing, Rural Housing, Town Planning Projects and Housing Development, Accommodation Control, Urban Planning, Urban Development, Prohibition and Excise, Molasses
12	K. R. Periyakaruppan	Tiruppattur	Co-operation
13	T. M. Anbarasan	Alandur	Rural Industries including Cottage Industries, Small Industries, Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board
14	M. P. Saminathan	Kangayam	Tamil Official Language and Tamil Culture, Information & Publicity, Film Technology and Cinematograph Act, Newsprint Control, Stationery and Printing, Government Press
15	P. Geetha Jeevan	Thoothukkudi	Social Welfare including Women and Children Welfare, Orphanages and Correctional Administration, Integrated Child Development Scheme and Beggar Homes and Social Reforms & Nutritious Meal Programme
16	Anitha R. Radhakrishnan	Tiruchendur	Fisheries, Fisheries Development Corporation and Animal Husbandry
17	Raja Kannappan	Mudukulathur	Forests, Khadi and Village Industries Board
18	R. Rajendran	Salem North	Tourism and Tourism Development Corporation			28 September 2024	1 year, 7 months and 11 days
19	R. Sakkarapani	Oddanchatram	Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Protection and Price Control			7 May 2021	5 years and 2 days
20	R. Gandhi	Ranipet	Handlooms and Textiles, Boodhan and Gramadhan
21	Ma. Subramanian	Saidapet	Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare
22	P. Moorthy	Madurai East	Commercial Taxes, Registration and Stamp Act, Weights and Measures, Debt Relief including legislation on Money lending, Chits and Registration of Companies
23	S. S. Sivasankar	Kunnam	Transport, Nationalized Transport and Motor Vehicles Act, Electricity, Non-Conventional Energy Development
24	P. K. Sekar Babu	Harbour	Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments, CMDA
25	Govi. Chezhian	Thiruvidamarudur	Higher Education including Technical Education, Electronics, Science and Technology			28 September 2024	1 year, 7 months and 11 days
26	Palanivel Thiagarajan	Madurai Central	Information Technology & Digital Services			7 May 2021	5 years and 2 days
27	S. M. Nasar	Avadi	Minorities Welfare, Non-Resident Tamils, Refugees & Evacuees and Wakf Board			28 September 2024	1 year, 7 months and 11 days
28	Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi	Thiruverumbur	School Education			7 May 2021	5 years and 2 days
29	Siva V. Meyyanathan	Alangudi	Backward Classes Welfare, Most Backward Classes Welfare and De-notified Communities Welfare
30	C. V. Ganesan	Tittakudi	Labour Welfare, Population, Employment and Training, Census, Urban and Rural Employment
31	Mano Thangaraj	Padmanabhapuram	Milk and Dairy Development			28 April 2025	1 year and 11 days
32	T.R.B.Rajaa	Mannargudi	Industries			7 May 2021	5 years and 2 days
33	M. Mathiventhan	Rasipuram	Adi Dravidar Welfare, Hill Tribes and Bonded Labour Welfare
34	N. Kayalvizhi	Dharapuram	Human Resources Management, Pensions and Pensionary benefits, Ex-Servicemen

Composition

Alliance			No. of MLAs	Leader of the party
	Government SPA Seats: 158	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	133	M. K. Stalin (Chief Minister)
		Indian National Congress	17	S. Rajesh Kumar
		Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi	4	Sinthanai Selvan
		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2	V. P. Nagaimaali
		Communist Party of India	2	T. Ramachandran
	Opposition AIADMK+ Seats: 67	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	60	Edappadi K. Palaniswami (Leader of the Opposition)
		Bharatiya Janata Party	4	Nainar Nagenthran
		Pattali Makkal Katchi	3	S. P. Venkateshwaran
	Others Seats: 2	Ayya Pattali Makkal Katchi	2	G. K. Mani
	Vacant Seats: 7	Valparai Senthamangalam Alangulam Gobichettipalayam Orathanad Bodinayakkanur Usilampatti	7	N/a
Total			234

Members

Source:^[4]^[5]
District	No.	Constituency	Name			Remarks
Tiruvallur	1	Gummidipoondi	T. J. Govindrajan	DMK	SPA
	2	Ponneri (SC)	Durai Chandrasekar	INC
	3	Tiruttani	S. Chandran	DMK
	4	Thiruvallur	V. G. Raajendran
	5	Poonamallee (SC)	A. Krishnaswamy
	6	Avadi	S. M. Nasar
Chennai	7	Maduravoyal	K. Ganapathy	DMK	SPA
	8	Ambattur	Joseph Samuel
	9	Madavaram	S. Sudharsanam
	10	Thiruvottiyur	K. P. Shankar
	11	Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar	J. J. Ebenezer
	12	Perambur	R. D. Shekar
	13	Kolathur	M. K. Stalin			Chief Minister
	14	Villivakkam	A. Vetriazhagan
	15	Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar (SC)	P. Sivakumar
	16	Egmore (SC)	I. Paranthamen
	17	Royapuram	Idream R. Murthy
	18	Harbour	P. K. Sekar Babu
	19	Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni	Udhayanidhi Stalin			Deputy Chief Minister
	20	Thousand Lights	Dr. Ezhilan Naganathan
	21	Anna Nagar	M. K. Mohan
	22	Virugampakkam	A. M. V. Prabhakara Raja
	23	Saidapet	Ma. Subramanian
	24	Thiyagarayanagar	J. Karunanithi
	25	Mylapore	Dha. Velu
	26	Velachery	J. M. H. Aassan Maulaana	INC
	27	Shozhinganallur	S. Aravind Ramesh	DMK
	28	Alandur	T. M. Anbarasan	DMK
Kanchipuram	29	Sriperumbudur (SC)	K. Selvaperunthagai	INC	SPA
Chengalpattu	30	Pallavaram	I. Karunanithi	DMK	SPA
	31	Tambaram	S. R. Raja
	32	Chengalpattu	M. Varalakshmi
	33	Thiruporur	S. S. Balaji	VCK
	34	Cheyyur (SC)	Panaiyur M. Babu	VCK
	35	Madurantakam (SC)	Maragatham Kumaravel	AIADMK	NDA
Kanchipuram	36	Uthiramerur	K. Sundar	DMK	SPA
Kanchipuram	37	Kancheepuram	C. V. M. P. Ezhilarasan	DMK	SPA
Ranipet	38	Arakkonam (SC)	S. Ravi	AIADMK	NDA
Ranipet	39	Sholinghur	A. M. Munirathinam	INC	SPA
Vellore	40	Katpadi	Durai Murugan	DMK	SPA	Leader of the House
Ranipet	41	Ranipet	R. Gandhi	DMK	SPA
Ranipet	42	Arcot	J. L. Eswarappan	DMK	SPA
Vellore	43	Vellore	P. Karthikeyan	DMK	SPA
	44	Anaikattu	A. P. Nandakumar	DMK	SPA
	45	Kilvaithinankuppam (SC)	M. Jagan Moorthy	AIADMK	NDA
	46	Gudiyattam (SC)	V. Amulu	DMK	SPA
Tirupathur	47	Vaniyambadi	G. Sendhil Kumar	AIADMK	NDA
	48	Ambur	A. C. Vilwanathan	DMK	SPA
	49	Jolarpet	K. Devaraji
	50	Tirupattur	A. Nallathambi
Krishnagiri	51	Uthangarai (SC)	T. M. Tamilselvam	AIADMK	NDA
	52	Bargur	D. Mathiazhagan	DMK	SPA
	53	Krishnagiri	K. Ashok Kumar	AIADMK	NDA
	54	Veppanahalli	K. P. Munusamy	AIADMK	NDA
	55	Hosur	Y. Prakaash	DMK	SPA
	56	Thalli	T. Ramachandran	CPI	SPA
Dharmapuri	57	Palacode	K. P. Anbalagan	AIADMK	NDA
	58	Pennagaram	G. K. Mani	PMK	NDA
	58	Pennagaram	G. K. Mani	APMK	None	Aligned with S. Ramadoss-led PMK in 2025
	59	Dharmapuri	S. P. Venkateshwaran	PMK	NDA
	60	Pappireddippatti	A. Govindasamy	AIADMK
	61	Harur (SC)	V. Sampathkumar	AIADMK
Tiruvannamalai	62	Chengam (SC)	M. P. Giri	DMK	SPA
	63	Tiruvannamalai	E. V. Velu
	64	Kilpennathur	K. Pitchandi			Deputy Speaker
	65	Kalasapakkam	P. S. T. Saravanan
	66	Polur	S. S. Krishnamoorthy	AIADMK	NDA
	67	Arani	Sevvoor S. Ramachandran	AIADMK	NDA
	68	Cheyyar	O. Jothi	DMK	SPA
	69	Vandavasi (SC)	S. Ambeth Kumar	DMK	SPA
Viluppuram	70	Gingee	K. S. Masthan	DMK	SPA
	71	Mailam	C. Sivakumar	PMK	NDA
	72	Tindivanam (SC)	P. Arjunan	AIADMK
	73	Vanur (SC)	M. Chakrapani	AIADMK
	74	Villupuram	R. Lakshmanan	DMK	SPA
	75	Vikravandi	N. Pugazhenthi			Died on 6 April 2024^[6]
	75	Vikravandi	Anniyur Siva			Won in 2024 bypoll
	76	Tirukkoyilur	K. Ponmudy
Kallakurichi	77	Ulundurpettai	A. J. Manikannan	DMK	SPA
	78	Rishivandiyam	Vasantham K. Karthikeyan
	79	Sankarapuram	T. Udhayasuriyan
	80	Kallakurichi (SC)	M. Senthilkumar	AIADMK	NDA
Salem	81	Gangavalli (SC)	A. Nallathambi	AIADMK	NDA
	82	Attur (SC)	A. P. Jayasankaran
	83	Yercaud (ST)	G. Chitra
	84	Omalur	R. Mani
	85	Mettur	S. Sadhasivam	PMK
	86	Edappadi	Edappadi K. Palaniswami	AIADMK		Leader of the Opposition
	87	Sankari	S. Sundararajan	AIADMK
	88	Salem (West)	R. Arul	PMK
	88	Salem (West)	R. Arul	APMK	None	Aligned with S. Ramadoss-led PMK in 2025
	89	Salem (North)	R. Rajendran	DMK	SPA
	90	Salem (South)	E. Balasubramanian	AIADMK	NDA
	91	Veerapandi	M. Rajamuthu	AIADMK	NDA
Namakkal	92	Rasipuram (SC)	M. Mathiventhan	DMK	SPA
	93	Senthamangalam (ST)	K. Ponnusamy	DMK	SPA
	93	Senthamangalam (ST)	Vacant			Died on 23 October 2025^[7]
	94	Namakkal	P. Ramalingam	DMK	SPA
	95	Paramathi-Velur	S. Sekar	AIADMK	NDA
	96	Tiruchengodu	E. R. Eswaran	DMK	SPA
	97	Kumarapalayam	P. Thangamani	AIADMK	NDA
Erode	98	Erode (East)	Thirumagan Evera	INC	SPA	Died on 4 January 2023^[8]
			E. V. K. S. Elangovan	INC		Won in 2023 bypoll. Died on 14 December 2024^[9]
			V. C. Chandhirakumar	DMK		Won in 2025 bypoll
	99	Erode (West)	S. Muthusamy	DMK
	100	Modakkurichi	C. Saraswathi	BJP	NDA
Tiruppur	101	Dharapuram (SC)	N. Kayalvizhi	DMK	SPA
Tiruppur	102	Kangayam	M. P. Saminathan	DMK	SPA
Erode	103	Perundurai	S. Jayakumar	AIADMK	NDA
	104	Bhavani	K. C. Karuppannan	AIADMK	NDA
	105	Anthiyur	A. G. Venkatachalam	DMK	SPA
	106	Gobichettipalayam	K. A. Sengottaiyan	AIADMK	NDA
			K. A. Sengottaiyan	Independent	None	Expelled from AIADMK^[10]
			Vacant			Resigned on 26 November 2025^[11]
	107	Bhavanisagar (SC)	A. Bannari	AIADMK	NDA
Nilgiris	108	Udhagamandalam	R. Ganesh	INC	SPA
	109	Gudalur (SC)	Pon. Jayaseelan	AIADMK	NDA
	110	Coonoor	K. Ramachandran	DMK	SPA
Coimbatore	111	Mettupalayam	A. K. Selvaraj	AIADMK	NDA
Tiruppur	112	Avanashi (SC)	P. Dhanapal	AIADMK	NDA
	113	Tiruppur (North)	K. N. Vijayakumar	AIADMK	NDA
	114	Tiruppur (South)	K. Selvaraj	DMK	SPA
	115	Palladam	M. S. M. Anandan	AIADMK	NDA
Coimbatore	116	Sulur	V. P. Kandasamy	AIADMK	NDA
	117	Kavundampalayam	P. R. G. Arunkumar
	118	Coimbatore (North)	Amman K. Arjunan
	119	Thondamuthur	S. P. Velumani			Chief Whip of the Opposition
	120	Coimbatore (South)	Vanathi Srinivasan	BJP
	121	Singanallur	K. R. Jayaram	AIADMK
	122	Kinathukadavu	S. Damodaran
	123	Pollachi	Pollachi V. Jayaraman
	124	Valparai (SC)	T. K. Amulkandasami
	124	Valparai (SC)	Vacant			Died on 21 June 2025^[12]
Tiruppur	125	Udumalaipettai	Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan	AIADMK	NDA
Tiruppur	126	Madathukulam	C. Mahendran	AIADMK	NDA
Dindigul	127	Palani	I. P. Senthil Kumar	DMK	SPA
	128	Oddanchatram	R. Sakkarapani
	129	Athoor	I. Periyasamy
	130	Nilakottai (SC)	S. Thenmozhi	AIADMK	NDA
	131	Natham	Natham R. Viswanathan
	132	Dindigul	Dindigul C. Sreenivaasan
	133	Vedasandur	S. Gandhirajan	DMK	SPA
Karur	134	Aravakurichi	Monjanoor R. Elango	DMK	SPA
	135	Karur	V. Senthilbalaji
	136	Krishnarayapuram (SC)	K. Sivagama Sundari
	137	Kulithalai	R. Manickam
Tiruchirappalli	138	Manapparai	P. Abdul Samad	DMK	SPA
	139	Srirangam	M. Palaniyandi
	140	Tiruchirappalli (West)	K. N. Nehru			Deputy Leader of the House
	141	Tiruchirappalli (East)	Inigo S. Irudayaraj
	142	Thiruverumbur	Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi
	143	Lalgudi	A. Soundara Pandian
	144	Manachanallur	S. Kathiravan
	145	Musiri	N. Thiyagarajan
	146	Thuraiyur (SC)	S. Stalin Kumar
Perambalur	147	Perambalur (SC)	M. Prabhakaran	DMK	SPA
Perambalur	148	Kunnam	S. S. Sivasankar	DMK	SPA
Ariyalur	149	Ariyalur	K. Chinnappa	MDMK	SPA
Ariyalur	150	Jayankondam	Ka. So. Ka. Kannan	DMK	SPA
Cuddalore	151	Tittakudi (SC)	C. V. Ganesan	DMK	SPA
	152	Vriddhachalam	R. Radhakrishnan	INC
	153	Neyveli	Saba Rajendran	DMK
	154	Panruti	T. Velmurugan
	155	Cuddalore	G. Iyappan
	156	Kurinjipadi	M. R. K. Panneerselvam
	157	Bhuvanagiri	A. Arunmozhithevan	AIADMK	NDA
	158	Chidambaram	K. A. Pandian	AIADMK	NDA
	159	Kattumannarkoil (SC)	M. Sinthanai Selvan	VCK	SPA
Mayiladuthurai	160	Sirkazhi (SC)	M. Panneerselvam	DMK	SPA
	161	Mayiladuthurai	S. Rajakumar	INC
	162	Poompuhar	Nivedha M. Murugan	DMK
Nagapattinam	163	Nagapattinam	Aloor Shanavas	VCK	SPA
	164	Kilvelur (SC)	V. P. Nagaimaali	CPI(M)	SPA
	165	Vedaranyam	O. S. Manian	AIADMK	NDA
Tiruvarur	166	Thiruthuraipoondi (SC)	K. Marimuthu	CPI	SPA
	167	Mannargudi	Dr. T. R. B. Rajaa	DMK
	168	Thiruvarur	K. Poondi Kalaivanan	DMK
	169	Nannilam	R. Kamaraj	AIADMK	NDA
Thanjavur	170	Thiruvidaimarudur (SC)	Go. Vi. Chezhiyan	DMK	SPA	Chief Whip of the Government
	171	Kumbakonam	G. Anbazhagan
	172	Papanasam	Dr. M. H. Jawahirullah
	173	Thiruvaiyaru	Durai Chandrasekaran
	174	Thanjavur	T. K. G. Neelamegam
	175	Orathanadu	R. Vaithilingam	AIADMK	NDA
			R. Vaithilingam	Independent	None	Expelled from AIADMK^[13]
			Vacant			Resigned on 21 January 2026^[14]
	176	Pattukkottai	K. Annadurai	DMK	SPA
	177	Peravurani	N. Ashok Kumar	DMK	SPA
Pudukkottai	178	Gandarvakkottai (SC)	M. Chinnadurai	CPI(M)	SPA
	179	Viralimalai	C. Vijayabaskar	AIADMK	NDA
	180	Pudukkottai	Dr. V. Muthuraja	DMK	SPA
	181	Thirumayam	S. Ragupathi
	182	Alangudi	Meyyanathan Siva V
	183	Aranthangi	T. Ramachandran	INC
Sivaganga	184	Karaikudi	S. Mangudi	INC	SPA
	185	Tiruppattur	K. R. Periyakaruppan	DMK	SPA
	186	Sivaganga	P. R. Senthilnathan	AIADMK	NDA
	187	Manamadurai (SC)	A. Tamilarasi	DMK	SPA
Madurai	188	Melur	P. Selvam	AIADMK	NDA
	189	Madurai East	P. Moorthy	DMK	SPA
	190	Sholavandan (SC)	A. Venkatesan
	191	Madurai North	G. Thalapathi
	192	Madurai South	M. Boominathan	MDMK
	193	Madurai Central	Palanivel Thiagarajan	DMK
	194	Madurai West	Sellur K. Raju	AIADMK	NDA
	195	Thiruparankundram	V. V. Rajan Chellappa
	196	Thirumangalam	R. B. Udhayakumar			Deputy Leader of Opposition
	197	Usilampatti	P. Ayyappan			-
			P. Ayyappan	Independent	None	Resigned from AIADMK
			Vacant			Resigned after joining DMK on 27 February 2026
Theni	198	Andipatti	A. Maharajan	DMK	SPA
	199	Periyakulam (SC)	K. S. Saravana Kumar	DMK	SPA
	200	Bodinayakanur	O. Panneerselvam	AIADMK	NDA
			O. Panneerselvam	Independent	None	Expelled from AIADMK^[13]
			Vacant			Resigned after joining DMK on 27 February 2026^[15]
	201	Cumbum	N. Eramakrishnan	DMK	SPA
Virudhunagar	202	Rajapalayam	S. Thangappandian	DMK	SPA
	203	Srivilliputhur (SC)	E. M. Manraj	AIADMK	NDA
	204	Sattur	A. R. R. Raghumaran	MDMK	SPA
	205	Sivakasi	A. M. S. G. Ashokan	INC
	206	Virudhunagar	A. R. R. Seenivasan	DMK
	207	Aruppukkottai	K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran
	208	Tiruchuli	Thangam Thennarasu
Ramanathapuram	209	Paramakudi (SC)	S. Murugesan	DMK	SPA
	210	Tiruvadanai	R. M. Karumanickam	INC
	211	Ramanathapuram	Katharbatcha Muthuramalingam	DMK
	212	Mudhukulathur	R. S. Raja Kannappan	DMK
Thoothukudi	213	Vilathikulam	G. V. Markandayan	DMK	SPA
	214	Thoothukkudi	P. Geetha Jeevan
	215	Tiruchendur	Anitha Radhakrishnan
	216	Srivaikuntam	Oorvasi S. Amirtharaj	INC
	217	Ottapidaram (SC)	M. C. Shunmugaiah	DMK
	218	Kovilpatti	Kadambur C. Raju	AIADMK	NDA
Tenkasi	219	Sankarankovil (SC)	E. Raja	DMK	SPA
	220	Vasudevanallur (SC)	T. Sadhan Tirumalaikumar	MDMK	SPA
	221	Kadayanallur	C. Krishnamurali	AIADMK	NDA
	222	Tenkasi	S. Palani Nadar	INC	SPA
	223	Alangulam	P. H. Manoj Pandian	AIADMK	NDA
			P. H. Manoj Pandian	Independent	None	Expelled from AIADMK^[13]
			Vacant			Resigned on 4 November 2025^[16]
Tirunelveli	224	Tirunelveli	Nainar Nagendran	BJP	NDA
	225	Ambasamudram	E. Subaya	AIADMK	NDA
	226	Palayamkottai	M. Abdul Wahab	DMK	SPA
	227	Nanguneri	Ruby R. Manoharan	INC
	228	Radhapuram	M. Appavu	DMK		Speaker
Kanyakumari	229	Kanniyakumari	N. Thalavai Sundaram	AIADMK	NDA
	230	Nagercoil	M. R. Gandhi	BJP	NDA
	231	Colachal	Prince J.G.	INC	SPA
	232	Padmanabhapuram	Mano Thangaraj	DMK
	233	Vilavancode	S. Vijayadharani	INC		Resigned on 24 Feb 2024^[17]
	233	Vilavancode	Tharahai Cuthbert			Won in 2024 bypoll
	234	Killiyoor	S. Rajeshkumar

Committees

2024-2026

Constituted on 29th June, 2024 and Extended upto 31st March 2026.^[18]

Committee	Chairperson^[18]
Business Advisory Committee	M. Appavu	DMK
Committee on Rules	M. Appavu
Committee on Privileges	K. Pitchandi
Committee on Estimates	S. Gandhirajan
Committee on Public Accounts	K. Selvaperunthagai	INC
Committee on Public Undertakings	A. P. Nandakumar	DMK
Committee on Delegated Legislation	G. V. Markandayan
Committee on Government Assurances	T. Velmurugan
House Committee	I. Paranthamen
Committee on Petitions	K. Ramachandran
Library Committee	J. L. Eswarappan
Committee on Papers Laid on the Table of the House	R. Lakshmanan

Business Advisory Committee (2024–26)^[18]
Sr. No.	Name	Post
1	M. Appavu	Chairperson	DMK
2	M. K. Stalin	Member
3	Durai Murugan	Member
4	K. N. Nehru	Member
5	I. Periyasamy	Member
6	E. V. Velu	Member
7	K. Pitchandi	Member
8	K. Ramachandran	Member
9	Edappadi K. Palaniswami	Member	AIADMK
10	R. B. Udhayakumar	Member
11	S. P. Velumani	Member
12	S. Rajesh Kumar	Member	INC
13	G. K. Mani	Member	PMK(R)
14	Nainar Nagenthran	Member	BJP
15	M. Sinthanai Selvan	Member	VCK
16	V. P. Nagaimaali	Member	CPI(M)
17	T. Ramachandran	Member	INC

Committee on Rules (2024–26)^[18]
Sr. No.	Name	Post
1	M. Appavu	Chairperson	DMK
2	M. K. Stalin	Member
3	Durai Murugan	Member
4	K. Pitchandi	Member
5	Edappadi K. Palaniswami	Member	AIADMK
6	Anniyur Siva @ A. Sivashanmugam	Member	DMK
7	K. S. Saravanakumar	Member	AIADMK
8	S. Thangapandian	Member	DMK
9	C. Krishnamurali	Member	AIADMK
10	G. Sendhil Kumar	Member
11	A. K. Selvaraj	Member
12	Oorvasi S. Amirtharaj	Member	INC
13	C. Sivakumar	Member	PMK
14	Vanathi Srinivasan	Member	BJP
15	M. Sinthanai Selvan	Member	VCK
16	V. P. Nagaimaali	Member	CPI(M)
17	T. Ramachandran	Member	CPI

Committee on Privileges (2024–26)^[18]
Sr. No.	Name	Post
1	K. Pitchandi	Chairperson	DMK
2	Durai Murugan	Member	DMK
3	Edappadi K. Palaniswami	Member	AIADMK
4	N. Ashokkumar	Member	DMK
5	K. Annadurai	Member
6	M. Abdul Wahab	Member
7	N. Eramakrishnan	Member
8	Inigo S. Irudayaraj	Member
9	K. Karthikeyan	Member
10	R. Manickam	Member
11	M. Varalakshmi	Member
12	A. Arunmozhithevan	Member	AIADMK
13	N. Thalavai Sundaram	Member
14	Dr. Pollachi V. Jayaraman	Member
15	J. G. Prince	Member	INC
16	S. Sadhasivam	Member	PMK
17	K. Marimuthu	Member	CPI

Committee on Estimates (2024–26)^[18]
Sr. No.	Name	Post
1	S. Gandhirajan	Chairperson	DMK
2	Thangam Thenarasu	Member	DMK
3	K. Selvaperunthagai	Member	INC
4	A. P. Nandakumar	Member	DMK
5	S. Ambethkumar	Member
6	T. Udhayasuriyan	Member
7	Katharbatcha Muthuramalingam	Member
8	T. Sadhan Thirumalaikumar	Member
9	S. Sudharsanam	Member
10	M. Panneerselvam	Member
11	E. Raja	Member
12	P. R. G. Arunkumar	Member	AIADMK
19	Sellur K. Raju	Member
13	Sevvoor S. Ramachandran	Member
16	O. S. Manian	Member
18	R. M. Karumanikam	Member	INC
14	S. P. Venkateshwaran	Member	PMK
17	S. S. Balaji	Member	VCK
15	M. Chinnadurai	Member	CPI(M)

Committee on Public Accounts (2024–26)^[18]
Sr. No.	Name	Post
1	K. Selvaperunthagai	Chairperson	INC
2	Thangam Thenarasu	Member	DMK
3	S. Gandhirajan	Member
4	A. P. Nandakumar	Member
5	P. Abdul Samad	Member
6	C. V. M. P. Ezhilarasan	Member
7	G. Iyappan	Member
8	S. Chandran	Member
9	P. Sivakumar (a) Thayagamkavi	Member
10	I. P. Senthil Kumar	Member
11	R. D. Shekar	Member
12	M. Palaniyandi	Member
13	Agri S. S. Krishnamoorthy	Member	AIADMK
14	S. Sekar	Member
15	Natham R. Viswanathan	Member
16	K. R. Jayaram	Member
17	Dr. C. Saraswathi	Member	BJP
18	J. Mohamed Shanavas	Member	VCK
19	T. Ramachandran	Member	CPI

Committee on Public Undertakings (2024–26)^[18]
Sr. No.	Name	Post
1	A. P. Nandakumar	Chairperson	DMK
2	S. Gandhirajan	Member	DMK
3	K. Selvaperunthagai	Member	INC
4	G. Anbalagan	Member	DMK
5	E. R. Eswaran	Member
7	M. P. Giri	Member
8	Durai. Chandrasekaran	Member
10	Y. Prakaash	Member
11	Dha. Velu	Member
12	M. H. Jawahirullah	Member
6	M. S. M. Anandan	Member	AIADMK
9	Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan	Member
16	Kadambur C. Raju	Member
18	A. Govindasamy	Member
14	C. Vijaya Basker	Member
17	G. Ashokan	Member	INC
15	M. Sinthanai Selvan	Member	VCK
13	V. P. Nagaimaali	Member	CPI(M)

Committee on Delegated Legislation (2024–26)^[18]
Sr. No.	Name	Post
1	G. V. Markandayan	Chairperson	DMK
2	S. R. Raja	Member
3	Ka. So. Ka. Kannan	Member
4	A. Krishnaswamy	Member
5	N. Thiyagarajan	Member
6	A. R. R. Raghuraman	Member
7	S. Stalinkumar	Member
8	P. Arjunan	Member	AIADMK
9	P. R. Senthilnathan	Member
10	E. Balasubramanian	Member
11	E. M. Manraj	Member
12	Tharahai Cuthbert	Member	INC

Committee on Government Assurances (2024–26)^[18]
Sr. No.	Name	Post
1	T. Velmurugan	Chairperson	DMK
2	S. Aravindramesh	Member
3	A. R. R. Seenivasan	Member
4	G. Thalapathi	Member
5	A. Nallathambi	Member
6	M. Boominathan	Member
7	M. K. Mohan	Member
8	M. Chakrapani	Member	AIADMK
9	R. Mani	Member
10	S. Jayakumar	Member
11	S. Mangudi	Member	INC
12	R. Arul	Member	PMK(R)

House Committee (2024–26)^[18]
Sr. No.	Name	Post
1	I. Paranthamen	Chairperson	DMK
2	V. Amulu	Member
3	K. Ganapathy	Member
4	I. Karunanithi	Member
5	J. Karunanithi	Member
6	P. S. T. Saravanan	Member
7	K. Sivagama Sundari	Member
8	Nivedha M. Murugan	Member
9	K. Ponnusamy (died on 23 October 2025)	Member
10	S. Murugesan	Member
11	P. Ramalingam	Member
12	M. Senthilkumar	Member	AIADMK
13	T. M. Tamilselvam	Member
14	A. Nallathambi	Member
15	A. Bannari	Member
16	M. Rajamuthu	Member
17	Pon. Jayaseelan	Member
18	S. Rajakumar	Member	INC

Committee on Petitions (2024–26)^[18]
Sr. No.	Name	Post
1	K. Ramachandran	Chairperson	DMK
2	K. P. Shankar	Member
3	K. Chinnappa	Member
4	A. Soundarapandian	Member
5	D. Mathiazhagan	Member
6	O. Jothi	Member
7	V. P. Kandasamy	Member	AIADMK
8	S. Sundararajan	Member
9	M. Jagan Moorthy	Member
10	T. Ramachandran	Member	INC
11	M. Babu	Member	VCK

Library Committee (2024–26)^[18]
Sr. No.	Name	Post
1	J. L. Eswarappan	Chairperson	DMK
2	P. Karthikeyan	Member
3	T. J. Govindrajan	Member
4	A. Tamilarasi	Member
5	A. M. V. Prabhakara Raja	Member
6	A. Maharajan	Member
7	V. Sampathkumar	Member	AIADMK
8	K. Maragatham	Member
9	A. P. Jayasankaran	Member
10	R. Radhakrishnan	Member	INC

Committee on Papers Laid on the Table of the House (2024–26)^[18]
Sr. No.	Name	Post
1	R. Lakshmanan	Chairperson	DMK
2	J. John Ebenezer	Member
3	S. Kathiravan	Member
4	K. Devaraji	Member
5	V. Muthuraja	Member
6	A. C. Vilwanathan	Member
7	K. Ashokkumar	Member	AIADMK
8	T. K. Amulkandasami (died on 21 June 2025)	Member
9	G. Chitra	Member
10	K. A. Pandian	Member
11	Durai. Chandrasekar	Member	INC

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[1] "TN Assembly's annual sitting days declined from 64 in the first term to 32 in the 16th: PRS study". The Hindu. 20 March 2026. Retrieved 6 May 2026.

[assembly.tn.gov.in-2] "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.

[3] "List of ministers". Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 1 June 2024.

[4] "Tamil Nadu Election Results 2021: full list of winners". CNBCTV18. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2023.

[5] "Tamil Nadu Election Results 2021: Full list of winners". India TV. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2023.

[6] "Vikravandi DMK MLA N Pugazhenthi dies". The Times of India. 6 April 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 26 November 2025.

[7] "Tamil Nadu: Senthamangalam DMK MLA K. Ponnusamy passes away". The Hindu. 23 October 2025. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 November 2025.

[8] "Thirumahan Everaa, Erode East MLA and son of Congress leader E.V.K.S. Elangovan, dead". The Hindu. 4 January 2023. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 November 2025.

[9] "Senior Congress leader EVKS Elangovan passes away". The New Indian Express. 14 December 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2025.

[10] "Tamil Nadu MLA Sengottaiyan expelled from AIADMK a day after his meeting with Panneerselvam, Dhinakaran, Sasikala". The Hindu. 31 October 2025. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 November 2025.

[11] "Expelled AIADMK leader Sengottaiyan resigns as Gobichettipalayam MLA amid speculations of joining Vijay's TVK". The Hindu. 26 November 2025. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 November 2025.

[12] "Valparai AIADMK MLA Amul Kandasamy passes away at 60". The Hindu. 21 June 2025. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 November 2025.

[:0-13] 1 2 3 "What a fall: From AIADMK chief, O Panneerselvam becomes unattached MLA". The Times of India. 11 July 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 26 November 2025.

[14] "Former AIADMK Minister R. Vaithilingam joins DMK". 21 January 2026.

[15] "'I accept MK Stalin's leadership': Ex-Tamil Nadu CM O Panneerselvam joins DMK". 21 January 2026.

[16] "AIADMK MLA Manoj Pandian joins DMK, resigns as MLA". The Times of India. 5 November 2025. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 26 November 2025.

[17] "T.N. Speaker Appavu accepts Vijayadharani's resignation". The Hindu. 25 February 2024. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 November 2025.

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