17th Tamil Nadu Assembly

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The Seventeenth Assembly of Tamil Nadu succeeded the Sixteenth Assembly of Tamil Nadu and was constituted after the April 2026 State Assembly elections, 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 1952 election when INC was the largest party with no majority in the 1st Madras Assembly.

Legislative bodyTamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Meeting placeFort St. George, Chennai, India
Term11 May 2026 (2026-05-11)[1] –
Election2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
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Legislative bodyTamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Meeting placeFort St. George, Chennai, India
Term11 May 2026 (2026-05-11)[1] –
Election2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
GovernmentC. Joseph Vijay ministry
OppositionDMK
WebsiteOfficial website
Members234
SpeakerJ. C. D. Prabhakar
Deputy SpeakerM. Ravisankar
Chief MinisterC. Joseph Vijay
Leader of the OppositionUdhayanidhi Stalin
Party control  TVK
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Office bearers

The main officials of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly are:

More information Position, Name ...
Position Name Office Taken
Speaker J. C. D. Prabhakar 12 May 2026
Deputy Speaker M. Ravisankar
Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay 10 May 2026
Leader of the House K. A. Sengottaiyan 12 May 2026
Government Whip R. Sabarinathan
Leader of Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin 10 May 2026
Deputy Leader of Opposition K. N. Nehru
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Chief Minister

More information Chief Minister, Took office ...
Chief Minister Took office Left office Term
C. Joseph Vijay 10 May 2026 Incumbent 31 days
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Council of Ministers

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Main article: Tamil Nadu Council of Ministers

Source:Government of Tamil Nadu[2]

More information Sr. No., Name ...
Sr. No. Name Portait Constituency Designation Portfolio(s) Party Term of office
Took office Duration
Chief Minister
1 C. Joseph Vijay
Perambur Chief Minister TVK 10 May 2026 31 days
Cabinet ministers
2 N. Anand
Thiyagarayanagar Minister for Rural Development and Water Resources TVK 10 May 2026 31 days
3 Aadhav Arjuna
Villivakkam Minister for Public Works and Sports Development
4 K. G. Arunraj
Tiruchengode Minister for Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare
5 K. A. Sengottaiyan
Gobichettipalayam Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management
6 P. Venkataramanan
Mylapore Minister for Food and Civil Supplies
7 C. T. R. Nirmal Kumar Centre Thiruparankundram Minister for Energy Resources and Law
8 Rajmohan Arumugam Egmore Minister for School Education, Tamil Development, Information and Publicity
9 T. K. Prabhu Karaikudi Minister for Natural Resources
10 S. Keerthana Sivakasi Minister for Industries
11 Srinath
Thoothukkudi Minister for Fisheries - Fishermen Welfare 21 May 2026 20 days
12 S. Kamali Avanashi (SC) Minister for Animal Husbandry
13 C. Vijayalakshmi Kumarapalayam Minister for Milk and Dairy Development
14 R. V. Ranjithkumar Kancheepuram Minister for Forests
15 Vinoth Kumbakonam Minister for Agriculture - Farmers Welfare
16 Rajeev Tiruvadanai Minister for Environment & Climate Change
17 B. Rajkumar Cuddalore Minister for Housing and Urban Development
18 V. Gandhiraj Arakkonam (SC) Minister for Co-operation
19 P. Mathanraja Ottapidaram (SC) Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
20 Jegadeshwari. K. Rajapalayam Minister for Social Welfare & Women Empowerment
21 M. Vijay Balaji
Erode East Minister for Handlooms, Textiles and Khadi
22 Logesh Tamilselvan
Rasipuram (SC) Minister for Commercial Taxes and Registration
23 Vijay Tamilan Parthiban Salem South Minister for Transport
24 S. Ramesh
Srirangam Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department
25 R. Kumar Velachery Minister for Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology and Digital Services
26 Thennarasu. K. Sriperumbudur Minister for Non-Resident Tamils Welfare
  • Non-Resident Tamils Welfare
  • Refugees & evacuees
27 V. Sampath Kumar Coimbatore North Minister for Backward Classes Welfare
28 J. Mohamed Farvas Arantangi Minister for Labour Welfare and Skill Development
29 D. Sarathkumar Tambaram Minister for Human Resources Management
30 N. Marie Wilson
R. K. Nagar Minister for Finance, Planning and Development
31 K. Vignesh Kinathukadavu Minister for Prohibition and Excise
32 S. Rajeshkumar Killiyoor Minister for Tourism INC
33 P. Viswanathan Melur Minister for Higher Education
34 A. M. Shahjahan Papanasam Minister for Minorities Welfare IUML 22 May 2026 19 days
35 Vanni Arasu Tindivanam Minister for Social Justice VCK
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Composition

More information Alliance, Political party ...
Alliance Political party No. of MLAs Leader of the party
Government
TVK+
Seats: 116		 Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam 107 C. Joseph Vijay
(Chief Minister)
Indian National Congress 5 S. Rajesh Kumar
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi 2 Vanni Arasu
Indian Union Muslim League 2 A. M. Shahjahan
Confidence and Supply[a]
Seats: 5		 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2 R. Chellaswamy
Communist Party of India 2 T. Ramachandran
Independent[b] 1 S. Kamaraj
Official Opposition
SPA
Seats: 60		 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 59 Udhayanidhi Stalin
(Leader of the Opposition)
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam 1 Premalatha Vijayakanth
Other Opposition
NDA
Seats: 48		 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 43 Edappadi K. Palaniswami
Pattali Makkal Katchi 4 Sowmiya Anbumani
Bharatiya Janata Party 1 M. Bhojarajan
Vacant
Seats: 5		 5 N/a
Total 234
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Members of Legislative Assembly

More information District, No. ...
Source:[3]
District No. Constituency Name Party Alliance Remarks
Tiruvallur 1 Gummidipoondi S. Vijayakumar TVK TVK+
2 Ponneri Ravi M.S
3 Tiruttani G. Hari AIADMK AIADMK+ Supported TVK
4 Thiruvallur T. Arunkumar TVK TVK+
5 Poonamallee (SC) R. Prakasam
6 Avadi R. Ramesh Kumar
Chennai 7 Maduravoyal P. Rhevanth Charan TVK TVK+
8 Ambattur G. Balamurugan
9 Madavaram M. L. Vijayprabhu
10 Thiruvottiyur N. Senthil Kumar
11 Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar N. Marie Wilson
12 Perambur C. Joseph Vijay Chief Minister
13 Kolathur V. S. Babu
14 Villivakkam Aadhav Arjuna Cabinet Minister
15 Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar (SC) M. R. Pallavi
16 Egmore (SC) A. Rajmohan Cabinet Minister
17 Royapuram K. V. Vijay Damu
18 Harbour P. K. Sekar Babu DMK SPA
19 Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni Udhayanidhi Stalin Leader of Opposition
20 Thousand Lights J. C. D. Prabhakar TVK TVK+ Speaker
21 Anna Nagar V. K. Ramkumar
22 Virugampakkam R. Sabarinathan Government Whip
23 Saidapet M. Arul Prakasam
24 Thiyagarayanagar Bussy N. Anand Cabinet Minister
25 Mylapore P. Venkataramanan Cabinet Minister
26 Velachery R. Kumar
27 Sholinganallur P. Saravananamoorthy
28 Alandur M. Harish
Kanchipuram 29 Sriperumbudur (SC) K. Tennarasu TVK TVK+
Chengalpattu 30 Pallavaram J. Kamatchi TVK TVK+
31 Tambaram D. Sarathkumar
32 Chengalpattu S. Thiyagarajan
33 Thiruporur B. Vijayaraj
34 Cheyyur (SC) E. Rajasekar AIADMK AIADMK+ Opposed TVK
35 Madurantakam (SC) Maragatham Kumaravel Supported TVK
Vacant On 25 May 2026, Maragatham Resigned her office and officially joined TVK[4]
Kanchipuram 36 Uthiramerur J. Munirathinam TVK TVK+
37 Kancheepuram R. V. Ranjithkumar
Ranipet 38 Arakkonam (SC) V. Gandhiraj TVK TVK+
39 Sholinghur G. Kapil
Vellore 40 Katpadi M. Sudhakar TVK TVK+
Ranipet 41 Ranipet Thahira TVK TVK+
42 Arcot S. M. Sukumar AIADMK AIADMK+ Supported TVK; Later declared support for EPS[5]
Vellore 43 Vellore M. M. Vinoth Kannan TVK TVK+
44 Anaicut D. Velazhagan AIADMK AIADMK+ Opposed TVK
45 Kilvaithinankuppam (SC) E. Thenral Kumar TVK TVK+
46 Gudiyatham (SC) K. Sindhu
Tirupathur 47 Vaniyambadi Syed Farooq Basha IUML TVK+ Outside support to TVK government, joined TVK+ Alliance on 21 May 2026[6]
48 Ambur A. C. Vilwanathan DMK SPA
49 Jolarpet K. C. Veeramani AIADMK AIADMK+ Supported TVK; Later declared support for EPS[7]
50 Tirupattur N. Thirupathi TVK TVK+
Krishnagiri 51 Uthangarai (SC) N. Elaiyaraja TVK TVK+
52 Bargur E. C. Govindarasan AIADMK AIADMK+ Opposed TVK
53 Krishnagiri P. Mukundhan TVK TVK+
54 Veppanahalli P. S. Srinivasan DMK SPA
55 Hosur P. Balakrishna Reddy AIADMK AIADMK+ Supported TVK; Later declared support for EPS
56 Thalli T. Ramachandran CPI SPA Outside support to TVK government, continues in SPA alliance
Dharmapuri 57 Palacode K. P. Anbalagan AIADMK AIADMK+ Supported TVK
58 Pennagaram S. Gajendran TVK TVK+
59 Dharmapuri Sowmiya Anbumani PMK AIADMK+
60 Pappireddipatti Maragatham Vetrivel AIADMK Supported TVK
61 Harur (SC) V. Sampathkumar Opposed TVK
Tiruvannamalai 62 Chengam (SC) T. S. Velu AIADMK AIADMK+ Opposed TVK
63 Tiruvannamalai E. V. Velu DMK SPA
64 Kilpennathur S. Ramachandran AIADMK AIADMK+ Opposed TVK
65 Kalasapakkam Agri S. S. Krishnamurthy Opposed TVK
66 Polur R. Abishek TVK TVK+
67 Arani L. Jaya Sudha AIADMK AIADMK+ Opposed TVK
68 Cheyyar Mukkur N. Subramanian Opposed TVK
69 Vandavasi (SC) S. Ambethkumar DMK SPA
Viluppuram 70 Gingee A. Ganeshkumar PMK AIADMK+
71 Mailam C. Ve. Shanmugam AIADMK Supported TVK
72 Tindivanam (SC) Vanni Arasu VCK TVK+ Outside support to TVK government, joined TVK+ Alliance on 21 May 2026[8]; Cabinet Minister
73 Vanur (SC) D. Gowtham DMK SPA
74 Villupuram R. Lakshmanan
75 Vikravandi C. Sivakumar PMK AIADMK+
76 Tirukkoyilur S. Palaniswamy AIADMK Opposed TVK
Kallakurichi 77 Ulundurpet G. R. Vasanthavel DMK SPA
78 Rishivandiyam K. Karthikeyan
79 Sankarapuram R. Rakesh AIADMK AIADMK+ Supported TVK
80 Kallakurichi (SC) C. Arul Vignesh TVK TVK+
Salem 81 Gangavalli (SC) A. Nallathambi AIADMK AIADMK+ Opposed TVK
82 Attur (SC) A. P. Jayasankaran Opposed TVK
83 Yercaud (ST) P. Usharani Opposed TVK
84 Omalur R. Mani Opposed TVK
85 Mettur G. Venkatachalam Opposed TVK
86 Edappadi Edappadi K. Palaniswami Opposed TVK
87 Sankari S. Vetrivel Opposed TVK
88 Salem West S. Lakshmanan TVK TVK+
89 Salem North K. Sivakumar
90 Salem South A. Vijay Tamilan Parthiban
91 Veerapandi M. S. Palanivel
Namakkal 92 Rasipuram (SC) D. Logesh Tamilselvan TVK TVK+
93 Senthamangalam (ST) P. Chandrasekar
94 Namakkal C. S. Dileep
95 Paramathi-Velur S. Sekar AIADMK AIADMK+ Supported TVK
96 Tiruchengode K. G. Arunraj TVK TVK+ Cabinet Minister
97 Kumarapalayam C. Vijayalakshmi
Erode 98 Erode East M. Vijay Balaji TVK TVK+
99 Erode West K. K. Ananth Moghan
100 Modakkurichi D. Shanmugan
Tiruppur 101 Dharapuram (SC) P. Sathyabama AIADMK AIADMK+ Supported TVK
Vacant On 25 May 2026, P. Sathyabama resigned her office and officially joined TVK[4]
102 Kangayam N. S. N. Nataraj AIADMK AIADMK+ Supported TVK; Later declared support for EPS[9]
Erode 103 Perundurai S. Jayakumar Supported TVK
Vacant On 25 May 2026, S. Jayakumar resigned his office and officially joined TVK[4]
104 Bhavani K. C. Karuppannan AIADMK AIADMK+ Opposed TVK
105 Anthiyur P. Haribaskar Supported TVK; Later declared support for EPS[10]
106 Gobichettipalayam K. A. Sengottaiyan TVK TVK+ Cabinet Minister
107 Bhavanisagar (SC) V. P. Tamilselvi
Nilgiris 108 Udhagamandalam M. Bhojarajan BJP AIADMK+
109 Gudalur (SC) M. Dravidamani DMK SPA
110 Coonoor M. Raju
Coimbatore 111 Mettuppalayam Sunilanand TVK TVK+
Tiruppur 112 Avanashi (SC) S. Kamali TVK TVK+
113 Tiruppur North V. Sathyabama
114 Tiruppur South S. Balamurugan
115 Palladam K. Ramkumar
Coimbatore 116 Sulur N. M. Sukumar TVK TVK+
117 Kavundampalayam Kanimozhi Santhosh
118 Coimbatore North V. Sampathkumar
119 Thondamuthur S. P. Velumani AIADMK AIADMK+ Supported TVK
120 Coimbatore South V. Senthilbalaji DMK SPA
121 Singanallur K. S. Sri Giri Prasath TVK TVK+
122 Kinathukadavu K. Vignesh
123 Pollachi K. Nithyanandhan DMK SPA
124 Valparai (SC) Kutty @ A. Sudhakar
Tiruppur 125 Udumalaipettai M. Jayakumar DMK SPA
126 Madathukulam R. Jayaramakrishnan
Dindigul 127 Palani K. Ravimanoharan AIADMK AIADMK+ Supported TVK
128 Oddanchatram R. Sakkarapani DMK SPA
129 Athoor I. Periyasamy
130 Nilakkottai (SC) R. Ayyanar TVK TVK+
131 Natham Natham R. Viswanathan AIADMK AIADMK+ Supported TVK
132 Dindigul I. P. Senthilkumar DMK SPA
133 Vedasandur T. Saminathan
Karur 134 Aravakurichi R. Elango DMK SPA
135 Karur M. R. Vijayabhaskar AIADMK AIADMK+ Supported TVK
136 Krishnarayapuram (SC) M. Sathya TVK TVK+
137 Kulithalai Suriyanur A. Chandran DMK SPA
Tiruchirappalli 138 Manapparai R. Kathiravan TVK TVK+
139 Srirangam S. Ramesh
140 Tiruchirappalli West K. N. Nehru DMK SPA
141 Tiruchirappalli East C. Joseph Vijay TVK TVK+
Vacant On 10 May 2026, Vijay resigned and retained the Perambur Assembly constituency
142 Thiruverumbur Navalpattu S. Viji TVK TVK+
143 Lalgudi Leema Rose Martin AIADMK AIADMK+ Supported TVK
144 Manachanallur S. Kathiravan DMK SPA
145 Musiri M. Vignesh TVK TVK+
146 Thuraiyur (SC) M. Ravisankar Deputy Speaker
Perambalur 147 Perambalur (SC) K. Sivakumar TVK TVK+
148 Kunnam S. S. Sivasankar DMK SPA
Ariyalur 149 Ariyalur S. Rajendran AIADMK AIADMK+ Opposed TVK
150 Jayankondam G. Vaithilingam PMK
Cuddalore 151 Tittakudi (SC) C. V. Ganesan DMK SPA
152 Vriddhachalam Premallatha Vijayakant DMDK
153 Neyveli R. Rajendran AIADMK AIADMK+ Opposed TVK
154 Panruti K. Mohan Supported TVK; Later declared support for EPS[11]
155 Cuddalore B. Rajkumar TVK TVK+
156 Kurinjipadi M. R. K. Panneerselvam DMK SPA
157 Bhuvanagiri A. Arunmozhithevan AIADMK AIADMK+ Supported TVK
158 Chidambaram M. Thamimum Ansari DMK SPA
159 Kattumannarkoil (SC) L. E. Jothimani VCK TVK+ Outside support to TVK government, joined TVK+ Alliance on 21 May 2026[12]
Mayiladuthurai 160 Sirkazhi (SC) R. Senthilselvan DMK SPA
161 Mayiladuthurai Jamal Mohamed Younoos INC TVK+ Won as SPA candidate; party switched to TVK+ post-election
162 Poompuhar Nivedha M. Murugan DMK SPA
Nagapattinam 163 Nagapattinam M. H. Jawahirullah DMK SPA
164 Kilvelur (SC) T. Latha CPI(M) Outside support to TVK government, continues in SPA alliance
165 Vedaranyam O. S. Manian AIADMK AIADMK+ Opposed TVK
Tiruvarur 166 Thiruthuraipoondi (SC) K. Marimuthu CPI SPA Outside support to TVK government, continues in SPA alliance
167 Mannargudi S. Kamaraj AMMK AIADMK+
IND TVK+ Outside support to TVK government, and he was expelled from AMMK
168 Thiruvarur K. Poondi Kalaivanan DMK SPA
169 Nannilam R. Kamaraj AIADMK AIADMK+ Supported TVK
Thanjavur 170 Thiruvidaimarudur Govi. Chezhian DMK SPA
171 Kumbakonam Vinoth Ravi TVK TVK+
172 Papanasam A. M. Shahjahan IUML Outside support to TVK government, joined TVK+ Alliance on 21 May 2026[13]; Cabinet Minister
173 Thiruvaiyaru Durai Chandrasekaran DMK SPA
174 Thanjavur R. Vijaysaravanan TVK TVK+
175 Orathanadu R. Vaithilingam DMK SPA
176 Pattukkottai K. Annadurai
177 Peravurani N. Ashokkumar
Pudukkottai 178 Gandarvakkottai (SC) N. Subramanian TVK TVK+
179 Viralimalai C. Vijayabaskar AIADMK AIADMK+ Supported TVK
180 Pudukkottai V. Muthuraja DMK SPA
181 Thirumayam S. Regupathy
182 Alangudi Siva V. Meyyanathan
183 Aranthangi J. Mohamed Farvas TVK TVK+
Sivaganga 184 Karaikudi T. K. Prabhu TVK TVK+ Cabinet Minister
185 Tirupattur R. Srinivasa Sethupathy
186 Sivaganga A. Kulandhai Rani
187 Manamadurai (SC) D. Elangovan
Madurai 188 Melur P. Viswanathan INC TVK+ Won as SPA candidate; party switched to TVK+ post-election; Cabinet Minister
189 Madurai East S. Karthikeyan TVK
190 Sholavandan (SC) M. V. Karuppiah
191 Madurai North A. Kallanai
192 Madurai South M. M. Gopison
193 Madurai Central Madhar Badhurudeen
194 Madurai West S. R. Thangapandi
195 Thiruparankundram C. T. R. Nirmal Kumar Cabinet Minister
196 Thirumangalam Sedapatti M. Manimaran DMK SPA
197 Usilampatti M. Vijay TVK TVK+
Theni 198 Andipatti A. Maharajan DMK SPA
199 Periyakulam (SC) G. Sabari TVK TVK+
200 Bodinayakanur O. Panneerselvam DMK SPA
201 Cumbum P. L. A. Jeganathmishra TVK TVK+
Virudhunagar 202 Rajapalayam K. Jegadeshwari TVK TVK+
203 Srivilliputhur (SC) A. Karthik
204 Sattur A. Kadarkarairaj DMK SPA
205 Sivakasi S. Keerthana TVK TVK+ Cabinet Minister
206 Virudhunagar P. Selvam
207 Aruppukkottai K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran DMK SPA
208 Tiruchuli Thangam Thenarasu
Ramanathapuram 209 Paramakudi (SC) K. K. Kathiravan DMK SPA
210 Tiruvadanai Rajeev (TVK? TVK TVK+
211 Ramanathapuram Katharbatcha Muthuramalingam DMK SPA
212 Mudhukulathur R. S. Rajakannappan
Thoothukudi 213 Vilathikulam G. V. Markandayan DMK SPA
214 Thoothukkudi Srinath TVK TVK+
215 Tiruchendur Anitha R. Radhakrishnan DMK SPA
216 Srivaikuntam G. Saravanan TVK TVK+
217 Ottapidaram (SC) P. Mathanraja
218 Kovilpatti Ka. Karunanithi DMK SPA
Tenkasi 219 Sankarankovil (SC) Dr. Dhilipan Jaishankar AIADMK AIADMK+ Supported TVK; Later declared support for EPS[14]
220 Vasudevanallur (SC) E. Raja DMK SPA
221 Kadayanallur T. M. Rajendran
222 Tenkasi Kalai Kathiravan
223 Alangulam P. H. Manoj Pandian
Tirunelveli 224 Tirunelveli R. S. Murughan TVK TVK+
225 Ambasamudram Esakki Subaya AIADMK AIADMK+ Supported TVK
Vacant On 26 May 2026, Isakki Subbaya his office and officially joined TVK
226 Palayamkottai M. Abdul Wahab DMK SPA
227 Nanguneri Reddiarpatti V. Narayanan TVK TVK+
228 Radhapuram Sathish Christopher
Kanyakumari 229 Kanniyakumari N. Thalavai Sundaram AIADMK AIADMK+ Opposed TVK
230 Nagercoil S. Austin DMK SPA
231 Colachal Tharahai Cuthbert INC TVK+ Won as SPA candidate; party switched to TVK+ post-election
232 Padmanabhapuram R. Chellaswamy CPI(M) SPA Outside support to TVK government, continues in SPA alliance
233 Vilavancode T. T. Praveen INC TVK+ Won as SPA candidate; party switched to TVK+ post-election
234 Killiyoor S. Rajeshkumar Won as SPA candidate; party switched to TVK+ post-election; Cabinet Minister
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Notes

  1. [a]
    CPI, CPI(M) continued participation in the SPA along with providing outside support to the TVK-led government.
  2. [b]
    S. Kamaraj was expelled from AMMK.

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