Communist Party of India (Marxist) — Tamil Nadu

Communist Party of India (Marxist), Tamil Nadu
Communist Party of India (Marxist), Tamil Nadu
Secretary	P. Shanmugam
Headquarters	27, Vaidyaraman St, T. Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu—600017
Newspaper	Theekkathir
Student wing	Students' Federation of India
Youth wing	Democratic Youth Federation of India
Women's wing	All India Democratic Women's Association
Labour wing	Centre of Indian Trade Unions
Peasant's wing	All India Kisan Sabha; All India Agricultural Workers Union;
Ideology	Communism
Political position	Left-wing
Alliance	Secular Progressive Alliance; (2017–present); Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance; (2023–present);
Seats in Rajya Sabha	0 / 18
Seats in Lok Sabha	2 / 39
Seats in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly	2 / 234
Election symbol
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Website
	cpim.org
	Politics of India; Political parties; Elections;

The Communist Party of India (Marxist), or simply, CPI(M) Tamil Nadu; is the state unit of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) of the Tamil Nadu. Its head office is situated at Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The current secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Tamil Nadu State Committee is P. Shanmugam.

SecretaryP. Shanmugam

Headquarters27, Vaidyaraman St, T. Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu—600017

NewspaperTheekkathir

Student wingStudents' Federation of India

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Year	Party leader	Seats won	Change in seats	Outcome
1967	M. R. Venkataraman	11 / 234	11	Government
1971	M. R. Venkataraman	0 / 234	11	Opposition
1977	A. Balasubramaniam	12 / 234	12	Government
1980	A. Balasubramaniam	11 / 234	1	Government
1984		5 / 234	6	Opposition
1989		15 / 234	10	Government
1991		1 / 234	14	Opposition
1996	N. Sankaraiah	1 / 234		Opposition
2001	N. Sankaraiah	6 / 234	5	Government
2006	N. Varadarajan	9 / 234	3	Government
2011	G. Ramakrishnan	10 / 234	1	Government
2016	G. Ramakrishnan	0 / 234	10	Opposition
2021	K. Balakrishnan	2 / 234	2	Government

Year	Party leader	Seats won	Change in seats	Outcome
1967	Puchalapalli Sundarayya	4 / 39	New	Opposition
1971		0 / 39	4	Opposition
1977		0 / 39		Government
1980	E. M. S. Namboodiripad	0 / 39		Opposition
1984		0 / 39		Opposition
1989		0 / 39		Outside support to National Front government
1991		0 / 39		Opposition
1996	Harkishan Singh Surjeet	0 / 39		Opposition, later government
1998		0 / 39		Opposition
1999		1 / 39	1	Opposition
2004		2 / 39	2	Outside support to UPA government
2009	Prakash Karat	1 / 39	1	Opposition
2014	Prakash Karat	0 / 39	1	Opposition
2019	Sitaram Yechury	2 / 39	2	Opposition
2024	Sitaram Yechury	2 / 39		Opposition

No.	Secretary (Birth–Death)	Term	Total Years as secretary
1	M. R. Venkataraman (1907–1985)	1964–1972	8 Years
2	A. Balasubramaniam (1917–1981)	1972–1981	9 Years
3	A. Nallasivan (1922–1997)	1981–1995	14 Years
4	N. Sankaraiah (1921–2023)	1995–2002	7 Years
5	N. Varadarajan (1924–2012)	2002–2010	8 Years
6	G. Ramakrishnan (1949–)	2010–2018	8 Years
7	K. Balakrishnan (1953–)	2018–2025	7 Years
8	P. Shanmugam (1960–)	2025–present	Incumbent

No.	Constituency	Name	Party		Win Margin
164	Kilvelur (SC)	V. P. Nagaimaali		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	16,985
178	Gandharvakottai (SC)	M. Chinnadurai		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	12,721

No.	Constituency	Name	Party		Win Margin
22	Dindigul	R. Sachithanantham		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	4,43,821
32	Madurai	S. Venkatesan		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2,09,409

Communist Party of India (Marxist) — Tamil Nadu

Election results

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

Lok Sabha

State Secretary List

List of Current Members in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

List of Current Members in Lok Sabha from Tamil Nadu

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