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All 234 seats in the Legislature of Tamil Nadu 118 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 65.42% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The seventh legislative assembly election to Tamil Nadu was held on 28 May 1980. The election was held two years before the end of the term of M. G. Ramachandran administration, as it was dissolved for the failure of state machinery by the then President of India Neelam Sanjiva Reddy. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam allied with the Indian National Congress (Indira) and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam with Janata Party. Despite their landslide victory of 37 out of 39 seats at the general election in January 1980, DMK and Indira Congress failed to win the legislative assembly election. AIADMK won the election and its leader and incumbent Chief Minister MGR was sworn in as Chief Minister for the second time.
The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam allied with Indian National Congress (Indira) in 1977 parliamentary election. However, when Janata Party won the election and Morarji Desai became the Prime Minister, M. G. Ramachandran extended unconditional support to the Janata party Government. He continued his support to the Charan Singh Government in 1979. After the fall of the Charan Singh government, fresh parliamentary elections were conducted in 1980. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam struck alliance with INC(I). AIADMK and Janata Party alliance won only 2 seats in Tamil Nadu in that parliamentary election. INC(I) won the election and Indira Gandhi became the Prime Minister. [1]
Congress-DMK victory in the 1980 parliamentary election emboldened their alliance and made them think that people lost their faith in M. G. Ramachandran government. DMK pressed the union government to dismiss the Tamil Nadu government using similar allegations used by M.G.R to dismiss DMK government in 1976. The AIADMK ministry and the assembly were dismissed by the union government on grounds of civil disorder due to Farmers protest for electricity subsidy. General elections were conducted in 1980. [2]
After the Lok Sabha election, negotiations in seat allotments between DMK and INC(I) were heated. They finally agreed on contesting in equal number of seats. This led to the debate on who the will be the Chief Minister if the alliance wins, which led to TNCC general secretary G.K. Moopanar and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi announcing that DMK president M. Karunanidhi will be the CM candidate for the alliance. [3] Even after the announcement, party leaders were under the impression that DMK must outperform INC(I), in order for Karunanidhi to get the chief ministership. [4]
No. | Party | Election Symbol | Leader | Seats | |
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1. | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ![]() | M. G. Ramachandran | 177 | |
2. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ![]() | G. Ramakrishnan | 16 | |
3. | Communist Party of India | ![]() | D. Pandian | 15 | |
4. | Gandhi Kamaraj National Congress | ![]() | Kumari Ananthan | 10 | |
5. | All India Forward Bloc | 2 | |||
Independent candidates supported by AIADMK | |||||
6. | Independent politician | ![]() | 11 |
No. | Party | Election Symbol | Leader | Seats | |
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1. | Indian National Congress | ![]() | G.K. Moopanar | 114 | |
2. | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | M. Karunanidhi | 112 | ||
Unrecognized parties, whose candidates ran as an independent supported by INC(I) and DMK | |||||
3. | Indian Union Muslim League | K. M. Kader Mohideen | 6 | ||
4. | Independent | ![]() | 2 |
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Alliance/Party | Seats won | Change | Popular Vote | Vote % | Adj. %‡ | ||||
AIADMK+ alliance | 162 | +14 | 9,328,839 | 48.9% | |||||
AIADMK | 129 | −1 | 7,303,010 | 38.8% | 50.4% | ||||
CPI(M) | 11 | −1 | 596,406 | 3.2% | 47.6% | ||||
CPI | 9 | +4 | 501,032 | 2.7% | 43.9% | ||||
GKC | 6 | +6 | 322,440 | 1.7% | 44.1% | ||||
IND | 6 | +6 | 488,296 | 2.6% | |||||
FBL | 1 | – | 65,536 | 0.4% | 44.6% | ||||
INC(U) | 0 | – | 52,119 | 0.3% | 29.3% | ||||
DMK+ alliance | 69 | −6 | 8,371,718 | 44.4% | |||||
DMK | 37 | −11 | 4,164,389 | 22.1% | 45.7% | ||||
INC(I) | 31 | +4 | 3,941,900 | 20.9% | 43.4% | ||||
IND | 1 | +1 | 265,429 | 1.4% | |||||
Others | 3 | −8 | 1,144,449 | 6.1% | |||||
JNP(JP) | 2 | −8 | 522,641 | 2.8% | 6.9% | ||||
IND | 1 | – | 598,897 | 3.2% | – | ||||
Total | 234 | – | 18,845,006 | 100% | – |
Assembly Constituency | Winner | Runner Up | Margin | |||||||||
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#k | Name | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |||
1 | Royapuram | Ponnurangam. P | DMK | 37,390 | 50.31 | Pandian. D | CPI | 36,455 | 49.05 | 935 | ||
2 | Harbour | Selvarasan. A | DMK | 32,716 | 54.14 | Habibulla Baig. Dr. | AIADMK | 21,701 | 35.91 | 11,015 | ||
3 | Radhakrishnan Nagar | Rajasekaran. V | INC | 44,076 | 48.62 | Isari Velan | AIADMK | 36,888 | 40.69 | 7,188 | ||
4 | Park Town | N. V. N. Somu | DMK | 38,095 | 55.94 | Lalchand Daga. S. | GKC | 23,197 | 34.06 | 14,898 | ||
5 | Perambur | Balan. S | DMK | 49,269 | 54.59 | Murugaian. V | CPI(M) | 40,989 | 45.41 | 8,280 | ||
6 | Purasawalkam | Anbazhagan. K | DMK | 52,729 | 52.35 | Valampuri John | AIADMK | 47,021 | 46.68 | 5,708 | ||
7 | Egmore | Ellayaperumal. L | INC | 38,200 | 61.19 | Sivanesan. D. R | INC(U) | 23,444 | 37.55 | 14,756 | ||
8 | Anna Nagar | M. Karunanidhi | DMK | 51,290 | 48.97 | H. V. Hande | AIADMK | 50,591 | 48.31 | 699 | ||
9 | Thiyagaraya Nagar | K. Sourirajan | GKC | 42,566 | 50.58 | Chandran Jeyapal. R. E | DMK | 36,100 | 42.89 | 6,466 | ||
10 | Thousand Lights | Krishnasamy. K. A | AIADMK | 40,499 | 50.19 | Sadiq Pasha. S. J | DMK | 40,192 | 49.81 | 307 | ||
11 | Chepauk | A. Rahman Khan | DMK | 32,627 | 55.64 | Abdul Khader. M. S | AIADMK | 23,401 | 39.91 | 9,226 | ||
12 | Triplicane | K. S. G. Haja Shareef | INC | 33,664 | 52.77 | Sridharan. V. K | INC(U) | 26,786 | 41.99 | 6,878 | ||
13 | Mylapore | T. K. Kapali | AIADMK | 41,260 | 49.66 | Manoharan. K | DMK | 37,944 | 45.67 | 3,316 | ||
14 | Saidapet | D. Purushothaman | DMK | 40,403 | 47.95 | Saithai Duraisamy. S | AIADMK | 38,706 | 45.94 | 1,697 | ||
15 | Gummidipoondi | R. S. Munirathinam | AIADMK | 41,845 | 49.01 | Venu. K | DMK | 34,019 | 39.84 | 7,826 | ||
16 | Ponneri | Chakarapani. R | AIADMK | 42,408 | 51.07 | Nagalingam. P | DMK | 27,490 | 33.11 | 14,918 | ||
17 | Thiruvottiyur | Kumari Ananthan | GKC | 48,451 | 47.36 | Loganathan. T | INC | 44,993 | 43.98 | 3,458 | ||
18 | Villivakkam | Prabakaran. J. C. D | AIADMK | 57,192 | 47.84 | Suppu. K | DMK | 56,489 | 47.25 | 703 | ||
19 | Alandur | K. M. Abdul Razack | AIADMK | 50,345 | 50.18 | Sampath. N. P. L | INC | 44,506 | 44.36 | 5,839 | ||
20 | Tambaram | Pammal Nallathambi | DMK | 59,931 | 51.52 | Munu Adhi | AIADMK | 53,746 | 46.2 | 6,185 | ||
21 | Thiruporur | G. Chockalingam | DMK | 33,287 | 50.63 | Govindarasan. M | AIADMK | 30,990 | 47.13 | 2,297 | ||
22 | Chengalpattu | P. G. Anoor Jegadeesan | AIADMK | 40,466 | 53.07 | Natarajan. K | INC | 35,314 | 46.32 | 5,152 | ||
23 | Maduranthakam | S. D. Ugamchand | AIADMK | 46,922 | 56.84 | C. Arumugam | DMK | 35,113 | 42.54 | 11,809 | ||
24 | Acharapakkam | C. Ganesan | AIADMK | 35,233 | 50.08 | Manavalan. C. M | DMK | 35,114 | 49.92 | 119 | ||
25 | Uthiramerur | S. Jagathrakshakan | AIADMK | 43,303 | 49.11 | Ramadoss. S | INC | 41,717 | 47.31 | 1,586 | ||
26 | Kancheepuram | P. Venkatasubramanian | AIADMK | 46,051 | 48.25 | Sambandan. V | DMK | 43,859 | 45.95 | 2,192 | ||
27 | Sriperumbudur | D. Yasodha | INC | 37,370 | 52.97 | Jaganathan. S | AIADMK | 31,341 | 44.42 | 6,029 | ||
28 | Poonamallee | Rajarathinam. D. | DMK | 38,018 | 48.83 | Sambandan | GKC | 26,930 | 34.59 | 11,088 | ||
29 | Thiruvallur | Pattabiraman. S | AIADMK | 30,121 | 41.49 | Purushothaman. R | INC | 24,585 | 33.87 | 5,536 | ||
30 | Tiruttani | Shanmugam. R | AIADMK | 35,845 | 49.6 | Namashivayam. T | INC | 25,754 | 35.64 | 10,091 | ||
31 | Pallipet | Narasimhan. P. M | AIADMK | 26,377 | 35.03 | Eakambara Reddy. A | INC | 25,967 | 34.48 | 410 | ||
32 | Arakkonam | M. Vijayasarathy | AIADMK | 36,314 | 48.84 | Jayaraj. G | INC | 35,393 | 47.6 | 921 | ||
33 | Sholingur | C. Gopal Mudaliyar | AIADMK | 35,783 | 49.4 | Moorthy. K | DMK | 35,626 | 49.18 | 157 | ||
34 | Ranipet | Durai Murugan | DMK | 44,318 | 53.7 | Renu. N | AIADMK | 37,064 | 44.91 | 7,254 | ||
35 | Arcot | Sethuraman. A M | AIADMK | 35,998 | 48.85 | Akber Pasha. B | INC | 34,058 | 46.21 | 1,940 | ||
36 | Katpadi | Poongavanam. N. A | CPI | 31,918 | 46.48 | Shanmugasundaram. A. K | INC | 26,639 | 38.79 | 5,279 | ||
37 | Gudiyatham | Sundaram. K. R | CPI(M) | 30,869 | 43.87 | Wahab. K. A | Independent | 20,929 | 29.74 | 9,940 | ||
38 | Pernambut | Moorthy. G | AIADMK | 30,048 | 45.31 | Rajarathinam. C | INC | 24,713 | 37.26 | 5,335 | ||
39 | Vaniyambadi | Kulasekara Pandiyan. N | AIADMK | 38,049 | 52.54 | Abdul Latheef. M | Independent | 34,375 | 47.46 | 3,674 | ||
40 | Natrampalli | Anbazhagan. T | AIADMK | 42,786 | 49.82 | Raja. N. K | DMK | 36,161 | 42.11 | 6,625 | ||
41 | Tirupattur (Vellore) | B. Sundaram | DMK | 42,786 | 54.74 | Ramasamy. G | AIADMK | 34,682 | 44.37 | 8,104 | ||
42 | Chengam | T. Swamikannu | AIADMK | 26,823 | 48.06 | Arumugam. A | INC | 25,987 | 46.56 | 836 | ||
43 | Thandarambattu | Venugopal. D | DMK | 46,326 | 63.86 | Kasinathan. U | GKC | 25,257 | 34.82 | 21,069 | ||
44 | Tiruvannamalai | Narayanasamy. K | INC | 54,437 | 58.78 | Shunmugam. P. U | AIADMK | 36,052 | 38.93 | 18,385 | ||
45 | Kalasapakkam | P. S. Thiruvengadam | DMK | 44,923 | 54.49 | Visvanathan. C. N | AIADMK | 32,972 | 39.99 | 11,951 | ||
46 | Polur | L. Balaraman | INC | 35,456 | 48.92 | Selvan. A | AIADMK | 33,303 | 45.95 | 2,153 | ||
47 | Anaikattu | G. Viswanathan | AIADMK | 35,242 | 53.37 | Jeevarathinam. R | INC | 29,287 | 44.35 | 5,955 | ||
48 | Vellore | V. M. Devaraj | DMK | 43,126 | 49.68 | Ranganathan. A. K | AIADMK | 38,619 | 44.49 | 4,507 | ||
49 | Arani | A. C. Shanmugam | AIADMK | 42,928 | 50.65 | Selvarasu. E | DMK | 37,877 | 44.69 | 5,051 | ||
50 | Cheyyar | Babu Janarthanan | DMK | 43,341 | 55.26 | Vizhi Vendan. K. A. | AIADMK | 35,091 | 44.74 | 8,250 | ||
51 | Vandavasi | Kuppusami. C | AIADMK | 38,501 | 50.21 | Kanniappan. C | DMK | 36,019 | 46.97 | 2,482 | ||
52 | Peranamallur | Venkitesan. P. M | AIADMK | 32,645 | 44.09 | Margabandu. R | INC | 31,767 | 42.9 | 878 | ||
53 | Melmalayanur | Chinnadurai. A | AIADMK | 39,572 | 48.84 | Perumal Nainar. V | INC | 39,374 | 48.59 | 198 | ||
54 | Gingee | Ramchandran. N | DMK | 41,708 | 49.92 | Krishnasamy. G | AIADMK | 40,075 | 47.96 | 1,633 | ||
55 | Tindivanam | Thangamani Gounder. K. M | INC | 29,778 | 42.33 | Erajaram Reddy | AIADMK | 24,302 | 34.55 | 5,476 | ||
56 | Vanur | N. Muthuvel | DMK | 38,883 | 52.89 | Ramajayam. M. N | AIADMK | 33,635 | 45.75 | 5,248 | ||
57 | Kandamangalam | Kannan. M | AIADMK | 34,368 | 49.49 | Madhavan. P | INC | 32,011 | 46.09 | 2,357 | ||
58 | Villupuram | Palaniappan. K. P | DMK | 45,952 | 52.02 | Rajarathinam. M | AIADMK | 40,792 | 46.18 | 5,160 | ||
59 | Mugaiyur | Sundaramurthy. R | INC | 39,490 | 53.17 | Ragothuman. G | AIADMK | 31,889 | 42.94 | 7,601 | ||
60 | Thirunavalur | Subramanian. V | DMK | 36,517 | 48.29 | Manoharan. T. N. G. A | AIADMK | 36,344 | 48.06 | 173 | ||
61 | Ulundurpet | Rangasamy. K | DMK | 40,068 | 55.35 | Natesan. Karu | AIADMK | 30,113 | 41.6 | 9,955 | ||
62 | Nellikuppam | Krishnamoorthi. V | DMK | 40,526 | 55.17 | Govindarajan. C | CPI(M) | 28,415 | 38.68 | 12,111 | ||
63 | Cuddalore | Babu Govindarajan | DMK | 40,539 | 49.05 | Ragupathi. A | AIADMK | 37,398 | 45.25 | 3,141 | ||
64 | Panruti | S. Ramachandaran | AIADMK | 44,557 | 51.88 | K. Nandagopala Krishnan | DMK | 40,070 | 46.65 | 4,487 | ||
65 | Kurinjipadi | A. Thangarasu | AIADMK | 38,349 | 49.65 | M. Selvaraj | DMK | 35,390 | 45.82 | 2,959 | ||
66 | Bhuvanagiri | V. V. Swaminathan | AIADMK | 41,207 | 49.1 | Asanudeen. K. S | Independent | 34,883 | 41.56 | 6,324 | ||
67 | Kattumannarkoil | E. Ramalingam | DMK | 44,012 | 59.46 | Mahalingam. P. S | CPI(M) | 29,350 | 39.65 | 14,662 | ||
68 | Chidambaram | K. R. Ganapathi | AIADMK | 41,728 | 51.71 | Kaliyamoorthy Durai | DMK | 38,461 | 47.66 | 3,267 | ||
69 | Vriddhachalam | R. Thiyagarajan | INC | 45,382 | 51.86 | C. Ramanathan | AIADMK | 41,234 | 47.12 | 4,148 | ||
70 | Mangalore | Kaliamoorthy. P | AIADMK | 40,678 | 48.9 | Kamaraj. S | INC | 39,495 | 47.48 | 1,183 | ||
71 | Rishivandiyam | Sundaram. M | INC | 38,238 | 51.11 | Deiveekan. M | AIADMK | 33,317 | 44.54 | 4,921 | ||
72 | Chinnasalem | S. Sivaraman | INC | 39,370 | 52.45 | Ambayiram. A | AIADMK | 34,123 | 45.46 | 5,247 | ||
73 | Sankarapuram | Kalitheerthan. S | AIADMK | 36,352 | 49.91 | Muthusami. D | INC | 32,811 | 45.05 | 3,541 | ||
74 | Hosur | T. Venkata Reddy | INC | 25,855 | 49.8 | Kothandaramaiah. K. S | Independent | 21,443 | 41.31 | 4,412 | ||
75 | Thalli | D. R. Rajaram Naidu | INC | 25,558 | 41.53 | Vijayendriah. D. R | JP | 22,601 | 36.72 | 2,957 | ||
76 | Kaveripattinam | Samarasam. K | AIADMK | 35,434 | 51.13 | Venkatesan. S | DMK | 31,911 | 46.05 | 3,523 | ||
77 | Krishnagiri | Chinnarasu. K. R | AIADMK | 28,020 | 49.75 | Kamalanathan. M | DMK | 26,223 | 46.55 | 1,797 | ||
78 | Bargur | Doraisamy. Bn. S | AIADMK | 39,893 | 57.26 | Murugesan. K | DMK | 29,045 | 41.69 | 10,848 | ||
79 | Harur | Sabapathy. C. | AIADMK | 40,009 | 57.66 | Natesan. T. V. | INC | 27,401 | 39.49 | 12,608 | ||
80 | Morappur | Kuppusamy. N. | AIADMK | 43,096 | 57.18 | Balasubramanian. R. | INC | 29,967 | 39.76 | 13,129 | ||
81 | Palacode | Munusamy. M. B. | AIADMK | 38,999 | 52.36 | Balasubhrmaniam . R. | INC | 34,864 | 46.81 | 4,135 | ||
82 | Dharmapuri | Aranganathan. S. | AIADMK | 33,977 | 46.12 | Vadivel. D. N. | INC | 32,472 | 44.08 | 1,505 | ||
83 | Pennagaram | Theertha Raman. P | GKC | 34,590 | 52.74 | Marumuthu. K | DMK | 27,481 | 41.9 | 7,109 | ||
84 | Mettur | Nachimuthu. K. P | AIADMK | 48,845 | 58.28 | Kandappan. S | DMK | 29,977 | 35.77 | 18,868 | ||
85 | Taramangalam | Semmalai. S | Independent | 49,597 | 60.33 | Narayanan. R | INC | 27,214 | 33.11 | 22,383 | ||
86 | Omalur | Sivaperuman. M | AIADMK | 42,399 | 58.2 | Marimuthu. C | DMK | 30,447 | 41.8 | 11,952 | ||
87 | Yercaud | Thiruman | AIADMK | 28,869 | 51.35 | Natesan. R | DMK | 27,020 | 48.06 | 1,849 | ||
88 | Salem-I | Krishnaraj. G | AIADMK | 50,976 | 52.55 | Amanullah Khan | Independent | 31,745 | 32.72 | 19,231 | ||
89 | Salem-Ii | Arumugam. M | AIADMK | 40,975 | 51.57 | Anbalagan. K | INC | 36,235 | 45.61 | 4,740 | ||
90 | Veerapandi | P. Vijayalakshmi | AIADMK | 51,034 | 57.95 | Srinivasan. K. P | DMK | 35,061 | 39.81 | 15,973 | ||
91 | Panamarathupatty | Rajaram. K | AIADMK | 44,218 | 57.25 | Santhanantham. P. M | INC | 31,614 | 40.93 | 12,604 | ||
92 | Attur | C. Palanimuthu | INC | 38,416 | 53.44 | Kandasami. P | AIADMK | 31,525 | 43.85 | 6,891 | ||
93 | Talavasal | Rajambal. T. | INC | 38,217 | 52.4 | Devarajan. M. | AIADMK | 34,718 | 47.6 | 3,499 | ||
94 | Rasipuram | Ramalingam. K. P | AIADMK | 49,779 | 58.25 | Muthu. P. T. | DMK | 34,175 | 39.99 | 15,604 | ||
95 | Sendamangalam | Sivaprakasam. S. | AIADMK | 37,577 | 54.44 | Vadama Gounder | INC | 30,543 | 44.25 | 7,034 | ||
96 | Namakkal | Arunachalam R. | AIADMK | 42,850 | 51.78 | Veluswamy K. | DMK | 38,957 | 47.07 | 3,893 | ||
97 | Kapilamalai | C. V. Velappan | AIADMK | 39,224 | 45.11 | Sengottaiyan. P. | INC | 33,823 | 38.9 | 5,401 | ||
98 | Tiruchengodu | Ponnaiyan. C. | AIADMK | 69,122 | 55.34 | Kaliyannan. T. M. | INC | 52,046 | 41.67 | 17,076 | ||
99 | Sankari | P. Dhanapal | AIADMK | 45,664 | 56.61 | Varadarajan. R. | DMK | 33,109 | 41.04 | 12,555 | ||
100 | Edapadi | I. Ganesan | AIADMK | 37,978 | 38.93 | Natarajan. T. | Independent | 32,159 | 32.97 | 5,819 | ||
101 | Mettupalayam | S. Palanisamy | AIADMK | 48,266 | 58.96 | Vijayan. K. | INC | 32,311 | 39.47 | 15,955 | ||
102 | Avanashi | Arumugam. M. | CPI | 33,294 | 54.22 | Palanisamy. S. N. | INC | 23,623 | 38.47 | 9,671 | ||
103 | Thondamuthur | Chinnaraj. | AIADMK | 57,822 | 57.54 | Manickkavachagam. R. | DMK | 42,673 | 42.46 | 15,149 | ||
104 | Singanallur | Kulasekar. A. D. | DMK | 44,523 | 45.16 | Venkidu Alias Venkatasamy. R. | CPI(M) | 41,302 | 41.9 | 3,221 | ||
105 | Coimbatore (West) | C. Aranganayagam | AIADMK | 38,061 | 48.2 | M. Ramanathan | DMK | 35,634 | 45.13 | 2,427 | ||
106 | Coimbatore (East) | Ramani. K. | CPI(M) | 33,666 | 45.39 | Ganga Nair | INC | 33,533 | 45.21 | 133 | ||
107 | Perur | Kovaithambi | AIADMK | 47,308 | 48.04 | Natarasan. A. | DMK | 46,823 | 47.54 | 485 | ||
108 | Kinathukadavu | K. V. Kandaswamy | AIADMK | 42,822 | 53.58 | Doraiswamy. S. T. | INC | 37,093 | 46.42 | 5,729 | ||
109 | Pollachi | M. V. Rathinam | AIADMK | 52,833 | 56.61 | M. Kannappan | DMK | 39,797 | 42.64 | 13,036 | ||
110 | Valparai | A. T. Karuppiah | CPI | 46,406 | 56.83 | N. Kovaithangam | INC | 33,354 | 40.85 | 13,052 | ||
111 | Udumalaipettai | P. Kolandaivelu | AIADMK | 50,570 | 52.34 | R. T. Mariyappan | DMK | 46,049 | 47.66 | 4,521 | ||
112 | Dharapuram | Periasamy. A. | AIADMK | 43,319 | 56.05 | Palaniammal. V. P. | DMK | 32,887 | 42.55 | 10,432 | ||
113 | Vellakoil | Ramasami. D. | AIADMK | 56,975 | 62.63 | M. Andi Ambalam | INC | 36,859 | 52.46 | 20,116 | ||
114 | Pongalur | P. Kandaswamy | AIADMK | 40,116 | 58.67 | S. R. Balasubramaniam | INC | 26,420 | 38.64 | 13,696 | ||
115 | Palladam | P. N. Paramasiva Gounder | AIADMK | 40,305 | 48.36 | K. N. Kumarasamy Gounder | INC | 32,345 | 38.81 | 7,960 | ||
116 | Tiruppur | Manimaran. R. | AIADMK | 63,371 | 56.98 | Mohan Kandasamy Alias P. Kandasamy Gounder | INC | 39,276 | 35.32 | 24,095 | ||
117 | Kangayam | Krishnaswamy. K. G. | AIADMK | 45,950 | 56.1 | Sivasabapathi. M. | DMK | 34,341 | 41.92 | 11,609 | ||
118 | Modakkurichi | Balakrishnan. S. | AIADMK | 56,049 | 58.67 | Ganesamoorthy. A. | DMK | 38,402 | 40.2 | 17,647 | ||
119 | Perundurai | Nallapan. T. K. | CPI | 44,210 | 54.69 | Jaganathan. N. K. P. | INC | 32,543 | 40.26 | 11,667 | ||
120 | Erode | S. Muthusamy | AIADMK | 62,342 | 56.62 | Sainathan. R. | INC | 43,839 | 39.82 | 18,503 | ||
121 | Bhavani | P. G. Narayanan | AIADMK | 44,152 | 60.89 | Madeswaran. M. P. V. | INC | 22,926 | 31.61 | 21,226 | ||
122 | Anthiyur | P. Guruswamy | AIADMK | 34,498 | 57.06 | Vadivel. T. G. | DMK | 20,662 | 34.17 | 13,836 | ||
123 | Gobichettipalayam | K. A. Sengottaiyan | AIADMK | 44,703 | 59.38 | Subramaniam. K. M. | INC | 29,690 | 39.44 | 15,013 | ||
124 | Bhavanisagar | Subramaniam. G. K. | AIADMK | 38,557 | 48.28 | Sampoornam Swamynathan. | DMK | 27,852 | 34.88 | 10,705 | ||
125 | Sathyamangalam | Rangasamy. R. | AIADMK | 35,096 | 50.04 | Rasappa. C. R. | INC | 35,036 | 49.96 | 60 | ||
126 | Coonoor | Ranganathan. M. | DMK | 34,424 | 56.85 | Periasamy. C. | AIADMK | 22,756 | 37.58 | 11,668 | ||
127 | Udhagamandalam | K. Kallan | INC | 35,528 | 51.82 | B. Gopalan | AIADMK | 25,628 | 37.38 | 9,900 | ||
128 | Gudalur | K. Hutchi Gowder | DMK | 36,780 | 58.39 | Narayanan Nair. M. S. | CPI | 23,636 | 37.52 | 13,144 | ||
129 | Palani | N. Palanivel | CPI(M) | 41,874 | 53.12 | Mani. S. R. P. | INC | 35,646 | 45.22 | 6,228 | ||
130 | Oddanchatram | K. Kuppuswamy | AIADMK | 35,269 | 45.26 | Palaniswamy. S. K. | INC | 23,882 | 30.65 | 11,387 | ||
131 | Periyakulam | Gopalakrishnan. K | AIADMK | 43,774 | 54.01 | Sheik Abdul Kader. K. | INC | 34,938 | 43.11 | 8,836 | ||
132 | Theni | V. R. Jayaraman | AIADMK | 51,534 | 55.44 | Alagar Raja. N. R. | INC | 41,415 | 44.56 | 10,119 | ||
133 | Bodinayakkanur | Subramanian. K. M. S. | AIADMK | 50,972 | 59.77 | Ramachandran. K. S. M. | INC | 34,013 | 39.89 | 16,959 | ||
134 | Cumbum | Gopalan. R. T. | AIADMK | 47,577 | 49.2 | Cumbum Mahandiran. A. K. | DMK | 35,395 | 36.6 | 12,182 | ||
135 | Andipatti | S. S. Rajendran | AIADMK | 44,490 | 59.79 | Kandasamy. K. | INC | 16,508 | 22.18 | 27,982 | ||
136 | Sedapatti | Muthiah. R. | AIADMK | 42,012 | 59.87 | Thangarasan. R. S. | DMK | 28,157 | 40.13 | 13,855 | ||
137 | Tirumangalam | N. S. V. Chitthan | INC | 35,181 | 46.43 | Perumal. A. R. | AIFB | 31,679 | 41.81 | 3,502 | ||
138 | Usilampatti | Andi Thevar. S. | AIFB | 33,857 | 47.67 | Muthuramalingam. P. K. M. | Independent | 21,534 | 30.32 | 12,323 | ||
139 | Nilakottai | A. S. Ponnammal | Independent | 48,892 | 61.6 | Manivasagam. A. | DMK | 30,480 | 38.4 | 18,412 | ||
140 | Sholavandan | Chandrasekaran. A. | INC | 41,720 | 50.28 | Manian. P. S. | AIADMK | 41,255 | 49.72 | 465 | ||
141 | Thiruparankundram | Kalimuthu. K. | AIADMK | 61,247 | 60.53 | Seeni Thevar. P. | DMK | 38,740 | 38.29 | 22,507 | ||
142 | Madurai West | M. G. Ramachandran | AIADMK | 57,019 | 59.61 | Pon. Muthuramalingam | DMK | 35,953 | 37.59 | 21,066 | ||
143 | Madurai Central | Pazha Nedumara | Independent | 45,700 | 58.13 | P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan | DMK | 31,566 | 40.15 | 14,134 | ||
144 | Madurai East | N. Sankaraiah | CPI(M) | 36,862 | 49.35 | Ramamoorthy. M. A. | INC | 30,923 | 41.4 | 5,939 | ||
145 | Samayanallur | Baluchamy. A. | AIADMK | 50,612 | 53.61 | Subashchandra Bose. P. | DMK | 42,958 | 45.5 | 7,654 | ||
146 | Melur | Veeranambalam. K. V. | INC | 54,003 | 54.6 | Paramasivan. A. M. | AIADMK | 41,849 | 42.31 | 12,154 | ||
147 | Natham | Alagarsamy. T. | Independent | 32,471 | 46.21 | Somasundaram. A. | Independent | 509 | 0.72 | 31,962 | ||
148 | Dindigul | N. Varadarajan | Independent | 55,195 | 54.89 | Abdul Khader. N. | INC | 43,676 | 43.44 | 11,519 | ||
149 | Athoor | A. Vellaisamy | AIADMK | 55,359 | 58.17 | Rajambal | DMK | 38,990 | 40.97 | 16,369 | ||
150 | Vedasandur | V. P. Balasubramanian | AIADMK | 58,128 | 63.89 | Raju. G. P. V. | INC | 32,857 | 36.11 | 25,271 | ||
151 | Aravakurichi | Sennimalai Alias. Kandahsamy P. S. | AIADMK | 45,145 | 51.6 | Shanmugam. K. | INC | 40,233 | 45.99 | 4,912 | ||
152 | Karur | M. Chinnasamy | AIADMK | 54,331 | 50.79 | S. Nallasamy | DMK | 46,025 | 43.02 | 8,306 | ||
153 | Krishnarayapuram | P. M. Thangavelraj | INC | 43,623 | 55.33 | Rengaraju. O. | AIADMK | 34,584 | 43.86 | 9,039 | ||
154 | Marungapuri | Raj Kumar. M. A. | AIADMK | 32,021 | 41.98 | Ramanathan. V. | INC | 28,444 | 37.29 | 3,577 | ||
155 | Kulithalai | Karuppaiah. R. | CPI | 44,525 | 52.96 | Srinivasa Reddiar. P. E. | INC | 36,336 | 43.22 | 8,189 | ||
156 | Thottiam | Periasami. R. | INC | 37,426 | 42.89 | Jayaraj. T. P. K. | Independent | 37,119 | 42.53 | 307 | ||
157 | Uppiliapuram | Arengarajan. V. | AIADMK | 43,263 | 49.46 | Palanimuthu. R. | INC | 40,997 | 46.87 | 2,266 | ||
158 | Musiri | Rajamanickam. M. K. | AIADMK | 53,697 | 52.2 | Natarajan. R. | DMK | 49,171 | 47.8 | 4,526 | ||
159 | Lalgudi | Anbil P. Dharmalingam | DMK | 40,899 | 40.9 | Swamickan. A. | Independent | 38,099 | 38.1 | 2,800 | ||
160 | Perambalur | J. S. Raju | DMK | 28,680 | 40.98 | Angamuthu. M. | AIADMK | 24,224 | 34.62 | 4,456 | ||
161 | Varahur | Perumal. N. | AIADMK | 39,476 | 53.27 | Chinnaian. P. | INC | 33,277 | 44.9 | 6,199 | ||
162 | Ariyalur | T. Arumugam | DMK | 45,980 | 52.53 | Asokan. | AIADMK | 36,776 | 42.01 | 9,204 | ||
163 | Andimadam | S. Krishnamoorthy | AIADMK | 36,120 | 50.49 | Sivasubramanian. S. | DMK | 35,412 | 49.51 | 708 | ||
164 | Jayankondam | Thangavelu. P. | INC | 39,862 | 45.76 | Selvarajan. T. | AIADMK | 34,955 | 40.13 | 4,907 | ||
165 | Srirangam | R. Soudararajan | AIADMK | 49,160 | 53.48 | Swaminathan. V. | INC | 42,761 | 46.52 | 6,399 | ||
166 | Tiruchirappalli I | Musiri Putthan. P. | AIADMK | 35,361 | 49.68 | Krishnamurthi. A. V. | DMK | 33,183 | 46.62 | 2,178 | ||
167 | Tiruchirappalli Ii | K. Soundararajan | AIADMK | 43,029 | 55.52 | Kader Mohideen. M. K. | Independent | 34,467 | 44.48 | 8,562 | ||
168 | Thiruverumbur | Gurusamy Alias Annadasan. N. | AIADMK | 51,012 | 56.24 | Murugesan. K. S. | DMK | 39,047 | 43.05 | 11,965 | ||
169 | Sirkazhi | K. Balasubramanian | AIADMK | 49,334 | 57.78 | K. Subravelu | DMK | 36,054 | 42.22 | 13,280 | ||
170 | Poompuhar | Vijayabalan. N. | AIADMK | 45,292 | 53.36 | Ganesan. S. | DMK | 39,587 | 46.64 | 5,705 | ||
171 | Mayiladuthurai | N. Kittappa | DMK | 37,671 | 48.89 | Bala Velayutham | AIADMK | 37,001 | 48.03 | 670 | ||
172 | Kuttalam | Rajamanickam. R. | DMK | 44,254 | 53.39 | Veeraiyan. G. | CPI(M) | 33,364 | 40.25 | 10,890 | ||
173 | Nannilam | Kalaiarasan. A. | AIADMK | 44,829 | 52.73 | M. Manimaran | DMK | 39,689 | 46.69 | 5,140 | ||
174 | Thiruvarur | M. Sellamuthu | CPI(M) | 45,557 | 50.18 | Kuppusamy. Kovi | DMK | 43,959 | 48.42 | 1,598 | ||
175 | Nagapattinam | R. Umanath | CPI(M) | 44,105 | 51.38 | Ramanatha Thevar. S. S. R. | INC | 41,738 | 48.62 | 2,367 | ||
176 | Vedaranyam | M. S. Manickam | AIADMK | 52,311 | 60.86 | M. Meenakshi Sundaram | DMK | 32,656 | 37.99 | 19,655 | ||
177 | Thiruthuraipoondi | P. Uthirapathy | CPI(M) | 62,051 | 61.2 | V. Vedaiyan | INC | 39,345 | 38.8 | 22,706 | ||
178 | Mannargudi | M. Ambigapathi | CPI | 51,818 | 56.33 | Gopalasamy Thenkondar M. | INC | 33,496 | 36.41 | 18,322 | ||
179 | Pattukkottai | Somasundaram. S. D. | AIADMK | 52,900 | 54.96 | Marimuthu. A. R. | INC | 42,302 | 43.95 | 10,598 | ||
180 | Peravurani | Govendan. M. R. | AIADMK | 56,010 | 58.56 | Palanivel. A. | INC | 39,633 | 41.44 | 16,377 | ||
181 | Orathanadu | T. Veeraswamy | INC | 47,021 | 50.53 | T.M. Thailappan | AIADMK | 45,402 | 48.79 | 1,619 | ||
182 | Thiruvonam | Sivagnanam. N. | INC | 44,748 | 49.36 | Durai Govindarajan | AIADMK | 44,686 | 49.29 | 62 | ||
183 | Thanjavur | S. Natarajan | DMK | 40,880 | 50.61 | Ramamurthy. A. | Independent | 39,901 | 49.39 | 979 | ||
184 | Thiruvaiyaru | Subramanian. M. | AIADMK | 42,636 | 55.14 | Elangovan. G. | DMK | 32,967 | 42.64 | 9,669 | ||
185 | Papanasam | S. Rajaraman | INC | 36,101 | 50.3 | Narayanaswamy. Govi | AIADMK | 33,152 | 46.19 | 2,949 | ||
186 | Valangiman | Gomathy | AIADMK | 40,667 | 56.11 | Chellappa. A. | DMK | 29,502 | 40.7 | 11,165 | ||
187 | Kumbakonam | Pakeer Mohamed. E. S. M. | INC | 45,038 | 55.98 | Eradha. S. R. | AIADMK | 35,415 | 44.02 | 9,623 | ||
188 | Thiruvidaimarudur | Ramalingam. S. | DMK | 46,943 | 53.31 | Rajamaniekam. K. | AIADMK | 41,111 | 46.69 | 5,832 | ||
189 | Thirumayam | Sundararaj. N. | INC | 39,479 | 45.72 | Pulavar Ponnambalam | AIADMK | 39,256 | 45.46 | 223 | ||
190 | Kolathur | Marimuthu. T. | AIADMK | 50,810 | 57.25 | Thamizhselvan. A. Keerai. | DMK | 37,200 | 41.91 | 13,610 | ||
191 | Pudukkottai | Rajakumar Vijaya Raghunatha Thondaiman | INC | 47,660 | 49.71 | Subbiah. K. R. | CPI | 46,387 | 48.38 | 1,273 | ||
192 | Alangudi | P. Thirumaran | AIADMK | 59,206 | 55.33 | T. Pushparaju | INC | 44,605 | 41.68 | 14,601 | ||
193 | Aranthangi | Su. Thirunavukkarasar | AIADMK | 50,792 | 49.5 | Mohamed Mashood. M. | Independent | 36,519 | 35.59 | 14,273 | ||
194 | Tiruppattur (Sivaganga) | Valmigi. V. | INC | 34,342 | 42 | Madhavan. S. | Independent | 20,116 | 24.6 | 14,226 | ||
195 | Karaikudi | Chidambaram. C. T. | DMK | 46,541 | 51.78 | Kaliappan. P. | AIADMK | 42,648 | 47.45 | 3,893 | ||
196 | Tiruvadanai | Anguchamy. S. | AIADMK | 34,392 | 37.96 | Ramanathan Thevar. A. T. M. | INC | 32,406 | 35.77 | 1,986 | ||
197 | Ilayangudi | Sivasamy. S. | CPI | 34,437 | 46.51 | Malaikkannan. V. | DMK | 34,381 | 46.43 | 56 | ||
198 | Sivaganga | O. Subramanian | INC | 41,327 | 56.94 | Natarajasamy. N. | Independent | 29,875 | 41.16 | 11,452 | ||
199 | Manamadurai | K. Paramalai | Independent | 38,435 | 50.52 | Krishnan. U. | INC | 36,824 | 48.4 | 1,611 | ||
200 | Paramakudi | R. Thavasi | AIADMK | 43,710 | 54.22 | Elamaran. A. | DMK | 34,876 | 43.26 | 8,834 | ||
201 | Ramanathapuram | T. Ramasamy | AIADMK | 46,987 | 57.63 | Zeenath Sheriffdeen | INC | 32,755 | 40.18 | 14,232 | ||
202 | Kadaladi | S. Sathiamoorthy | AIADMK | 40,246 | 51.41 | Abdul Cadir. T. S. O. | Independent | 37,010 | 47.28 | 3,236 | ||
203 | Mudukulathur | C. Dinesh Thevar | Independent | 42,711 | 51.43 | Balakrishnan. S. | INC | 37,175 | 44.77 | 5,536 | ||
204 | Aruppukottai | M. Pitchai | AIADMK | 42,589 | 53.67 | V. Thangapandian | DMK | 30,904 | 38.95 | 11,685 | ||
205 | Sattur | K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran | AIADMK | 54,720 | 55.1 | Saudi Sundara Barati. S. | DMK | 43,795 | 44.1 | 10,925 | ||
206 | Virudhunagar | M. Sundararajan | AIADMK | 40,285 | 48.86 | P. Seenivasan | DMK | 29,665 | 35.98 | 10,620 | ||
207 | Sivakasi | V. Balakrishnan | AIADMK | 53,081 | 61.32 | S. Alagu Thevar | DMK | 27,348 | 31.59 | 25,733 | ||
208 | Srivilliputhur | R. Thamaraikani | AIADMK | 46,882 | 52.36 | Karruppiah Thevar P. | INC | 29,216 | 32.63 | 17,666 | ||
209 | Rajapalayam | P. Mokkian | Independent | 38,339 | 44.07 | Pottu Pottan K. | INC | 29,758 | 34.2 | 8,581 | ||
210 | Vilathikulam | Perumal R. K. | AIADMK | 40,728 | 53.75 | Kumaragurubara Ramanathan S. | DMK | 34,088 | 44.99 | 6,640 | ||
211 | Ottapidaram | Appadurai. M. | CPI | 33,071 | 52.11 | Veluchami. O. S. | INC | 30,393 | 47.89 | 2,678 | ||
212 | Kovilpatti | Alagarasamy. S. | CPI | 39,442 | 51.37 | Jeyalakshmi. V. | INC | 30,792 | 40.11 | 8,650 | ||
213 | Sankarankoil | P. Durairaj | AIADMK | 31,818 | 48.87 | Madan. K. | DMK | 29,436 | 45.21 | 2,382 | ||
214 | Vasudevanallur | R. Krishnan | CPI(M) | 33,107 | 50.51 | Eswaran. R. | INC | 29,921 | 45.65 | 3,186 | ||
215 | Kadayanallur | A. Shahul Hameed | Independent | 38,225 | 50.71 | Gani A. M. Alias Mohideen Pitchai. A. | AIADMK | 36,354 | 48.23 | 1,871 | ||
216 | Tenkasi | A. K. Sattanatha Karayalar | AIADMK | 36,638 | 49.88 | Ramanan Alias Venkataramanan. T. R. | INC | 35,963 | 48.96 | 675 | ||
217 | Alangulam | Navaneetha Krishna Pandian. R. | GKC | 41,271 | 53.88 | Dorai Singh. E. | DMK | 34,587 | 45.15 | 6,684 | ||
218 | Tirunelveli | V. R. Nedunchezhiyan | AIADMK | 48,338 | 57.96 | Rajathi Kunchithapatham | INC | 34,142 | 40.94 | 14,196 | ||
219 | Palayamkottai | V. Karuppasamy Pandian | AIADMK | 45,049 | 57.96 | Seetharaman. Suba | DMK | 32,680 | 42.04 | 12,369 | ||
220 | Cheranmahadevi | P. H. Pandian | AIADMK | 42,793 | 57.62 | Ratnasabhapathy. V. | INC | 30,683 | 41.31 | 12,110 | ||
221 | Ambasamudram | Easwarmoorthy (Soranam) | CPI(M) | 31,262 | 47.39 | Sangumuthu Thevarm S. | INC | 26,975 | 40.89 | 4,287 | ||
222 | Nanguneri | M. John Vincent | AIADMK | 36,725 | 52.18 | Thangaraj. J. | INC | 32,676 | 46.43 | 4,049 | ||
223 | Radhapuram | E. Muthuramalingam | GKC | 38,044 | 53.95 | Nellai Nedumaran | DMK | 31,408 | 44.54 | 6,636 | ||
224 | Sattangulam | Ramasamy. S. N. | GKC | 24,700 | 41.24 | Dhanuskodi Athithan. R. | INC | 23,688 | 39.55 | 1,012 | ||
225 | Tiruchendur | Kesava Athithan. S. | AIADMK | 35,499 | 49.49 | Samsudin Alias Kathiravan | DMK | 34,294 | 47.81 | 1,205 | ||
226 | Srivaikuntam | Ramasubramanian. E. | AIADMK | 26,502 | 38.99 | Shanmugam. V. | INC | 24,404 | 35.91 | 2,098 | ||
227 | Thoothukkudi | Rajendran. S. N. | AIADMK | 54,171 | 57.61 | Krishnan. R. | DMK | 39,365 | 41.86 | 14,806 | ||
228 | Kanniyakumari | S. Muthukrishnan | AIADMK | 35,613 | 47.58 | Mathevan Pillai. A. | INC | 28,515 | 38.1 | 7,098 | ||
229 | Nagercoil | Vincent. M. | AIADMK | 39,328 | 54.76 | Thiraviam. A. | DMK | 30,045 | 41.83 | 9,283 | ||
230 | Colachel | S. Retnaraj | DMK | 42,949 | 67.03 | Sanotsham. M. | AIADMK | 21,127 | 32.97 | 21,822 | ||
231 | Padmanabhapuram | P. Mohammad Ismail | JP | 19,758 | 37.27 | Lawrence. K. | GKC | 17,434 | 32.88 | 2,324 | ||
232 | Thiruvattar | Hemachandran J. | CPI(M) | 29,463 | 47.71 | Thobias P. | INC | 17,099 | 27.69 | 12,364 | ||
233 | Vilavancode | Moni D. | CPI(M) | 34,170 | 53.66 | Davis Raj P. | DMK | 25,348 | 39.81 | 8,822 | ||
234 | Killiyoor | P. Vijayaraghavan | JP | 31,521 | 54.28 | Russel Raj C. | DMK | 16,691 | 28.74 | 14,830 |
After the Seventh General Elections held in 1980, a new Ministry with Dr. M. G. Ramachandran as Chief Ministers was formed on the noon of 9 June 1980. The names of the Ministers with their portfolios are given below:
S.no | Name | Constituency | Designation | Portfolios | Party | |||
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Chief Minister | ||||||||
1. | Dr. M. G. Ramachandran | Madurai (West) | Chief Minister |
| AIADMK | |||
Cabinet Ministers | ||||||||
2. | Dr. V. R. Nedunchezhiyan | Tirunelveli | Minister for Finance Minister |
| AIADMK | |||
3. | S. Ramachandran | Panruti | Minister for Electricity |
| AIADMK | |||
4. | K. A. Krishnaswamy | Thousand Lights | Minister for Rural Industries-Minister |
| AIADMK | |||
5. | S. D. Somasundaram | Pattukkottai | Minister for Revenue Minister for Prohibition and Excise |
| AIADMK | |||
6. | R. M. Veerappan | Minister for Information and religious Endowments, |
| AIADMK | ||||
7. | C. Aranganayagam | Coimbatore (South) | Minister for Education |
| AIADMK | |||
8. | K. Kalimuthu | Thiruparankundram | Minister for Agriculture |
| AIADMK | |||
9. | C. Ponnaiyan | Tiruchengode | Minister for Co-operation and Law-Minister |
| AIADMK | |||
10. | P. Kolandaivelu | Udumalaipettai | Minister for Local Administration-Minister |
| AIADMK | |||
11. | S. Raghavanandam | Minister for Labour |
| AIADMK | ||||
12. | Dr. H. V. Hande | Minister for Health-Minister |
| AIADMK | ||||
13. | K. Raja Mohammed | Minister for Irrigation-Minister |
| AIADMK | ||||
14. | S. Muthusamy | Erode | Minister for Transport |
| AIADMK | |||
15. | Su. Thirunavukkarasar | Arantangi | Minister for Industries |
| AIADMK | |||
16. | S. N. Rajendran | Thoothukkudi | Minister for Handlooms and Khadi-Minister |
| AIADMK | |||
17. | M. Vijayasarathy | Arakkonam (SC) | Minister for Harijan Welfare-Minister |
| AIADMK | |||
18. | Gomathi Srinivasan | Valangiman (SC) | Minister for Social Welfare-Minister |
| AIADMK |
Thiruvalargal S.R. Eradha and M.R. Govendan and Selvi P. Vijayalakhsmi were appointed as additional Members of the Council of Ministers with effect from 1 July 1983. Consequently the business of the Government was re-allocated among the Ministers as follows with effect from 1 July 1983:
R. Soundararajan, Y. S. M. Yusuf, R Arunachalam and K.Kalaimani were appointed as additional Members of the Council of Minister with effect from 9 September 1983. Consequently the business of the Government was re-allocated among the Ministers as follows with effect from 9 September 1983:
Thiruvalargal T. Veerasamy and K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran were appointed as additional Members of the Council of Ministers with effect from 5 September 1984. The business of the Government was re-allocated among the Ministers as follows with effect from 5 September 1984.
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Gomathi Srinivasan is an Indian politician and was Minister of Social Welfare in the Government of Tamil Nadu between 1980 and 1987, as well as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.
R. M. Veerappan, also referred to as RMV or Rama Veerappan, was an Indian politician, an early Dravidian Leader, and a film producer and screenwriter from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He was the founder and leader of the MGR Kazhagam party. He served as a Cabinet Minister in five governments from 1977 to 1996, was a three-time Member of Legislative Council and a two-time Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was the Leader of the House for Legislative Assembly and Leader of ADMK party of the Legislative Council. He was the architect behind the ADMK organization, unified the MGR fan clubs for the party formation. He was called as the 'Chanakya' of AIADMK politics in the 70's and 80's.
R. S. Raja Kannappan, formerly known as S. Kannappan, is an Indian politician and Minister for Backward Classes Welfare and Higher Education. He also served as the Minister for Khadi and Village Industries from 2022 to 2023, Minister of Transport, Nationalised Transport, Motor Vehicles Act in the period 2021- March 2022 and also former Minister of Public Works, Highways and Electricity during 1991–1996. He joined the party DMK in Feb. 2020.
The list of political families of Tamil Nadu state in India.
Gingee K. S. Masthan is an Indian politician and one of the Ministers of Tamil Nadu from May 2021. He has been elected as a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) in 2016 on behalf of DMK in the Gingee assembly constituency which is a part of the Villupuram district. He was re-elected to the same legislative assembly in the 2021 Tamil Nadu assembly election. Following this, on 7 May 2021, he was appointed a Minister of Minorities Welfare, Wakf Board, and Non Resident Tamil Welfare, Refugees & Evacuees. Non Resident Tamil Welfare, Refugees & Evacuees is an initiative by the M.K. Stalin Cabinet Ministry. KS Masthan is also the District Secretary of Vilupuram North with DMK.