The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is an Indian regional political party with great influence in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is a Dravidian party founded by the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu M. G. Ramachandran (M.G.R.) at Madurai on 17 October 1972 as a breakaway faction from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam after M. Karunanidhi expelled him from the party for demanding an account as the party treasurer. The party is adhering to the policies of socialism and secularism based on the principles of C. N. Annadurai (Anna) collectively coined as Annaism by M.G.R. The party has won a seven-time majority in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly and has emerged as the most successful political outfit in the state's history. It is currently the main opposition party in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.
Ottakarathevar Panneerselvam,popularly known as OPS is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu briefly in December 2016 and previously from 2001 to 2002 and again from 2014 to 2015. As finance minister,he has presented the Tamil Nadu state budget 11 times.
K. P. Anbalagan also spelt as K. P. Anbazhagan is a Tamil Nadu politician from the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party and the former Minister for Higher Education and Agriculture department in Tamil Nadu. KP Anbalagan was born on 30 April 1958 in Dharmapuri,Tamil Nadu,India. He won consecutively for 5 terms as a Member of Legislative Assembly of Palacode Constituency which record he holds with his party counterparts O.Panneerselvam and Pollachi V.Jayaraman.
Edappadi Karuppa Palaniswami,often referred to by his initials E.P.S.,is an Indian politician who is the current leader of opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. He served as the 7th chief minister of Tamil Nadu,from 2017 to 2021. He has been the General Secretary of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) since 28 March 2023. Previously,Palaniswami has served as the interim general secretary (2022–23),joint co-ordinator (2017–22) and headquarters secretary (2016–22) of AIADMK.
K. A. Sengottaiyan is an Indian politician. He is the former Minister for School Education in the Government of Tamil Nadu. He also served as the party presidium chairman and headquarters secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. He is currently the longest serving ADMK MLA along with his opposition counterpart Duraimurugan.
K. A. Jayapal is an Indian politician and was a member of the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Nagapattinam constituency. He represented the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party.
P. Palaniappan is an Indian politician and former Minister of Higher Education and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu from Pappireddipatti constituency. He served as the headquarters secretary of AIADMK from 2012 to 2016. He is former Deputy General Secretary of Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam party.
R. Kumaraguru is an Indian politician from the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Ulundurpet constituency. He has been elected as a member of legislative assembly for the third consecutive time since 2006 assembly elections. He defeated the Vijayakanth,founder of DMDK party during 2016 assembly elections. He represents the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party. As an AIADMK candidate in the 2006 elections,he was elected as a member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Thirunavalur assembly constituency which was eliminated during the constituency reorganization. Later,2011 to 2016 he contested the Ulundurpet assembly election for the second time in 2016 and won as a member of the assembly after 2016 to 2021. In this election,he defeated the leader of the opposition party,the leader of the DMDK Party of India,Vijayakanth and third time winner of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly in Ulundurpet constituency. He later contested the Ulundurpet assembly constituency from 2021 to 2026 on behalf of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam against DMK and lost by a margin of 5,256 votes and 2.17%.
Kadambur C. Raju is an Indian politician and the member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Kovilpatti constituency. He represents the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party.
Vivekanandan Krishnaveni Sasikala,also known by her married name Sasikala Natarajan,and often referred to by her initials VKS,is an Indian politician. She was a close associate of J. Jayalalithaa,the late chief minister of Tamil Nadu,who headed the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) from 1989 until her death in 2016.Her cadres whose cadre revered her as their "Chinnamma" and "Puratchi Thaai". After Jayalalithaa's death,the party's general council elected her as a temporary secretary general of AIADMK. Before being imprisoned in the Central Prison in Bangalore,Sasikala appointed Edappadi K. Palanisamy as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Palanisamy and other ministers removed her from the post and expelled her from the party in September 2017. Her dismissal was upheld by the Madras High Court in December 2023.
Ma Foi Strategic Consultants,a division of CIEL Group,is a global management consulting firm headquartered in Chennai;offering Strategic Consulting,Research and Education services.
The Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam is an Indian regional political party in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is founded by the former member of parliament T. T. V. Dhinakaran at Melur on 15 March 2018 as a breakaway faction from the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam after his expulsion him from party. The headquarters of the party is located at Westcott Salai,Royapettah,Chennai.
The Sixteenth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election was held on 6 April 2021,to elect representatives from the 234 constituencies in the Indian State of Tamil Nadu. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) won the election,ending the decade-long reign of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). The DMK's leader M. K. Stalin became the eighth Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu,and the 12th Chief Minister since the 1956 reorganization. He replaced Edappadi K. Palaniswami of the AIADMK.
Panneerselvam Ravindhranath Kumar,popularly known as P. Ravindhranath or OPR,is an Indian politician who was elected to the Lok Sabha following the 2019 Indian general election representing Theni Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu as member of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. He is the son of O. Panneerselvam.
Singai Govindarasu Ramachandran is an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu,affiliated with All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). In March 2016,AIADMK's general secretary and the chief minister of Tamil Nadu J. Jayalalithaa appointed him as the Secretary of the Information Technology Wing of the party. He also served as the President of the Information Technology Wing of the party from 2023 to 2024. On 25 December 2024,he was appointed as the AIADMK Student Wing Secretary by the party general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami.
Sakkaiyan Thirumalai Kullapakavudar Jakkaiyan is an Indian politician who served in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly,representing Cumbum as a member of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam from 2016 until 2021. In 2018,Jakkaiyan was one of 19 dissident AIADMK MLAs who faced expulsion from the assembly for opposing Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami,though Jakkaiyan later renounced this position and was not expelled.
The AIADMK-led Alliance is an Indian regional political party alliance in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry led by the Dravidian party All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam founded by the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu M. G. Ramachandran (M.G.R.).
