Leader of the House in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
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Tamiḻnāṭu Caṭṭamaṉṟa Avaittalaivar | |
Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
Nominator | Members of the Ruling party in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly |
Appointer | Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly |
Inaugural holder | C. Subramaniam |
Formation | 3 May 1952 |
Website | www |
The Leader of the House in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly is an elected Member of Legislative Assembly who leads the ruling party in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. The Leader of the House in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly is the chairperson of the legislative assembly's largest political party, which is part of the government of Tamil Nadu. A minister will be appointed by the government as the Leader of the House. Rules of Procedure provide that the Speaker of the legislative assembly shall consult the Leader of the House before allocating time for discussion of certain items of business. The arrangement of government business is his ultimate responsibility. His foremost duty is to assist the Speaker in the conduct of business.
Since 1952, the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly has had 12 leaders of the house. Former Minister of Defence of the Republic of India C. Subramaniam of the Indian National Congress was the inaugural holder of the office of leader of the house as Madras State Legislative Assembly. Former acting chief minister of Tamil Nadu V. R. Nedunchezhiyan, the longest-serving leader of the house, was chosen from both Dravidian parties, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, which ruled Tamil Nadu for several periods of time. K. Anbazhagan from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has the second longest tenure. R. M. Veerappan has the shortest tenure (only 23 days). M. Bhakthavatsalam served as the leader of house before serving as chief minister.M. Karunanidhi, and O. Panneerselvam are the former chief ministers of Tamil Nadu who also were designated as leaders of the house in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.
The current incumbent has been Duraimurugan of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam since 11 May 2021. [1]
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Elected constituency | Term of office [2] | Assembly (Election) | Speaker of the House | Political party | |||
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Assumed office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||||
1 | C. Subramaniam (1910–2000) | Coimbatore East | 3 May 1952 | 31 March 1957 | 9 years, 273 days | 1st (1952) | J. Shivashanmugam | Indian National Congress | ||
Kovilpalayam | 29 April 1957 | 1 March 1962 | 2nd (1957) | U. Krishna Rao | ||||||
2 | M. Bhakthavatsalam (1897–1987) | Sriperumbudur | 29 March 1962 | 28 February 1967 | 4 years, 336 days | 3rd (1962) | S. Chellapandian | |||
3 | V. R. Nedunchezhiyan (1920–2000) | Triplicane | 6 March 1967 | 10 February 1969 [RES] | 1 year, 341 days | 4th (1967) | S. P. Adithanar | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||
4 | M. Karunanidhi (1924–2018) | Saidapet | 13 February 1969 | 13 August 1969 [RES] | 181 days | |||||
(3) | V. R. Nedunchezhiyan (1920–2000) | Triplicane | 14 August 1969 [§] | 5 January 1971 | 6 years, 100 days | |||||
16 March 1971 | 31 January 1976 | 5th (1971) | K. A. Mathiazhagan | |||||||
5 | Nanjil K. Manoharan (1929–2000) | Palayamkottai | 4 July 1977 | 17 February 1980 | 2 years, 228 days | 6th (1977) | Munu Adhi | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||
(3) | V. R. Nedunchezhiyan (1920–2000) | Tirunelveli | 19 June 1980 [§] | 15 November 1984 | 7 years, 99 days | 7th (1980) | K. Rajaram | |||
Athoor | 25 February 1985 | 6 January 1988 [RES] | 8th (1984) | P. H. Pandian | ||||||
6 | R. M. Veerappan (1926–2024) | Tirunelveli | 7 January 1988 | 30 January 1988 | 23 days | |||||
7 | K. Anbazhagan (1922–2020) | Anna Nagar | 6 February 1989 | 30 January 1991 | 1 year, 358 days | 9th (1989) | M. Tamilkudimagan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||
(3) | V. R. Nedunchezhiyan (1920–2000) | Theni | 1 July 1991 [§] | 13 May 1996 | 4 years, 317 days | 10th (1991) | Sedapatti R. Muthiah | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||
(7) | K. Anbazhagan (1922–2020) | Harbour | 22 May 1996 [§] | 14 May 2001 | 4 years, 357 days | 11th (1996) | P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||
8 | C. Ponnaiyan (1942–) | Tiruchengode | 22 May 2001 | 12 May 2006 | 4 years, 355 days | 12th (2001) | K. Kalimuthu | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||
(7) | K. Anbazhagan (1922–2020) | Harbour | 17 May 2006 [§] | 14 May 2011 | 4 years, 362 days | 13th (2006) | R. Avudaiappan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||
9 | O. Panneerselvam (1951–) | Bodinayakkanur | 23 May 2011 | 27 November 2014 [RES] | 3 years, 188 days | 14th (2011) | D. Jayakumar | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||
10 | Natham R. Viswanathan (1949–) | Natham | 28 November 2014 | 11 August 2015 [RES] | 256 days | |||||
(9) | O. Panneerselvam (1951–) | Bodinayakkanur | 12 August 2015 [§] | 21 May 2016 | 1 year, 185 days | |||||
25 May 2016 | 16 February 2017 [RES] | 15th (2016) | P. Dhanapal | |||||||
11 | K. A. Sengottaiyan (1948–) | Gobichettipalayam | 17 February 2017 | 3 January 2018 [RES] | 320 days | |||||
(9) | O. Panneerselvam (1951–) | Bodinayakkanur | 4 January 2018 [§] | 3 May 2021 | 3 years, 119 days | |||||
12 | Duraimurugan (1938–) | Katpadi | 11 May 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 335 days | 16th (2021) | M. Appavu | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
No. | Name | Party | Length of term | ||
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Longest continuous term | Total years of house-ship | ||||
1 | V. R. Nedunchezhiyan | AIADMK/DMK | 7 years, 99 days | 20 years, 127 days | |
2 | K. Anbazhagan | DMK | 4 years, 362 days | 11 years 347 days | |
3 | C. Subramaniam | INC | 9 years, 273 days | 9 years, 273 days | |
4 | O. Panneerselvam | AIADMK | 3 years, 188 days | 8 years 127 days | |
5 | C. Ponnaiyan | AIADMK | 4 years, 355 days | 4 years 355 days | |
6 | M. Bhakthavatsalam | INC | 4 years, 336 days | 4 years, 336 days | |
7 | Duraimurugan | DMK | 2 years, 335 days | 2 years, 335 days | |
8 | Nanjil K. Manoharan | AIADMK | 2 years, 228 days | 2 years 228 days | |
9 | K. A. Sengottaiyan | AIADMK | 320 days | 320 days | |
10 | Natham R. Viswanathan | AIADMK | 256 days | 256 days | |
11 | M. Karunanidhi | DMK | 181 days | 181 days | |
12 | R. M. Veerappan | AIADMK | 23 days | 23 days |
No. | Political party | Number of leaders of the house | Total days of holding LOHO |
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1 | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 7 | 10860 days |
2 | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 4 | 8609 days |
3 | Indian National Congress | 2 | 5357 days |
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