3rd Madras State Assembly explained

The third legislative assembly of Madras state (3 March 1962 – 28 February 1967) was constituted in March 1962 after the assembly election which was held in February 1962.^[1]

Overview

The general elections were held in 1962 for 206 constituencies. In the election, Congress under the leadership of Kamaraj won with a majority, and subsequently formed the government. Kamaraj proposed the Kamaraj Plan and on 2 October 1963 he resigned from the Chief Minister post. After the resignation, M. Bakthavatsalam became the chief minister of Tamil Nadu. In 1965, the strength of the assembly was increased to 234 by the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1965.

Position	Leader^[2]
Governor	Bhishnuram Medhi Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur, P. Chandra Reddy Sardar Ujjal Singh
Chief Minister	K. Kamaraj M. Bakthavatsalam
Speaker	S. Chellapandian
Deputy Speaker	K. Parthasarathi
Leader of the House	M. Bhaktavatsalam
Leader of Opposition	V. R. Nedunchezhiyan

Kamaraj's cabinet

The council of ministers in the Kamaraj cabinet:^[3]

Minister	Portfolios
K. Kamaraj	Chief Minister, Public, Planning and Development (including Local development Works, Women's Welfare, Community Projects and Rural Welfare), National Extension Scheme
M. Bhaktavatsalam	Finance and Education
Jothi Venkatachalam	Public Health, Women & Children's Welfare
R. Venkataraman	Revenue
S. M. Abdul Majeed	Local Administration
P. Kakkan	Agriculture
V. Ramaiah	Public Works and Revenue
N. Nallasenapathi Sarkarai Mandradiar	Cooperation and Forests
G. Bhuvaraghan	Publicity and Information

Bhaktavatsalam's cabinet

The council of ministers in the Bhaktavatsalam cabinet:^[4]

Minister	Portfolios
M. Bhaktavatsalam	Chief Minister
Jothi Venkatachalam	Health
R. Venkataraman	Industries
S. M. Abdul Majeed	Local Administration
P. Kakkan	Home
V. Ramaiah	Food
Nalla Senapathi Sarkari Manradiar	Co-operation
G. Bhuvaraghan	Publicity and Information

See also

• 1962 Madras State legislative assembly election
• Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

Notes and References

1. Web site: The State Legislature - Origin and Evolution . 30 December 2012 . 13 April 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100413233934/http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/history/history.htm . dead .
2. Web site: The Madras Legislative Assembly, Third Assembly, First Session - First and Second Meetings 29th March to 7th May 1962 . 3 February 2022 . 14 May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110514042744/http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/Resumes/03assly/03_01_1%20%26%202.pdf . dead .
3. Web site: The Madras Legislative Assembly: Third Legislative Assembly: Second Session - First Meeting . January 29 – February 5, 1963 . 30 December 2012 . 14 May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110514042650/http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/Resumes/03assly/03_02_1.pdf . dead .
4. Web site: The Madras Legislative Assembly: Third Assembly: Sixth Session - First Meeting . January 19–23, 1965 . 30 December 2012 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025723/http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/Resumes/03assly/03_06_1.pdf . dead .