| Office: | Cabinet Minister Government of Tamil Nadu |
| Minister: | Minister of Rural Development and Panchayats |
| Term Start: | 14 Dec 2022 |
| Term End: | Incumbent |
| Governor: | R.N. Ravi |
| Predecessor: | K.R. Periyakaruppan |
| 1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata: | M. K. Stalin |
| Minister1: | Minister for Revenue and Housing |
| Term Start1: | 2006 |
| Term End1: | 2011 |
| Minister2: | Minister for Small Industries and Noon Meal |
| Term Start2: | 1996 |
| Term End2: | 2001 |
| Office3: | Member of Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start3: | 2006 - present 1989 - 1991 1996 - 2001 |
| Office4: | Deputy General Secretary of DMK |
| Term Start4: | 9 January 2015 |
| Predecessor7: | Durai Murugan |
| I. Periyasamy | |
| Birth Place: | Batlagundu, Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, India |
I. Periyasamy is an Indian politician who serves as the Rural Development Minister of Tamil Nadu[1] [2] and the former minister for Co-Operation from 2021 to 2022; Revenue and Housing under the DMK regime from 2006 to 2011. He was born in Batlagundu on 6 January 1953.[3] His son I. P. Senthil Kumar is an MLA of Palani constituency in Tamil nadu.
| Elections | Constituency | Party | Result | Vote % | Opposition Candidate | Opposition Party | Opposition vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Athoor | DMK | 32.22 | N Abdul Kadhar | INC | 29.01[4] | |
| 1991 | Athoor | DMK | 29.81 | S M Durai | AIADMK | 68.74[5] | |
| 1996 | Athoor | DMK | 64.09 | C Chinnamuthu | AIADMK | 24.92[6] | |
| 2001 | Athoor | DMK | 46.36 | P K T Natarajaan | AIADMK | 49.13[7] | |
| 2006 | Athoor | DMK | 53.2 | C Sreenivasan | AIADMK | 34.68[8] | |
| 2011 | Athoor | DMK | 59.58 | S Balasubramani | DMDK | 31.08[9] | |
| 2016 | Athoor | DMK | 53.10 | Natham R Viswanathan | AIADMK | 41.26[10] [11] | |
| 2021 | Athoor | DMK | 72.11 | Thilagabama M | PMK | 13.15 | |