1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election explained

Election Name:	1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
Country:	India
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Turnout:	65.42%
Previous Election:	1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
Previous Year:	1977
Next Election:	1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
Next Year:	1984
Election Date:	28 May 1980
Seats For Election:	All 234 seats in the Legislature of Tamil Nadu
Leader1:	M. G. Ramachandran
Leaders Seat1:	Madurai West
Party1:	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Alliance1:	AIADMK Alliance
Seats1:	162
Seat Change1:	14
Popular Vote1:	9,328,839
Percentage1:	48.92%
Swing1:	18.56%
Leader2:	M. Karunanidhi
Party2:	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Alliance2:	Congress alliance
Leaders Seat2:	Anna Nagar
Seats2:	69
Seat Change2:	6
Popular Vote2:	8,371,718
Percentage2:	44.43%
Swing2:	19.54%
Map Size:	200px
Chief Minister
Posttitle:	Chief Minister
Before Election:	M. G. Ramachandran
Before Party:	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
After Election:	M. G. Ramachandran
After Party:	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Majority Seats:	118

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.

Background

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]

Dismissal of AIADMK government

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]

Seat allotments

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]

AIADMK Front

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.				177
2.					16
3.				15
4.				10
5.				2
Independent candidates supported by AIADMK
6.				11

DMK Front

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.				114
2.				112
Unrecognized parties, whose candidates ran as an independent supported by INC(I) and DMK
3.			K. M. Kader Mohideen	6
4.				2

Voting and Results

Results by Pre-Poll Alliance

!colspan=10||-! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Alliance/Party!style="width:4px" |! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats won! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Change! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Popular Vote! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Vote %! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Adj. %^‡|-! style="background-color:#009900; color:white"|AIADMK+ alliance! style="background-color: " | | 162| +14| 9,328,839| colspan=2 style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"| 48.9%|-|AIADMK! style="background-color: #008000" || 129| −1| 7,303,010| 38.8%| 50.4%|-|CPI(M)! style="background-color: #000080" || 11| −1| 596,406| 3.2%| 47.6%|-|CPI! style="background-color: #0000FF" || 9| +4| 501,032| 2.7%| 43.9%|-|GKC! style="background-color: teal" || 6| +6| 322,440| 1.7%| 44.1%|-|IND! style="background-color: olive" || 6| +6| 488,296| 2.6%| |-|FBL! style="background-color: #800000" || 1| –| 65,536| 0.4%| 44.6%|-|INC(U)! style="background-color:" || 0| –| 52,119| 0.3%| 29.3%|-! style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|DMK+ alliance! style="background-color: " || 69| −6| 8,371,718| colspan=2 style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"| 44.4%|-|DMK! style="background-color: #FF0000" || 37| −11| 4,164,389| 22.1%| 45.7%|-|INC(I)! style="background-color: #00FFFF" || 31| +4| 3,941,900| 20.9%| 43.4%|-|IND! style="background-color: lime" || 1| +1| 265,429| 1.4%| |-! style="background-color:gray; color:white"|Others! style="background-color:gray" || 3| −8| 1,144,449| colspan=2 style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"| 6.1%|-|JNP(JP)! style="background-color: #FFFF00" || 2| −8| 522,641| 2.8%| 6.9%|-|IND! style="background-color: #666666" || 1| –| 598,897| 3.2%| –|-| style="text-align:center;" |Total! style="background-color: " || 234| –| 18,845,006| 100%| –|-|}‡: Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested.
Sources: Election Commission of India^[5] and Keesing's Report^[6]

By constituency

• Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency

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

M.G.R's Second Cabinet

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 ofthe Ministers with their portfolios are given below:

S.no	Name	Constituency	Designation	Portfolios	Party
Chief Minister
1.	Dr. M. G. Ramachandran	Madurai (West)	Chief Minister	Public General Administration Indian Administrative Service District Revenue Officers Deputy Collector Police Prevention of Corruption Public Works Department.	AIADMK
Cabinet Ministers
2.	Dr. V. R. Nedunchezhiyan	Tirunelveli	Minister for Finance Minister	Planning Legislature Elections Food Fisheries Backward Classes Youth Service Corps Price Control Ex-Servicemen	AIADMK
3.	S. Ramachandran	Panruti	Minister for Electricity	Electricity Iron and Steel control	AIADMK
4.	K. A. Krishnaswamy	Thousand Lights	Minister for Rural Industries-Minister	Rural Industries Village Cottage and Small Industries Milk, Dairy Development Registration	AIADMK
5.	S. D. Somasundaram	Pattukkottai	Minister for Revenue Minister for Prohibition and Excise	Revenue Commercial Taxes Excise and Census	AIADMK
6.	R. M. Veerappan		Minister for Information and religious Endowments,	Information and Publicity Film Technology Tourism Tourism Development Corporation Cinematograph Act Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Forest and Cinchona Grant of Liquor Permits Minerals.	AIADMK
7.	C. Aranganayagam	Coimbatore (South)	Minister for Education	Education including Technical Education Official Language	AIADMK
8.	K. Kalimuthu	Thiruparankundram	Minister for Agriculture	Agriculture Agricultural Refinance Agricultural Engineering wing Agro-Engineering	AIADMK
9.	C. Ponnaiyan	Tiruchengode	Minister for Co-operation and Law-Minister	Law Courts Prisons Legislation on Weights and Measures Registration of companies Debt Relief including legislation on Money lending Chits and Registration of Companies	AIADMK
10.	P. Kolandaivelu	Udumalaipettai	Minister for Local Administration-Minister	Municipal Administration Panchayats and Panchayat Unions Community Development Rural Indebtedness Bhoodan and Gramdhan Highways	AIADMK
11.	S. Raghavanandam		Minister for Labour	Labour Housing Slum Clearance Board Statistics Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board Town Planning and Accommodation control	AIADMK
12.	Dr. H. V. Hande		Minister for Health-Minister	Health.	AIADMK
13.	K. Raja Mohammed		Minister for Irrigation-Minister	Agro Service cooperative societies Irrigation Minor Irrigation Wakf	AIADMK
14.	S. Muthusamy	Erode	Minister for Transport	Transport Nationalized Transport Motor Vehicles Act Ports	AIADMK
15.	Su. Thirunavukkarasar		Minister for Industries	Large scale Industries Mines and Textiles	AIADMK
16.	S. N. Rajendran	Thoothukkudi	Minister for Handlooms and Khadi-Minister	Handlooms Khadi Prohibition excluding grant of liquor permits and passports	AIADMK
17.	M. Vijayasarathy	Arakkonam (SC)	Minister for Harijan Welfare-Minister	Harijan Welfare Stationery and Printing Government Press News Print control Hill Tribes and Bonded Labour Employment and Training	AIADMK
18.	Gomathi Srinivasan	Valangiman (SC)	Minister for Social Welfare-Minister	Social Welfare Women and Children Welfare Animal Husbandry Beggars Home Orphanages Indian Overseas Refugees and evacuees Correctional Administration	AIADMK

Thiruvalargal S.R. Eradha and M.R. Govendan and Selvi P. Vijayalakhsmi wereappointed 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 followswith effect from 1 July 1983:

1. Thiru M. G. Ramachandran, Chief Minister-Minister in-charge of Public, General Administration, Indian administrative Service, District Revenue Officers, Deputy Collectors, Police, Prevention of corruption, Planning Molasses and Archaeology.
2. Thiru (Dr.). V. R. Nedunchezhiyan, Minister for Finance-Minister-in-charge of Finance, Legislature, Elections, Food, Youth Service Corps, Price Control and exservicemen.
3. Thiru S. Ramachandran, Minister for Electricity-Minister-in-charge of Electricity, Iron and Steel control.
4. Thiru K. A. Krishnasamy, Minister for Rural Industries-Minister-in-charge of Rural Industries including Village, Cottage and small Industries, Milk Dairy development, Registration and Stamp Act.
5. Thiru S. D. Somasundaram, Minister for Revenue-Minister-in-charge of Revenue, Commercial Taxes, Excise and Census.
6. Thiru R. M. Veerappan, Minister for Information and Religious Endowments Minister-in-charge of Information and Publicity, Film Technology, Tourism, Tourism Development corporation, Cinchona and Grant of Liquor Permits.
7. Thiru C. Arangayagam, Minister for Education-Minister-in-charge of Education including Technical education, Official Language and Handlooms.
8. Thiru K. Kalimuthu, Minister for Agriculture-Minister-in-charge of Agriculture, Agricultural Refinance, Agricultural Engineering Wing and Agro-Engineering
9. Thiru C. Ponnaiyan, Minister for Co-operation and Law-Minister-in-charge of Law, Courts, Prisons, Legislation on Weights and Measures, Registration of companies, Debt Relief including Legislation on Money Lending and Legislation on Chits and Co-operation.
10. Thiru P. Kulandaivelu, Minister for Local Administration-Minister-in-charge of Municipal Administration, Panchayats, and Panchayat Unions, Community Development, Rural Indebtedness Bhoodan and Gramdhan and Highways.
11. Thiru S. Raghavanandham, Minister for Labour-Minister-in-charge of Labour, Housing, slum-clearance Board, Statistics, Tamil Nadu water Supply and Drainage Board, Town Planning and Accommodation Control
12. Thiru (Dr.) H. V. Hande, Minister for Health-Minister-in-charge of Health.
13. Thiru K. Raja Mohammed, Minister for Irrigation-Minister-in-charge of AgroService, Co-operative Societies, Irrigation including Minor Irrigation and Wakf.
14. Thiru S. Muthusamy, Minister for transport-Minister-in-charge of Transport, Nationalised Transport, Motor Vehicles Act and Ports.
15. Thiru S. Thirunavukkarasu, Minister for Industries-Minister-in-charge of Large Scale Industries, Mines and Minerals and Textiles.
16. Thiru S. N. Rajendran, Minister for Public works-Minister-in-charge of Prohibition excluding grant of liquor permits, Passports, P.W.D. and Establishment matters relating to public Works Department.
17. Thiru M. Vijayasarathi, Minister for Adi-Dravidar Welfare-Minister-in-charge of Adi-Dravidar Welfare, Stationery and Printing, Government Press, News Print control, Hilo Tribes and Bonded Labour and Employment Training.
18. Thiru S. R. Eradha, Minister for Fisheries-Minister-in-charge of Fisheries.
19. Thiru M. R. Govendan, Minister for Backward Classes: Minister-in-charge of Backward Classes.
20. Thirumathi Gomathi Sainivasan, Minister for Social Welfare: Minister-in charge of Social welfare including women and Children welfare, Animal Husbandry, Beggars Home, Orphanages, Indian Overseas, Refugees and Evacuees and Correctional Administration.
21. Selvi P. Vijayalakshmi, Minister for Khadi-Minister-in-charge of Khadi. Thiru K. Raja Mohammed ceased to be a Member of the Council of Ministers and Tvl.

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:

1. Thiru (Dr). M. G. Ramachandran, Chief Minister-Minister-in-charge of Public, General Administration, Indian Administrative Service and Other All India Services, District Revenue Officers, Deputy Collectors, Police, Prevention of Corruption, Planning, Molasses, Archaeology and Excise.
2. Thiru (Dr). V. R. Nedunchezhiyan, Minister for Finance-Minister-in-charge of Finance. Legislature, Election, Food, Youth Service Corps, Price Control and Ex-servicemen.
3. Thiru S. Ramafhandran, Minister for Electricity-Minister-in-charge of Electricity, Iron and Steel Control.
4. Thiru K. A. Krishnaswamy, Minister for Dairy Development-Minister-in-charge of Milk, Dairy Development, Registration and Stamp Act.
5. Thiru S. D. Somasundaran, Minister for Revenue. Minister-in-charge of Revenue, Commercial Taxes and Census.
6. Thiru R. M. Veerappan, Minister for Information and Religious Endowments. Minister-in-charge of Information and Publicity Film Technology, Tourism, Tourism Development Corporation, Cinematograph Act, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments, Forest, Cinchona and Grant of Liquor Permits.
7. Thiru C. Aranganayagam, Minister for Education: Minister-in-charge of Education Including Technical Education Official Language, and Handlooms.
8. Thiru K. Kalimuhth, Minister for Agriculture: Ministers in Charge of Agriculture, Agricultural Refinance, Agricultural Engineering Wing and Agro Engineering.
9. Thiru C. Ponnaiyan, Minister for Co-operation and Law: Ministers in Charge of Law, Courts Prisons, Legislation on Weights and Measures, Registration of Companies, Debt Relief Including Legislation on Money Lending and Legislation on Chits and Co-operation.
10. Thiru P. Kulandaivelu, Minister for Local Administration: Minister in Charge of Municipal Administration, Panchayats and Panchayat Union, Community Development, Rural Indebtedness, Bhodhan and Gramphan and Highway.
11. Thiru S. Raghavanandham, Minister for Labour: Minister in Charge of Labour, Housing, Slum Clearance Board, Statistics, Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board, Town Planning and Accommodation Control:
12. Thiru (Dr.) H. V. Hande, Minister for Health: Minister in Charge of Health.
13. Thiru S. Muhtusamy, Minister for Transport: Minister in Charge of Transport, Nationalised Transport Motor Vehicles Act and Ports.
14. Thiru S. Thirunavukkarasu, Minister for Industries: Minister in Charge of Large Scale Industries Mines and Minerals and Textiles.
15. Thiru S. N. Rajendran, Minister for Public Works: Minister in charge of Prohibition excluding grant of Liquor permits, Passports, P.W.D. and Establishment matters relating to Public Works Department.
16. Thiru M. Vijayasarathi, Minister for Adi-dravidar Welfare. Minister in Charge of Adi-dravidar Welfare, Stationery and Printing, Government Press, News Print Control, Hill Tribes and Bonded Labour and Employment Training.
17. Thiru R. Soundararajan, Minister for Nutritious Meals: Minister in Charge of Nutritious Meals.
18. Thiru S. R. Eradha, Minister for Environmental Pollution Control. Minister in Charge of Environmental Pollution Control.
19. Thiru M. R. Govendan, Minister for Backward Classes. Minister in Charge of Backward Classes.
20. Thirumathi Gomathi Srinivasan, Minister for Social Welfare. Minister in Charge of Social Welfare Including Women and Children Welfare, Animal Husbandry, Beggars Home, Orphanages, Indian Overseas, Refugees and Evacuees and Correctional Administration.
21. Thirumathi Vijayalakshmi Palanisamy, Minister for Khadi. Minister in Charge of Khadi.
22. Thiru Y. S. M. Yusuf, Minister for Irrigation and Wakf. Minister in Charge of Agro Services Co-operative Societies, Irrigation Including Minor Irrigation and Wakf.
23. Thiru R. Arunachalam, Minister for Rural Industries-Minister in Charge of Rural Industries Including Village, Cottage and Small Industries.
24. Thiru K. Kalaimani, Minister for Fisheries. Minister in Charge of Fisheries.

Thiruvalargal T. Veerasamy and K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran were appointed asadditional Members of the Council of Ministers with effect from 5 September 1984. Thebusiness of the Government was re-allocated among the Ministers as follows with effect from5 September 1984.

1. Thiru (Dr.) M. G. Ramachandran Chief Minister, Minister in Charge of Public, General Administration, Indian Administrative Service and Other All India Services, District Revenue Officers, Deputy Collectors, Police, Prevention of Corruption, Planning, Molasses Archaeology, Prohibition Excluding Grant of Liquor Permits, Electronics, Science and Technology.
2. Thiru (Dr.) V. R. Nedunchezhiyan, Minister for Finance. Minister in Charge of Finance, Revenue, Legislature, Elections, Youth Service Corps, and Ex-servicemen.
3. Thiru S. Ramachandran, Minister for Electricity. Minister in Charge of Electricity, Iron and Steel Control.
4. Thiru K. A. Krishnasamy, Minister for Dairy Development. Minister in Charge of Milk, Dairy Development, Registration and Stamp Act.
5. Thiru R. M. Veerappan, Minister for Information and Religious Endowments. Minister in Charge of Information and Publicity, Film Technology, Tourism, Tourism Development Corporation, Cinematograph Act, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments, Forest, Cinchona and Grant of Liquor Permits.
6. Thiru C. Aranganayagam, Minister for Education. Minister in Charge of Education and Official Language.
7. Thiru (Dr.) K. Kalimuthu, Minister for Agriculture. Minister in Charge of Agriculture, Agricultural Refinance, Agricultural Engineering Wing and Agro-engineering.
8. Thiru C. Ponnaiyan, Minister for Law and Industries. Minister in Charge of Law, Courts, Prisons, Legislation on Weights and Measures, Registration of Companies, Debt Relief Including Legislation on Money Lending and Legislation on Chits, Large Scale Industries, Mines and Minerals.
9. Thiru P. Kulandaivelu, Minister for Nutritious Meals-Minister in Charge of Nutritious Meals, Bhoodan and Gramdhan and Highways.
10. Thiru S. Raghavanandham, Minister for Labour-Minister in Charge of Labour, Statistics, Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board, Town Planning and Accommodation Control.
11. Thiru (Dr.) H. V. Hande, Minister for Health. Minister in Charge of Health.
12. Thiru S. Muthusamy, Minister for Transport-Minister in Charge of Transport, Nationalised Transport, Motor Vehicles Act and Ports.
13. Thiru S. Thirunavukkarasu, Minister for Commercial Taxes and Handloomsminister in Charge of Commercial Taxes, Excise, Handlooms and Textiles.
14. Thiru S. Rajendran, Minister for Environmental Pollution Control-Minister in Charge of Environmental Pollution Control and Passport.
15. Thiru M. Vijayasarathi, Minister for Adi-drav9dar Welfare-Minister in Charge of Adi-dravidar Welfare, Stationery and Printing, Government Press, News Print Control, Hill Tribes and Bonded Labour and Employment Training.
16. Thiru R. Soundararajan, Minister for Local Administration-Minister in Charge of Municipal Administration, Panchayats and Panchayat Unions, Community Development And\ Rural Indebtedness.
17. Thiru S. R. Eradha, Minister for Public Works-Minister in Charge of Housing, Slum Clearance Board, Public Works Department and Establishment Matters Relating to Public Works Department.
18. Thiru M. R. Govendan, Minister for Backward Classes-Minister in Charge of Backward Classes.
19. Thirmathi Gomathi Srinivasan, Minister for Social Welfare-Minister in Charge of Social Welfare Including Women and Children Welfare, Animal Husbandry, Beggars Home, Orphanages, Indians Overseas, Refugees and Evacuees and Correctional Administration.
20. Thirumathi Vijayalakshmi Palanisamy, Minister for Khadi-Minister in Charge of Khadi.
21. Thiru Y. S. M. Yusuf, Minister for Irrigation and Wakf-Minister in Charge of Agro Service Co-operative Societies, Irrigation Including Minor Irrigation and Wakf.
22. Thiru R. Arunachalam, Minister for Rural Industries-Minister in Charge of Rural Industries Including Village, Cottage and Small Industries.
23. Thiru K. Kalaimani, Minister for Fisheries-Minister in Charge of Fisheries.
24. Thiru T. Veeraswamy, Minister for Food-Minister in Charge of Food, Price Control and Census.
25. Thiru K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran, Minister for Co-operation-Minister in Charge of Co-operation.

See also

• Elections in Tamil Nadu
• Legislature of Tamil Nadu
• Government of Tamil Nadu

Footnotes

1. Book: M G Ramachandran: My Blood Brother. Attar Chand. 1988. 7. Gian Publishing House.
2. Book: Role Perception of the Legislators: A Case Study of Tamil Nadu. G. Palanithurai. June 1991. 26–27. Stosius Inc/Advent Books Division. 81-220-0227-7.
3. News: A long and troubled affair . 9 March 2011 . T. . Ramakrishnan . The Hindu . 30 June 2020 .
4. Web site: THE ART OF SURVIVAL . 11 June 2011 . 14 May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110514220631/http://www.hardnewsmedia.com/2011/04/3919 . dead .
5. Web site: Election Commission of India . 1980 Election Statistical Report . 19 April 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006231656/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu%201980.pdf . 6 Oct 2010.
6. http://www.keesings.com/search?kssp_selected_tab=article&kssp_a_id=30573n01ind Keesing's Statistical Report

External links

• Election Commission of India