Tamil Nadu Legislature

The Tamil Nadu Legislature is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The Legislature is composed of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly and the Governor of Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu Legislature
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Speaker	P. Dhanapal, AIADMK since 2012
Deputy Speaker	V. Jayaraman, AIADMK since 2012
Chief Minister	Dr. Edappadi K. Palaniswami, AIADMK since 16 Feb 2017,[1]
Chief Government Whip	S.Rajendran, AIADMK since 2013
Leader of the Opposition	M. K. Stalin, DMK since 2016
Deputy Leader of the Opposition	Durai Murugan
Structure
Seats	234
Political groups	Government (125)   AIADMK: 125 Opposition (106)   DMK:97   INC: 7   IUML: 1   Independent: 1 Others (3)   Vacant:3
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	16 May 2016
Meeting place
Fort St. George, Tamil Nadu Legislature Hall
Website
http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in
Footnotes
The Assembly was established in 1937 for the Madras Presidency. The Presidency became Madras State in the Republic of India in 1950; Madras State in its current state was formed in 1956 and renamed as Tamil Nadu on 14 January 1969

Until 1986, the Tamil Nadu Legislature was a bicameral legislature consisting of:

• the Tamil Nadu Legislative Council, the upper house,
• the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, the lower house, and
• the Governor of Tamil Nadu

In 2010, the erstwhile Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Government took steps to revive the Tamil Nadu Legislative Council and convert the legislature back into a bicameral one, but the administration left power during this time and was unable to continue. The present All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Government has expressed its intent not to revive the Tamil Nadu Legislative Council.