CHIEF MINISTERS OF TAMILNADU

#		Name		Took office	Left office	Term	Political party	Election
	1	p.s kumaraswamy raja		26 January 1950	9 April 1952	1	Indian National Congress	1946 Madras Legislative Assemby
	2	c.rajagopalachari		10 April 1952	13 April 1954	2	Indian National Congress	1952 Madras Legislative Assembly Election
	3	k.kamaraj		13 April 1954	31 March 1957	1	Indian National Congress
	4	K. Kamaraj		13 April 1957	1 March 1962	2	Indian National Congress	1957 Madras Legislative Assembly Election
	5	K. Kamaraj		15 March 1962	2 October 1963	3	Indian National Congress	1962 Madras Legislative Assembly Election
	6	M.Baktavatsalam		2 October 1963	6 March 1967	1	Indian National Congress
	7	C.N.Annadurai		6 March 1967	14 January 1969	1	DMK	1967 State Assembly Elections

 

#		Name		Took office	Left office	Term	Political party	Election
	1	C.N.Annadurai		14 January 1969	3 February 1969	1	DMK	1967 Assembly Elections
	2	V.R. Nedunchezhiyan (acting)		3 February 1969	10 February 1969	1	DMK
	3	M. Karunanidhi		10 February 1969	4 January 1971	1	DMK
	4	M. Karunanidhi		15 March 1971	31 January 1976	2	DMK	1971 State Assembly Elections
		Presidents Rule		31 January 1976	30 June 1977
	5	M.G.Ramachandran		30 June 1977	17 February 1980	1	AIADMK	1977 State Assembly Elections
		President's rule		17 February 1980	9 June 1980
	6	M. G. Ramachandran		9 June 1980	15 November 1984	2	AIADMK	1980 State Assembly Elections
	7	M. G. Ramachandran		10 February 1985	24 December 1987	3	AIADMK	1984 State Assembly Elections
	8	V.R. Nedunchezhiyan (acting)		24 December 1987	7 January 1988	2	AIADMK
	9	Janaki Ramachandran		7 January 1988	30 January 1988	1	AIADMK
		President's rule		30 January 1988	27 January 1989
	10	M. Karunanidhi		27 January 1989	30 January 1991	3	DMK	1989 State Assembly Elections
		President's rule		30 January 1991	24 June 1991
	11	J.Jayalalitha		24 June 1991	12 May 1996	1	AIADMK	1991 State Assembly Elections
	12	M. Karunanidhi		13 May 1996	13 May 2001	4	DMK	1996 State Assembly Elections
	-	J. Jayalalithaa		14 May 2001	21 September 2001	-	AIADMK	2001 State Assembly Elections
	13	O.Panneerselvam		21 September 2001	1 March 2002	1	AIADMK
	14	J. Jayalalithaa		2 March 2002	12 May 2006	2	AIADMK
	15	M. Karunanidhi		13 May 2006	CURRENT	5	DMK	2006 State Assembly Elections