LIST OF C.M'S IN TAMILNADU

Madras Presidency

The Madras Presidency, headquartered in Fort St. George, was a province of British India that comprised present day Tamil Nadu, theMalabar region of North Kerala, the coastal and Rayalaseema regions of Andhra Pradesh, and the Bellary, Dakshina Kannada, and Udupidistricts of Karnataka. It was established in 1653 to be the headquarters of the English settlements on the Coromandel Coast.

#[8]		Name	Portrait	Took office	Left office	Term[9]	Political party	Election
	1	A. Subbarayalu Reddiar		17 December 1920	11 July 1921	1	Justice Party[10]	1920 Madras Legislative Council Election
	2	Raja of Panagal		11 July 1921	11 September 1923	1	Justice Party[10]
	3	Raja of Panagal		19 November 1923	3 December 1926	2	Justice Party[11][12][13]	1923 Madras Legislative Council Election
	4	P. Subbarayan		4 December 1926	27 October 1930	1	Unaffiliated[10]	1926 Madras Legislative Council Election
	5	B. Munuswamy Naidu		27 October 1930	4 November 1932	1	Justice Party[10]	1930 Madras Legislative Council Election
	6	Ramakrishna Ranga Rao		5 November 1932	November 1934	1	Justice Party[10]
	7	Ramakrishna Ranga Rao		November 1934	4 April 1936	2	Justice Party[10]	1934 Madras Legislative Council Election
	8	P. T. Rajan		4 April 1936	24 August 1936	1	Justice Party[10]
	9	Ramakrishna Ranga Rao		24 August 1936	1 April 1937	3	Justice Party[10]
	10	Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu		1 April 1937	14 July 1937	1	Interim provisional ministry[14][15][16][17]	1937 Madras Legislative Assembly Election
	11	C. Rajagopalachari		14 July 1937	29 October 1939	1	Indian National Congress
		Governor's Rule[18]		29 October 1939	30 April 1946
	12	Tanguturi Prakasam		30 April 1946	23 March 1947	1	Indian National Congress	1946 Madras Legislative Assembly Election
	13	O. P. Ramaswamy Reddiyar		23 March 1947	6 April 1949	1	Indian National Congress
	14	P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja		6 April 1949	26 January 1950	1	Indian National Congress

Madras State

Madras State, precursor to the present day state of Tamil Nadu, was created after India became a republic on 26 January 1950.

#[8]		Name	Portrait	Took office	Left office	Term[9]	Political party	Election
	1	P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja		26 January 1950	9 April 1952	1	Indian National Congress	1946 Madras Legislative Assembly Election
	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. Bakthavatsalam		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 election

Tamil Nadu

Madras State was renamed as Tamil Nadu  on 14 January 1969

#[8]		Name	Portrait	Took office	Left office	Term[9]	Political party	Election
	1	C. N. Annadurai		14 January 1969	3 February 1969[23]	1	DMK	1967 State assembly election
	2	V.R. Nedunchezhiyan(acting)[19]		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 election
		President's rule[19]		31 January 1976	30 June 1977
	5	M. G. Ramachandran		30 June 1977	17 February 1980	1	AIADMK	1977 State assembly election
		President's rule		17 February 1980	9 June 1980
	6	M. G. Ramachandran		9 June 1980	15 November 1984	2	AIADMK	1980 State assembly election
	7	M. G. Ramachandran		10 February 1985	24 December 1987	3	AIADMK	1984 State assembly election
	8	V.R. Nedunchezhiyan (acting)[19]		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 election
		President's rule		30 January 1991	24 June 1991
	11	J. Jayalalithaa		24 June 1991	12 May 1996	1	AIADMK	1991 State assembly election
	12	M. Karunanidhi		13 May 1996	13 May 2001	4	DMK	1996 State assembly election
	-[24]	J. Jayalalithaa		14 May 2001	21 September 2001	-[24]	AIADMK	2001 State assembly election
	13	O. Panneerselvam		21 September 2001	1 March 2002	1	AIADMK
	14	J. Jayalalithaa		2 March 2002	12 May 2006	2[24]	AIADMK
	15	M. Karunanidhi		13 May 2006	15 May 2011[25]	5[26]	DMK	2006 State assembly election
	16	J. Jayalalithaa		16 May 2011	Incumbent	3[27]	AIADMK	2011 State assembly election

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