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Twelfth Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu
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Overview
Legislative body	Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Meeting place	Fort St. George, Chennai
Term	14 May 2001 (2001-05-14) – 12 May 2006 (2006-05-12)
Election	2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
Government	Government of Tamil Nadu
Opposition	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Website	Official website
Members	235
Speaker	K. Kalimuthu
Deputy Speaker	A. Arunachalam
Chief Minister	J. Jayalalithaa
Leader of the Opposition	K. Anbazhagan
Party control	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Twelfth Assembly of Tamil Nadu was instituted after the victory of AIADMK and allies, in the 2001 state assembly election. O. Panneerselvam officially became the 13th and J. Jayalalithaa became the 14th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu due to the election. Even though Jayalalithaa was the Chief Minister between 14 May and 21 September 2001, the Supreme Court of India, declared that she did not legally hold the post, due to corruption charges from her previous Chief ministership.

Overview

Chief Ministers

Chief Minister		Took office	Left office	Term
J. Jayalalithaa		14 May 2001	21 September 2001	130 days
O. Panneerselvam		21 September 2001	2 March 2002	162 days
J. Jayalalithaa		2 March 2002	12 May 2006	1,532 days

Council of Ministers

See also

• Government of Tamil Nadu
• Legislature of Tamil Nadu

References