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List of speakers of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

2021-08-28T17:55:27Z

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{{short description|Wikipedia list article}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox official post
| post = Speaker
| body = the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
| department = [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
| termlength = During the life of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly (five years maximum)
| member_of = [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
| appointer = Members of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
| deputy = [[K. Pitchandi]]
| inaugural = Pulavar K. Govindan
| incumbent = Hon'ble [[M. Appavu]]
| incumbentsince = 12 May 2021
| insignia = File:TamilNadu Logo.svg
| insigniacaption = Emblem of Tamil Nadu
}}

{{Politics of Tamil Nadu}}
The '''Speaker of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]''' is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu, the main law-making body for the [[India]]n state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. He is elected by the members of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly (until 1968, the Madras Legislative Assembly). The speaker is always a member of the Legislative Assembly.

== List of presidents of the Madras Legislative Council ==


[[Madras Legislative Council]], the first representative legislature for the [[Madras Presidency]] (political predecessor for Tamil Nadu) was inaugurated in December 1920 as per the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms. The presiding officer of the Council was known as the President. The first President, [[Sir P. Rajagopalachari]] was not elected but nominated and took office on 17 December 1920.

{| class="wikitable"
! #
! Name
! Took office
! Left office
! Political party
! Term
|-
| 1
| [[P. Rajagopalachari]]
| 1920
| February 1925
|
| 1
|-
| 2
| [[L. D. Swamikannu Pillai]]
| February 1925
| September 1925
|
|1
|-
| 3
| [[M. Ratnaswami]]
| September 1925
| 1926
|
| 1
|-
| 4
| [[C. V. S. Narasimha Raju]]
| 1926
| 1930
|
|1
|-
|5
| [[B. Ramachandra Reddi]]
| 1930
| 1937
|
| 1
|}

==List of chairmen of Madras Legislative Council==
With the introduction of provincial autonomy in 1937, the Council became the upper chamber of a bicameral legislature. The presiding officer of the Council was called as the "Chairman of the Council". This agreement continued in the [[Republic of India]] as well till the Council's abolition in 1986.

{| class="wikitable"
! #
! Name
! Took office
! Left office
! Political party
|-
| 1
| [[U. Rama Rao]]
| 1937
| 1945
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| 2
| [[R. B. Ramakrishna Raju]]
| 1946
| 1952
| Indian National Congress
|-
| 3
| [[P. V. Cherian]]
| 1952
| 20 April 1964
|Indian National Congress
|-
| 4
| [[M. A. Manickavelu Naicker]]
| 1964
| 1970
|Indian National Congress
|-
| 5
| [[C. P. Chitrarasu]]
| 1970
| 1976
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|-
| 6
| [[M. P. Sivagnanam]]
| 1976
| 1986
|[[Tamil Arasu Kazhagam]]
|}

== List of speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Madras Presidency ==
The [[Government of India Act 1935|Government of India Act of 1935]] abolished dyarchy and ensured provincial autonomy. It created a [[bicameralism | bicameral]] legislature in the [[Madras Presidency]]. The legislature consisted of the governor and two legislative bodies – a [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly|legislative assembly]] and a [[Madras Legislative Council|legislative council]]. The presiding officer of the assembly was called the "Speaker".

{| class="wikitable"
! #
! Name
! Took office
! Left office
! Political party
! Term
! Deputy Speaker
|-
|1
| [[Bulusu Sambamurti]]
| 1937
| 1942
|
| 1
| [[Rukmini Lakshmipathi]]<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article244000.ece?textsize=small&test=2 Historic moments, historic personalities]</ref>
|-
|
| No Assembly<ref>Elections were not held in 1942 and no new Assembly was constituted during 1942-46</ref>
| 1942
| 1946
|
| 1
|-
| 2
| [[J. Shivashanmugam Pillai]]
| 1946
| 1952
|
| 1
|Ammanna Raja<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article2051075.ece Jayakumar, Dhanapal set to become Speaker, Deputy Speaker]</ref>
|}

== List of speakers ==

===Madras State===

[[Madras State]], precursor to the present day state of Tamil Nadu, was created after [[Indian independence movement|Indian independence]] on 26 January 1950.<ref name=worldstatesmen>[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html#Tamil%20Nadu World Statesmen.org — Indian states since 1947]</ref> It comprised present-day Tamil Nadu and parts of present-day [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Karnataka]] and [[Kerala]]. The first legislature of the Madras State to be elected on the basis of [[universal suffrage]] was constituted on 1 March 1952, after the [[general elections]] held in January 1952.<ref>[http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/history/history.htm Government of Tamil Nadu — The State Legislature — Origin and Evolution] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413233934/http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/history/history.htm |date=2010-04-13 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! #
! Name
! Took office
! Left office
! Political party
! Term
! Deputy Speaker
|-
| 1
| [[J. Shivashanmugam Pillai]]
| 6 May 1952
| 16 August 1955
| [[Indian National Congress]]<ref name="shivashanmugam_party">{{cite book|title=Dalit movement in India and its leaders, 1857-1956|author=Rāmacandra Kshīrasāgara|pages=294|publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd|year=1994|ISBN=978-81-85880-43-3}}</ref>
| 1
| [[B. Baktavatsalu Naidu]]
|-
| 2
| [[N. Gopala Menon]]
| 27 September 1955
| 1 November 1956
| Indian National Congress<ref name="menon_party">{{cite news|title=dated September 28, 1955: Madras Assembly Speaker |url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/09/28/stories/2005092800270902.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912094242/http://www.hindu.com/2005/09/28/stories/2005092800270902.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 September 2011|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=28 September 2005}}</ref>
| 1
| B. Baktavatsalu Naidu
|-
| 3
| [[U. Krishna Rao]]
| 30 April 1957
| 3 August 1961
| Indian National Congress<ref name="krishnarao_party">{{cite news|title=dated May 1, 1957 : New Speaker of Madras |url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/01/stories/2007050100021200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070502093234/http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/01/stories/2007050100021200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 May 2007|work=[[The Hindu]] |date=1 May 2007}}</ref>
| 1
| B. Baktavatsalu Naidu
|-
| 4
| [[S. Chellapandian]]
| 31 March 1962
| 14 March 1967
| Indian National Congress<ref name="chellapandian_party">{{cite web|title=Statistical report on General Election 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Madras|url=http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Madras_1962.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410002150/http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Madras_1962.pdf|archivedate=2009-04-10}}</ref>
| 1
| [[K. Parthasarathi]]
|-
| 5
| [[S. P. Adithanar|Si. Pa. Adithanar]]
| 17 March 1967
| 12 August 1968
| [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]<ref name="aditanar_party">{{cite web|title=Statistical report on General Election 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Madras|url=http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Madras%201967.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410004729/http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Madras%201967.pdf|archivedate=2009-04-10}}</ref>
|1
| [[Pulavar K. Govindan]]
|-
| colspan="7" | Sources:
# {{cite web|title=Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly: Details of terms of successive Legislative Assemblies constituted under the Constitution of India|publisher=Government of India|url=http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/STATISTICAL/tamilnadu.htm|access-date=2 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409221838/http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/STATISTICAL/tamilnadu.htm|archive-date=9 April 2009|url-status=dead}}
# {{cite web|title=Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly: Details of terms of successive Legislative Assemblies constituted under the Constitution of India |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/list/assemblies-overview.htm |publisher=Government of Tamil Nadu |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006083126/http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/list/assemblies-overview.htm |archivedate=2014-10-06 }}
|}

=== Tamil Nadu ===

Madras was renamed Tamil Nadu in January 1969.

{| class="wikitable"
! #
! Name
! Took office
! Left office
! Political party
! Term
! Deputy Speaker
|-
| 1
| [[Pulavar K. Govindan]]
| 22 February 1969
| 14 March 1971
| DMK
| 1
| [[G. R. Edmund]]
|-
| 2
| [[K. A. Mathiazagan]]
| 24 March 1971
| 2 December 1972
| DMK
|1
| [[P. Seenivasan]]
|-
| 4
| [[P. Seenivasan]] (Acting Speaker)
| 2 December 1972
| 3 August 1973
| DMK
| 1
|
|-
| 3
| [[Pulavar K. Govindan]]
| 3 August 1973
| 3 July 1977
| DMK
| 2
| [[N. Ganapathy (Thanjavur)|N. Ganapathy]]
|-
| 4
| [[Munu Adhi]]
| 6 July 1977
| 18 June 1980
| AIADMK
| 1
| [[S. Thirunavukkarasu]]
|-
| 5
| [[K. Rajaram]]
| 21 June 1980
| 24 February 1985
| AIADMK
| 1
| [[P. H. Pandian]]
|-
| 6
| [[P. H. Pandian]]
| 27 February 1985
| 5 February 1989
| AIADMK
| 1
| [[V. P. Balasubramanian]]
|-
| 7
| [[M. Tamilkudimagan]]
| 8 February 1989
| 30 June 1991
| DMK
| 1
| [[V. P. Duraisamy]]
|-
| 8
| [[R. Muthiah]]
| 3 July 1991
| 21 May 1996
| AIADMK
| 1
| [[K. Ponnuswamy]],<br />[[K. Gandhirajan]]
|-
| 9
| [[P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan]]
| 23 May 1996
| 21 May 2001
| DMK
| 1
| [[Parithi Ilamvazhuthi]]
|-
| 10
| [[K. Kalimuthu]]
| 24 May 2001
| 1 February 2006
| AIADMK
| 1
| [[A. Arunachalam]]
|-
| 11
| [[R. Avudaiappan]]
| 19 May 2006
| 15 May 2011
| DMK
| 1
| V. P. Duraisamy
|-
| 12
| [[D. Jayakumar]]
| May 2011
| 29 September 2012
| AIADMK
| 1
| [[P. Dhanapal]]
|-
| 13
| [[P. Dhanapal]]
| 10 October 2012
| 3 May 2021
| AIADMK
| 2
| [[V. Jayaraman|Pollachi V. Jayaraman]]
|-
| 14
|[[M. Appavu]]
|12 May 2021
|''Incumbent''
| DMK
| 1
|[[K. Pitchandi]]
|-
| colspan="7" | Sources:
# {{cite web|title=Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly: Details of terms of successive Legislative Assemblies constituted under the Constitution of India|publisher=Government of India|url=http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/STATISTICAL/tamilnadu.htm|access-date=2 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409221838/http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/STATISTICAL/tamilnadu.htm|archive-date=9 April 2009|url-status=dead}}
# {{cite web|title=Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly: Details of terms of successive Legislative Assemblies constituted under the Constitution of India |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/list/assemblies-overview.htm |publisher=Government of Tamil Nadu |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006083126/http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/list/assemblies-overview.htm |archivedate=2014-10-06 }}
|}

== Notes ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Lists of people from Tamil Nadu|Speakers, lower houses]]
[[Category:Speakers of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly| ]]
[[Category:Members of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly|*Speakers]]
[[Category:Lists of legislative speakers in India]]
[[Category:Tamil Nadu politics-related lists|Speakers]]

List of speakers of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

2021-08-28T17:55:27Z

115.97.64.68:

{{short description|Bharatpedia list article}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox official post
| post = Speaker
| body = the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
| department = [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
| termlength = During the life of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly (five years maximum)
| member_of = [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
| appointer = Members of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
| deputy = [[K. Pitchandi]]
| inaugural = Pulavar K. Govindan
| incumbent = Hon'ble [[M. Appavu]]
| incumbentsince = 12 May 2021
| insignia = File:TamilNadu Logo.svg
| insigniacaption = Emblem of Tamil Nadu
}}

{{Politics of Tamil Nadu}}
The '''Speaker of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]''' is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu, the main law-making body for the [[India]]n state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. He is elected by the members of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly (until 1968, the Madras Legislative Assembly). The speaker is always a member of the Legislative Assembly.

== List of presidents of the Madras Legislative Council ==


[[Madras Legislative Council]], the first representative legislature for the [[Madras Presidency]] (political predecessor for Tamil Nadu) was inaugurated in December 1920 as per the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms. The presiding officer of the Council was known as the President. The first President, [[Sir P. Rajagopalachari]] was not elected but nominated and took office on 17 December 1920.

{| class="wikitable"
! #
! Name
! Took office
! Left office
! Political party
! Term
|-
| 1
| [[P. Rajagopalachari]]
| 1920
| February 1925
|
| 1
|-
| 2
| [[L. D. Swamikannu Pillai]]
| February 1925
| September 1925
|
|1
|-
| 3
| [[M. Ratnaswami]]
| September 1925
| 1926
|
| 1
|-
| 4
| [[C. V. S. Narasimha Raju]]
| 1926
| 1930
|
|1
|-
|5
| [[B. Ramachandra Reddi]]
| 1930
| 1937
|
| 1
|}

==List of chairmen of Madras Legislative Council==
With the introduction of provincial autonomy in 1937, the Council became the upper chamber of a bicameral legislature. The presiding officer of the Council was called as the "Chairman of the Council". This agreement continued in the [[Republic of India]] as well till the Council's abolition in 1986.

{| class="wikitable"
! #
! Name
! Took office
! Left office
! Political party
|-
| 1
| [[U. Rama Rao]]
| 1937
| 1945
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| 2
| [[R. B. Ramakrishna Raju]]
| 1946
| 1952
| Indian National Congress
|-
| 3
| [[P. V. Cherian]]
| 1952
| 20 April 1964
|Indian National Congress
|-
| 4
| [[M. A. Manickavelu Naicker]]
| 1964
| 1970
|Indian National Congress
|-
| 5
| [[C. P. Chitrarasu]]
| 1970
| 1976
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|-
| 6
| [[M. P. Sivagnanam]]
| 1976
| 1986
|[[Tamil Arasu Kazhagam]]
|}

== List of speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Madras Presidency ==
The [[Government of India Act 1935|Government of India Act of 1935]] abolished dyarchy and ensured provincial autonomy. It created a [[bicameralism | bicameral]] legislature in the [[Madras Presidency]]. The legislature consisted of the governor and two legislative bodies – a [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly|legislative assembly]] and a [[Madras Legislative Council|legislative council]]. The presiding officer of the assembly was called the "Speaker".

{| class="wikitable"
! #
! Name
! Took office
! Left office
! Political party
! Term
! Deputy Speaker
|-
|1
| [[Bulusu Sambamurti]]
| 1937
| 1942
|
| 1
| [[Rukmini Lakshmipathi]]<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article244000.ece?textsize=small&test=2 Historic moments, historic personalities]</ref>
|-
|
| No Assembly<ref>Elections were not held in 1942 and no new Assembly was constituted during 1942-46</ref>
| 1942
| 1946
|
| 1
|-
| 2
| [[J. Shivashanmugam Pillai]]
| 1946
| 1952
|
| 1
|Ammanna Raja<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article2051075.ece Jayakumar, Dhanapal set to become Speaker, Deputy Speaker]</ref>
|}

== List of speakers ==

===Madras State===

[[Madras State]], precursor to the present day state of Tamil Nadu, was created after [[Indian independence movement|Indian independence]] on 26 January 1950.<ref name=worldstatesmen>[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html#Tamil%20Nadu World Statesmen.org — Indian states since 1947]</ref> It comprised present-day Tamil Nadu and parts of present-day [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Karnataka]] and [[Kerala]]. The first legislature of the Madras State to be elected on the basis of [[universal suffrage]] was constituted on 1 March 1952, after the [[general elections]] held in January 1952.<ref>[http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/history/history.htm Government of Tamil Nadu — The State Legislature — Origin and Evolution] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413233934/http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/history/history.htm |date=2010-04-13 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! #
! Name
! Took office
! Left office
! Political party
! Term
! Deputy Speaker
|-
| 1
| [[J. Shivashanmugam Pillai]]
| 6 May 1952
| 16 August 1955
| [[Indian National Congress]]<ref name="shivashanmugam_party">{{cite book|title=Dalit movement in India and its leaders, 1857-1956|author=Rāmacandra Kshīrasāgara|pages=294|publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd|year=1994|ISBN=978-81-85880-43-3}}</ref>
| 1
| [[B. Baktavatsalu Naidu]]
|-
| 2
| [[N. Gopala Menon]]
| 27 September 1955
| 1 November 1956
| Indian National Congress<ref name="menon_party">{{cite news|title=dated September 28, 1955: Madras Assembly Speaker |url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/09/28/stories/2005092800270902.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912094242/http://www.hindu.com/2005/09/28/stories/2005092800270902.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 September 2011|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=28 September 2005}}</ref>
| 1
| B. Baktavatsalu Naidu
|-
| 3
| [[U. Krishna Rao]]
| 30 April 1957
| 3 August 1961
| Indian National Congress<ref name="krishnarao_party">{{cite news|title=dated May 1, 1957 : New Speaker of Madras |url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/01/stories/2007050100021200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070502093234/http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/01/stories/2007050100021200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 May 2007|work=[[The Hindu]] |date=1 May 2007}}</ref>
| 1
| B. Baktavatsalu Naidu
|-
| 4
| [[S. Chellapandian]]
| 31 March 1962
| 14 March 1967
| Indian National Congress<ref name="chellapandian_party">{{cite web|title=Statistical report on General Election 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Madras|url=http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Madras_1962.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410002150/http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Madras_1962.pdf|archivedate=2009-04-10}}</ref>
| 1
| [[K. Parthasarathi]]
|-
| 5
| [[S. P. Adithanar|Si. Pa. Adithanar]]
| 17 March 1967
| 12 August 1968
| [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]<ref name="aditanar_party">{{cite web|title=Statistical report on General Election 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Madras|url=http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Madras%201967.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410004729/http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Madras%201967.pdf|archivedate=2009-04-10}}</ref>
|1
| [[Pulavar K. Govindan]]
|-
| colspan="7" | Sources:
# {{cite web|title=Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly: Details of terms of successive Legislative Assemblies constituted under the Constitution of India|publisher=Government of India|url=http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/STATISTICAL/tamilnadu.htm|access-date=2 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409221838/http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/STATISTICAL/tamilnadu.htm|archive-date=9 April 2009|url-status=dead}}
# {{cite web|title=Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly: Details of terms of successive Legislative Assemblies constituted under the Constitution of India |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/list/assemblies-overview.htm |publisher=Government of Tamil Nadu |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006083126/http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/list/assemblies-overview.htm |archivedate=2014-10-06 }}
|}

=== Tamil Nadu ===

Madras was renamed Tamil Nadu in January 1969.

{| class="wikitable"
! #
! Name
! Took office
! Left office
! Political party
! Term
! Deputy Speaker
|-
| 1
| [[Pulavar K. Govindan]]
| 22 February 1969
| 14 March 1971
| DMK
| 1
| [[G. R. Edmund]]
|-
| 2
| [[K. A. Mathiazagan]]
| 24 March 1971
| 2 December 1972
| DMK
|1
| [[P. Seenivasan]]
|-
| 4
| [[P. Seenivasan]] (Acting Speaker)
| 2 December 1972
| 3 August 1973
| DMK
| 1
|
|-
| 3
| [[Pulavar K. Govindan]]
| 3 August 1973
| 3 July 1977
| DMK
| 2
| [[N. Ganapathy (Thanjavur)|N. Ganapathy]]
|-
| 4
| [[Munu Adhi]]
| 6 July 1977
| 18 June 1980
| AIADMK
| 1
| [[S. Thirunavukkarasu]]
|-
| 5
| [[K. Rajaram]]
| 21 June 1980
| 24 February 1985
| AIADMK
| 1
| [[P. H. Pandian]]
|-
| 6
| [[P. H. Pandian]]
| 27 February 1985
| 5 February 1989
| AIADMK
| 1
| [[V. P. Balasubramanian]]
|-
| 7
| [[M. Tamilkudimagan]]
| 8 February 1989
| 30 June 1991
| DMK
| 1
| [[V. P. Duraisamy]]
|-
| 8
| [[R. Muthiah]]
| 3 July 1991
| 21 May 1996
| AIADMK
| 1
| [[K. Ponnuswamy]],<br />[[K. Gandhirajan]]
|-
| 9
| [[P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan]]
| 23 May 1996
| 21 May 2001
| DMK
| 1
| [[Parithi Ilamvazhuthi]]
|-
| 10
| [[K. Kalimuthu]]
| 24 May 2001
| 1 February 2006
| AIADMK
| 1
| [[A. Arunachalam]]
|-
| 11
| [[R. Avudaiappan]]
| 19 May 2006
| 15 May 2011
| DMK
| 1
| V. P. Duraisamy
|-
| 12
| [[D. Jayakumar]]
| May 2011
| 29 September 2012
| AIADMK
| 1
| [[P. Dhanapal]]
|-
| 13
| [[P. Dhanapal]]
| 10 October 2012
| 3 May 2021
| AIADMK
| 2
| [[V. Jayaraman|Pollachi V. Jayaraman]]
|-
| 14
|[[M. Appavu]]
|12 May 2021
|''Incumbent''
| DMK
| 1
|[[K. Pitchandi]]
|-
| colspan="7" | Sources:
# {{cite web|title=Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly: Details of terms of successive Legislative Assemblies constituted under the Constitution of India|publisher=Government of India|url=http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/STATISTICAL/tamilnadu.htm|access-date=2 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409221838/http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/STATISTICAL/tamilnadu.htm|archive-date=9 April 2009|url-status=dead}}
# {{cite web|title=Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly: Details of terms of successive Legislative Assemblies constituted under the Constitution of India |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/list/assemblies-overview.htm |publisher=Government of Tamil Nadu |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006083126/http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/list/assemblies-overview.htm |archivedate=2014-10-06 }}
|}

== Notes ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Lists of people from Tamil Nadu|Speakers, lower houses]]
[[Category:Speakers of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly| ]]
[[Category:Members of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly|*Speakers]]
[[Category:Lists of legislative speakers in India]]
[[Category:Tamil Nadu politics-related lists|Speakers]]