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The east coast of Tamil Nadu was one of the areas affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, during which almost 8000 people died in the disaster. [112] The sixth most populous state in the Indian Union, Tamil Nadu was the seventh-largest economy in 2005 among the states of India. [113]
Since Tamil Nadu has a unicameral legislature, the terms Tamil Nadu Legislature and Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly are almost synonymous and are often confused. However, they are not one and the same. The Tamil Nadu Legislature is the legislative body, while the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly is a part of it.
MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election 219 18 March 2012 Sankarankoil: C. Karuppasamy: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam: V. M. Rajalakshmi: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam: 180 12 June 2012 Sankarankoil: S. P. Muthukumaran: Communist Party of India: V. R. Karthik Thondaiman
The MLA Hostel is located on Wallajah Road. Rajaji Hall in the same campus, which was built between 1800 and 1802, [ 79 ] used to have a role in state administration. At present, it houses the offices of the Tamil Nadu State Raffle.
The history of local bodies in Tamil Nadu dates back to the Ancient period wherein the village administration was taken care by a Village assembly known as Sabai (Tamil: சபை) in every village. Further, each village was divided into several wards known as mandalams ( Tamil : மண்டலம் ). [ 4 ]
The second legislative assembly election to the Madras state (presently Tamil Nadu) was held on 31 March 1957. This was the first election held after the linguistic reorganisation of Madras State in 1956. Indian National Congress and its leader, K. Kamaraj won the election and defeated their rival, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.
The St. Thomas Mount Assembly constituency was one of the 234 state legislative assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu, a state in southern India. It was in existence for the 1967 and 1971 assembly elections. At that time, this constituency was represented only by the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu M. G. Ramachandran.
The Vanniyars are Tamil Nadu's second-largest community, after the scheduled caste. [7] They mostly work as agricultural labourers and are concentrated in the northern Tamil Nadu towns of Cuddalore, Vellore , Tiruvallur , Ranipet , Chengalpet , Villupuram and Kancheepuram where they make up a sizable vote bank. [ 8 ]