List of Tamilnadu Chief Ministers wef 1969

#[9]		Name	Portrait	Took office	Left office	Term[10]	Political party[26]	Election
	1	C. N. Annadurai		14 January 1969	3 February 1969[27]	1st	DMK	1967 State assembly election
	2	V.R. Nedunchezhiyan (acting)[20]		3 February 1969	10 February 1969	1st	DMK
	3	M. Karunanidhi		10 February 1969	4 January 1971	1st	DMK
	4	M. Karunanidhi		15 March 1971	31 January 1976	2nd	DMK	1971 State assembly election
		President's rule[20]		31 January 1976	30 June 1977
	5	M. G. Ramachandran		30 June 1977	17 February 1980	1st	AIADMK	1977 State assembly election
		President's rule		17 February 1980	9 June 1980
	6	M. G. Ramachandran		9 June 1980	15 November 1984	2nd	AIADMK	1980 State assembly election
	7	M. G. Ramachandran		10 February 1985	24 December 1987	3rd	AIADMK	1984 State assembly election
	8	V.R. Nedunchezhiyan (acting)[20]		24 December 1987	7 January 1988	2nd	AIADMK
	9	Janaki Ramachandran		7 January 1988	30 January 1988	1st	AIADMK
		President's rule		30 January 1988	27 January 1989
	10	M. Karunanidhi		27 January 1989	30 January 1991	3rd	DMK	1989 State assembly election
		President's rule		30 January 1991	24 June 1991
	11	J. Jayalalithaa		24 June 1991	12 May 1996	1st	AIADMK	1991 State assembly election
	12	M. Karunanidhi		13 May 1996	13 May 2001	4th	DMK	1996 State assembly election
	-[28]	J. Jayalalithaa		14 May 2001	21 September 2001	-[28]	AIADMK	2001 State assembly election
	13	O. Panneerselvam		21 September 2001	1 March 2002	1st	AIADMK
	14	J. Jayalalithaa		2 March 2002	12 May 2006	2nd[28]	AIADMK
	15	M. Karunanidhi		13 May 2006	15 May 2011[29]	5th[30]	DMK	2006 State assembly election
	16	J. Jayalalithaa		16 May 2011	27 September 2014[25]	3rd[31]	AIADMK	2011 State assembly election
	17	O. Panneerselvam		29 September 2014[32]	22 May 2015[33]	2nd	AIADMK
	18	J. Jayalalithaa		23 May 2015[34]	19 May 2016	4th	AIADMK
	19	J. Jayalalithaa		19 May 2016[4]	Incumbent	5th	AIADMK	2016 State assembly election