The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on Saturday entered into its fifth year of its second term that started in 2016. With this, the party is the second in Tamil Nadu to be in power for more than 9 years continuously without a gap. The Congress is the only other party to have been in power for such a long time whose rule lasted for 20 years without a break from 1946 to 1967.
The AIADMK government came back to power in 2011 with Jayalallithaa becoming the Chief Minister for the fourth time. The party also achieved the feat of retaining power for a consecutive second term in 2016 bucking the trend since 1989. After the demise of Jayalalithaa, Mr. O. Panneerselvam became the Chief Minister and held the post till February 2017 after which Edappadi K. Palaniswami took over and has been CM for the past 3 years.
Even though the party under Dr. M.G. Ramachandran was in power from 1977 to 1987, there was break in between due to the President’s Rule imposed between February and June 1980.