P. Vijayalakshmi

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| office = Member of Legislative Assembly

| term = 2011 -2016

| constituency = Sankari (State Assembly Constituency)

| office1 = Minister of Social Welfare

| term1 = 14 May 2001 – 12 May 2006

| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata1 = O. Panneerselvam
J. Jayalalithaa

| office2 = Minister of Khadi and Handlooms

| term2 = 10 Feb 1985 – 21 Oct 1986

| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata2 = M. G. Ramachandran

| office3 = Member of Legislative Assembly

| term3 = 2001–2006

| constituency3 = Panamarathupatti (State Assembly Constituency)

| term4 = 1980 - 1989 (2 terms)

| constituency4 = Veerapandi (State Assembly Constituency)

}}

Vijayalakshmi Palanisami is a former minister and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu from Sankagiri constituency.{{cite web|title=List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011|url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/member_list.pdf|publisher=Govt. of Tamil Nadu}} (2011–2016) defeating her uncle and DMK strongman Veerapandi S. Arumugam. Previously, she was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly from Veerapandi constituency as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 1980, and 1984 elections. Again she was elected from Panamarathupatti (State Assembly Constituency) in 2001 elections during which she served as Social welfare minister.[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu%201980.pdf 1980 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India][http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1984/StatisticalReportTamilNadu84.pdf 1984 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India] In 1985, she was made Khadi and Handlooms minister by then Chief Minister M. G. Ramachandran, only to be removed from the post along with 10 other ministers in 1986. After the death of ADMK supremo J. Jayalalithaa, she was briefly in OPS camp along with former minister Semmalai, but soon returned to partyfold.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}