Second Karunanidhi ministry

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|caption=M. Karunanidhi

|date_formed=15 March 1971|date_dissolved=31 January 1976|government_head=M. Karunanidhi|government_head_history=|state_head=Governor Sardar Ujjal Singh|members_number=|former_members_number=|total_number=|political_parties=DMK|legislature_status=Majority|opposition_cabinet=

|opposition_party=INC

|opposition_leader=R. Ponnappan Nadar(assembly)

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After the Fifth General Elections held in 1971 a new Ministry with M. Karunanidhi as Chief Minister was formed on 15 March 1971.{{Citation|last=|title=TAMIL NADU LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUINQUENNIAL REVIEW 1971-76|url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/5th_1971/5th-71-76.pdf|year=1977|location=Chennai|publisher=Government of Tamil Nadu}}{{Cite news|last=M. Karunanidhi, the five-term Chief Minister|first=In pictures|date=7 August 2018|title=In pictures: M. Karunanidhi, the five-term Chief Minister|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/m-karunanidhi-the-five-term-chief-minister/article24548707.ece|access-date=24 May 2021}}{{Cite news|last=A Timeline|first=Karunanidhi’s political innings|date=7 August 2018|title=Karunanidhi's political innings: A timeline|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/karunanidhis-political-innings-a-timeline/article24616380.ece|access-date=24 May 2021}}{{Cite web|last=Five-time Tamil Nadu CM, Dravidian champion, gritty political survivor|first=M Karunanidhi (1924-2018)|date=7 August 2018|title=M Karunanidhi (1924-2018): Five-time Tamil Nadu CM, Dravidian champion, gritty political survivor|url=https://scroll.in/article/824295/m-karunanidhi-1924-2018-five-time-tamil-nadu-cm-dravidian-champion-gritty-political-survivor|access-date=24 May 2021|website=Scroll.in}}{{Cite web|last=OVERVIEW|first=FIFTH ASSEMBLY|title=FIFTH ASSEMBLY OVERVIEW|url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/5th_1971/overview.html|access-date=25 May 2021|website=assembly.tn.gov.in}}