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| Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | |
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| Leader | Vijayakanth |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Koyambedu, Chennai |
| Ideology | Social Democratic/Populist |
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| http://www.dmdkindia.org | |
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Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (in Tamil: தேசிய முற்போக்கு திராவிடக் கழகம், meaning National Progressive Dravidian Federation) is a regional political party formed by Tamil cinema actor Vijayakanth in Tamil Nadu along the lines of the regional Dravidian political parties. He formally announced party formation on September 14, 2005 at Madurai. The party head office is in Koyambedu, Chennai.
This party contested in all 234 seats in the state elections in May 2006 with Vijayakanth contesting in Vridhachalam. The party polled almost 3 million votes (about 10% share), (which was surprisingly good show for a new party). All the candidates of the DMDK with the exception of Mr. Vijaykanth lost the elections in 2006.
Vijaykanth has declared that he would not ask donations for his party, and most of the funding for the party comes from his own pocket. He has so far rejected alliances with other political parties. In a recent by-elections to Madurai Central assembly constituency DMDK has secured around 17000 votes which is just 2000 votes less than ADMK. DMDK was also able to secure significant number of seats in Local Body elections.
DMDK went national in the year 2007 by contesting in the Mumbai local body elections. The party believes in the abundant number of Tamils residing in Dhaaravi and other areas of Mumbai
Vijaykanth and his party are Contesting in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls as an independent party in all 40 constituencies in the state. There were rumors about Vijaykanth forming an alliance with either the AIADMK or BJP but nothing materialized. Eventually the party contested alone in all the constituencies in Tamilnadu and Pondy.
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Election history
Tamil Nadu
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See pdf for summary.
| Year | General Election | Votes Polled | Seats Won |
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| 2006 | 13th Assembly | 2,764,223 | 1 |
| 2009 | 15th Lok Sabha | 3,073,479 | 0 |
The following Mayoral Election Results of 2006, clearly shows that DMDK’s vote share is much more than the margin of victory for the DMK. DMDK contested the elections without any alliance, while DMK alliance had more than four major parties [CPI, CPM, Cong I and PMK] AIADMK alliance had MDMK on its side.
1. Madurai:
2. Tirunelveli:
AIADMK:49,658 DMDK:24,043 DMK: 69,808
3. Coimbatore:
AIADMK:101,00 DMDK:60,777 DMK: 140,400
4. Trichy:
AIADMK:97,476 DMDK:46,934 DMK: 119,271
5. Salem:
AIADMK:114,200 DMDK:64,350 DMK: 149,600
2009 Lok Sabha Election
DMDK contested all 39 seats independently in Tamil Nadu in the 15th Lok Sabha election and lost all of them. The party, however, made strong inroads in the heartland of Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK). The party polled 30.73 lakh votes of the total of 3.02 crore valid votes polled in the state representing roughly a vote share of 10.09%. This is higher than the 8.38% vote share polled by him during the 2006 assembly election. It polled more than one lakh votes in nine constituencies, more than 75,000 in 19 constituencies and more than 50,000 in 35 constituencines including Puduchery.
Though his party did not win any seat, it appears to have made the difference between winning and losing for several candidates by having a vote share larger than the margin of victory. Except S. Austin in Kanyakumari and K. Pandiarajan in Virudhunagar constituency, none of the other candidates had a standing of their own and observers believe the votes polled by him indicate the public support for his candidacy.[1]
References
- ^ "DMDK improves poll showing". The times of India Chennai edition: p. 3. 18 May 2009.
External links
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Defunct Dravidian parties Justice party |
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Contemporary Dravidian parties Dravidar Kazhagam |
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Chief Ministers from Dravidian parties
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- Official Webpage of DMDK Party
- Welcome to DMDK - Political Site for Vijaykanth Party
- VijayaKanth DMDK Blog
- Article on Vijaykanth's political foray and election results in The New Indian Express
- DMDK Vijayakanth Profile in ArasiyalTalk.com
- Vijaykanth's interview to rediff.com
- DMDK in Mumbai this year
- A Magazine for DMDK
- Vijaykanth's Birthday
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