Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam - Wikipedia
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam - Wikipedia
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam - Wikipedia
We strive to treat women with the same dignity and respect as men. We will Colours Yellow
make Tamil Nadu bright by taking love, virtue, and power as our ambitious ECI Status State party[1]
motto.
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In the 2009 general elections, it contested 40 seats—39 in Tamil Nadu and 1 in Website
Puducherry—without an alliance and lost in all the constituencies with 0.75% of www.dmdkparty.com (https://dmdkparty.c
the vote.[2] om/)
Following widespread corruption, a price rise, a power cut, and allegations of Politics of India · Political parties ·
nepotism against the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government, in the 2011 Elections
assembly elections, the party, in alliance with parties like the left and former
chief minister of Tamil Nadu J. Jayalalithaa's All India Anna Dravida Munnetra
Kazhagam (AIADMK),[3] swept the polls, winning 202 seats, with the DMDK
winning 29 out of 40 which it contested, and got the opposition status in the Tamil
Nadu Legislative Assembly by making it a second largest party in the legislative
assembly next only to its ally AIADMK pushing DMK to third position and
Vijayakant recognized as the leader of the opposition in the assembly, becoming the
first actor to become the leader of the opposition in a state's legislative assembly in
India. The large victory also earned recognition and a permanent election symbol
from the Election Commission of India.[4] Vijayakant stepped down as leader of the
opposition on 21 February 2016, after eight DMDK party MLAs resigned.[5]
The party's performance began to deteriorate after the 2014 general elections; it
fought the Lok Sabha election in an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party-led
National Democratic Alliance (NDA).[6] Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra
Kazhagam, Pattali Makkal Katchi, and Kongunadu Makkal Desiya Katchi and Dr. Vijayakant
Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi's Social Democratic Alliance are the other allies of the Founder of the party
National Democratic Alliance in Tamil Nadu. In the NDA alliance, this party has the
highest number of seats, which are 14 in number. Despite the big hype, the party
lost all 14 seats to AIADMK candidates. But this is the first time in 52 years that the DMK alliance was pushed to third
place by the number of seats, and this election has given confidence to most parties that the future of Tamil Nadu lies in
a coalition government.
The DMDK decided to run alongside the People's Welfare Front (PWA) in the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
elections, as part of the "Captain Vijayakant Alliance,"[7 ] which included the Communist Party of India (Marxist),
Communist Party of India, Vaiko's Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, and Thol. Thirumavalavan's Viduthalai
Chiruthaigal Katchi. The DMDK performed poorly in the election, not winning even a single constituency and losing
deposits in the majority of its seats. It also witnessed a vote swing of -5.49% from the 2011 assembly elections.
In the 2019 general elections, after several rounds of talks with different political
parties, The move comes after the DMDK’s attempts to make an alliance with the
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, which has already entered into a pre-poll alliance
with the Congress and several others, failed. DMDK contested with the Bharatiya
Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Tamil Nadu for the 17th
Lok Sabha polls, along with All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Pattali
Makkal Katchi, Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar), and some unrecognized
parties. Vijayakant wants to prove his vote bank strength in this election, but the
party was humiliated and lost all four that it contested out of the 39 Lok Sabha seats
in the state. The Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA), a DMK-led alliance consisting DMDK poster in Thanjavur
of all the major opposition parties in the state, swept the election by winning 38
seats.
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In the 2021 assembly elections, the DMDK, which had the support of the Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam, Social
Democratic Party of India, and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, lost 60 seats contested and saw a vote
percentage swing of -1.96% compared to previous assembly elections. After the election, the DMK emerged as the
ruling party, and the AIADMK emerged as the main party of the opposition in the assembly.
Electoral performance
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Alagaapuram R.
Former Member of the Legislative Assembly from Salem North Propaganda Secretary
Mohanraj
B. Parthasarathy Former Member of the Legislative Assembly from Virugampakkam Deputy Secretary
Presidents
Vijayakant
1 14 September 2005 Incumbent 18 years, 26 days
(1952–)
General Secretaries
S. Ramu Vasanthan
1 14 September 2005 17 July 2009 3 years, 306 days
(Unknow n–2009)
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Vijayakant
2 1 June 2014 Incumbent 9 years, 131 days
(1952–)
Legislative leaders
Vijayakant 14th
1 27 May 2011 21 February 2016 4 years, 270 days Rishivandiyam
(1952–) (2011)
Term in office
Leader of
Name Time Assembly
No. Portrait Assumed Left Constituency the
(Birth–Death) in (Election)
office office Opposition
office
Panruti S. 10
2 years, 14th
1 Ramachandran 27 May 2011 December Alandur Vijayakant
197 days (2011)
(1937–) 2013
References
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4. "தே.மு.தி.க.,வுக்கு தேர்தல் கமிஷன் அங் கீகாரம்: சின் னத்தை இழக்கிறது பா.ம.க." (htt
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xplained/tamil-nadu-polls-joining-the-third-front-the-captain-worries-dmk-and-aiadmk/). 23 March 2016.
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External links
Vijaykanth's interview to rediff.com (http://in.rediff.com/election/2006/may/08pinter.htm)
தேமுதிக Official Facebook Link (https://www.facebook.com/pages/தேமுதிக-தலைமைக்கழக-இ
ணையதள-அணி/685873961437219)
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