Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Leader	Vaiko
Founded	April 6, 1993
Headquarters	Thaayagam, Chennai
Newspaper	Sangoli
Ideology	Social Democracy
Alliance	National Democratic Alliance (1998-2004) United Progressive Alliance (2004-2008)
Website
mdmk.org.in
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Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK; Tamil: மறுமலர்ச்சித் திராவிட முன்னேற்றக் கழகம்) is a political party in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu formed in 1994 by Mr. V. Gopalswamy (also known as Vaiko), a member of Rajyasabha and a party activitist of DMK. Mr. V. Gopalsamy grew in the party from his student days. He actively participated in the party agitations and courted imprisonment several times. He was detained under MISA during emergency with other party leaders and workers. His style of speaking is his own, quoting world events and history, he attracted a lot of support. Particularly the youths of DMK had a liking for him. This created antagonism towards him by the leaders and was forced out of the Parent body on false charges. His sympathy for the cause of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam is widely known. With the looming possibility of a vote of confidence in Parliament against the UPA, Two party MP's, L Ganesan and Genjee N Ramachandran, claimed that they enjoy the support of the majority of party cadre, decided to pledge support to the UPA government.They later withdrew their claim and joined DMK when it was found that they had forged letters of support of Party executives.^[1]

Election history

MDMK's worst poll performance ever in Tamil Nadu was registered in 1996 and its peak, a decade later, in 2006.^[2]

Tamil Nadu

Year	General Election	Votes Polled	Seats Won
1996	11th Assembly	1,569,168	0
1996	11th Lok Sabha	1,222,415	0
1998	12th Lok Sabha	1,602,504	3
1999	13th Lok Sabha	1,620,527	4
2001	12th Assembly	1,304,469	0
2004	14th Lok Sabha	1,679,870	4
2006	13th Assembly	1,971,565	6
2009	15th Lok Sabha	-	1

Pondicherry

Year	General Election	Votes Polled	Seats Won
1996	9th Assembly	14,657	0
1996	11th Lok Sabha	13,397	0
2001	10th Assembly	4,910	0
2006	11th Assembly		1

Election history

• EC report on elections

References

1. ^ Indian Prez summons PM: Trust vote likely on July 21 or 22, Singh garners enough votes
2. ^ http://eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf

External links

• Official website of MDMK
• Puliyangudi Palanisamy
• Sangoli (weekly) Official magazine of MDMK party.
• Unofficial online version of Sangoli (weekly) Magazine of MDMK party.
• Unofficial Website of MDMK party
• Blog of a Vaiko's fan. Contains the speeches, videos and other news about Vaiko.
• Another blog of Vaiko's fans (MDMK cadres). Contains political & literature speeches of Vaiko and other news about Vaiko and MDMK in text and video forms.