Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi

Kongunadu Makkal Desiya Katchi
Secretary-General E. R. Eswaran
Founded 21 March 2013
Headquarters Erode
Ideology Indigenism
Alliance DMK Alliance

Kongunadu Makkal Desiya Katchi (KMDK) is a political party in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The party's vote base is mainly concentrated in the Kongu Nadu region of Tamil Nadu. It was a splinter party of Kongunadu Munnetra Kazhagam (KMK).[1]

History

On 21 March 2013, E. R. Eswaran launched new Party Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi, he also became the General Secretary of new party. He contested the May 2009 Loksabha elections as a KMK candidate in the Coimbatore constituency[2] and came third, securing more than one lakh votes. He also came third in the 2009 by election for Thondamuthur Assembly Constituency.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

2014 Lok Sabha election

The party contested the 2014 Lok Sabha alliance as a part of National Democratic Alliance led by the BJP. Party General Secretary E. R. Eswaran contested in Pollachi Lok Sabha, the lone seat allotted for the party from the alliance and finished second with 276,118 votes.

Indian general elections, 2014: Pollachi[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
AIADMK C. Mahendran 417,092
Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi E. R. Eswaran 276,118
DMK Pongalur N. Palanisamy 251,829
INC K. Selvaraj 30,014
None of the Above(5) 12,947

2016 Tamil Nadu State elections

In 2016 election the party contested in 72 constituencies without being a part of any alliance and came 2nd and 3rd in most of the constituencies behind the AIADMK and DMK.It is speculated that if the party had aligned with the DMK, the DMK would have captured power.

References

  1. ↑ "New sub-regional party creates flutter in Coimbatore poll battle - Thaindian News". Thaindian.com. 2009-05-12. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
  2. ↑ "Gounder consolidation could pose headache to major parties - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2009-05-21. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
  3. ↑ "Latest Tamilnadu, Indian Political News, Headlines, Information Online". Dinamalar.com. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
  4. ↑ "KMDK". Kmdk.in. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
  5. ↑ "E.r. Eswaran". Facebook. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
  6. ↑ "E.R. Eswaran". YouTube. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
  7. ↑ "E.R.ESWARAN Official Website of General Secretary ( கொங்குநாடு மக்கள் தேசிய கட்சி )". Kongusingam.com. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
  8. ↑ "எல்.பி.பீ. கான்கிரீட் தள விவகாரம்: விவசாயிகள் மோதலை தவிர்க்க நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க வேண்டும் ஈஸ்வரன் அறிக்கை || Farmers must take action to avoid conflict Eswaran Report". Maalaimalar.com. 2014-02-19. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
  9. ↑ "தனியாரோடு சேர்ந்து மாதிரி பள்ளிகளை அரசு உருவாக்க வேண்டும்: கொங்குநாடு மக்கள் கட்சி வலியுறுத்தல் || Private and government together to create model schools kongunadu makkal katchi emphasis". Maalaimalar.com. 2014-02-19. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
  10. ↑ "Results 2014". ECI. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
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