Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
The Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ( MDMK ) (Tamil: மறுமலர்ச்சித் திராவிட முன்னேற்றக் கழகம் Maṟumalarccit Tirāviṭa Muṉṉēṟṟak Kaḻakam [ marɯmalʌrtʃi dra ː ʋiɖə mun ː e ː t ː rə k ː aɻəɦʌm ] about " Dravidian advanced Renaissance Association ") is a regional party in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Orientation
The MDMK in 1994 from politicians V. Gopalswamy ( Vaiko called ) as a breakaway from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party (DMK ) was founded. The Tamil nationalist DMK dominates together with the products resulting from the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra her Kazhagam ( AIADMK ) since the late 1960s, the politics of Tamil Nadu. Prior to founding the MDMK was Gopalswamy since 1978 for the DMK Rajya Sabha member, of the total Indian upper house was, and was traded to the party as the successor of DMK leader M. Karunanidhi. However, after internal strife, he resigned from DMK and formed his own party.
The MDMK differs from the DMK mainly by a radical nationalist position. So they openly supported the Tamil rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( LTTE) during the civil war in Sri Lanka. As a result, the party chairman V. Gopalaswamy was arrested in 2002 for violating the anti - terror legislation.
The party symbol of the MDMK is a top, the party colors are red -black-red.
Election results
In their initial participation in elections by the party establishment, the MDMK none of the electoral alliances followed, at which the parties constituencies divide among themselves because of the prevailing electoral system. Therefore, they missed 1996 and 2001, despite a voting share of 5.8 and 4.7 percent respectively to enter parliament of the state of Tamil Nadu. The same happened to her at the same time during elections in the union territory of Puducherry ( Pondicherry). In advance of the federal state elections in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in 2006, the MDMK, however, the Alliance party joined under the leadership of the ruling AIADMK and placed in 35 of 234 constituencies in Tamil Nadu candidates. The AIADMK alliance lost the election, so also the result of the MDMK worse than expected turned out, but the party could move for the first time with six deputies to the Federal State Parliament. In the election in Puducherry the MDMK occurred in three of 30 constituencies, of which she won a. Before the next election in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in 2011, AIADMK and MDMK could not agree on the distribution of constituencies. In response, the MDMK from the alliance of parties withdrew and decided to boycott the elections.
The MDMK joined since its foundation in all pan- Indian general elections in Tamil Nadu and was successful than in the federal state elections. In 1996, she appeared still to independently and missed a place in the Lok Sabha. Before the next Lok Sabha election - 1998, the MDMK but joined the victorious party Alliance National Democratic Alliance ( NDA) led by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP ). The MDMK contested five constituencies in Tamil Nadu and won three of them. At the election in 1999, the NDA decided once again for themselves, the MDMK could improve with four out of five constituencies won their result yet. After the election, the party participated in the BJP -led government Atal Bihari Vajpayee and received two items of State. At the next parliamentary election in India 2004, the MDMK stepped over to the camp of the Congress Party -led United Progressive Alliance. She found herself again on the side of the victor again and was in all four constituencies in which they took, successfully. In the 2009 election, the MDMK joined the camp again, this time in the left-wing Third Front, and won only one of four constituencies.