Pattali Makkal Katchi
The Makkal Katchi Pattali ( PMK ) (Tamil: பாட்டாளி மக்கள் கட்சி [ pɑ ː ʈ ː ɑ ː ː əɭ ɭi mak kaʈʂi ] "Workers People's Party ") is a regional party in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It was founded in 1989 by S. Ramadoss. Party president is G. K. Mani.
Orientation
The PMK is a box- based party: it has its followers among the Vanniyar, a strong presence in the north Tamil Nadu community, which is counted in the traditional caste hierarchy to the lower castes and only slightly above the Dalits ( untouchables ) is. The PMK has been able to use the embossed box of loyalty voting behavior and the Vanniyar votes to bundle quite successful. The party is committed to the interests of the Vanniyar and is committed to quota rules in their favor. In 2002, the PMK even demanded to divide the state of Tamil Nadu and to form from the Vanniyar - dominated northern part of its own state. The PMK policy is again and again against Dalits. So PMK politicians have repeatedly spoken out against box- cross- marriages between Dalits and Vanniyar. In April / May 2013, came in the context of a PMK - party meeting in Mamallapuram serious riots between PMK and Dalit activists.
The party symbol of the PMK is a mango, the party colors are blue, yellow and red.
Election results
Tamil Nadu
In their initial participation in elections by the party establishment, the PMK joined any of the coalitions in which divided the parties because of the prevailing majority voting constituencies with each other. In the parliamentary elections in Tamil Nadu in 1991 could therefore only win one of 234 seats despite a vote share of 5.9%. In 1996, the PMK again regardless of time and won four constituencies. In the 2001 elections, the PMK allied with the AIADMK and was able to significantly improve their performance thanks to the electoral victory of the AIADMK alliance election: the party was in 20 of 27 constituencies in which they took, successfully. In 2006, the PMK in the DMK -led alliance and found himself again on the side of the victor again. This time they won 18 of 31 contested constituencies. At the next Federal State election in 2011 but the DMK alliance suffered a severe defeat, so that the PMK with only three MPs could enter parliament.
Pondicherry
Except in Tamil Nadu, the PMK stands for election in the union territory of Pondicherry. Here she was able to win for the first time in 1996 one of 30 constituencies. In 2001, she failed to enter parliament, 2006, but was again successfully won two constituencies. Since the 2011 election, the PMK is no longer represented in Pondicherry in Parliament.
Lok Sabha
The PMK occurred since 1989 in all pan- Indian general elections in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. 1989, 1991 and 1996, she missed a place in the Lok Sabha. Prior to the 1998 election, she joined the National Democratic Alliance led by the Hindu nationalist to BJP party. The PMK occurred in four of 39 constituencies of Tamil Nadu and was successful in all four. In the election a year later she repeated her success and went with five MPs in the Lok Sabha. 2004 changed the PMK in the United Progressive Alliance led by the Indian National Congress and won again five constituencies. After the elections, the PMK took part in the Congress -led coalition government Manmohan Singh. The PMK Ramadoss Anbumani politician, son of the party founder S. Ramadoss, was given the post of Minister of Health. Before the general election of 2009, the PMK joined the leftist Third Front, but missed this time to enter parliament.