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	\|colorcode = {{party color\|Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam}}		\|colorcode = {{party color\|Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam}}
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	~~\|treasurer = Premalatha Vijayakanth~~
	\|founder = [[Vijayakanth]]		\|founder = [[Vijayakanth]]
	\|foundation = {{Start date and years ago\|df=yes\|p=y\|2005\|09\|14}}		\|foundation = {{Start date and years ago\|df=yes\|p=y\|2005\|09\|14}}
	\|headquarters = 125/7, Jawaharlal Nehru ~~Salai~~, [[Koyambedu]], [[Chennai]]-600107, [[Tamil Nadu~~]], [[India~~]]		\|headquarters = 125/7, Jawaharlal Nehru Road, [[Koyambedu]], [[Chennai]]-600107, [[Tamil Nadu]]
	\|eci = State Party<ref>{{cite web\|title=List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013\|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/ElecSym19012013_eng.pdf\|publisher=Election Commission of India\|access-date=9 May 2013\|location=India\|year=2013}}</ref>		\|eci = State Party<ref>{{cite web\|title=List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013\|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/ElecSym19012013_eng.pdf\|publisher=Election Commission of India\|access-date=9 May 2013\|location=India\|year=2013}}</ref>
	\|alliance = 1) DMDK-Third Front : (2006-2011), (2012-2014), (2017-2019)<br>2) [[AIADMK]] : (2011-2012)<br>3) [[People's Welfare Front\|MNK]] : (2015-2016)<br>4) [[National Democratic Alliance (India)\|NDA]] : (2014-2015) & (2019-2021)		\|alliance = 1) DMDK-Third Front : (2006-2011), (2012-2014), (2017-2019)<br>2) [[AIADMK]] : (2011-2012)<br>3) [[People's Welfare Front\|MNK]] : (2015-2016)<br>4) [[National Democratic Alliance (India)\|NDA]] : (2014-2015) & (2019-2021)
	\|national_convener = [[Vijayakanth]]		\|national_convener = [[Vijayakanth]]
	\|ideology = ~~[[Employment]]<br />[[Social welfare]]<br />~~[[Populism]]<br />[[Secularism]]<br />[[Social democracy]]		\|ideology = [[Populism]]<br>[[Secularism]]<br>[[Social democracy]]
	\|position = [[Centre politics\|Centre]]		\|position = [[Centre politics\|Centre]]
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	\|logo = [[File:DMDK flag.PNG\|200px]]		\|logo = [[File:DMDK flag.PNG\|200px]]
	\|colorcode = {{Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam~~/meta/color~~}}		\|colorcode = {{party color\|Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam}}
	\|general_secretary = [[Vijayakanth]]		\|general_secretary = [[Vijayakanth]]
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	The '''Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam''' ({{trans\|[[India\|National]] [[Progressivism\|Progressive]] [[Dravidian peoples\|Dravidian]] Federation}}; {{small\|abbr.}} '''DMDK''') is an ~~[[India]]n~~ [[Regionalism (politics)\|regional]] [[political party]] in the [[Federated state\|state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. DMDK is a [[Dravidian party]] founded by [[Vijayakanth]] at [[Madurai]] on 14 September 2005. The party head office is in [[Koyambedu]], [[Chennai]].		The '''Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam''' ({{trans\|[[India\|National]] [[Progressivism\|Progressive]] [[Dravidian peoples\|Dravidian]] Federation}}; {{small\|abbr.}} '''DMDK''') is an Indian [[Regionalism (politics)\|regional]] [[political party]] in the [[Federated state\|state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. DMDK is a [[Dravidian party]] founded by [[Vijayakanth]] at [[Madurai]] on 14 September 2005. The party head office is in [[Koyambedu]], [[Chennai]].

	[[File:Street Scene with Movie Posters - Thanjavur - India.JPG\|thumb\|DMDK poster in [[Thanjavur]]]]		[[File:Street Scene with Movie Posters - Thanjavur - India.JPG\|thumb\|DMDK poster in [[Thanjavur]]]]
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	=== Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections ===		=== Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections ===
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	\|+		! Year
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	! ~~style="width:20%;"\|~~ Legislature		! Party leader
	! ~~style="width:15%;"\|~~ Party leader		! Seats won
	! ~~style="width:10%;"\|~~ Seats won		! Change in seats
	! ~~style="width:10%;"\|~~ Change in seats		! Percentage of votes
	! ~~style="width:10%;"\|~~ Percentage of votes		! Votes Swing
	! ~~style="width:10%;"\|~~ Votes Swing		! Popular vote
	! ~~style="width:10%;"\|~~ Popular vote		! Outcome
	! ~~style="width:5%;"\|~~ Outcome		\|-
	\|- ~~style="text-align:center;"~~		\|[[2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election\|2006]]
	\|\|2006		\|rowspan=4\| [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
	\|\| [[~~2006~~ Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly ~~election~~]]		\|rowspan=4\|[[Vijayakanth]]
	\|\|[[Vijayakanth]]		\|{{Composition bar compact\|1\|234\|{{party color\|Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam}}}}
	\|\|{{Composition bar\|1\|234\|{{Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam~~/meta/color~~}}}}		\|{{Increase}} 1
	\|\|{{Increase}} 1		\|8.4%
	\|\|8.4%		\|27,64,223
	\|\|27,64,223		\| ''New''
	\|\| ''New''
	\|{{lost\|Lost}}		\|{{lost\|Lost}}
	\|- ~~style="text-align:center;"~~		\|-
	~~\|\|2011~~		\|[[2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election\|2011]]
	\|\| [[2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]		\|{{Composition bar compact\|29\|41\|{{party color\|Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam}}}}
	\|~~\|[[Vijayakanth~~]]		\|{{Increase}} 28
	\|\|{{Composition bar\|29\|41\|{{Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam~~/meta/color~~}}}}		\|7.88%
	\|\|{{Increase}} 28		\| 29,03,828
	\|\|7.88%		\|{{Decrease}} 0.5%
	\|\| 29,03,828
	\|\|{{Decrease}} 0.5%
	\|{{no2\|Opposition}}		\|{{no2\|Opposition}}
	\|- ~~style="text-align:center;"~~		\|-
	~~\|\|2016~~		\|[[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election\|2016]]
	\|\|[[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]		\|{{Composition bar compact\|0\|104\|{{party color\|Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam}}}}
	\|~~\|[[Vijayakanth~~]]		\|{{Decrease}} 29
	\|\|{{Composition bar\|0\|104\|{{Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam~~/meta/color~~}}}}		\|2.41%
	\|\|{{Decrease}} 29		\|12,34,384
	\|\|2.41%		\|{{Decrease}} 5.47%
	\|\|12,34,384
	\|\|{{Decrease}} 5.47%
	\|{{lost\|Lost}}		\|{{lost\|Lost}}
	\|- ~~style="text-align:center;"~~		\|-
	~~\|\|2021~~		\|[[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election\|2021]]
	\|\|[[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]		\|{{Composition bar compact\|0\|60\|{{party color\|Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam}}}}
	\|~~\|[[Vijayakanth~~]]		\|{{steady}}
	\|\|{{Composition bar\|0\|60\|{{Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam~~/meta/color~~}}}}		\|0.43%
	\|\|{{steady}}		\|2,00,156
	\|\|0.43%		\|{{Decrease}} 1.98%
	\|\|2,00,156
	\|\|{{Decrease}} 1.98%
	\|{{lost\|Lost}}		\|{{lost\|Lost}}
	\|}		\|}

	=== Lok Sabha elections ===		=== Lok Sabha elections ===
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	! ~~Year~~
	~~! General~~ Election
	! Votes Polled		! Votes Polled
	! Seats Won		! Seats Won
	\|-		\|-
	~~\|2009~~
	\|[[2009 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu]]		\|[[2009 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu]]
	\|31,26,117		\|31,26,117
	\|{{Composition bar\|0\|39\|hex=#99FF00}}		\|{{Composition bar compact\|0\|39\|hex=#99FF00}}
	\|-		\|-
	~~\|2014~~
	\|[[2014 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu]]		\|[[2014 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu]]
	\| 20,79,392		\| 20,79,392
	\|{{Composition bar\|0\|14\|hex=#99FF00}}		\|{{Composition bar compact\|0\|14\|hex=#99FF00}}
	\|-		\|-
	~~\|2019~~
	\|[[2019 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu]] \|\| \|9,29,590<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://results.eci.gov.in/pc/en/partywise/partywiseresult-S22.htm?st=S22 \|title= Results \|website=results.eci.gov.in\|access-date=2021-04-18}}</ref>		\|[[2019 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu]] \|\| \|9,29,590<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://results.eci.gov.in/pc/en/partywise/partywiseresult-S22.htm?st=S22 \|title= Results \|website=results.eci.gov.in\|access-date=2021-04-18}}</ref>
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|alliance = 1) DMDK-Third Front : (2006-2011), (2012-2014), (2017-2019) 2) [[AIADMK]] : (2011-2012) 3) [[People's Welfare Front|MNK]] : (2015-2016) 4) [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]] : (2014-2015) & (2019-2021)
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The '''Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam''' ({{trans|[[India|National]] [[Progressivism|Progressive]] [[Dravidian peoples|Dravidian]] Federation}}; {{small|abbr.}} '''DMDK''') is an [[India]]n [[Regionalism (politics)|regional]] [[political party]] in the [[Federated state|state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. DMDK is a [[Dravidian party]] founded by [[Vijayakanth]] at [[Madurai]] on 14 September 2005. The party head office is in [[Koyambedu]], [[Chennai]].

[[File:Street Scene with Movie Posters - Thanjavur - India.JPG|thumb|DMDK poster in [[Thanjavur]]]]
This party contested all 234 seats in the [[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|state elections]] in May 2006 with Vijayakanth contesting [[Vridhachalam (State Assembly Constituency)|Vridhachalam]]. The party polled almost 30 lakh votes (a total of about a 10% share). All the candidates of the DMDK, with the sole exception of Vijayakanth, lost the elections in 2006. In by-elections to Madurai Central assembly constituency, DMDK secured around 17,000 votes, which was 2,000 votes less than [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK). DMDK secured many seats in Local Body elections. Vijaykanth and his party contested the 2009 Lok Sabha polls as an independent party in all 39 constituencies in the state, winning no seats. The party won 29 seats in the [[2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2011 assembly election]] and became the [[Official Opposition (India)|official opposition]] party with Vijayakanth as the [[Leader of the Opposition (India)|Opposition Leader]].

==Electoral performance==

=== Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections ===
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|+
! style="width:5%;"| Year
! style="width:20%;"| Legislature
! style="width:15%;"| Party leader
! style="width:10%;"| Seats won
! style="width:10%;"| Change in seats
! style="width:10%;"| Percentage of votes
! style="width:10%;"| Votes Swing
! style="width:10%;"| Popular vote
! style="width:5%;"| Outcome
|- style="text-align:center;"
||2006
|| [[2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]
||[[Vijayakanth]]
||{{Composition bar|1|234|{{Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam/meta/color}}}}
||{{Increase}} 1
||8.4%
||27,64,223
|| ''New''
|{{lost|Lost}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
||2011
|| [[2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]
||[[Vijayakanth]]
||{{Composition bar|29|41|{{Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam/meta/color}}}}
||{{Increase}} 28
||7.88%
|| 29,03,828
||{{Decrease}} 0.5%
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
||2016
||[[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]
||[[Vijayakanth]]
||{{Composition bar|0|104|{{Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam/meta/color}}}}
||{{Decrease}} 29
||2.41%
||12,34,384
||{{Decrease}} 5.47%
|{{lost|Lost}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
||2021
||[[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]
||[[Vijayakanth]]
||{{Composition bar|0|60|{{Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam/meta/color}}}}
||{{steady}}
||0.43%
||2,00,156
||{{Decrease}} 1.98%
|{{lost|Lost}}
|}

=== Lok Sabha elections ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! General Election
! Votes Polled
! Seats Won
|-
|2009
|[[2009 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu]]
|31,26,117
|{{Composition bar|0|39|hex=#99FF00}}
|-
|2014
|[[2014 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu]]
| 20,79,392
|{{Composition bar|0|14|hex=#99FF00}}
|-
|2019
|[[2019 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu]] || |9,29,590<ref>{{cite web |url=http://results.eci.gov.in/pc/en/partywise/partywiseresult-S22.htm?st=S22 |title= Results |website=results.eci.gov.in|access-date=2021-04-18}}</ref>
|{{Composition bar|0|4|hex=#99FF00}}
|}

== 2009 Lok Sabha Election ==
{{Main|Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 2009}}
DMDK contested all 39 seats independently in [[Tamil Nadu]] in the [[15th Lok Sabha]] election and lost all of them. The party, however, made strong inroads in the heartland of Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK). The party polled 30.73 lakh votes of the total of 3.02 crore valid votes polled in the state representing roughly a vote share of 10.09%. This is higher than the 8.38% vote share polled by him during the 2006 assembly election. It polled more than one lakh votes in nine constituencies, more than 75,000 in 19 constituencies and more than 50,000 in 35 constituencies including [[Puducherry (Lok Sabha constituency)|Puducherry]].

Though his party did not win any seat, it appears to have made the difference between winning and losing for several candidates by having a vote share larger than the margin of victory. Except LK Sudhish and Austin in [[Kanyakumari (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kanyakumari]] and K Pandiarajan in [[Virudhunagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Virudhunagar]] constituency, none of the other candidates had a standing of their own and observers believe the votes polled by him indicate the public support for his candidacy.<ref>{{cite news|title=DMDK improves poll showing|work=The times of India Chennai edition|page=3|date=18 May 2009}}</ref>

== 2011 assembly election ==
{{Main|2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election}}
DMDK had remained unaligned and contested all the previous elections independently until
2011 election. In an effort — claimed by the party — to defeat the ruling [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]], it allied with [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] front in a decision made on 25 February 2011.<ref>
{{Cite news| title = Vijayakanth's party to join hands with AIADMK to ‘oust DMK'| url = http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/25/stories/2011022562130100.htm| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110227235337/http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/25/stories/2011022562130100.htm| url-status = dead| archive-date = 2011-02-27| access-date = 2010-02-25 | work = [[The Hindu]]| date = 2011-02-25| location=Chennai, India}}</ref> It won 29 of the 41 seats contested making it a second largest party in Tamil Nadu next only to its ally ADMK pushing DMK to third position. Thus, the party became the official opposition party with Vijayakanth becoming the opposition leader. The large victory also earned recognition and a permanent election symbol from the election commission.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.dinamalar.com/News_Detail.asp?Id=242863| title=தே.மு.தி.க.,வுக்கு தேர்தல் கமிஷன் அங்கீகாரம்: சின்னத்தை இழக்கிறது பா.ம.க.,| publisher=Dinamalar| date=18 May 2011| access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref> On 21 February 2016 Vijayakanth lost leader of opposition post after 8 DMDK party MLAs resigned.<ref>
{{Cite news| title = Vijaykant loses Opposition leader post; after 8 rebel MLAs resign| url = https://theregister.co.in/india/vijaykant-dmdk-mla-resign/| access-date = 2016-02-21| location = India| work = Register India}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

== 2014 Lok Sabha Election ==
DMDK fought Lok Sabha Election through an alliance with [[BJP]] led [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oneindia.com/india/confirmed-dmdk-bjp-form-alliance-in-tamil-nadu-for-lok-sabha-polls-1402705.html|title=Confirmed: DMDK-BJP form alliance in Tamil Nadu for LS polls|date=26 February 2014|website=www.oneindia.com}}</ref> [[MDMK]], [[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]], [[Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi|KMDK]] and [[Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi|IJK]] led [[Social Democratic Alliance]] are the other allies of [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]] in [[Tamil Nadu]]. In the NDA alliance, this party is the one with 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 DMK alliance was pushed to third place by the number of seats and this election had given the confidence to most parties that future of Tamil Nadu lies in coalition government.

== Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, 2016 ==
For the [[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]], the DMDK has decided to contest the polls along with the [[People's Welfare Front]] (PWA) – an alliance of four parties including CPI(M), CPI, Vaiko’s MDMK and Thol Thirumavalavan’s Dalit party VCK, known as Captain Vijayakanth Alliance<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/tamil-nadu-polls-joining-the-third-front-the-captain-worries-dmk-and-aiadmk/|title=TN polls: Joining the Third Front, Captain Vijayakanth worries DMK and AIADMK|date=23 March 2016}}</ref>
The DMDK performed poorly in the election by not winning even a single constituency and losing deposit in majority of its places. DMDK also witnessed a vote swing of -5.8% from 2011 General elections.

== 2019 Lok Sabha Election ==
DMDK is contesting Lok Sabha elections with [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]] in Tamil Nadu for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

After several rounds of talks with different political parties, at last DMDK got four seats in the NDA alliance.

The move comes after the DMDK’s attempts to make an alliance with the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK), which has already entered into a pre-poll alliance with the Congress and several others, failed.

Captain Vijayakanth wants to prove his vote bank strength in this election .

On March 18, 2019, Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) has announced its list of four candidates for the Lok Sabha elections. Azhagarsamy will contest polls from Virudhunagar, LK Sudhish from Kallakurichi, Ilankovan from Tiruchi and Mohan Raj from Chennai (North).

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://in.rediff.com/election/2006/may/08pinter.htm Vijaykanth's interview to rediff.com]
* [https://www.facebook.com/pages/தேமுதிக-தலைமைக்கழக-இணையதள-அணி/685873961437219 தேமுதிக Official Facebook Link]

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