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Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ( ) (literally "Dravidian Progress Federation" ) (founded 1949, Tamil Nadu, India) is an regional political party in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. It also has presence in nearby union territory of Puducherry. It is a Dravidian party founded by C. N. Annadurai as a breakaway faction from the Dravidar Kazhagam (known as Justice Party till 1944) headed by Periyar. Since 1969, DMK is headed by M Karunanidhi, the current Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. DMK is the first single party other than Congress to win elections in an Indian state with clear majority.

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Madras State : Post-MGR
Year General Election Votes Polled Seats Won
1962 3rd Assembly 3,435,633 50
1962 3rd Lok Sabha 2,315,610 7
1967 4th Assembly 6,230,552 137
1967 4th Lok Sabha 5,524,514 25

Tamil Nadu :
Year General Election Votes Polled Seats Won Alliance(s)
1971 5th Assembly 7,654,935 184 INC(I)/CPI/AIFB/PSP/IUML
1977 6th Assembly 4,258,771 48 None
1980 7th Assembly 4,164,389 37 INC(I)
1984 8th Assembly 6,362,770 24 CPI/CPM]/JP
1989 9th Assembly 8,001,222 150 None
1991 10th Assembly 5,535,668 2 TMK/CPI/CPM]/JD
1996 11th Assembly 11,423,380 173 TMC
2001 12th Assembly 8,669,864 31 NDA
2006 13th Assembly 8,728,716 96 DPA/UPA

Tamil Nadu :
Year General Election Votes Polled Seats Won Alliance(s)
1971 5th Lok Sabha 5,622,758 23 INC(I)
1977 6th Lok Sabha 3,323,320 2 JP
1980 7th Lok Sabha 4,236,537 16 INC(I)
1984 8th Lok Sabha 5,597,507 2 CPI/CPM]/JP/TNC
1989 9th Lok Sabha 7,038,849 0 CPI/CPM]/JD
1991 10th Lok Sabha 5,601,597 0 NF
1996 11th Lok Sabha 6,967,679 17 UF
1998 12th Lok Sabha 5,140,266 5 UF
1999 13th Lok Sabha 6,298,832 12 NDA
2004 14th Lok Sabha 7,064,393 16 DPA/UPA
2009 15th Lok Sabha 7,625,397 18 UPA

Pondicherry :
1974 3rd Assembly 47,823 2
1977 4th Assembly 30,441 3
1980 5th Assembly 68,030 14
1985 6th Assembly 87,754 5
1990 7th Assembly 101,127 9
1991 8th Assembly 96,607 4
1996 9th Assembly 105,392 7
2001 10th Assembly 83,679 7
2006 11th Assembly 7

Pondicherry :
1984 8th Lok Sabha 97,672 0
1989 9th Lok Sabha 157,250 0
1991 10th Lok Sabha 140,313 0
1996 11th Lok Sabha 183,702 0
1998 12th Lok Sabha 168,122 1

Dravidian political parties

Related topicsPeriyar E. V. Ramasamy * Dravidian movement * Anti-Hindi agitations * Cinema in Dravidian politics * Rise of Dravidian parties
ForerunnersIyothee Thass * Rettamalai Srinivasan * Natesa Mudaliar * Maraimalai Adigal * Theagaroya Chetty * T. M. Nair
List of Dravidian parties
Defunct partiesJustice party * Tamil National Party * Thazhthapattor Munnetra Kazhagam * Makkal Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam * Thamizhaga Munnetra Munnani * Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam
Current partiesDravidar Kazhagam * Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam * All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam * Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam * All India Latchiya Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Chief Ministers from Dravidian parties
Madras PresidencyA. Subbarayalu Reddiar * Panagal Raja * P. Munuswamy Naidu * Ramakrishna Ranga Rao * P. T. Rajan
Tamil NaduC. N. Annadurai * V. R. Nedunchezhiyan * M. Karunanidhi * M. G. Ramachandran * Janaki Ramachandran * J. Jayalalithaa * O. Panneerselvam

Political parties in India IN

Current national coalitionsLeft Front - National Democratic Alliance - United Progressive Alliance
Former national coalitionsJanata Party - National Front - United Front-Third Front
Recognised national partiesBahujan Samaj Party - Bharatiya Janata Party - Communist Party of India - Communist Party of India (Marxist) - Indian National Congress - Nationalist Congress Party - Rashtriya Janata Dal
Recognized state partiesAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - All India Forward Bloc - All India Trinamool Congress - All India United Democratic Front - Arunachal Congress - Asom Gana Parishad - Biju Janata Dal - Bodoland People's Front -Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) - Indian National Lok Dal - Jammu & Kashmir National Conference - Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party - Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party - Janata Dal (Secular) - Janata Dal (United) - Jharkhand Mukti Morcha - Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) - Kerala Congress - Kerala Congress (Mani) - Lok Jan Shakti Party - Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party - Manipur Peoples Party - Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - Meghalaya Democratic Party - Mizo National Front - Mizoram People's Conference - Muslim League Kerala State Committee - Nagaland People's Front - National People's Party - Pattali Makkal Katchi - Praja Rajyam Party - Pudhucherry Munnetra Congress - Rashtriya Lok Dal - Revolutionary Socialist Party - Samajwadi Party-Shiromani Akali Dal - Shiv Sena - Sikkim Democratic Front - Telangana Rashtra Samithi - Telugu Desam Party - United Democratic Party - Uttarakhand Kranti Dal - Zoram Nationalist Party
Other parties in parliamentAll India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen - Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi - Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) - Swabhimani Paksha - Swatantra Bharat Paksh - Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katch
Other unrecognized, new-born or
parties with limited presence.
All India Muslim Forum - Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh - Communist Marxist Party - Communist Party of India (Marxist �Leninist) Liberation - Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra) - Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam - Indian Federal Democratic Party - Indian National Congress (Socialist) - Indian National League - Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra - Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy - Jharkhand Party - Kerala Congress (Balakrishna Pillai) - Kerala Congress (Jacob) - Kerala Congress (Secular) - Kerala People's Party - Kongunadu Munnetra Peravai - Lok Satta - Peoples Republican Party - Pragatisheel Indira Congress - Professionals Party of India - Republican Party of India (Gavai) - Republican Party of India (Athvale) - Republican Party of India (B.C. Kamble) - Republican Party of India (Democratic) - Republican Party of India (Khobragade) - Revolutionary Socialist Party (Baby John) - Revolutionary Socialist Party (Bolshevik) - Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) - United Goans Democratic Party



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