Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi

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Kongunadu Makkal Desiya Katchi
Secretary-General E. R. Eswaran
Founded 21 March 2013
Headquarters Erode
Ideology Indigenism
Alliance National Democratic Alliance
Politics of India
Political parties
Elections

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 become 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

It will contest 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. In 2016 election they may ally with Naam Tamilar Katchi.

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

References

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