Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi

Kongunadu Makkal Desiya Katchi

Secretary-General	E. R. Eswaran
Founded	21 March 2013
Headquarters	Erode
Ideology	Indigenism
Alliance	National Democratic Alliance
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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 became 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]
	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

↑ "New sub-regional party creates flutter in Coimbatore poll battle - Thaindian News". Thaindian.com. 2009-05-12. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
↑ "Gounder consolidation could pose headache to major parties - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2009-05-21. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
↑ "Latest Tamilnadu, Indian Political News, Headlines, Information Online". Dinamalar.com. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
↑ "KMDK". Kmdk.in. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
↑ "E.r. Eswaran". Facebook. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
↑ "E.R. Eswaran". YouTube. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
↑ "E.R.ESWARAN Official Website of General Secretary ( கொங்குநாடு மக்கள் தேசிய கட்சி )". Kongusingam.com. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
↑ "எல்.பி.பீ. கான்கிரீட் தள விவகாரம்: விவசாயிகள் மோதலை தவிர்க்க நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க வேண்டும் ஈஸ்வரன் அறிக்கை || Farmers must take action to avoid conflict Eswaran Report". Maalaimalar.com. 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
↑ "தனியாரோடு சேர்ந்து மாதிரி பள்ளிகளை அரசு உருவாக்க வேண்டும்: கொங்குநாடு மக்கள் கட்சி வலியுறுத்தல் || Private and government together to create model schools kongunadu makkal katchi emphasis". Maalaimalar.com. 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
↑ "Results 2014". ECI. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

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