Paattali Makkal Katchi is a political party in Tamil Nadu, India, founded by S. Ramadoss in 1989 as a political outfit for the Vanniyars (OBC), the dominant caste in northern Tamil Nadu.
Vijayaraj Alagarswami , better known by his stage name Vijayakanth, is an Indian politician and film actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil cinema. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from 2011 to 2016. Before coming into politics Vijayakanth was a film actor, producer and director. He was a political film actor in Tamil cinema. Vijayakanth is also the current DMDK chairman of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly. He is the founder and leader of the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) Political party and served as a Member of Legislative Assembly twice representing the constituency of Virudhacalam & Rishivandiyam respectively.
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) is a regional political party formed by Tamil film actor Vijayakanth in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, along the lines of the regional Dravidian parties, on 14 September 2005 at Madurai. The party head office is in Koyambedu, Chennai.
The thirteenth legislative assembly election, of Tamil Nadu was held on May 8, 2006. It was held for all 234 constituencies to elect the government in the state of for the following five years. The votes were counted three days later on May 11, 2006 and all the results were out by the end of the day. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led (DMK) front won the elections, with the DMK emerging as the single-largest party with 96 seats, and its leader, M Karunanidhi was sworn in as Chief Minister for a fifth and final term. This election marked the first time the state saw a hung assembly with no party gaining a majority of its own. As a result, DMK formed a minority government with its allies, which is the first in the state since the 1952 election. 13th Assembly was instituted due to this election.
Virudhachalam or Pazhamalaim is a railway town and taluk headquarters in Cuddalore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The ancient name of this town is Thirumudhukundram. As of 2011, the town had a population of 73,585.
Seeman is an Indian politician, Tamil Nationalist ideologue and the chief-coordinator of the political party, Naam Tamilar Katchi in Tamil Nadu. He is an ardent campaigner for the self determination of the Sri Lankan Tamil people and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. He is an advocate of the rule of Tamils in their homeland, Tamil Nadu, and of spreading the importance of Tamil language. Prior to his involvement in politics, Seeman worked as a filmmaker and actor.
K. Ramachandran is an Indian politician and the former minister for Khadi in Tamil Nadu. He was born in Coonoor. He has finished his school education.
Gudalur is a state assembly constituency in Nilgiris district in Tamil Nadu. It was created from changes made to the Udhagamandalam constituency in 1967 and was initially reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes. The reservation criteria ceased in 1977 but were reinstated for the 2011 elections. In between, the 2008 boundary changes had made it smaller.
Panruti S. Ramachandran is an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu.
By-elections to nine state assembly constituencies were held in Tamil Nadu, in four separate phases. Election for Thirumangalam was held on January 9 and for Bargur, Thondamuthur, Ilayankudi, Cumbum, and Srivaikuntam constituencies on August 18. Also, election took place for Vandavasi and Tiruchendur constituency on December 19, 2009 and finally for Pennagaram constituency on March 27, 2010. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) defeated All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in Thirumangalam in the first phase and kept the winning momentum in the following general election.
M. Gunasekaran is an Indian politician and has twice been elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu from the Manamadurai constituency.
Karuppa Gounder Palanisamy known as Edappadi K. Palaniswami is an Indian politician and the current Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, having assumed the office on 16 February 2017. He is also serving as the Convener of AIADMK. Edappadi in his name, is the place name where he hails from.
Arun Pandian is an Indian film actor, director, producer and politician. He began his career as an actor as part of the critically acclaimed film Oomai Vizhigal (1986). After retiring from acting, he took the post of chief producer for the London-based Ayngaran International, a film production and distribution company, however, he later started his own production and distribution company A&P Groups.
The fourteenth legislative assembly election was held on 13 April 2011 to elect members from 234 constituencies in the India state of Tamil Nadu. Results were released on 13 May 2011. Two major parties Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) faced the election as coalitions of multiple political parties: DMK front consisted of 8 parties and the AIADMK of 11 parties. Vijayakanth's Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK), which had contested the previous elections independently, allied with AIADMK coalition. Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam boycotted the election following disagreement with Jayalalithaa over seat-sharing. Tamil film actor Vijay was openly involved in Tamil Nadu politics for the first time by extending his support for ADMK.
K. Pandiarajan popularly known as Ma Foi K. Pandiarajan is an Indian businessman and politician from Tamil Nadu. He is the founder of Ma Foi Management Consultants Ltd, a human resource management company, and CIEL HR Services, another talent acquisition firm. He contested in the 2011 Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election as a Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) candidate and won from his Virdhunagar constituency. Again he contested in the 2016 Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election as a All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) candidate and won from his Avadi constituency.
B. Parthasarathy is an Indian politician and was a member of the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Virugambakkam Constituency in Chennai District. He represented the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam party.
C.H.Sekar is an Indian politician and was a member of the Fourteenth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly representing Gummidipundi Constituency from 2011. He represented the Desiya Murpokku Dravidar Kazhagam party.
M. Kalai Arasu is an Indian politician and was a member of the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Anaicut constituency in Vellore District. He was elected as a candidate of the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) party.
K. Balakrishnan is an Indian politician and incumbent Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Chidambaram constituency. He represents the Communist Party of India (Marxist) party. Currently he serves as the State Secretary of CPI(M) Tamil Nadu Unit
S. Gunasekaran is an Indian politician and a former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu from Sivaganga constituency.
