Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
The Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam was founded on 6 May 1994 by Vaiko after he broke away from the DMK. Espousing a more assertive brand of Tamil nationalism, the party peaked in the late 1990s and early 2000s, winning up to 4 of 39 Lok Sabha seats in alliance with the AIADMK and later the DMK. It lost its recognized state-party status around 2010 and its historic "Top" election symbol, contesting subsequent elections including 2024 (won via a Madras High Court order) on the "Matchbox" symbol as a DMK-led alliance partner.
| Election | Seats Won | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lok Sabha 2014 | 0 | 3.54% |
| Lok Sabha 2019 | 1 | 1.3% |
| Lok Sabha 2024 | 1 | 1.28% |
Won its lone contested seat, Tiruchirappalli, with Durai Vaiko (son of founder Vaiko) securing his first Lok Sabha term as part of the DMK-led INDIA bloc alliance, defeating AIADMK's P. Karuppaiah by a margin of over 3.1 lakh votes.
Publicly documented leadership positions only.
| Party | Seats (2024) | Vote Share | Founded |
|---|---|---|---|
| MDMK | 1 | 1.28% | 1994 |
| BJP | 240 | 36.9% | 1980 |
| INC | 99 | 21.4% | 1885 |
| SP | 37 | 4.62% | 1992 |
| AITC | 29 | 4.41% | 1998 |
| DMK | 22 | 1.84% | 1949 |
| TDP | 16 | 1.99% | 1982 |
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