Pattali Makkal Katchi

Paattali Makkal Katchi is a political party in Tamil Nadu, India, founded by S. Ramadoss in 1989 as a political outfit for the Vanniyars, the dominant caste in northern Tamil Nadu.

History

PMK was founded by S. Ramadoss, an activist, on 16 July 1989. Ahead of the 2004 elections, PMK joined the Democratic Progressive Alliance, a broad Tamil political front which also included the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Indian National Congress, Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India and Indian Union Muslim League. PMK was able to obtain a significant share of power both in the regional government in Tamil Nadu and the Central Government due to a significant number of seats they obtained which helped the United Progressive Alliance to form the Government.
Following the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, the PMK joined the United Progressive Alliance led by the INC. In June 2008, during the final months of the bitter relationship between the DMK and the PMK, the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu severed its ties with the PMK, an outside supporter of the Karunanidhi Government. However, the DMK did not press for the party's removal from the UPA Government at the Centre. On 26 March 2009, PMK declared that, it would join the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam led front and left the United Progressive Alliance.
PMK contested in the 2014 Lok Sabha election in an alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party led NDA and its candidate Anbumani Ramadoss won from Dharmapuri Lok Sabha constituency, where he was one of two non-AIADMK MPs from Tamil Nadu the other being from its ally BJP.

Leaders

The leaders of Pattali Makkal Katchi, who are also the national executives of the party are listed below:

S. Ramadoss, Founder-Leader of PMK
G.K. Mani, President of PMK
Anbumani Ramadoss, Former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha. He is the son of S. Ramadoss and former Union Minister of Health. His important contributions include his leadership in the பசுமை தாயகம் -Pasumai Thayagam '' movement, which has found wide acceptance among the people of the land. He is the party's Chief Minister Candidate for the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.
N.T. Shanmugam, Former Minister of State for Food Processing Industries. He has remained a member of the Lok Sabha from the Vellore constituency in Tamil Nadu in the 1998-99 elections.
A.K. Moorthy, Former Union Minister. As a Member of Parliament of the 14th Lok Sabha, Moorthy represented the Chengalpattu constituency of Tamil Nadu.
Rangasamy Velu, Former Union Minister of Railways. He was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha, representing the Arakkonam constituency of Tamil Nadu. He remained in the Railway Ministry from 2004 to 2009
Vadivel Ravanan, General secretary of PMK
Thilagabama, Treasurer of PMK
Pu.Tha.Arulmozhi, Election duty committee
Advocate K Balu, PMK Spokesperson
Manjula Elavarasan, Deputy Secretary of State Women wing
Election history

Tamil Nadu Assembly

Year	Election	Votes polled	Won	Contested	Alliance
1991	10th Assembly	1,45,982	1
1996	11th Assembly		4	116	PMK+Tiwari
2001	12th Assembly	15,57,500	20	27	AIADMK+
2006	13th Assembly	18,63,749	18	31	DMK +
2011	14th Assembly	19,27,783	3	30	DMK +
2016	15th Assembly	23,00,775	0	232	-

Lok Sabha election

Year	Election	Votes	Won	Contested	Alliance
1996	11th Lok Sabha	5,52,118	0	15	PT
1998	12th Lok Sabha	15,48,976	4	5	NDA
1999	13th Lok Sabha	22,36,821	5	7	NDA
2004	14th Lok Sabha	19,27,367	5	5	DPA
2009	15th Lok Sabha	19,44,619	0	6	TF
2014	16th Lok Sabha		1	8	NDA
2019	17th Lok Sabha	22,97,431	0	7	NDA

^{DPA - Democratic Progressive Alliance NDA - National Democratic Alliance}
^{TF - Third Front PT - PMK-Tiwari Congress Front}

Lok Sabha Members