Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi

On 21 March 2013, E. R. Eswaran launched a new Political Party, Kongunadu Makkal Desiya Katchi (KMDK), from KMK after differences arose between him and KMK party president 'Best' Ramasamy.{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/29794190.cms|title = Another split group of KNMK floats new party | Coimbatore News - Times of India|website = The Times of India| date=3 February 2014 }} He also became the general secretary of KMDK. He contested the May 2009 Loksabha elections as a KMK candidate in the Coimbatore constituency{{cite web|author= |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Gounder-consolidation-could-pose-headache-to-major-parties/articleshow/4557663.cms |title=Gounder consolidation could pose headache to major parties - The Times of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2009-05-21 |accessdate=2015-03-01}} and came third, securing 1.28 lakh votes. He also came third in the 2009 by election for Thondamuthur Assembly Constituency.{{cite web|url=https://www.dinamalar.com/Political_detail.asp?news_id=7103 |title=Latest Tamilnadu, Indian Political News, Headlines, Information Online |publisher=Dinamalar.com |date= |access-date=2015-03-01}}{{cite web |url=http://www.kmdk.in/press_news_gallery.html |title=KMDK |publisher=Kmdk.in |date= |access-date=2015-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322134502/http://kmdk.in/press_news_gallery.html |archive-date=22 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/kongu.singam.3 |title=E.r. Eswaran |publisher=Facebook |date= |access-date=2015-03-01}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/Kongusingam?feature=watch |title=E.R. Eswaran |publisher=YouTube |date= |access-date=2015-03-01}}{{cite web|url=http://www.kongusingam.com/ |title=E.R.ESWARAN Official Website of General Secretary (கொங்குநாடு மக்கள் தேசிய கட்சி) |publisher=Kongusingam.com |date= |accessdate=2015-03-01}}{{cite web |url=http://www.maalaimalar.com/2013/07/28214301/Farmers-must-take-action-to-av.html |title=எல்.பி.பீ. கான்கிரீட் தள விவகாரம்: விவசாயிகள் மோதலை தவிர்க்க நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க வேண்டும் ஈஸ்வரன் அறிக்கை || Farmers must take action to avoid conflict Eswaran Report |publisher=Maalaimalar.com |date=2014-02-19 |access-date=2015-03-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402094247/http://www.maalaimalar.com/2013/07/28214301/Farmers-must-take-action-to-av.html |archivedate=2015-04-02 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.maalaimalar.com/2013/11/07152145/Private-and-government-togethe.html |title=தனியாரோடு சேர்ந்து மாதிரி பள்ளிகளை அரசு உருவாக்க வேண்டும்: கொங்குநாடு மக்கள் கட்சி வலியுறுத்தல் || Private and government together to create model schools kongunadu makkal katchi emphasis |publisher=Maalaimalar.com |date=2014-02-19 |access-date=2015-03-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402183605/http://www.maalaimalar.com/2013/11/07152145/Private-and-government-togethe.html |archive-date=2015-04-02 }}

It is considered as a Gounder based caste outfit with a presence in western districts of Tamil Nadu, also referred to as Kongu Nadu.{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/alliance-talk-dmk-gives-one-seat-to-kmdk/articleshow/68181589.cms|title=Alliance talk: DMK gives one seat to KMDK - Chennai News - Times of India|author=B. Sivakumar|website=The Times of India|date=27 February 2019 |access-date=16 May 2019}}

In the 2021 elections, the party contested in Secular Progressive Alliance in three constituencies Kongu Nadu Region (Thiruchengode, Perundurai and Sulur constituencies).

KMDK general seceretary E. R. Eswaran won in Tiruchengode, securing 81,688 votes (44.23%). The other two seats were lost.

The party has contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as part of United Progressive Alliance led by the DMK in Tamil Nadu.{{cite web|author= |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/dmk-gives-one-lok-sabha-seat-to-kmdk/articleshow/68165800.cms |title=DMK gives one Lok Sabha seat to KMDK |work=The Times of India |date=2019-02-26}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=A. K. P. Chinraj |party=Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi |votes=6,26,293 |percentage=55.43% |change=29.64% }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=P. Kaliappan |party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=3,61,142 |percentage=31.96% |change=-22.06% }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=B. Baskar |party=Naam Tamilar Katchi |votes=38,531 |percentage=3.41% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=R. Thangavelu |party=Makkal Needhi Maiam |votes=30,947 |percentage=2.74% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=P. P. Saminathan |party=Independent politician |votes=23,347 |percentage=2.07% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=None of the above |party=None of the above |votes=15,073 |percentage=1.33% |change=-0.20% }}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=2,65,151 |percentage=23.47% |change=-4.76% }}

{{Election box turnout |votes=11,29,890 |percentage=80.22% |change= 1.50% }}

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 14,13,599 |change =6.32% }}

{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi |loser=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |swing= 1.41% }}

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KMDK got Namakkal Lok Sabha Constituency. Namakkal, a constituency known for concentrated Gounder population.{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/tamil-nadu-news/lok-sabha-elections-2019-dmk-alliance-announces-constituencies-calls-it-secular-progressive-alliance-2008378|title=DMK Alliance Announces Constituencies, Calls It Secular Progressive Alliance|website=NDTV.com|access-date=16 May 2019}} KMDK had fielded AKP Chinnaraj, the President of Tamilnadu Poultry Farmers Association{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/namakkal-expects-support-for-business-infrastructure/article26837323.ece|title=Namakkal expects support for business infrastructure|first=Vignesh|last=Vijayakumar|newspaper=The Hindu|date=14 April 2019|publisher=|access-date=16 May 2019|via=www.thehindu.com}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elections/lok-sabha-2019-constituency-dmk-ally-kmdk-to-take-on-aiadmk-in-tamil-nadu-s-namakkal/story-yx6ev5vCT42sYDXKzZBIGJ.html|title=Lok Sabha 2019 constituency: DMK ally KMDK to take on AIADMK in Tamil Nadu's Namakkal|date=14 April 2019|website=Hindustan Times|access-date=16 May 2019|archive-date=20 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520014544/https://www.hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elections/lok-sabha-2019-constituency-dmk-ally-kmdk-to-take-on-aiadmk-in-tamil-nadu-s-namakkal/story-yx6ev5vCT42sYDXKzZBIGJ.html|url-status=dead}}

The KMDK Candidate Won By a margin of 55.24% in 2019 elections; the party men celebrated their first ever electoral win since the launch of the party in Namakkal.

Also, KMDK is considered to be played a pivotal role for the win of DMK in Kongu region which has been known as ADMK fort

In the 2016 elections,{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/kmdk-to-contest-assembly-polls-alone/articleshow/51810249.cms|title=KMDK to contest assembly polls alone|date=13 April 2016|publisher=|access-date=16 May 2019|newspaper=The Economic Times}} the party contested alone in 72 constituencies predominantly in Kongu Nadu Region (Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Salem, Namakkal, Karur, Erode, Tiruppur, Dindugal, Coimbatore and Nilgiris districts of Tamilnadu).

KMDK lost in all 72 Assembly seats contested but polled 1.70 Lakh votes.{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2016/sep/22/kmdk-woos-dmk-for-local-body-polls-1522281.html|title=KMDK woos DMK for local body polls|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=16 May 2019}}

KMDK Also contested in Hat symbol in all 72 constituencies.

The party contested 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.

{{Election box begin|title= 2014 Indian general election : Pollachi}}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=C. Mahendran |party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=4,17,092 |percentage=41.72% |change=1.95% }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=E. R. Eswaran |party=Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi |votes=2,76,118 |percentage=27.62% |change=25.43% }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Pongalur N. Palanisamy |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=2,51,829 |percentage=25.19% |change=-8.60% }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Selvaraj |party=Indian National Congress |votes=30,014 |percentage=3.00% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=None of the above |party=None of the above |votes=12,947 |percentage=1.30% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=M. Mary Stella |party=Independent politician |votes=4,942 |percentage=0.49% |change= }}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=1,40,974 |percentage=14.10% |change=8.12% }}

{{Election box turnout |votes=9,99,720 |percentage=73.31% |change= -3.22% }}

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 13,81,505 |change =35.73% }}

{{Election box hold with party link |winner=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |loser=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |swing= 1.95% }}

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