All India Moovendar Munnani Kazhagam
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All India Moovendar Munnani Kazhagam is a Tamil
Tamil Nadu
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 political party
Political party
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 in India
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, based amongst the thevar caste. The party founder and president is Dr. N. Sethuraman. The party was founded by All India Thevar Peravai (All India Thevar Front) in 1998.

Performance

All India Moovendar Munnani Kazhagam first allied with Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is a state political party in the states of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, India. It is a Dravidian party founded by C. N. Annadurai as a breakaway faction from the Dravidar Kazhagam headed by Periyar...

. In the Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

legislative assembly elections of 2001 one candidate of All India Moovendar Munnani Kazhagam was launched on a DMK symbol in the constituency of Thirumangalam and got 39 918 votes (36,2%, no seat)..
In 2006 elections the party contested in 5 constituencies with alliance with BJP and lost in all the 5 seats without deposit.
The Party is now in alliance with All India Anna Dravidar Munnetra Kazhagam from August 2006.

2011 Assembly Elections

The party sealed alliance with AIADMK and has been allocated 1 seat for the 2011 elections. They have lost even this election
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