Samathuva makkal katchi is a Tamil

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...

 political party

Political party

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 in India

India

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, based amongst the Nadar caste. The party founder and president is Actor Sarath Kumar

Sarath Kumar

Sarathkumar Ramanathan is an Indian journalist, film actor, politician, body builder and the current president of the South Indian Film Artistes' Association. He started his career in Tamil cinema playing negative roles, and later played minor roles in other movies. He was first chosen for the...

. Actor Sarath Kumar was part of DMK in his early political career and then joined AIADMK . Later he quit AIADMK to start his own party.

2011 Assembly elections

It contested as part of the ADMK alliance and won in two assembly constituencies - Tenkasi

Tenkasi (State Assembly Constituency)

Tenkasi is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below. It is part of the Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency.- Madras State :- Tamil Nadu :- References :...

 and Nanguneri

Nanguneri (State Assembly Constituency)

Nanguneri is an assembly constituency located in Tiruchendur Lok Sabha Constituency in Tamil Nadu.- Madras State assembly:- Tamil Nadu assembly:- References :...

 . [R._Sarathkumar]] won from Tenkasi

Tenkasi (State Assembly Constituency)

Tenkasi is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below. It is part of the Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency.- Madras State :- Tamil Nadu :- References :...

 and Ernavur A. Narayanan won from Nanguneri

Nanguneri (State Assembly Constituency)

Nanguneri is an assembly constituency located in Tiruchendur Lok Sabha Constituency in Tamil Nadu.- Madras State assembly:- Tamil Nadu assembly:- References :...

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