Perunthalaivar Makkal Katchi (PTMK) is a political party in the India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n state of 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...

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History

The party is floated as forum by the nadar community who have nativity in southern 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...

The party believes and focused to get high turnouts with its vote base mainly concentrated towards the nadar

Nadar (caste)

Nadar is one of the prominent castes of Tamil Nadu, South India. The term, Nadar, in Tamil literally means one who rules the land. The Nadars are also commonly called as Annachi . Nadars are an entrepreneurial south Indian caste and constitute 12% of Tamil Nadu's population...

's in the southern region of 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...

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Election history

Year	General Election	Votes Polled	Seats Contested	Seats Won	Alliance with
2011	Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election, 2011 Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election, 2011 The fourteenth legislative assembly election was held on 13 April 2011 to elect members from 234 constituencies in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Results were released on 13 May 2011...		1		DMK front

Election Alliance

The ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in Tamil Nadu on allotted one seat for them. Both parties signed an agreement in this regard at the DMK headquarters here after talks with DMK president and Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi. Mr. Dhanapalan is the party candidate contesting with the DMK symbol.

External links

• Official Webpage of Perunthalaivar Makkal Katchi (PTMK)