The DMDK was founded in 2005, and secured 8.38 % of the vote in the its very first Assembly election in 2006.
It also contested the 2009 Lok Sabha elections on its own in Tamil Nadu and secured 10.08 percent of the vote.
DMDK chieftain Vijaykant had launched his party as an alternative to the two Dravidian majors - AIADMK and DMK
The DMDK was recognised as a 'state party' after it won 29 seats with 7.88 % of the votes as a part of the AIADMK-led front in the 2011 TN Assembly Election
The recognition as a 'state party' meant the drum symbol was reseved for the DMDK in Tamil Nadu.
The DMDK contested as a 'state party' in the 2014 Lok Sabha election and the recent Assembly election. Now, any candidate can request the Election Commission to allot him/her the drum symbol.
DMDK chieftain Vijaykant had launched his party as an alternative to the two Dravidian majors - AIADMK and DMK. He had ended his policy of isolation, and decided to draw electoral alliances with the AIADMK in 2011 and the BJP-led front in 2014.
In the 2016 TN Assembly election, Vijaykant had evaded overtures from the DMK to join the Peoples Welfare Front (PWF) as its Chief Ministerial candidate.
The PWF is a collection of small parties with a negligible electoral clout in Tamil Nadu that had banded together as a third front - CPM, CPI, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) and Vaiko's Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK)
The DMDK contested in 104 seats, won nothing and saw its vote share drop to a paltry 2.4 %and failed to make a mark. Its leader Vijaykant lost his deposit in the Ulundurpettai constituency, by a margin of 47,500 votes.
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