Kongunadu Makkal Katchi () is a
political party
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in
Tamil Nadu
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,
India
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, based amongst the
Vellala Gounder caste
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.
The party was founded shortly ahead of the 2001 Tamil Nadu
Legislative Assembly election.
[Wyatt, A. K. J.. ]
New Alignments in South Indian Politics: The 2001 Assembly Elections in Tamil Nadu
', in Asian Survey, Vol. 42, No. 5 (September–October 2002), pp. 733-753
The party is led by A.M. Raja.
The party acts as the political wing of the Kongu Vellala Gounder Forum.
In the 2001 Tamil Nadu assembly elections, KMK stood as an ally of the
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
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. KMK contested one seat, Perundurai.
Its candidate, N. Govindaswamy, got 40421 votes (32.43%).
See also
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Kongu Nadu Statehood movement
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List of political parties in India
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References
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