Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam

The Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (transl. National Progressive Dravidian Federation; abbr. DMDK) is an Indian regional political party in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is a Dravidian party founded by the former leader of the opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Vijayakant (Captain) at Madurai on 14 September 2005. The party was led by its founder until 14 December 2023 from its date of founding. From 14 December 2023, the DMDK is led by Vijayakant's wife Premalatha Vijayakant as general secretary of the party. The party served as the main opposition party in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from 27 May 2011 to 21 February 2016. The headquarters of the party is located at Jawaharlal Nehru Salai, Koyambedu, Chennai.

Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
Abbreviation	DMDK
General Secretary	Premalatha Vijayakant
Treasurer	Premalatha Vijayakant
Founder	Vijayakant
Founded	14 September 2005 (2005-09-14)
Headquarters	125/7, Jawaharlal Nehru Salai, Koyambedu, Chennai – 600107, Tamil Nadu, India.
Student wing	DMDK Student Wing
Youth wing	DMDK Youth Wing
Women's wing	DMDK Women's Wing
Labour wing	Desiya Murpokku Union Federation
Ideology	Populism Secularism Dravidianism Social democracy
Colours	Yellow
ECI Status	State party
Seats in Lok Sabha	0 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha	0 / 245
Seats in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly	0 / 234
Number of states and union territories in government	0 / 31
Election symbol

Party flag

Website
www.dmdkparty.com
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Chief Ministers Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu C. N. Annadurai V. R. Nedunchezhiyan M. Karunanidhi M. G. Ramachandran V. N. Janaki Ramachandran J. Jayalalithaa O. Panneerselvam Edappadi K. Palaniswami M. K. Stalin Chief Ministers of Puducherry M. O. H. Farook S. Ramassamy M. D. R. Ramachandran R. V. Janakiraman Deputy Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu M. K. Stalin O. Panneerselvam
Speakers Deputy Speakers of the Lok Sabha G. Lakshmanan M. Thambidurai Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Si. Pa. Adithanar Pulavar K. Govindan K. A. Mathiazhagan Munu Adhi K. Rajaram P. H. Pandian M. Tamilkudimagan Sedapatti R. Muthiah P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan K. Kalimuthu R. Avudaiyappan D. Jayakumar P. Dhanapal M. Appavu Speaker of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly S. Perumal S. Pakkiam G. Palaniraja V. M. C. Sivakumar Deputy Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Pulavar K. Govindan G. R. Edmund P. Seenivasan N. Ganapathy Su. Thirunavukkarasar P. H. Pandian V. P. Balasubramanian V. P. Duraisamy K. Ponnusamy S. Gandhirajan Parithi Ilamvazhuthi A. Arunachalam P. Dhanapal Pollachi V. Jayaraman K. Pitchandi
Leaders of the Opposition Leaders of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly V. R. Nedunchezhiyan M. Karunanidhi J. Jayalalithaa S. R. Eradha K. Anbazhagan O. Panneerselvam Vijayakant M. K. Stalin Edappadi K. Palaniswami Leaders of the Opposition in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly P. K. Loganathan V. M. C. V. Ganapathy R. V. Janakiraman A. M. H. Nazeem R. Siva Deputy Leaders of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly K. Anbazhagan Su. Thirunavukkarasar Duraimurugan K. A. Sengottaiyan O. Panneerselvam Panruti S. Ramachandran Alagaapuram R. Mohanraj R. B. Udhayakumar
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