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DMK (DMK)

DMK (DMK)
  • Abbreviation DMK
  • President M. K. Stalin
  • Treasurer T. R. Baalu
  • Founder C. N. Annadurai
  • Founded 17 September 1949 (75 Years Ago) (1949-09-17)
  • Country India
  • Headquarters Anna Arivalayam,367-369, Anna Salai, Teynampet, Chennai - 600018, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Eci Status State Party
  • Parliamentary Chairperson Kanimozhi Karunanidhi
  • Ideology Dravidianism, Tamil Nationalism, Regionalism, Democratic Socialism, Progressivism, Secularism, Left-wing Populism

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DMK (DMK) BIOGRAPHY

Last Updated : 11 Feb 2025
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK): A Legacy of Dravidian Politics Founded on September 17, 1949, by C.N. Annadurai, the DMK emerged as a breakaway faction from the Dravidar Kazhagam. Its rise marked a significant shift in Tamil Nadu's political landscape. Initially advocating for a separate Dravidasta...

DMK NEWS

Emerging from shadow of tragedy, Vijay throws down gauntlet to DMK: ‘2026 contest only between two parties’

November 06, 2025 4:33 am

Vijay turned his address into a direct indictment of CM M K Stalin, accusing him of “narrow-minded” political attacks, mishandling police permissions for his events, restricting his movements, and launching a smear campaign after the Karur tragedy.

'Time to apologise, accept mistake': Kamal Haasan to Karur rally organisers after stampede kills 41

October 07, 2025 5:17 am

Kamal Haasan interacted with affected people during his visit and claimed that the Karur stampede could have been worse if the event had been held elsewhere.

Stalin’s caution in sparing Vijay backfires, actor issues challenge to CM: ‘Do whatever you want to do with me’

October 01, 2025 5:22 am

Tamil Nadu Karur rally stampede: In a speech that was part grief, part accusation, and part challenge following Karur stampede, Vijay said, ‘We did not do anything wrong’

‘A child had a seizure, a woman collapsed’: Among dead in Vijay rally stampede, young mother, couple set to marry

September 29, 2025 7:57 am

Witnesses describe hours leading up to event as crowds kept swelling in the narrow road at Velusamypuram in Tamil Nadu’s Karur

In Nagapattinam, Vijay rips into DMK, calls restrictions on campaign rally ‘Semma Comedy’

September 20, 2025 7:28 pm

Arriving in Tiruchi on a chartered flight in the morning, Vijay set out for Nagapattinam and Tiruvarur by suburban routes, skirting city limits under a heavy security presence.

'Vijay is coming': Tamil star kicks off Assembly poll campaign, targets DMK and BJP over broken promises

September 14, 2025 11:03 am

During the campaign, the 50-year-old leader of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam started his speech framing both the ruling DMK and the BJP as parties that had 'cheated' the state.

Cracks in BJP-AIADMK alliance again as Delhi ‘hand’ seen in bids to rock EPS

September 14, 2025 12:12 pm

Within AIADMK calls grow to break away again, after BJP seen as courting rebel Sengottaiyan, and keeping groups such as those led by OPS, Dhinakaran on “standby”

Palaniswami should save his faction-ridden AIADMK, instead of criticising DMK: Udhayanidhi Stalin

September 06, 2025 12:48 pm

Though the AIADMK was disintegrating into many groups, Palaniswami went around claiming that the DMK would swallow its allies.

For Vijay the political leader of Tamil Nadu to emerge, Vijay the star must recede

August 26, 2025 6:17 pm

Vijay’s politics risk remaining an extension of his cinematic heroism rather than a vehicle for enduring political transformation

Vijay’s massive rally in Tamil Nadu: What he needs to learn from DMK

August 22, 2025 8:44 pm

Displacing the DMK on this terrain will be difficult. The new political aspirants need to find a niche for themselves

DMK PHOTOS

Social distancing norms go for a toss as party supporters celebrate poll triumph

May 02, 2021 9:46 pm

As the nation is witnessing an unprecedented crisis, a huge violation of covid protocol and social distancing norms are a common site in victory celebrations

K Anbazhagan dies at 97: A glimpse into the life of the veteran DMK leader

March 07, 2020 3:00 pm

Veteran DMK leader K Anbazhagan passed away at the age of 97 in Chennai in the early hours of Saturday.

Karunanidhi passes away: Rare and unseen photos from his political journey

August 09, 2018 6:31 am

The former Tamil Nadu chief minister was admitted to the hospital following a dip in his blood pressure last month. On July 31, the hospital had said Karunanidhi would require an extended period of hospitalisation due to “decline” in his general health, although his vital parameters have normalised.

Stage set for 6th phase of polling

April 23, 2014 9:19 pm

Stakes will be high for Congress and BJP and a number of other parties like AIADMK, DMK, NCP and Shiv Sena when 117 constituencies will go to polls on Thursday in yet another substantial round of polling in the Lok Sabha elections.

Tamizh Talkies

April 20, 2014 12:24 pm

From Jayalalithaa speakers blaring out Stalin’s ‘leonine gait’ to BJP bikers waving ‘Vaiko’ flags, EP UNNY captures a slice of Tamil Nadu’s political terrain.

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