The General Secretary and founder of
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam,
C. N. Annadurai formed an alliance comprising the
Swatantra Party,
Communist Party of India (Marxist) and
Indian Union Muslim League for the
1967 Indian general election. The alliance for the
1967 Madras State Legislative Assembly election also included the
Praja Socialist Party,
Samyukta Socialist Party,
Naam Tamilar Katchi,
Tamil Arasu Kazhagam and a couple of
Independents.
Indian General Election Post the demise of DMK Chief Minister
C. N. Annadurai, senior leader and minister
M. Karunanidhi assumed charge as Chief Minister of
Tamil Nadu in 1969. He decided to form an alliance with the
Indian National Congress (R),
Communist Party of India,
Indian Union Muslim League and
All India Forward Bloc for the
1971 Indian general election. For the
1977 Indian general election, the party formed an alliance with
Indian National Congress (Organization) and the
Communist Party of India (Marxist) as a part of "Janata Alliance". The alliance won only five seats in the election. For the
1980 Indian general election, the party formed an alliance with the
Indian National Congress and
Indian Union Muslim League as a part of "Congress Alliance". The alliance won 37 seats in the election. For the
1984 Indian general election, the party formed an alliance with
Janata Party,
Communist Party of India (Marxist),
Communist Party of India and Tamil Nadu Congress Party. The alliance won only 2 seats due to a political wave in favour of Indian National Congress following the demise of
Indira Gandhi. For the
1989 Indian general election, the party formed an alliance with
Communist Party of India,
Communist Party of India (Marxist) and
Janata Dal. The alliance won only the
Nagapattinam seat. But the new government under
V. P. Singh made
Murasoli Maran as a cabinet minister for
Ministry of Urban Development after his nomination as a
Rajya Sabha member. For the
1991 Indian general election, the party continued its alliance with
Communist Party of India,
Communist Party of India (Marxist) and
Janata Dal as a part of the
National Front. The alliance lost heavily, not winning a single seat. During this election,
Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated, when campaigning for
Margatham Chandrasekar for the
Indian National Congress, in the
Sriperumbudur constituency. For the
1996 Indian general election, the party formed a formidable alliance with
Tamil Maanila Congress, a brek away faction from
Indian National Congress and
Communist Party of India. The alliance bagged all the 39 seats in
Tamil Nadu. For the
1998 Indian general election, the party formed a formidable alliance with
Tamil Maanila Congress and
Communist Party of India. The alliance bagged only 9 seats in
Tamil Nadu. Even though
Communist Party of India (Marxist) originally wanted to contest in support of the United Front, it decided to contest alone when only 1 seat (Coimbatore) was offered. After the fallout,
Communist Party of India (Marxist) wanted to contest 6 seats in Tamil Nadu on its own, but eventually only contested 2 seats and decided to support DMK-TMC front in the other 37 seats. This was done to keep out the possibility of any vote splitting that might result in
National Democratic Alliance gaining seats. For the
1999 Indian general election (joined in 12 May 1999), the party formed a formidable alliance with
Pattali Makkal Katchi,
Bharatiya Janata Party,
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam,
MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam,
MGR Kazhagam and Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress. The alliance bagged 26 seats in the election with a large chunk of ministers from
Tamil Nadu being appointed in the NDA Ministry. (they quit in 20 December 2003) For the
2004 Indian general election, (joined 20 January) the party formed a formidable alliance with
Indian National Congress,
Pattali Makkal Katchi,
Indian Union Muslim League,
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam,
Communist Party of India (Marxist),
Communist Party of India,
Congress Jananayaka Peravai and bagged all the 39 seats. ==Members In DMK Led-Alliance==