PMK to send leaders to the Assembly after a gap
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The Pattali Makkal Katchi, which fought the 2021 Assembly election in alliance with the AIADMK, reversed its electoral fortunes and established leads in Pennagaram (9,890 votes), Dharmapuri (15,852 votes), Salem West (13,218 votes) and Mailam (780 votes), whereas preventing a shut contest in Jayamkondan and Vridhachalam in a see-saw battle on Sunday, at the time of going to print.
According to the ECI web site, until 8 p.m., the PMK polled 3.84% of the votes, contesting in 23 constituencies. The occasion’s founder, S. Ramadoss, and youth-wing chief Anbumani Ramadoss had been but to make a formal assertion.
The occasion’s key office-bearer, Vadivel Ravanan, went down in a combat in Kilvelur. The doable victories, though as a part of a shedding alliance, will come as a big reduction for the occasion as its electoral fortunes have been dwindling.
Sources in the occasion predictably attribute a good measure of the success to the 10.5% inner reservation for Vanniyars inside the Most Backward Classes quota, handed by the AIADMK authorities. Party leaders say the transfer galvanised the Vanniyars and made them vote as a bloc to the AIADMK-PMK alliance.
While the PMK received three seats in the 2011 Assembly election, it didn’t win even a single seat in the 2016 ballot.
The occasion received the Dharmapuri Lok Sabha Parliamentary seat in 2014 as a part of the NDA, however couldn’t win a single Lok Sabha seat in 2019 in the similar alliance. In this context, the PMK’s measured success this election beneficial properties significance.
Party sources mentioned the efficiency of the AIADMK in the northern and western districts was primarily due to the switch of votes from the PMK. Interestingly, the consolidation couldn’t be seen uniformly throughout the northern districts. For occasion, in Tiruvannamalai district, which additionally has a substantial Vanniyar inhabitants, the DMK had established a clear benefit in 4 of the six seats. Even in Arcot and Sholingar Assembly constituencies, the consolidation didn’t work in favour of the PMK-AIADMK alliance and it’ll require additional evaluation to perceive why and the place it labored.
Though dissatisfied with the end result, many in the occasion felt Dr. S. Ramadoss’ determination to demand reservation for Vanniyars elevated his picture inside the group and helped improve political capital.
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