Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
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All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
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| Abbreviation | AIADMK |
| Lok Sabha leader | M. Thambidurai |
| Rajya Sabha leader | A. Navaneethakrishnan |
| Founder | M. G. Ramachandran |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Split from | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Headquarters | 226, Avvai Shanmugam Salai, Royapettah, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India–600014. |
| Newspaper | Dr. Namathu MGR |
| Ideology |
Social democracy, Populism, Paternalism |
| Political position | Centre |
| ECI Status | State Party |
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United Progressive Alliance (1977-1980, 1991-1996, 1999) National Democratic Alliance (1998-1999 & 2004-2006) Third Front (2008–present) |
| Seats in Lok Sabha |
37 / 545
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| Seats in Rajya Sabha |
13 / 245
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All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Earlier - Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) (AIADMK) (lit. All India Anna Dravidian Progress Federation) is an Indian political party in the states of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. It is currently in power in Tamil Nadu and is the third largest party in the Indian Parliament. It is a Dravidian party and was founded by M. G. Ramachandran (popularly known as MGR) on 17 October 1972 as a breakaway faction of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). From 1989 to 2016, AIADMK was led by Jayalalithaa, who served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on several occasions. The party has won majorities in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly seven times, making it the most successful political outfit in the state's history. The party headquarters is located in Royapettah, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, which was donated to the party in 1986 by Janaki Ramachandran, MGR's wife.
Following the death of Jayalalithaa on December 5, 2016, V. K. Sasikala was chosen unanimously as the General Secretary of AIADMK on December 29, 2016. Sasikala attempted to be sworn in as Chief Minister without facing election. O. Paneerselvam and his supporting MLAs and MPs started claiming the party leadership. On 23 March 2017, the election commission of India gave separate party symbols to the two factions; O. Paneerselvam's faction is AIADMK (PURATCHI THALAIVI AMMA), while V.K. Sasikala's faction is AIADMK (AMMA).
The party was founded in 1972 as Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK) by M. G. Ramachandran, a veteran Tamil film star and a popular politician, as a breakaway faction of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) led by M. Karunanidhi, the then chief minister of Tamil Nadu, owing to serious differences between the two. Later, MGR prefixed the All India (AI) tag to the party's name. Since its inception, the relationship between the AIADMK and DMK has been marked by mutual contempt. MGR used his fan network for building the party cadre, and estimates claim his party recruited more than a million members from the first two months of creation. The party tasted victory for the first time by winning the Dindigul parliamentary by-election in 1973 and also won the Coimbatore assembly by-election a year later. As of 2 April 1973, AIADMK emerged as the third largest political party represented by 11 MLAs in the Assembly. By 31 January 1976, AIADMK emerged as the second largest political party represented by 16 MLAs in the Assembly. AIADMK grew close to the Congress by supporting the Emergency which occurred between 1975 and 1977.
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