Democratic Forward Bloc is a political party

Political party

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 in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

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, India

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. It was formed as a break-away faction of the Tamil Nadu Forward Bloc

Tamil Nadu Forward Bloc

Tamil Nadu Forward Bloc was a political party in Tamil Nadu, India. The party was founded in 1981 through the merger of National Forward Bloc and Pasumpon Forward Bloc. by C. Ayyanan Ambalam, following a split from the National Forward Bloc ....

. DFB was formed in 1983. Initially it was led by P.K. Muthuramalingam.

Today the general secretary of the party is S. Velusamy. In the 2001 state Legislative Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

, DFB had launched five candidates, who together got 3 270 votes.