The Makkal Needhi Maiam (; MNM) is an Indian regional political party in the state of

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...

and union territory of Puducherry. The party was founded by

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on 21 February 2018. He also unveiled the party flag. The flag is symbolised by six interlocked hands, meant to represent co-operation between the Southern states of India (5 States and 1 UT). Their election symbol is a battery torchlight. Makkal Needhi Maiam has also launched a mobile

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application named ‘Maiam Whistle’, open to the public. This party is estimated to have around 5,500 office bearers at present.

Vice-President

Dr. Kamal Haasan, the President of the Makkal Needhi Maiam party, appointed Mr. A.G. Mourya IPS (Retd) and Mr. Thangavelu as Vice-President of Makkal Needhi Maiam party in 2021.

State Secretaries list

Dr. Kamal Haasan announced new executives of Makkal Needhi Maiam party on 26 June 2021.

Electoral Performance

Indian General Elections

State Legislative Assembly Elections

2019 Lok Sabha Election

For

2019 Indian general election General elections were held in India in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to elect the members of the 17th Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the result was declared on 23 May. Around 912 million people were eligible to vote, and voter ...

he declared to contest on 40 seats included 39 of

and 1 of Puducherry. Initially, there was speculation that Kamal Haasan could ally with the Congress after the state Congress chief had hinted at it. A few days ago, a lesser known Republican Party of India had forged an alliance with the MNM. Releasing the party manifesto and the second list of candidates of his Makkal Needhi Maiam or MNM at a function in Coimbatore, Mr Haasan said, "All candidates are my faces. I am proud being the chariot puller than being in the chariot". Makkal Needhi Maiam's vote share in the 2019 Lok Sabha election was 3.72% (in the seats it contested). Makkal Needhi Maiam secured 1,613,708 votes of the 4,20,83,544 polled in Tamil Nadu. J. Ebenezer, who contested from the Kanyakumari constituency secured the fewest votes at 8,590 while the MNM vice-president Dr. R.Mahendran contesting from the Coimbatore constituency secured the highest number of votes by the party at 1,45,104. The party performed well in urban areas such as Chennai, Coimbatore and Madurai, where it regularly polled upwards of 8.5% to 12.5% of the vote share and often secured more than one lakh votes, but it performed poorly in rural areas. Despite this, all the candidates lost their deposit. Makkal Needhi Maiam candidates lost their deposit in all the seats it contested in the

but they came third in many urban constituencies through it fell behind the

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in several rural constituencies and

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in some constituencies behind the DMK and AIADMK fronts came first or second in all constituencies.

2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly Election

On 13 December 2020, Haasan launched MNM's election campaign for the

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, running candidates in 142 assembly constituencies and committing that he would not form an alliance with either DMK or AIADMK. MNM failed to win any seat in the election, with Haasan himself losing to BJP's Vanathi Srinivasan in the Coimbatore South Assembly constituency by 1728 votes.

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