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Makkal Needhi Maiam

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Abbreviation MNM
President Kamal Haasan
Founder Kamal Haasan
General Secretary A. Arunachalam
Working President

The Makkal Needhi Maiam (Template:Translation; Template:Small MNM) is an Indian regional political party in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry.[1] The party was founded by Kamal Haasan at Madurai on 21 February 2018.[2] He also unveiled the party flag.[3] The flag is symbolised by six interlocked hands, meant to represent co-operation between the Southern states of India (five States and one UT). Their election symbol is a battery torchlight.[4]

MNM has also launched a mobile whistleblower application named 'Maiam Whistle', open to the public.[5]

This party is estimated to have around 5,500 office bearers at presentTemplate:When.[6]

Vice-President

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

Kamal Haasan announced new executives of Makkal Needhi Maiam party on 26 June 2021.[7][8]

Role Name
State Secretary, HQ Mr. Senthil Arumugam
State Secretary, Press & Media Mr. Murali Appas
State Secretary, Narpani Mr. Moorthi
State Organizer, Narpani Mr. Nagarajan
State Secretary, Students Wing Mr. Rakesh Rajasekaran
State Secretary, Organization NIL
State Secretary, Women Wing Mrs. Mookambika rathinam
State Secretary, Engineering Wing Mr. Vaitheeswaran
State Secretary, Agriculture Wing Mr. Mayilsamy
State Secretary, Fisherman Wing Mr. Preadeep Kumar
State Secretary, Youth Wing Mr. Kavingar Snekan

Electoral performance

Indian general elections

Lok Sabha Elections
Year Lok Sabha Party leader Seats contested Seats won Change in seats Percentage of votes Vote swing Popular vote Outcome
2019 17th Kamal Haasan 37 Template:Composition bar compact Template:Steady 0.40% Template:Steady 1,613,708 Template:Lost
2024 18th Chose not to contest the 2024 polls, quoted "Welfare of the nation is more important than our personal welfare" and decided to provide support to the DMK-led Alliance [9]

State legislative assembly elections

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Elections[10]
Year Assembly Party leader Seats contested Seats won Change in seats Percentage of votes Vote swing Popular vote Outcome
2021 16th Kamal Haasan 180 Template:Composition bar compact Template:Steady 2.62% Template:Steady 1,210,667 Template:Lost
2026 17th Chose not to contest the 2026 polls, quoted "not okay with the number of seats offered and the condition that its candidates contest on the DMK's symbol" and decided to provide unconditional support to the DMK-led Alliance [11]
Puducherry Legislative Assembly Elections[12]
Year Assembly Party leader Seats contested Seats won Change in seats Percentage of votes Vote swing Popular vote Outcome
2021 15th Kamal Haasan 22 Template:Composition bar compact Template:Steady 1.89% Template:Steady 15,835 Template:Lost

2019 Lok Sabha Election

For the 2019 Indian general election he declared to contest on 40 seats included 39 of Tamil Nadu and 1 of Puducherry.[13] 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).[14] Makkal Needhi Maiam secured 1,613,708 votes of the 4,20,83,544 polled in Tamil Nadu.[15] J. Ebenezer, who contested from the Kanniyakumari 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.[16] 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.[17]

Makkal Needhi Maiam candidates lost their deposit in all the seats it contested in the 2019 Indian general election[18] but they came third in many urban constituencies through it fell behind the Naam Tamilar Katchi in several rural constituencies and Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam in some constituencies[19][20] 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 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, running candidates in 142 assembly constituencies and committing that he would not form an alliance with either DMK or AIADMK.[21][22] 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.[23]

Later on MNM chief Kamal Haasan allies with Congress to support by-election candidate EVKS Elangovan.[24]

2024 Lok Sabha Election

The party extended it's support for the INDIA and Kamal Haasan formally joined it by campaigning for the DMK alliance in Tamil Nadu. DMK has agreed to grant one Rajya Sabha seat for the 2025 elections.

List of party leaders

Presidents

No. Portrait Name
Template:Small 		Term in office
Assumed office Left office Time in office
1 File:Kamal Haasan.jpg Kamal Haasan
(Template:Abbr 1954) 		21 February 2018 Incumbent Template:Age in years and days

General Secretaries

No. Portrait Name
Template:Small 		Term in office
Assumed office Left office Time in office
1 File:Blank.svg Arunachalam
(unknown–) 		21 February 2018 25 December 2020 Template:Age in years and days
(1) File:Blank.svg Arunachalam
(unknown–) 		26 February 2023 Incumbent Template:Age in years and days

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kamal Haasan party launch: Makkal Needhi Maiam is 'for the people'. The Indian Express(21 February 2018). Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  2. ↑ Kamal Haasan launches party, calls it Makkal Needhi Maiam. The Hindu(21 February 2018). Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Kamal Hassan's Political Party and Flag Launch at Madurai on 21st Feb. 2018'. Covers 365(21 February 2018). Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  4. ↑ Template:Cite magazine
  5. ↑ Kamal Haasan launches Maiam Whistle app to help people bring their issues to govt's notice. The Times of India(30 April 2018). Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  6. ↑ Kamal Haasan's MNM aims to appoint 23,000 booth committee members | Chennai News. The Times of India(12 September 2019). Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  7. ↑ MNM chief Kamal Haasan names secretaries, zonal pointsmen to rev up party work. The New Indian Express(14 August 2019). Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  8. ↑ Maiam. www.facebook.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  9. ↑ Press News from Makkal Needhi Maiam. Makkal Needhi Maiam(9 March 2024). Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  10. ↑ Tamil Nadu Assembly Election Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  11. ↑ Kamal Haasan's MNM Won't Contest Tamil Nadu Polls, Backs DMK Unconditionally. www.ndtv.com. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  12. ↑ Puducherry Assembly Election Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  13. ↑ Makkal Needhi Maiam will contest from all 40 seats, shakes the confidence of all parties: Kamal Haasan. The Times of India(6 February 2019). Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  14. ↑ A great beginning, says Kamal Haasan.. The Hindu(25 May 2019). Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  15. ↑ LIVE Tamil Nadu Election Results 2019. NDTV. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  16. ↑ Lok Sabha Election Results 2019. Dinamalar(May 2019). Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  17. ↑ In poll debut, Kamal Haasan's MNM puts up a fight in urban areas. The News Minute(24 May 2019). Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  18. ↑ Candidates of AMMK, MNM, NTK lose deposit in all LS constituencies. Dennis S. Jesudasan. The Hindu(25 May 2019). Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  19. ↑ MNM fares well in urban pockets, NTK in rural areas. The Hindu(24 May 2019). Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  20. ↑ Lok Sabha election results: Kamal Haasan's MNM, Dhinakaran's .AMMK fail to take off. D Govardan. The Times of India(23 May 2019). Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  21. ↑ Kamal Haasan to launch election campaign for 2021 Tamil Nadu assembly elections. Hindustan Times(13 December 2020). Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  22. ↑ Kamal Haasan to launch campaign for Tamil Nadu Assembly election on Dec 13. www.timesnownews.com(11 December 2020). Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  23. ↑ Kamal Haasan loses to BJP's Vanathi Srinivasan in Coimbatore South, V Mayilvaganan. Times of India(2 May 2021). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  24. ↑ kamal: Tamil Nadu bypolls: MNM chief Kamal Haasan allies with DMK to support Congress candidate EVKS Elangovan | City - Times of India Videos. The Times of India. Retrieved 2023-08-17.

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