Makkal Needhi Maiam
Makkal Needhi Maiam is an Indian political party in the state of Tamil Nadu. The party was founded by Kamal Haasan. He launched it at a public meeting in Madurai 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. Their election symbol is a battery torchlight.
Makkal Needhi Maiam has also launched a mobile whistleblower application named ‘Maiam Whistle’, open to the public. This party is estimated to have around 5,500 office bearers at present.
Vice President
Kamal Haasan, the President of the Makkal Needhi Maiam party, has appointed Dr.R.Mahendran as the Vice President on 2018.General Secretaries list
Kamal Haasan announced on August 14, 2019 at Chennai, The party appointed Five General Secretaries. October 23, 2019 party released new list.| Role | Name |
| General Secretary, President's office | A. Arunachalam |
| General Secretary, Party Structure | A.G. Maurya IPS |
| General Secretary, Party Structure | Rtn.PDG.Muruganandam.M |
| General Secretary, Communication | C.K.Kumaravel |
| General Secretary, Frontals | V. Umadevi |
Treasurer
Kamal Haasan, the President of the Makkal Needhi Maiam party, has appointed A.Chandrasekaran as the Treasurer on 2019.Electoral performance
| Year | General Election | State/UT | Votes Polled | Vote Share | Seats Won | Seats Contested |
| 2019 | 17th Lok Sabha | Tamil Nadu | 15,75,640 | 3.77% | 0 | 36 |
| 2019 | 17th Lok Sabha | Puducherry | 38,068 | 4.89% | 0 | 1 |
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2019 Lok Sabha Election
For 2019 Indian general election he declared to contest on 40 seats included 39 of Tamil Nadu 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%. Makkal Needhi Maiam secured 15,73,620 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 and Coimbatore, where it regularly polled upwards of 10% 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 2019 Indian general election but they came third in many urban constituencies through it feel behind the Naam Tamilar Katchi in several rural constituencies and Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam in some constituencies behind the DMK and AIADMK fronts came first or second in all constituencies.