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{{Infobox Indian political party
|party_name = Makkal Needhi Maiam
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|abbreviation = MNM
|founder = [[Kamal Haasan]]
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|foundation = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|p=y|2018|02|21}}
|headquarters = 4, Eldams Road, [[Alwarpet]], [[Chennai]]-600018, [[Tamil Nadu]], India
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|position = [[Centrism|Centre]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 February 2018 |title=Five key promises Kamal Haasan made at launch of new party Makkal Needhi Maiam |url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/five-key-promises-kamal-haasan-made-at-launch-of-new-party-makkal-needhi-maiam-2513405.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222230113/http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/five-key-promises-kamal-haasan-made-at-launch-of-new-party-makkal-needhi-maiam-2513405.html |archive-date=22 February 2018 |access-date=22 February 2018 |publisher=Moneycontrol.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=23 February 2018 |title=Kamal Haasan Names New Political Party Makkal Needhi Maiam; Says 'No Left Or Right, I'm Centre' |url=https://www.ndtv.com/tamil-nadu-news/here-to-stay-kamal-haasans-political-party-is-makkal-needhi-maiam-1815519 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222223059/https://www.ndtv.com/tamil-nadu-news/here-to-stay-kamal-haasans-political-party-is-makkal-needhi-maiam-1815519 |archive-date=22 February 2018 |access-date=22 February 2018 |publisher=Ndtv.com}}</ref>
|eci = [[List of political parties in India#Unrecognised Party|Unrecognised Party]]
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The '''Makkal Needhi Maiam''' ({{trans| Centre for People's Justice}}; {{small|abbr.}} '''MNM''') is an Indian [[Regionalism (politics)|regional]] political party in the [[Federated state|state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[union territory]] of [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 February 2018 |title=Kamal Haasan party launch: Makkal Needhi Maiam is 'for the people' |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/kamal-haasan-political-party-launched-live-updates-tamil-nadu-politics-madurai-rameswaram-ramanathapuram-5072148/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221160845/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/kamal-haasan-political-party-launched-live-updates-tamil-nadu-politics-madurai-rameswaram-ramanathapuram-5072148/ |archive-date=21 February 2018 |access-date=21 February 2018 |publisher=The Indian Express}}</ref> The party was founded by [[Kamal Haasan]] at [[Madurai]] on 21 February 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 February 2018 |title=Kamal Haasan launches party, calls it Makkal Needhi Maiam |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/live-updates-kamal-haasan-launches-party-calls-it-makkal-needhi-maiam/article22812983.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109020556/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/live-updates-kamal-haasan-launches-party-calls-it-makkal-needhi-maiam/article22812983.ece |archive-date=9 November 2020 |access-date=21 February 2018 |website=The Hindu}}</ref> He also unveiled the party flag.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 February 2018 |title=Kamal Hassan's Political Party and Flag Launch at Madurai on 21st Feb. 2018' |url=http://www.keralanews247.com/kamal-hassans-political-party-launch-today/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402051935/http://www.keralanews247.com/kamal-hassans-political-party-launch-today/ |archive-date=2 April 2019 |access-date=9 March 2018 |publisher=Covers 365}}</ref> The flag is symbolised by six interlocked hands, meant to represent co-operation between the [[South India|Southern states of India]] (5 States and 1 [[Union territory|UT]]). Their election symbol is a battery torchlight.<ref>{{Cite web |last=DelhiMarch 10 |first=India Today Web Desk New |last2=March 10 |first2=2019UPDATED |last3=Ist |first3=2019 19:22 |title=Kamal Haasan's MNM gets battery torch as party symbol |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/story/kamal-haasan-mnm-party-symbol-torch-and-battery-election-commission-lok-sabha-elections-1474456-2019-03-10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402054557/https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/story/kamal-haasan-mnm-party-symbol-torch-and-battery-election-commission-lok-sabha-elections-1474456-2019-03-10 |archive-date=2 April 2019 |access-date=2 April 2019 |website=India Today}}</ref>

Makkal Needhi Maiam has also launched a mobile [[whistleblower]] application named ‘Maiam Whistle’, open to the public.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kamal Haasan launches Maiam Whistle app to help people bring their issues to govt's notice |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/kamal-haasan-launches-maiam-whistle-app-to-help-people-raise-their-issues/articleshow/63976424.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507192557/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/kamal-haasan-launches-maiam-whistle-app-to-help-people-raise-their-issues/articleshow/63976424.cms |archive-date=7 May 2019 |access-date=10 February 2019 |website=The Times of India}}</ref>

This party is estimated to have around 5,500 office bearers at present.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kamal Haasan's MNM aims to appoint 23,000 booth committee members | Chennai News |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/kamal-haasans-mnm-aims-to-appoint-23000-booth-committee-members/articleshow/71100562.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622052043/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/kamal-haasans-mnm-aims-to-appoint-23000-booth-committee-members/articleshow/71100562.cms |archive-date=22 June 2021 |access-date=14 September 2019 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> R. Mahendran quit the party stating that the party was functioning in an "undemocratic manner."<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 May 2021 |title=MNM vice-president Mahendran quits party, says Kamal Hassan is misguided by a few individuals |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/mnm-vice-president-mahendran-quits-party-says-kamal-hassan-is-misguided-by-a-few-individuals/articleshow/82432761.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506195815/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/mnm-vice-president-mahendran-quits-party-says-kamal-hassan-is-misguided-by-a-few-individuals/articleshow/82432761.cms |archive-date=6 May 2021 |website=Shanmughasundaram J |publisher=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=6 May 2021}}</ref>

== 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MNM chief Kamal Haasan names secretaries, zonal pointsmen to rev up party work |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2019/aug/14/mnm-chief-kamal-haasan-names-secretaries-zonal-pointsmen-to-rev-up-party-work-2018992.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418051027/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2019/aug/14/mnm-chief-kamal-haasan-names-secretaries-zonal-pointsmen-to-rev-up-party-work-2018992.html |archive-date=18 April 2021 |access-date=18 April 2021 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Maiam |url=https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2389918331063884&id=1440041926051534 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418051026/https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2389918331063884&id=1440041926051534 |archive-date=18 April 2021 |access-date=18 April 2021 |website=www.facebook.com}}</ref>
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! Role !! Name
|-
|| State secretary, Headquarters || Mr. Sarath Babu
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|| State Secretary, Organization || Mr. Siva Ilango
|-
|| State Secretary, Media & IT || Mr. Senthil Arumugam
|-
|}

== Electoral Performance ==
=== Indian General Elections ===
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|[[Kamal Haasan]]
|37
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|{{increase}} 3.78
|1,613,708
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=== State Legislative Assembly Elections ===
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|[[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2021 Tamil Nadu]]
|[[Kamal Haasan]]
|154
|0
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|2.62%
| +2.62% {{increase}}
|1,210,886
|{{lost|Lost}}
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|[[2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election|2021 Puducherry]]
|[[Kamal Haasan]]
|22
|0
| -
|1.89%
| +1.89% {{increase}}
|15,825
|{{lost|Lost}}
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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 (union territory)|Puducherry]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 February 2019 |title=Makkal Needhi Maiam will contest from all 40 seats, shakes the confidence of all parties: Kamal Haasan |work=[[The Times of India]] |publisher=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/makkal-needhi-maiam-will-contest-from-all-40-seats-shake-the-confidence-of-all-parties/articleshow/67861354.cms |url-status=live |access-date=25 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409104331/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/makkal-needhi-maiam-will-contest-from-all-40-seats-shake-the-confidence-of-all-parties/articleshow/67861354.cms |archive-date=9 April 2019}}</ref>
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).<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 May 2019 |title=A great beginning, says Kamal Haasan. |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/a-great-beginning-says-kamal-haasan/article27241455.ece |url-status=live |access-date=28 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602183044/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/a-great-beginning-says-kamal-haasan/article27241455.ece |archive-date=2 June 2019}}</ref> Makkal Needhi Maiam secured 1,613,708 votes of the 4,20,83,544 polled in Tamil Nadu.<ref>{{Cite news |title=LIVE Tamil Nadu Election Results 2019 |work=NDTV |url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections/tamil-nadu-lok-sabha-election-results-2019 |url-status=live |access-date=28 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528050459/https://www.ndtv.com/elections/tamil-nadu-lok-sabha-election-results-2019 |archive-date=28 May 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 2019 |title=Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 |work=Dinamalar |url=https://election.dinamalar.com/result.html |url-status=live |access-date=28 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528053928/https://election.dinamalar.com/result.html |archive-date=28 May 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 May 2019 |title=In poll debut, Kamal Haasan's MNM puts up a fight in urban areas |work=The News Minute |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/poll-debut-kamal-haasan-s-mnm-puts-fight-urban-areas-102364 |url-status=live |access-date=29 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529052109/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/poll-debut-kamal-haasan-s-mnm-puts-fight-urban-areas-102364 |archive-date=29 May 2019}}</ref>

Makkal Needhi Maiam candidates lost their deposit in all the seats it contested in the [[2019 Indian general election]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 May 2019 |title=Candidates of AMMK, MNM, NTK lose deposit in all LS constituencies |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/candidates-of-ammk-mnm-ntk-lose-deposit-in-all-ls-constituencies/article27241174.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213013034/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/candidates-of-ammk-mnm-ntk-lose-deposit-in-all-ls-constituencies/article27241174.ece |archive-date=13 February 2021 |access-date=1 June 2019 |website=Dennis S. Jesudasan |publisher=The Hindu}}</ref> 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<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 May 2019 |title=MNM fares well in urban pockets, NTK in rural areas |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha-2019/mnm-fares-well-in-urban-pockets-ntk-in-rural-areas/article27228396.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213013034/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/candidates-of-ammk-mnm-ntk-lose-deposit-in-all-ls-constituencies/article27241174.ece |archive-date=13 February 2021 |access-date=1 June 2019 |website=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=23 May 2019 |title=Lok Sabha election results: Kamal Haasan's MNM, Dhinakaran's .AMMK fail to take off |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/lok-sabha-election-results-kamal-haasans-mnm-dhinakarans-ammk-fail-to-take-off/articleshow/69463487.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614185747/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/lok-sabha-election-results-kamal-haasans-mnm-dhinakarans-ammk-fail-to-take-off/articleshow/69463487.cms |archive-date=14 June 2019 |access-date=1 June 2019 |website=D Govardan |publisher=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 December 2020 |title=Kamal Haasan to launch election campaign for 2021 Tamil Nadu assembly elections |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/kamal-haasan-to-launch-election-campaign-for-2021-tamil-nadu-assembly-elections/story-aQnxAeRHo243RPhfwJcEMJ.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219192526/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/kamal-haasan-to-launch-election-campaign-for-2021-tamil-nadu-assembly-elections/story-aQnxAeRHo243RPhfwJcEMJ.html |archive-date=19 December 2020 |access-date=21 December 2020 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kamal Haasan to launch campaign for Tamil Nadu Assembly election on Dec 13 |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/chennai/article/kamal-haasan-to-launch-campaign-for-tamil-nadu-assembly-election-on-dec/693206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217014106/https://www.timesnownews.com/chennai/article/kamal-haasan-to-launch-campaign-for-tamil-nadu-assembly-election-on-dec/693206 |archive-date=17 December 2020 |access-date=21 December 2020 |website=www.timesnownews.com |language=en}}</ref> MNM failed to win any seat in the election, with Haasan himself losing to BJP's [[Vanathi Srinivasan]] in the [[Coimbatore South (state assembly constituency)|Coimbatore South]] Assembly constituency by 1728 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=V Mayilvaganan |date=2 May 2021 |title=Kamal Haasan loses to BJP's Vanathi Srinivasan in Coimbatore South |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/kamal-haasan-loses-to-bjps-vanathi-srinivasan-in-coimbatore-south/articleshow/82358931.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502230408/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/kamal-haasan-loses-to-bjps-vanathi-srinivasan-in-coimbatore-south/articleshow/82358931.cms |archive-date=2 May 2021 |access-date=2 May 2021 |website=Times of India}}</ref>

== References ==
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