Out of 234 seats, MNM will contest elections on 154 seats while the remaining 80 seats have been divided equally between the party allies, AISMK and IJK.
Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan’s party, Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM), on Monday, 8 March, announced its seat sharing agreement for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly polls. Out of 234 seats, MNM will contest elections on 154 seats while the remaining 80 seats have been divided equally between the party allies, actor R Sarathkumar's All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi (AISMK) and TR Pachamuthu’s Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi (IJK).
Earlier, AISMK's Sarathkumar had said that Kamal Haasan will be the chief minister candidate for the upcoming alliance. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, MNM had won 4 percent votes with its vote percentage reaching as high as 10 percent in the urban areas.
Although the MNM announced the seat-sharing agreement on Monday night, it has not yet declared the constituencies that are to be allotted among them. The MNM talked about issues such as jobs, corruption, developing villages during the electoral campaign.
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