Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam


Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam is an Indian regional political party in the state of Tamil Nadu. It was founded by T. T. V. Dhinakaran on 15 March 2018 as a breakaway faction of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and V. K. Sasikala assigned the post of president while T. T. V. Dhinakaran assigned the post of general secretary. He was also elected as national convener by his party members.
The headquarters of the party is located at Westcott Road, Royapettah, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

History

RK Nagar by-election

In December 2017, Dinakaran contested in RK Nagar by-election and won by a huge margin of 40,707 votes. He became the first independent candidate to win a bypoll in Tamil Nadu and this was the first time in 18 years that a ruling party in the state lost a by-election.

Formation

Following the RK Nagar by-election, On 15 March 2018 at a Public meeting in Madurai, TTV Dinakaran launched the party flag and name as "Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam". It was set up as a breakaway faction of the AIADMK. In February 2019, Actor Ranjith, resigned the Tamil Nadu state vice-president post in the PMK and joined AMMK to register his protest on the PMK's decision to join an alliance led by the AIADMK. On 28 March, the AMMK was awarded the gift box symbol.

Party flag

The flag is black on top and red below with white in the middle with image of a smiling Jayalalithaa in the middle.

Electoral Performance

2019 Lok Sabha Election

Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam is set to contest in 38 parliamentary constituencies and entered into alliance with Social Democratic Party of India.

Tamil Nadu

No.ConstituencyCandidateResult
1ThiruvallurPon. RajaLOST
2Chennai NorthP. Santhana KrishnanLOST
3Chennai SouthIsakki SubbiahLOST
4Chennai CentralSDPI - Dehlan BaqaviLOST
5SriperumbudurTambaram NarayananLOST
6KancheepuramMunusamyLOST
7ArakkonamParthibanLOST
8VellorePanduranganLOST
9KrishnagiriS. GanesakumaranLOST
10DharmapuriP. PalaniyappanLOST
11TiruvannamalaiGnanasekarLOST
12AraniSentamilanLOST
13ViluppuramGanapathiLOST
14KallakurichiKomuki ManianLOST
15SalemS. K. SelvamLOST
16NamakkalSaminathanLOST
17ErodeSenthil KumarLOST
18TiruppurS. R. SelvamLOST
19NilgirisM. RamasamyLOST
20CoimbatoreAppaduraiLOST
21PollachiS. MuthukumarLOST
22DindigulJothi MurganLOST
23KarurThangavelLOST
24TiruchirappalliCharubala TondaimanLOST
25PerambalurRajasekaranLOST
26CuddaloreK. KarthikCandidature Rejected
27ChidambaramIlavarasanLOST
28MayiladuthuraiSenthamizhanLOST
29NagapattinamSenkodiLOST
30ThanjavurP. MurugesanLOST
31SivagangaV. PondyLOST
32MaduraiDavid AnnaduraiLOST
33TheniThanga Tamil SelvanLOST
34VirudhunagarParamasivan AiyyappanLOST
35RamanathapuramAanandLOST
36ThoothukkudiDr. BhuvaneshwaranLOST
37TenkasiS. PonnuthaiLOST
38TirunelveliS. Michael RayappanLOST
39KanyakumariLakshmananLOST