Kamal Haasan likely to contest from Coimbatore Lok Sabha seat

The MNM leader asked party workers to learn from past electoral lessons and also complete the process of appointing booth committees soon.

Earlier, when Haasan arrived in Coimbatore, he was given a rousing reception by his party cadre.

கோவை மண்டல நிர்வாகிகள் கூட்டத்தில் பங்கேற்க தலைவர் நம்மவர் திரு.@ikamalhaasan அவர்கள் கோவை வருகை!

விமான நிலையத்தில் மய்ய நிர்வாகிகள், உறுப்பினர்கள் தலைவருக்கு உற்சாக வரவேற்பளித்தனர்!!#KamalHaasan #MakkalNeedhiMaiam #கோவையில்_நம்மவர் pic.twitter.com/z78UjNNnYo

— Makkal Needhi Maiam | மக்கள் நீதி மய்யம் (@maiamofficial) September 22, 2023

In 2021, Haasan contested the Coimbatore (South) Assembly constituency and came second. He lost to BJP’s Vanathi Srinivasan by a meagre margin. The overall poor performance of his party in the 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections led to a mass exodus of senior party members.

In 2021, he did not join hands with any major Dravidian party like the DMK or the AIADMK.

However, in the Erode by-poll, which took place earlier this year, Haasan extended his support to DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance candidate EVKS Elangovan. Haasan even campaigned for the senior Congress leader and justified his action by saying that the decision was taken in the national interest. He also actively participated in Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra in New Delhi in December 2022.