Tamizhaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam தமிழக மக்கள் முன்னேற்றக் கழகம்
Abbreviation	TMMK
President	B. John Pandian
Founder	B. John Pandian
Founded	14 April 2000
Headquarters	563, Shanti Colony, M.K.P Nagar, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India
Student wing	TMMK Ilaignarani
Youth wing	TMMK Youth Wing
Ideology	Nationalism Social equity
Political position	Centre-right
Colours	Red   Green
Alliance	AIADMK-led Alliance (2001–2010), (2011–2016),NDA (2017–present)
Seats in Lok Sabha	0 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha	0 / 245
Seats in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly	0 / 234
Seats in Puducherry Legislative Assembly	0 / 30
Number of states and union territories in government	0 / 31
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Tamizhaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (Tamil People's Progressive Federation) is a political party in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It was founded in 2000.^[1]

The party was founded by B. John Pandian in 2000. It is a caste-based political party in Tamilnadu.

In the 2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, the party joined the AIADMK-led Alliance and was allotted Egmore constituency to be contested on "Twin-leaves" symbol. The party fielded its founder John Pandian in the seat. But he lost the seat to Parithi Ilamvazhuthi by a slender margin of 86 votes in its maiden election.^[2]

In the 2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, the party opted to join the Third front led by Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi led by T. R. Paarivendhar comprising Tamizhaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam, Samooka Samathuva Padai, Tamil Nadu Vanigar Peravai and VOC Peravai. The front fielded candidates in more than 150 constituencies.^[3]

In the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, the party contested 52 seats in "Pot" symbol with John Pandian contesting in the Tiruvadanai Assembly constituency. But the party faced defeat in all constituencies which it contested. It also formed alliance with Marudham Makkal Katchi headed by former MLA Soundarapandian and Bharatiya Vikasha Shakti party for the elections allotting five and two seats to them respectively.^[4]

The demand for merging the subsects of Scheduled Caste in the state of Tamilnadu such as Pallar, Devendrakulathar, Pannadi, Kaladi, Vathiriyar and Kudumbar into a single entity as Devendrakula Velalar gained pace along with the delisting of those subsects to Other Backward Class. The party joined the National Democratic Alliance in 2017. The party supported the alliance in 2019 Indian general election.^[5]

The party was allotted one seat in the alliance for the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election. After 20 years, B. John Pandian once again contested the Egmore constituency and lost it. Post the election, the party left AIADMK-led Alliance citing differences over seat sharing in the election.^[6][7] However it continued its partnership in the National Democratic Alliance.

As a part of NDA alliance, the party was allocated to contest the Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency seat under the symbol of the Bharatiya Janata Party.^[8] However, the candidate, B. John Pandian failed to win the seat but polled 208,825 votes.

No.	Portrait	Name	Term in office
			Assumed office	Left office	Time in office
1		B. John Pandian (1955–)	14 April 2000	Incumbent	24 years, 250 days

Year	Party leader	Alliance	Seats contested	Seats won	Seats +/-	Vote % (in Tamil Nadu)	Total Votes Polled	Vote swing
2001	B. John Pandian	AIADMK+	1	0 / 234		0.19%	33,103	0.19
2011		Third Front	50	0 / 234		0.40%	146,454	0.21
2016		None	1	0 / 234			28,855
2021		NDA	1	0 / 234		0.07%	30,064

Year	Party leader	Alliance	Seats contested	Seats won	Seats +/-	Vote % (in Tamil Nadu)	Total Votes Polled	Vote swing
2024	B. John Pandian	NDA	1	0 / 543		0.48%	208,825	0.48