 The party has been described as representing the new face of active youth involvement in politics in Nigeria.In November 2018, his party the MDP unveiled singer and filmmaker Bankole Wellington (Banky W.), as its candidate to contest the 2019 Federal House of Representatives elections, representing Eti-Osa Constituency, who eventually lost to the ruling APC candidate, Ibrahim Babajide Obanikoro in a keenly contested race.The party is reported to have 65,000 members and fielded two legislative candidates in the 2019 General Elections in Nigeria.