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solid #cf0922; border-bottom:2px solid #cf0922; line-height: 1;"><div class="fn org">Puthiya Tamilagam</div> </div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Abbreviation</th><td class="infobox-data nickname" style="line-height:1.3em;">PT</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">General Secretary</th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/K._Krishnasamy" title="K. Krishnasamy">K. Krishnasamy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/K._Krishnasamy" title="K. Krishnasamy">K. Krishnasamy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">15 December 1997<span class="noprint">; 27 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1997-12-15</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Pothigai Illam,<br />1/2A, VGM Street, <a href="/wiki/Nungambakkam" title="Nungambakkam">Nungambakkam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a> – 600034, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Student_wing" title="Student wing">Student wing</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">PT Students' Wing</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Youth_wing" title="Youth wing">Youth wing</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">PT Youth Wing</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_wing" title="Women's wing">Women's wing</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">PT Women's Wing</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_ideologies" title="List of political ideologies">Ideology</a></th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Nationalism" title="Nationalism">Nationalism</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Social_equity" title="Social equity">Social equity</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Political_spectrum" title="Political spectrum">Political position</a></th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Centre-right_politics" title="Centre-right politics">Centre-right</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Colours</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><span style="display:inline-block;border:1.62px solid black;vertical-align:text-top;" title="Red"><span class="mw-no-invert" style="display:block;padding:0;width:1em;height:1em;background:Red;color:inherit;"> </span></span> <a href="/wiki/Red" title="Red">Red</a><br /><span style="display:inline-block;border:1.62px solid black;vertical-align:text-top;" title="#1f9150"><span class="mw-no-invert" style="display:block;padding:0;width:1em;height:1em;background:#1f9150;color:inherit;"> </span></span> <a href="/wiki/Green" title="Green">Green</a><br /> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Election_Commission_of_India" title="Election Commission of India">ECI</a> Status</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_India#Unrecognised_parties" title="List of political parties in India">Unrecognised party</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Alliance</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/AIADMK-led_Alliance" title="AIADMK-led Alliance">AIADMK-led Alliance</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Seats in <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 543</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #cf0922; color:inherit; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Seats in <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 245</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #cf0922; color:inherit; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Seats in <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly" title="Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly">Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 234</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #cf0922; color:inherit; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Number of states and union territories in government</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 31</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #cf0922; color:inherit; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 0.8em;">Party flag</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Puthiya_Tamilagam_Party_Flag.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Puthiya_Tamilagam_Party_Flag.jpg/180px-Puthiya_Tamilagam_Party_Flag.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Puthiya_Tamilagam_Party_Flag.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="131" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 0.8em;">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ptparty.org/">www.ptparty.org</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="padding-top:0;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist" style="line-height:1.3em; 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Krishnasamy</b><br />Founder of the party</div></div></div></div></div> <p>The <b>Puthiya Tamilagam</b> (<abbr title="translation">transl.</abbr><span> New <a href="/wiki/Tamilagam" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamilagam">Tamilagam</a></span>; <span style="font-size:85%;">abbr.</span> <b>PT</b>) is an Indian <a href="/wiki/Regionalism_(politics)" title="Regionalism (politics)">regional</a> <a href="/wiki/Political_party" title="Political party">political party</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>. It was founded by the former <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Legislative_Assembly_(India)" title="Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)">member</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly" title="Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly">Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly</a> <a href="/wiki/K._Krishnasamy" title="K. Krishnasamy">K. Krishnasamy</a> on 15 December 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elections">Elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Puthiya_Tamilagam&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1998_Indian_General_Election">1998 Indian General Election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Puthiya_Tamilagam&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1998 Indian General Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Post the formation of the party in the end of 1997, the general assembly of the party decided to contest the <a href="/wiki/1998_Indian_general_election" title="1998 Indian general election">1998 Indian general election</a> without any alliance. The party contested in fifteen constituencies in Tamilnadu such as: <a href="/wiki/Tenkasi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency">Tenkasi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tirunelveli_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Tirunelveli Lok Sabha constituency">Tirunelveli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sivakasi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Sivakasi Lok Sabha constituency">Sivakasi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ramanathapuram_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency">Ramanathapuram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sivaganga_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency">Sivaganga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Periyakulam_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Periyakulam Lok Sabha constituency">Periyakulam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dindigul_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Dindigul Lok Sabha constituency">Dindigul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nagapattinam_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Nagapattinam Lok Sabha constituency">Nagapattinam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mayiladuthurai_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Mayiladuthurai Lok Sabha constituency">Mayiladuthurai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tiruchirappalli_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Tiruchirappalli Lok Sabha constituency">Tiruchirappalli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Karur Lok Sabha constituency">Karur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pollachi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Pollachi Lok Sabha constituency">Pollachi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tiruchengode_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Tiruchengode Lok Sabha constituency">Tiruchengode</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rasipuram_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Rasipuram Lok Sabha constituency">Rasipuram</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chennai_Central_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Chennai Central Lok Sabha constituency">Chennai Central</a> constituencies. </p> <ul><li>The party candidates such as <a href="/wiki/K._Krishnasamy" title="K. Krishnasamy">Dr.K. Krishnasamy</a> and Sathyamoorthy polled more than a lakh votes in <a href="/wiki/Tenkasi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency">Tenkasi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sivakasi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Sivakasi Lok Sabha constituency">Sivakasi</a> constituencies respectively.</li></ul> <ul><li>The party also polled more than a 50,000 votes in <a href="/wiki/Ramanathapuram_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency">Ramanathapuram</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tirunelveli_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Tirunelveli Lok Sabha constituency">Tirunelveli</a> constituencies respectively.</li></ul> <ul><li>The party polled more than 20,000 votes in <a href="/wiki/Periyakulam_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Periyakulam Lok Sabha constituency">Periyakulam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dindigul_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Dindigul Lok Sabha constituency">Dindigul</a> constituencies respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But the party lost in all the constituencies which it contested.</li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1999_Indian_General_Election">1999 Indian General Election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Puthiya_Tamilagam&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1999 Indian General Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The party joined the <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Maanila_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamil Maanila Congress">Tamil Maanila Congress</a> alliance for the <a href="/wiki/1999_Indian_general_election" title="1999 Indian general election">1999 Indian general election</a>. The alliance comprised parties such as <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Viduthalai_Chiruthaigal_Katchi" title="Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi">Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">Indian Union Muslim League</a> and Kamaraj Aadhithanar Kazhagam. The party contested in ten constituencies with "Bullock Cart" symbol allocated to it. </p> <ul><li>The party President <a href="/wiki/K._Krishnasamy" title="K. Krishnasamy">Dr.K.Krishnasamy</a> polled 1,86,220 votes in <a href="/wiki/Tenkasi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency">Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency</a>. The constest was won by <a href="/wiki/S._Murugesan" title="S. Murugesan">S. Murugesan</a> of <a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> winning S. Arumugam of <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> by a mere difference of just 887 votes.</li></ul> <ul><li>The party polled more than a lakh votes in <a href="/wiki/Tirunelveli_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Tirunelveli Lok Sabha constituency">Tirunelveli</a>, whwere the winning margin between <a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> was only 26,494 votes.</li></ul> <ul><li>The party polled more than a fifty thousand votes in <a href="/wiki/Ramanathapuram_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency">Ramanathapuram</a> and <a href="/wiki/Periyakulam_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Periyakulam Lok Sabha constituency">Periyakulam</a> constituencies.</li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2001_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_Election">2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Puthiya_Tamilagam&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the <a href="/wiki/2001_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election">2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election</a>, the party joined the <a href="/wiki/Secular_Progressive_Alliance" title="Secular Progressive Alliance">Democratic Progressive Alliance</a> comprising <a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a>, and a few caste based parties. The party contested ten seats in lock symbol. </p> <ul><li>The party polled more than a 40,000 votes in <a href="/wiki/Paramakudi_Assembly_constituency" title="Paramakudi Assembly constituency">Paramakudi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sankarankoil_Assembly_constituency" title="Sankarankoil Assembly constituency">Sankarankoil</a></li></ul> <ul><li>The party polled more than a 30,000 votes in <a href="/wiki/Ottapidaram_Assembly_constituency" title="Ottapidaram Assembly constituency">Ottapidaram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paramakudi_Assembly_constituency" title="Paramakudi Assembly constituency">Paramakudi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vasudevanallur_Assembly_constituency" title="Vasudevanallur Assembly constituency">Vasudevanallur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Valangiman_Assembly_constituency" title="Valangiman Assembly constituency">Valangaiman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kolathur,_Tamil_Nadu_Assembly_constituency" title="Kolathur, Tamil Nadu Assembly constituency">Kolathur(Pudukottai)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Namakkal_Assembly_constituency" title="Namakkal Assembly constituency">Namakkal</a> assembly constituencies.</li></ul> <ul><li>The party polled more than a 25,000 votes in <a href="/wiki/Sedapatti_Assembly_constituency" title="Sedapatti Assembly constituency">Sedapatti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nilakottai_Assembly_constituency" title="Nilakottai Assembly constituency">Nilakottai</a> and <a href="/wiki/Valparai_Assembly_constituency" title="Valparai Assembly constituency">Valparai</a> assembly constituencies.</li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2004_Indian_General_Election">2004 Indian General Election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Puthiya_Tamilagam&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2004 Indian General Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the <a href="/wiki/2004_Indian_general_election" title="2004 Indian general election">2004 Indian general election</a>, the party joined the People's Alliance comprising <a href="/wiki/Viduthalai_Chiruthaigal_Katchi" title="Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi">Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Makkal_Tamil_Desam_Katchi" title="Makkal Tamil Desam Katchi">Makkal Tamil Desam Katchi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">Janata Dal (United)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_League" title="Indian National League">Indian National League</a> and Puratchi Council. The party was allocated two seats to contest in "Arrow" symbol. </p> <ul><li>The party President <a href="/wiki/K._Krishnasamy" title="K. Krishnasamy">Dr.K. Krishnasamy</a> polled 1.01,122 votes in <a href="/wiki/Tenkasi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency">Tenkasi</a> constituency</li></ul> <ul><li>Dheepa Valentina polled 27,130 votes in <a href="/wiki/Sivakasi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Sivakasi Lok Sabha constituency">Sivakasi</a> constituency.</li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2006_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_Election">2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Puthiya_Tamilagam&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The party made an alliance pact with <a href="/wiki/Bahujan_Samaj_Party" title="Bahujan Samaj Party">Bahujan Samaj Party</a> and contested 53 seats in "Elephant" symbol. The party also decided to contest in a few unresrved constituencies. </p> <ul><li>The party President <a href="/wiki/K._Krishnasamy" title="K. Krishnasamy">Dr.K. Krishnasamy</a> polled 29,271 votes in <a href="/wiki/Ottapidaram_Assembly_constituency" title="Ottapidaram Assembly constituency">Ottapidaram</a> constituency. The winning marhin between <a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> was only 9,444 votes.</li></ul> <ul><li>The party polled more than 10,000 votes in <a href="/wiki/Vasudevanallur_Assembly_constituency" title="Vasudevanallur Assembly constituency">Vasudevanallur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sankarankoil_Assembly_constituency" title="Sankarankoil Assembly constituency">Sankarankoil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Srivilliputhur_Assembly_constituency" title="Srivilliputhur Assembly constituency">Srivilliputhur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rajapalayam_Assembly_constituency" title="Rajapalayam Assembly constituency">Rajapalayam</a> assembly constituencies.</li></ul> <ul><li>The party polled more than 5,000 votes in <a href="/wiki/Srivaikuntam_Assembly_constituency" title="Srivaikuntam Assembly constituency">Srivaikuntam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kadayanallur_Assembly_constituency" title="Kadayanallur Assembly constituency">Kadayanallur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alangulam_Assembly_constituency" title="Alangulam Assembly constituency">Alangulam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sivakasi_Assembly_constituency" title="Sivakasi Assembly constituency">Sivakasi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Virudhunagar_Assembly_constituency" title="Virudhunagar Assembly constituency">Virudhunagar</a> assembly constituencies.</li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2011_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_Election">2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Puthiya_Tamilagam&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the 2011 state elections, it allied with the <a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> party and won two seats: The party President <a href="/wiki/K._Krishnasamy" title="K. Krishnasamy">Dr.K. Krishnasamy</a> secured 71,330 votes in <a href="/wiki/Ottapidaram_(state_assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ottapidaram (state assembly constituency)">Ottapidaram</a> constituency and A. Ramaswamy secured 75,124 votes in <a href="/wiki/Nilakkottai" title="Nilakkottai">Nilakkottai</a> constituency.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2014_Indian_general_election">2014 Indian general election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Puthiya_Tamilagam&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2014 Indian general election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the party aligned with the <a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/Secular_Progressive_Alliance" title="Secular Progressive Alliance">Democratic Progressive Alliance</a>. It contested the lone seat of <a href="/wiki/Tenkasi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency">Tenkasi constituency</a>, where the party President <a href="/wiki/K._Krishnasamy" title="K. Krishnasamy">Dr.K. Krishnasamy</a> lost by 161,774 votes to the <a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> candidate, <a href="/wiki/M._Vasanthi" title="M. Vasanthi">M. Vasanthi</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2016_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_Election">2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Puthiya_Tamilagam&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The party allied with the <a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> for the 2016 state assembly elections as part of the <a href="/wiki/Secular_Progressive_Alliance" title="Secular Progressive Alliance">Democratic Progressive Alliance</a>. The party contested the seats of <a href="/wiki/Ottapidaram_Assembly_constituency" title="Ottapidaram Assembly constituency">Ottapidaram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Srivilliputhur_Assembly_constituency" title="Srivilliputhur Assembly constituency">Srivilliputhur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Krishnarayapuram_Assembly_constituency" title="Krishnarayapuram Assembly constituency">Krishnarayapuram</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vasudevanallur_Assembly_constituency" title="Vasudevanallur Assembly constituency">Vasudevanallur</a>. </p> <ul><li>The party President <a href="/wiki/K._Krishnasamy" title="K. Krishnasamy">Dr.K. Krishnasamy</a> lost to <a href="/wiki/R._Sundararaj" title="R. Sundararaj">Sundarraj</a> of the <a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> by a slender margin of 493 votes in <a href="/wiki/Ottapidaram_Assembly_constituency" title="Ottapidaram Assembly constituency">Ottapidaram constituency</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2019_Indian_general_election">2019 Indian general election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Puthiya_Tamilagam&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2019 Indian general election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the 2019 Lok Sabha election, the partu joined the AIADMK-BJP-PMK-DMDK alliance in Tamil Nadu as part of the <a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Democratic Alliance (India)">National Democratic Alliance</a>. The party was allocated one constituency to contest. </p> <ul><li>The party President <a href="/wiki/K._Krishnasamy" title="K. Krishnasamy">Dr.K. Krishnasamy</a> contested in <a href="/wiki/Tenkasi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency">Tenkasi constituency</a> for the sixth time. He recorded his highest votes in his career at the election and eventually lost to <a href="/wiki/Dhanush_M._Kumar" title="Dhanush M. Kumar">Dhanush M. Kumar</a> of <a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> by a margin of 1,20,767 votes <sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2021_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_Election">2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Puthiya_Tamilagam&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the 2011 state elections, the party contested alone in 55 seats in <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>. The highest number of votes was 6,544, which was acquired by the party president <a href="/wiki/K._Krishnasamy" title="K. Krishnasamy">Dr.K. Krishnasamy</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ottapidaram_Assembly_constituency" title="Ottapidaram Assembly constituency">Ottapidaram Assembly constituency</a>. </p><p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2024_Indian_general_election">2024 Indian general election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Puthiya_Tamilagam&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 2024 Indian general election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Puthiya Tamilagam joined the <a href="/wiki/AIADMK-led_Alliance" title="AIADMK-led Alliance">AIADMK-led Alliance</a> in Tamil Nadu.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>The party President <a href="/wiki/K._Krishnasamy" title="K. Krishnasamy">Dr.K. Krishnasamy</a> contested in <a href="/wiki/Tenkasi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency">Tenkasi constituency</a> for the seventh time.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Members_of_Legislative_Assembly_(Tamil_Nadu)"><span id="Members_of_Legislative_Assembly_.28Tamil_Nadu.29"></span>Members of Legislative Assembly (Tamil Nadu)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Puthiya_Tamilagam&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Members of Legislative Assembly (Tamil Nadu)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>No </th> <th>Year </th> <th>Election </th> <th>Member </th> <th>Constituency </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td>2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election">14th Assembly</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Krishnasamy" title="K. Krishnasamy">K. Krishnasamy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ottapidaram_Assembly_constituency" title="Ottapidaram Assembly constituency">Ottapidaram</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td>2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election">14th Assembly</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/A._Ramasamy" title="A. Ramasamy">A. Ramasamy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nilakottai_Assembly_constituency" title="Nilakottai Assembly constituency">Nilakottai</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_party_leaders">List of party leaders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Puthiya_Tamilagam&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: List of party leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Presidents">Presidents</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Puthiya_Tamilagam&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Presidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#AD172D;color:white">No. </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#AD172D;color:white">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:#AD172D;color:white">Name<br /> </th> <th colspan="3" style="background-color:#AD172D;color:white">Term in office </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#AD172D;color:white">Assumed office </th> <th style="background-color:#AD172D;color:white">Left office </th> <th style="background-color:#AD172D;color:white">Time in office </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Puthiya_Thamizhakam_Founder_and_President.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Puthiya_Thamizhakam_Founder_and_President.jpg/100px-Puthiya_Thamizhakam_Founder_and_President.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Puthiya_Thamizhakam_Founder_and_President.jpg/150px-Puthiya_Thamizhakam_Founder_and_President.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Puthiya_Thamizhakam_Founder_and_President.jpg/200px-Puthiya_Thamizhakam_Founder_and_President.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1800" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/K._Krishnasamy" title="K. Krishnasamy">K. Krishnasamy</a></b><br /><small>(<abbr title="born in">b.</abbr> 1952)</small> </td> <td>15 December 1997 </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td>27 years, 63 days </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election_history">Election history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Puthiya_Tamilagam&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Election history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly">Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Puthiya_Tamilagam&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color:#cf0922; color:white">Year </th> <th style="background-color:#cf0922; color:white">Party leader </th> <th style="background-color:#cf0922; color:white">Alliance </th> <th style="background-color:#cf0922; color:white">Seats<br />contested </th> <th style="background-color:#cf0922; color:white">Seats won </th> <th style="background-color:#cf0922; color:white">Seats +/- </th> <th style="background-color:#cf0922; color:white">Vote %<br />(in Tamil Nadu) </th> <th style="background-color:#cf0922; color:white">Total Votes Polled </th> <th style="background-color:#cf0922; color:white">Vote swing </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1996_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election">1996</a> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/K._Krishnasamy" title="K. Krishnasamy">Dr.K. Krishnasamy</a> </td> <td>None </td> <td>6 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 234</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #cf0922; color:inherit; width: 0.4%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1 </td> <td>0.33% </td> <td>89,772 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.33 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><a href="/wiki/2001_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election">2001</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Secular_Progressive_Alliance" title="Secular Progressive Alliance">DPA</a> </td> <td>10 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 234</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #cf0922; color:inherit; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1 </td> <td>1.27% </td> <td>3,55,171 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.94 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><a href="/wiki/2006_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election">2006</a> </td> <td>None </td> <td>53 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 234</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #cf0922; color:inherit; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>0.50% </td> <td>1,62,029 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.77 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election">2011</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/AIADMK-led_Alliance" title="AIADMK-led Alliance">AIADMK+</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">2 / 234</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #cf0922; color:inherit; width: 0.9%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>2 </td> <td>0.40% </td> <td>1,46,454 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.37 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election">2016</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Secular_Progressive_Alliance" title="Secular Progressive Alliance">SPA</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 234</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #cf0922; color:inherit; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>2 </td> <td>0.51% </td> <td>2,19,830 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.11 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><a href="/wiki/2021_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election">2021</a> </td> <td>None </td> <td>55 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 234</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #cf0922; color:inherit; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indian_General_Election">Indian General Election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Puthiya_Tamilagam&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Indian General Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color:#cf0922; color:white">Year </th> <th style="background-color:#cf0922; color:white">Lok Sabha </th> <th style="background-color:#cf0922; color:white">Party leader </th> <th style="background-color:#cf0922; color:white">Alliance </th> <th style="background-color:#cf0922; color:white">Seats<br />contested </th> <th style="background-color:#cf0922; color:white">Seats won </th> <th style="background-color:#cf0922; color:white">Seats +/- </th> <th style="background-color:#cf0922; color:white">Vote %<br />(in Tamil Nadu) </th> <th style="background-color:#cf0922; color:white">Total Votes Polled </th> <th style="background-color:#cf0922; color:white">Vote swing </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1996_Indian_general_election" title="1996 Indian general election">1996</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/11th_Lok_Sabha" title="11th Lok Sabha">11th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td rowspan="8"><a href="/wiki/K._Krishnasamy" title="K. Krishnasamy">Dr.K. Krishnasamy</a> </td> <td>None </td> <td>2 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 543</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #cf0922; color:inherit; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>0.38% </td> <td>1,00,994 </td> <td>New </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Indian_general_election" title="1998 Indian general election">1998</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/12th_Lok_Sabha" title="12th Lok Sabha">12th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td>None </td> <td>15 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 543</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #cf0922; color:inherit; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>1.74% </td> <td>4,46,583 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1.36 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1999_Indian_general_election" title="1999 Indian general election">1999</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/13th_Lok_Sabha" title="13th Lok Sabha">13th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td>TMC Alliance </td> <td>10 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 543</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #cf0922; color:inherit; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>2.09% </td> <td>5,68,196 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.35 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><a href="/wiki/2004_Indian_general_election" title="2004 Indian general election">2004</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/14th_Lok_Sabha" title="14th Lok Sabha">14th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td>People's alliance </td> <td>5 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 543</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #cf0922; color:inherit; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>0.44% </td> <td>1,28,252 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1.65 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Indian_general_election" title="2009 Indian general election">2009</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/15th_Lok_Sabha" title="15th Lok Sabha">15th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td>None </td> <td>1 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 543</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #cf0922; color:inherit; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>0.38% </td> <td>1,16,685 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.06 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_Indian_general_election" title="2014 Indian general election">2014</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/16th_Lok_Sabha" title="16th Lok Sabha">16th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Secular_Progressive_Alliance" title="Secular Progressive Alliance">DPA</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 543</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #cf0922; color:inherit; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>0.66% </td> <td>2,62,812 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.28 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_Indian_general_election" title="2019 Indian general election">2019</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/17th_Lok_Sabha" title="17th Lok Sabha">17th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">NDA</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 543</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #cf0922; color:inherit; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>0.83% </td> <td>3,55,870 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" 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