Puthiya Tamilagam

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Puthiya Tamilagam
Abbreviation	PTK
Leader	K. Krishnasamy
Founded	15 December 1997 (23 years ago) (1997-12-15)
Headquarters	Chennai
Ideology	Nationalism Social equity
Political position	Centre-right
Party flag
Website
http://ptparty.org/
Politics of India Political parties Elections

Dr. K. Krishnasamy, founder and president of Puthiya Tamilagam Party

Puthiya Tamilagam is a political party based in Tamil Nadu, India.^[1]

Elections[]

The PT contested the 1999 Lok Sabha elections^[2] and ten seats in the 2001 state assembly elections, the latter in alliance with the DMK. It won no seats in either case.^{[citation needed]}

In the 2009 elections to the Lok Sabha, K. Krishnasamy secured 1,16,685 votes in Tenkasi, while the victory margin was 35,324 votes.^{[citation needed]}

For the 2011 state elections, it allied with the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party and won two seats: K. Krishnasamy secured 71,330 votes in Ottapidaram constituency and A. Ramaswamy secured 75,124 votes in Nilakkottai constituency.^[3]

The 2014 Lok Sabha elections saw PT join with the DMK as part of the Democratic Progressive Alliance. It contested just the Tenkasi constituency, where Krishnasamy lost by 161,774 votes to the AIADMK candidate, M. Vansanthi.^{[citation needed]}

The PT allied with the DMK for the 2016 state assembly elections and contested the seats of Ottapidaram, Srivilliputhur, Krishnarajapuram and Vasudevanallur. Krishnasamy lost to Sundarraj of the AIADMK by 493 votes in Ottapidaram.^{[citation needed]}

2019 Lok Sabha election Puthiya Tamilagam party joined the AIADMK-BJP-PMK alliance in Tamil Nadu as part of the National Democratic Alliance. PT was allocated one constituency to contest, with Krishnasamy standing in Tenkasi for the sixth time.^[4]

References[]

External links[]

• Official Website of Puthiya Thamilagam Party