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	[[File:Puthiya Thamizhakam Founder and President.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|right\|Dr. K. Krishnasamy, founder and president of Puthiya Tamilagam Party]]		[[File:Puthiya Thamizhakam Founder and President.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|right\|Dr. K. Krishnasamy, founder and president of Puthiya Tamilagam Party]]
	'''Puthiya Tamilagam''' is a political party based in [[Tamil Nadu]], India.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://eci.nic.in/archive/Feb2005/parties/regd/index.htm \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=2011-02-17 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721172805/http://eci.nic.in/archive/Feb2005/parties/regd/index.htm \|archive-date=2011-07-21 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>		'''Puthiya Tamilagam''' is a caste political party based in [[Tamil Nadu]], India.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://eci.nic.in/archive/Feb2005/parties/regd/index.htm \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=2011-02-17 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721172805/http://eci.nic.in/archive/Feb2005/parties/regd/index.htm \|archive-date=2011-07-21 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>

	==Elections==		==Elections==

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{{Infobox Indian Political Party
|party_name = Puthiya Tamilagam
|leader = [[K. Krishnasamy]]
|foundation = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|p=y|1997|12|15}}
|headquarters = [[Chennai]]
|ideology = [[Nationalism]]<br>[[Social equity]]
|position = [[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]]
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|website = http://ptparty.org/
|flag = [[File:Puthiya Tamilagam Party Flag.jpg]]
|eci=|abbreviation=PTK
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[[File:Puthiya Thamizhakam Founder and President.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Dr. K. Krishnasamy, founder and president of Puthiya Tamilagam Party]]
'''Puthiya Tamilagam''' is a political party based in [[Tamil Nadu]], India.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/archive/Feb2005/parties/regd/index.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721172805/http://eci.nic.in/archive/Feb2005/parties/regd/index.htm |archive-date=2011-07-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Elections==
The PT contested the 1999 [[Lok Sabha]] elections<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/farming-main-source-of-livelihood/article27577288.ece |date=16 March 2004 |work=The Hindu |title=Farming main source of livelihood|access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref> and ten seats in the 2001 state assembly elections, the latter in alliance with the DMK. It won no seats in either case.{{cn|date=July 2020}}

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.{{cn|date=July 2020}}

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 (state assembly constituency)|Ottapidaram]] constituency and A. Ramaswamy secured 75,124 votes in [[Nilakkottai]] constituency.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/chennai/jaya-takes-lead-seat-deal-234 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110224032746/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/chennai/jaya-takes-lead-seat-deal-234 |archive-date=2011-02-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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.{{cn|date=July 2020}}

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.{{cn|date=July 2020}}

2019 Lok Sabha election Puthiya Tamilagam party joined the AIADMK-BJP-PMK alliance in Tamil Nadu as part of the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]]. PT was allocated one constituency to contest, with Krishnasamy standing in Tenkasi for the sixth time.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2019/mar/18/krishnasamy-readies-to-fight-in-his-stronghold-tenkasi-for-sixth-time-1952385.html|title=Krishnasamy readies to fight in his stronghold Tenkasi for sixth time|date=18 March 2019|newspaper=The New Indian Express|access-date=4 August 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.ptparty.org/ Official Website of Puthiya Thamilagam Party]

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