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|leader             = [[Seeman (politician)|Seeman]] (chief co-ordinator)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.elections.in/tamil-nadu/assembly-constituencies/naam-tamilar-katchi.html | title=Naam Thamizhar Katchi Candidate List | publisher=Naam Tamilar Katchi | access-date=2016-06-01 }}</ref>
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|president          =  
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|loksabha_leader    =  
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|rajyasabha_leader  =  
|women             = Senkodi Women's Wing
|foundation        = 1958
|ideology          = [[Tamil nationalism]]<ref name="ref11">{{cite web |url=https://www.newsclick.in/NTK-Brewing-Dangerous-Tamil-Nationalist-Chauvinism-Tamil-Nadu |title=NTK brewing dangerous Tamil nationalist chauvinism in Tamil Nadu |date=19 October 2021 |access-date=1 June 2020 |work=News Click}}</ref><br>[[Regionalism (politics)|Regionalism]]<ref name="ref11" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/do-not-involve-religion-caste-in-politics-and-governance/article34125738.ece |title='Do not involve religion, caste in politics and governance' |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=21 March 2021 |access-date=1 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/naam-tamilar-katchis-seeman-questions-vijays-silence-over-illegal-sand-mining-4765184.html |work=[[News18]] |access-date=17 September 2023|title= Naam Tamilar Katchi's Seeman Questions Vijay's Silence Over Illegal Sand Mining|date=12 February 2022 }}</ref><br>Environmentalism<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theworldsikhnews.com/ntk-shows-way-to-save-environment-for-all-not-just-humans-alone/.ece |title=NTK shows way to save environment for all, not just humans alone! |work=World Sikh News |access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref>
|founder            = [[S. P. Adithanar]]
|position          = [[Syncretic politics|Syncretic]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Seeman talks of Soviet style socialising of Agriculture. |date=13 April 2019 |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2019/Apr/13/2019-ls-polls-seeman-and-fairy-tale-promises-in-tamil-nadu-1964064.html |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Primary principles
|dissolution        =  
|url=https://www.naamtamilar.org/policies/ |work=Naam Tamilar Katchi |access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref>
|merger            =  
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|eci              = [[List of political parties in India#State parties|State party]]<ref name="SP">{{cite news|title=NTK gets farmer as party’s election symbol|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/ntk-gets-farmer-as-partys-election-symbol-seeman/article69561036.ece|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=11 May 2025|access-date=1 June 2025}}</ref>
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|headquarters      = [[Porur]], [[Chennai]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/poli_parties/Naam%20Tamilar%20Katchi.pdf | title=Naam Tamilar Katchi.pdf | publisher=Election Commission of India | access-date=2013-06-18 }}</ref>
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|eci                = [[List of political parties in India#Unrecognised parties|Unrecognised]]<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/ElecSym19012013_eng.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=9 May 2013|location=India|year=2013}}</ref>
| state_seats_name = [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
|alliance          = None
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| state2_seats_name = [[Puducherry Legislative Assembly]]
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|publication        =
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|youth              = Muthukumar Ilaingar Paasarai
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|women              = Senkodi Magalir Paasarai
|peasants          =
|wing4_title        = Cultural wing
|wing4              = Veera Tamilar Munnani
|website            = [http://www.naamtamilar.org/ naamtamilar.org]
[https://www.makkalarasu.in/]
|symbol            = [[File:Indian Election Symbol sugarcane farmer.png|150px]]<br /><ref>{{cite web |title=மக்களவைத் தேர்தல் : நாம் தமிழர் கட்சிக்கு 'கரும்பு விவசாயி' சின்னம் |url=http://www.puthiyathalaimurai.com/news/tamilnadu/60369-sugar-farmer-symbol-assigned-naam-tamilar-party-for-mp-election.html |website=Puthiyathalaimurai |language=ta}}</ref>
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|loksabha_seats     = {{Composition bar|0|543|hex=#900C3F}}
|rajyasabha_seats   = {{Composition bar|0|245|hex=#900C3F}}
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'''Naam Tamilar Katchi''' (We Tamils Party; NTK) is a [[Tamil nationalism|Tamil nationalist]] party in the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]] and the [[States and union territories of India|union territory]] of [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]. The party is known to revere [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] founder [[Velupillai Prabhakaran]], whose image is prominently displayed at party events and gatherings.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2020-04-14|title=David-Goliath contest in Tamil Nadu sparks violence|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/david-goliath-contest-in-tamil-nadu-sparks-violence/cid/1689029|website=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]]|first=Pheroze L.|last=Vincent|date=19 Apr 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=Vinita|last1=Govindarajan|access-date=2020-04-14|title=Cauvery protests have helped fringe Tamil nationalist groups gain visibility and support|url=https://scroll.in/article/876448/the-cauvery-protests-in-tamil-nadu-have-brought-fringe-political-groups-wider-support-visibility|website=[[Scroll.in]]|date=27 Apr 2018}}</ref> Originally founded in 1958, it was revived in 2010.


=={{anchor|Naam Tamilar Iyakkam|Founding}}History==
'''Naam Tamilar Katchi''' ({{translation|We are Tamils Party; NTK}}) is a [[Tamil nationalism|Tamil nationalist]] political party active in the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]] and the [[union territory]] of [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]. It was founded in 1958 and is currently led by [[Seeman]]. It is recognised as a [[List of political parties in India#State parties|state party]] by the [[Election Commission of India]].
[[File:Senthamizhan Seeman.jpg|thumb|alt=A serious-looking, mustachioed Seeman|Seeman, the party's chief co-ordinator]]
 
In 1958, Adithan founded the "We Tamils" (நாம் தமிழர் கட்சி) party with the platform of forming a sovereign Tamil state. The party's stand was more radical than the Dravida Nadu demand of Periyar E. V. Ramasamy's Dravidar Kazhagam. It wanted the creation of a homogeneous Greater Tamil Nadu incorporating Tamil speaking areas of India and Sri Lanka. The party's headquarters was named as Tamiḻaṉ Illam (lit. The Home of the Tamilian). In 1960, the party organised statewide protests for the secession of Madras and the establishment of a sovereign Tamil Nadu. The protests were marked by the burning of maps of India (with Tamil Nadu left out). Adithanar was arrested for organising them. The party along with M. P. Sivagnanam's Tamil Arasu Kazhagam was also involved in the movement to change the name of the state from Madras State to Tamil Nadu.The party merged with the DMK in 1967.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.maalaimalar.com/2009/04/10104103/Historical.html |title=Archived copy |website=www.maalaimalar.com |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429102556/http://www.maalaimalar.com/2009/04/10104103/Historical.html |archive-date=29 April 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> On 18 May 2010 in [[Madurai]], a year after the military subjugation of the [[Sri Lankan Tamils|Eelam Soora Tamils]] and the first anniversary of his  Naam Tamilar Iyakkam (We Tamils Movement), Seeman formed the party as a revival of [[S. P. Adithanar]]'s Naam Tamilar (We Tamils).<ref>{{cite web|author=Girl Ethi|url=http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2010/04/15/seeman-convert-his-%E2%80%98naam-tamilar-political-party |title=Seeman to convert his 'Naam Tamilar' into political party |publisher=Asian Tribune |date=2010-04-15 |access-date=2013-01-01}}</ref>
==History==
Seeman, the NTK's chief co-ordinator, said that it would be an alternative political party different from the mainstream parties; the establishment of an independent [[Tamil Eelam]] would be the moral goal of not just the party, but of the Tamils in Tamil Nadu.<ref name="tamilnet"/> During the rally, Seeman said: "We are not founding the Naam Tamilar party, we are continuing what S. P. Adithanar founded."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tamilkathir.com/news/3531/57/.aspx | title=ஆய்வுகள் | publisher=Tamilkathir | date=2012-11-30 | access-date=2013-01-01 | language=ta | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407093659/http://www.tamilkathir.com/news/3531/57/.aspx | archive-date=7 April 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
 
We Tamils party was founded by [[S. P. Adithanar]] in 1958 on the platform of [[Tamil nationalism]].<ref name="Hist">{{cite web|url=https://www.vikatan.com/government-and-politics/policy/tamil-desiyam-history-of-the-1960s-with-the-dravida-kazhagam |title=History of the 1960s |work=[[Vikatan]] |access-date=1 June 2025 |lang=ta}}</ref> In 1960, the party organised statewide protests in favour of the establishment of a separate Tamil country. The party, along with [[M. P. Sivagnanam]]'s [[Tamil Arasu Kazhagam]], was involved in the campaign to change the name of the state from [[Madras State]] to [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Sumathy|last=Ramaswamy|year=1997|title= Passions of the tongue: language devotion in Tamil India, 1891–1970|publisher=[[University of Chicago Press]]|isbn=978-0-520-20805-6|oclc=36084635|url=http://www.escholarship.org/editions/view?docId=ft5199n9v7&chunk.id=d0e7307&toc.id=ch4&toc.depth=1&brand=ucpress;query=%22we%20tamils%22&anchor.id=bn4.34#X |pages=Chapter 6}}</ref> Adithanar lost the [[1962 Madras State legislative assembly election|1962 election]] from [[Tiruchendur Assembly constituency|Tiruchendur]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Madras_1962.pdf|title=1962 Madras State Election Results|work=[[Election Commission of India]]|access-date=1 June 2010}}</ref> He was later elected to the [[Madras Legislative Council]] in 1964.<ref>{{cite book| last =Kaliyaperumal| first=M| title=The office of the speaker in Tamilnadu : A study| publisher=[[University of Madras]]| year=1992| pages=Appendices| url=http://dspace.vidyanidhi.org.in:8080/dspace/bitstream/2009/4880/5/MAU-1992-055-Appendices.pdf| access-date =4 November 2022| archive-date=24 February 2012| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120224041827/http://dspace.vidyanidhi.org.in:8080/dspace/bitstream/2009/4880/5/MAU-1992-055-Appendices.pdf| url-status =dead}}</ref> The party contested in the [[1967 Madras State legislative assembly election|1967 election]] as a part of the coalition led by the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK) under the DMK's "Rising Sun" symbol. Four members of the party were elected to the Assembly, including Adithanar, who won from [[Srivaikuntam Assembly constituency|Srivaikuntam]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Tamilar Thanthai Si Pa Adithanar |url=http://www.maalaimalar.com/2009/04/10104103/Historical.html |work=[[Maalai Malar]] |date=10 April 2009 |language=ta |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429102556/http://www.maalaimalar.com/2009/04/10104103/Historical.html |archive-date=29 April 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Marguerite| last=Ross Barnett| year= 1975| title= Electoral politics in the Indian states: party systems and cleavages| publisher=Manohar Book Service| pages=86| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YbkeAAAAMAAJ}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Madras%201967.pdf |title=1967 Tamil Nadu Election Results |work=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref> Later that year, Adithanar disbanded the party and joined the DMK.<ref name="Hist"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.maalaimalar.com/2009/04/10104103/Historical.html |title=தமிழர் தந்தை சி.பா. ஆதித்தனார் |work=[[Maalai Malar]] |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429102556/http://www.maalaimalar.com/2009/04/10104103/Historical.html |archive-date=29 April 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
On 18 May 2010, on the first anniversary of the formation of the Naam Tamilar Iyakkam (We Tamils Movement), [[Seeman]] announced the formation of the Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK), in a revival of the We Tamils party.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2010/04/15/seeman-convert-his-%E2%80%98naam-tamilar-political-party |title=Seeman to convert his 'Naam Tamilar' into political party |work=Asian Tribune |date=15 April 2010 |access-date=1 January 2013}}</ref> Seeman reiterated that the party was a revival of S. P. Adithanar original party.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tamilkathir.com/news/3531/57/.aspx | title=ஆய்வுகள் | publisher=Tamilkathir | date=30 November 2012 | access-date=1 January 2013 | language=ta | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407093659/http://www.tamilkathir.com/news/3531/57/.aspx | archive-date=7 April 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He further said that party would be an alternative party to mainstream political parties in Tamil Nadu, and advocated for the establishment of an independent [[Tamil Eelam]] in Sri Lanka.<ref name="tamilnet">{{cite web | url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31531 | title=New party to be launched in Tamil Nadu with Leaping Tiger as its flag | work=TamilNet | access-date=2 April 2014}}</ref> The party launched its flag in 2014, with a leaping [[tiger]] insignia.<ref name="tamilnet"/> It was recognised as a [[List of political parties in India#State parties|state party]] by the [[Election Commission of India]] in May 2025.<ref name="SP"/>


==Name and emblem==
==Policies and views ==
The party's name indicates that "We are Tamils", not labeled by caste or religion.<ref name="tamilnet"/> It emphasizes Tamil rule of their homeland, opposing the [[South Indian culture|Dravidian]] and Indian parties which have purportedly contributed to the downfall of the [[Tamils]].<ref name="tvb">{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/article193786.ece | title=Seeman calls for vote bank to protect Tamils | publisher=The New Indian Express | access-date=7 April 2015}}</ref> The NTK flag is similar to the [[flag of Tamil Eelam]]; its tiger is also the emblem of the [[Chola dynasty|Cholas]] and the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam|Tamil Tigers]]. The flag was introduced in [[Thanjavur]], the historic Chola capital.<ref name="tamilnet">{{cite web | url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31531 | title=New party to be launched in Tamil Nadu with Leaping Tiger as its flag | publisher=TamilNet | access-date=2 April 2014}}</ref>
[[File:Tamil_Eelam_Champion_Seeman_Speech_Outside_UN_headquarters_Geneva_002.jpg|thumb|[[Seeman]] is the leader of Naam Tamilar Katchi]]


==Policies==
=== Tamil identity and rule ===
==={{anchor|Water-Sharing Dispute}}Water sharing and sand mining===
The NTK denies the [[Dravidian peoples|Dravidian]] identity of the [[Tamils]],<ref>{{cite web |date=30 May 2019 |title=Dravidian identity is for the Non-Tamils to rule over Tamils; says Seeman. |url=https://scroll.in/article/924890/in-tamil-nadu-an-ultra-nationalist-politician-who-often-invokes-adolf-hitler-is-gaining-support}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Naig |first=Udhav |date=24 March 2021 |title=Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections {{!}} How can I form an alliance to get rid of corruption, asks Seeman |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/tamil-nadu-assembly/seeman-interview-how-can-i-form-an-alliance-to-get-rid-of-corruption/article34143886.ece |access-date=24 October 2024 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Naig |first1=Udhav |date=23 March 2021 |title=There exists Tamils and Aryans, none called 'Dravidian'; says Seeman. (paid article, use "12ft.io" to unblock for free) |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/tamil-nadu-assembly/seeman-interview-how-can-i-form-an-alliance-to-get-rid-of-corruption/article34143886.ece |newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref> and advocates for Tamils to identity solely based on the language.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ethno-linguistic 'Tamilian' identity vs Ethno-racial 'Dravidian' identity vs Hindutva's 'Hindu-Indian' identity; clashes of identity politics in Tamilnadu. |newspaper=The Times of India |date=3 March 2017 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/dravidian-identitynow-a-losing-game/articleshow/57436788.cms}}</ref> It emphasises Tamil rule of Tamil-majority areas, opposing the Dravidian parties which it claims to have contributed to the downfall of the Tamils.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/article193786.ece | title=Seeman calls for vote bank to protect Tamils | work=The New Indian Express | access-date=7 April 2015 | archive-date=18 April 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418125809/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/article193786.ece | url-status=dead }}</ref> According to the party, anyone has right to live in Tamil Nadu but only a Tamil has the right to govern the state as chief minister.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dinakaran.com/News_Detail.asp?Nid=305535 |title=தமிழர்கள் தான் தமிழகத்தை ஆள வேண்டும்: சீமான் |work=[[Dinakaran]] |access-date=31 May 2017 |archive-date=17 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017220643/https://www.dinakaran.com/News_Detail.asp?Nid=305535 |url-status=dead |lang=ta}}</ref> Seeman justified his statement by stating that most of the former [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu|chief ministers of Tamil Nadu]] were not Tamils by origin. Though his statement was criticised by the Dravidian parties as racist, and he was accused of [[identity politics]] and creating ethnic divisions,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/tamil-nationalists-dravidian-ideologues-locked-in-battle/article8325589.ece | title=Tamil nationalists, Dravidian ideologues locked in battle | work=[[The Hindu]] | date=7 March 2016 |access-date=1 June 2020 }}</ref> he found support from some including [[Bharathiraja]] and [[Sarath Kumar]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vikatan.com/news/tamilnadu/90805-tamilnadu-should-be-ruled-by-a-tamilan-bharathiraja.html|title=தமிழகத்தைத் தமிழன்தான் ஆள வேண்டும்- பாரதிராஜா திடீர் ஆவேசம்|date=25 January 2017|work=[[Vikatan]]|lang=ta|access-date=25 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.maalaimalar.com/News/District/2017/01/09085224/1060989/Tamil-Nadu-will-run-tamilan-Sarath-Kumar-Speech.vpf|title=தமிழ்நாட்டை தமிழன் தான் ஆள வேண்டும்: சரத்குமார் பேச்சு|date=25 January 2017|work=[[Maalai Malar]]|lang=ta|access-date=25 January 2017|archive-date=4 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504012808/http://www.maalaimalar.com/News/District/2017/01/09085224/1060989/Tamil-Nadu-will-run-tamilan-Sarath-Kumar-Speech.vpf|url-status=dead}}</ref> In an interview, Seeman later said that only who support the Tamils' basic rights, those who oppose suppression of his dignity and those who stand against the humiliation of Tamils are true Tamils.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJTDoYhah7U |title= Kelvikkenna Bathil, Exclusive Interview with NTK Seeman |publisher=[[Thanthi TV]]  |date= 27 May 2017 | via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=1 June 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv7u9z87U5I |title=Agni Paritchai with Seeman |work=[[Puthiya Thalaimurai TV]]  |date=18 March 2017 |via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=1 June 2020 }}</ref> The statement drew criticism from film director [[Ameer Sultan|Ameer]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://tamil.oneindia.com/news/tamilnadu/director-ameer-says-cinema-image-not-only-help-rajini-kamal-brighten-politics-301691.html|title=ரஜினியும், விஷாலும்தான் நல்லவர்களா.. தமிழர்கள் நல்லவர்கள் இல்லையா.. அமீர் கேள்வி |date=25 January 2017 |work=[[One India]] |lang=ta|access-date=25 January 2017}}</ref>
The party has launched several demonstrations demanding Tamil Nadu's share of [[Kaveri|Kaveri River]] and [[Mullaperiyar Dam]] water from upstream states.<ref name="riv1">{{cite web | url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/popular-tamil-actor-seeman-among-400-arrested-following-protests-over-mullaperiyar/215259-37-64.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20141020110826/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/popular-tamil-actor-seeman-among-400-arrested-following-protests-over-mullaperiyar/215259-37-64.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=20 October 2014 | title=Popular Tamil actor Seeman among 400 arrested following protests over Mullaperiyar | publisher=IBNLive | access-date=20 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="riv2">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/declare-thanjavur-district-droughthit-seeman/article3819257.ece | title=Declare Thanjavur district drought-hit: Seeman | work=The Hindu | access-date=20 October 2014}}</ref> Seeman has criticized political apathy on this issue and the [[illegal sand mining]] of the state's riverbeds.<ref name="riv3">{{cite web | url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2811/stories/20110603281101000.htm | title=Clean sweep | publisher=Frontline | access-date=20 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="srivaik">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/nallakannu-seeman-arrested-near-srivaikuntam-reservoir/article7683268.ece | title=Nallakannu, Seeman arrested near Srivaikuntam reservoir | work=The Hindu | access-date=12 February 2016}}</ref>


==={{anchor|NLC Situation}}NLC privatisation===
=== Sri Lankan Tamils ===
In 2011-2012, when Tamil Nadu was in the midst of a power crisis which led to exorbitant tariffs and industrial failure,<ref name="pwc">{{cite web | url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/9TBREitNPMEgmBMUd7NaKN/Power-crisis-Dark-days-in-Tamil-Nadu.html | title=Power Crisis in Tamil Nadu | publisher=livemint | access-date=20 October 2014}}</ref> the management of [[Neyveli Lignite Corporation]] (a government-owned company in [[Neyveli]]) considered selling stock to private investors. This sparked unrest in the state, and NLC employees organized a strike against the central government's decision. The corporation was accused of manipulating its workers and covering up the issue.<ref name="nlc1">{{cite web | url=http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/07/indi-j11.html | title=India: The lessons of the NLC betrayal | publisher=World Socialist Website | access-date=20 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="nlc2">{{cite web | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/nlc-workers-withdraw-strike-113071500837_1.html | title=NLC workers withdraw strike | publisher=Business standard | access-date=20 October 2014}}</ref>
The NTK supports the cause of [[Tamil Eelam]], a proposed independent Tamil state comprising parts of the north and eastern regions of Sri Lanka. The party idolises [[Velupillai Prabhakaran]], the founder of the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] (LTTE), a Tamil militant organisation.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://thecommunemag.com/late-ltte-chief-v-prabhakaran-appears-on-ntk-posters-along-with-photos-of-seeman/.ece| title=Late LTTE chief V prabhakaran appears on NTK posters along with photos of Seeman| date=25 March 2021 |access-date=1 June 2022 |magazine= The Commune}}</ref> After the defeat of the LTTE in 2009, the party still advocated for the creation of an independent Tamil state and the fulfillment of Tamil rights in the island nation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tamilguardian.com/content/our-stance-tamil-eelam-same-those-who-fought-it-ntk-speaks-tamil-guardian.ece |title = 'Our stance on Tamil Eelam is the same as those who fought for it' – NTK speaks |work=Tamil Guardian |date=5 April 2021 |access-date=1 June 2022}}</ref> It appealed to the [[United Nations Human Rights Council]] for the serving of justice to the [[Sri Lankan Tamils]], who faced several war crimes during the war with the [[Sri Lankan Armed Forces]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hrw.org/report/2013/02/26/we-will-teach-you-lesson/sexual-violence-against-tamils-sri-lankan-security-forces.ece |title=We Will Teach You a Lesson| date=26 February 2013 |access-date=1 June 2014 |work=[[United Nations Human Rights Council]]}}</ref> The party has highlighted the plight of the Sri Lankan Tamils, who had come to India as refugees, and appealed for the granting of Indian citizenship to them and the cessation of hostilities against them by the authorities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/article328315.ece | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208052743/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/article328315.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 December 2014 |title=TN: Eight Lankan refugees arrested | work=[[The New Indian Express]] |access-date=20 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dtnext.in/news/tamilnadu/shut-down-lankan-refugee-camps-seeman |title=Shut down Lankan refugee camps: Seeman |date=23 August 2021 |access-date=1 June 2022 |work=[[DT Next]]}}</ref>


Naam Tamilar Katchi opposed the decision, with Seeman saying that the Tamil strikers experienced discrimination from non-Tamil management. He also criticised the NLC for investing in other Indian states during an acute power shortage in Tamil Nadu.<ref name="nlc1"/><ref name="nlc3">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/ban-on-all-sorts-of-stir-in-cuddalore-district/article4809359.ece | title=Ban on all sorts of stir in Cuddalore district | work=The Hindu | access-date=20 October 2014}}</ref>
Seeman has also called for the retrieval of [[Katchatheevu]], an island of Sri Lanka, whose sovereignty of the island was recognised by India in 1974 after a prolonged dispute.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/acjYPxP6XuKnlTLqJ2P3QI/Katchatheevu-The-big-issue-over-a-small-island.html |title=Katchatheevu: The big issue over a small island |work=[[Livemint]] |date=15 June 2016 |access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref> As the island disadvantaged the fishermen and led to frequent clashes with the Sri Lankan forces, he said that he would reclaim the island by arming fishermen, which resulted in sedition charges filed against him.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/sedition-case-against-seeman/article19382377.ece |title=Sedition case against Seeman | work=[[The Hindu]] |date=28 July 2017 |access-date=1 June 2025}}</ref>


==={{anchor|Law and Order}}Law and order===
=== Law and order ===
Seeman cited a deterioration in law and order in the state during the Congress-DMK alliance.<ref name="law1">{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/article397867.ece | title=Mercenary menace up: Seeman | publisher=New Indian Express | access-date=20 October 2014}}</ref> Denying NTK involvement in an assault on a group of Lankan tourists in Chennai, he said that the party abhors violence in any form and cadres who violate its principles of conduct would be punished.<ref name="law2">{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/article480448.ece | title=Seeman condemns attacks on Lankan tourists | publisher=New Indian Express | access-date=20 October 2014}}</ref>
Seeman has often criticised the deterioration in law and order in the state.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/article397867.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208052437/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/article397867.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 December 2014 |title=Mercenary menace up: Seeman |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |access-date=20 October 2014 |date=1 June 2015}}</ref> He has also said that the party abhors violence in any form and cadres who violate its principles of conduct would be punished.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/article480448.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208052646/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/article480448.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 December 2014 |title=Seeman condemns attacks on Lankan tourists |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |access-date=1 June 2020 |date=20 October 2014}}</ref>


===Refugees===
NTK has supported commuting the death sentences and releasing those convicted in the [[Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi#Trial|assassination of Rajiv Gandhi]]. Seeman said that the party's stance was not limited to the case, but for the complete abolition of the death penalty in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/article534189.ece | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208052739/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/article534189.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 December 2014 |title='Land of Ahimsa should abolish death penalty' |work=[[The New Indian Express]] | access-date=1 June 2016 |date=20 October 2014}}</ref> It has also called for the humanitarian release of prisoners jailed for more than ten years.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/release-persons-incarcerated-for-over-10-years-says-seeman/article7412645.ece |title=Release persons incarcerated for over 10 years, says Seeman |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=11 July 2015 |access-date=12 February 2016}}</ref>
Naam Tamilar Katchi has highlighted the plight of [[Sri Lankan Tamils]] who seek refuge in India, and their persecution by the state and central governments.<ref name="refugees">{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/article328315.ece | title=TN: Eight Lankan refugees arrested | publisher=New Indian Express | access-date=20 October 2014}}</ref>


==={{anchor|Abolition of death penalty}}Abolition of the death penalty===
===Others===
NTK has supported commuting the death sentences and releasing those convicted in the [[Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi#Trial|Rajiv Gandhi]] case. Seeman has said that the party's stand was not limited to the three Tamils condemned to death, but for the abolition of the death penalty in India.<ref name="ahimsa">{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/article534189.ece | title='Land of Ahimsa should abolish death penalty' | publisher=New Indian Express | access-date=20 October 2014}}</ref> Naam Tamilar Katchi has also called for the humanitarian release of prisoners jailed for more than 10 years. It supported closing the Eelam refugee special camps in Tamil Nadu, in which inmates were reportedly tortured.<ref name="release">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/release-persons-incarcerated-for-over-10-years-says-seeman/article7412645.ece | title=Release persons incarcerated for over 10 years, says Seeman | work=The Hindu | access-date=12 February 2016}}</ref>
NTK strongly advocates for equal representation of women in all areas. The party has often allocated half of the seats it contested in the elections to women.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shaji |first1=Nidharshana Raju, Sukanya |title=Tamil Nadu party NTK fields 50% women candidates for 3rd time: Ideology or strategy? |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/tamil-nadu/tamil-nadu-party-ntk-fields-50-women-candidates-for-3rd-time-ideology-or-strategy |work=The News Minute |date=13 April 2024 |access-date=1 June 2020 }}</ref> It also supports [[LGBTQ]] rights, and fielded a [[transgender]] candidate in the 2016 assembly elections.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mathew |first1=Pheba |title=TN's first transgender candidate is standing against Jayalalithaa |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/tamil-nadu/tns-first-transgender-candidate-standing-against-jayalalithaa-41223 |work=The News Minute |date=5 April 2016 |access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jaya finds an admirer in C Devi, her transgender rival from RK Nagar |date=12 April 2016 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/assembly-elections/jaya-finds-an-admirer-in-c-devi-her-transgender-rival-from-rk-nagar/story-OXVpyfsoVfhxxOJV8aShII.html |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |access-date=1 June 2020 }}</ref>


===Retrieval of Katchatheevu===
The party has launched several demonstrations demanding Tamil Nadu's share of water from the [[Kaveri|Kaveri River]] and [[Mullaperiyar Dam]] from upstream states.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/popular-tamil-actor-seeman-among-400-arrested-following-protests-over-mullaperiyar/215259-37-64.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141020110826/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/popular-tamil-actor-seeman-among-400-arrested-following-protests-over-mullaperiyar/215259-37-64.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 October 2014 |title=Popular Tamil actor Seeman among 400 arrested following protests over Mullaperiyar |publisher=[[CNN-IBN]] |access-date=20 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/declare-thanjavur-district-droughthit-seeman/article3819257.ece |title=Declare Thanjavur district drought-hit: Seeman |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=24 August 2012 |access-date=20 October 2014}}</ref> Seeman has criticised the [[illegal sand mining]] of the state's riverbeds.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2811/stories/20110603281101000.htm |title=Clean sweep | work=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]] |access-date=20 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/nallakannu-seeman-arrested-near-srivaikuntam-reservoir/article7683268.ece |title=Nallakannu, Seeman arrested near Srivaikuntam reservoir |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=23 September 2015 |access-date=12 February 2016}}</ref>
Seeman says that [[Katchatheevu]] is an Indian island, and it was illegal to cede it to [[Sri Lanka]]. He promised to retrieve Kachatheevu by arming fishermen,<ref name="Katchatheevu">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8EGwK9sH1Y | title=Katchatheevu | publisher=Youtube|language=ta }}</ref> which resulted in sedition charges.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/sedition-case-against-seeman/article19382377.ece
| title=Sedition case against Seeman | work=The Hindu }}</ref>


===Tamil rule in Tamil Nadu===
In 2012, the central government was considering disinvestment of [[Neyveli Lignite Corporation]] (NLC), a government-owned company. The NLC employees organised a strike against the government's decision,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/07/indi-j11.html |title=India: The lessons of the NLC betrayal |date=11 July 2012 |work=World Socialist |access-date=20 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/nlc-workers-withdraw-strike-113071500837_1.html |title=NLC workers withdraw strike | work=[[Business Standard]] |access-date=20 October 2014}}</ref> and the NTK supported their cause, with Seeman saying that the Tamil strikers were experiencing discrimination from non-Tamil management. He also criticised the NLC for investing in other Indian states during an acute power shortage in Tamil Nadu.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/ban-on-all-sorts-of-stir-in-cuddalore-district/article4809359.ece |title=Ban on all sorts of stir in Cuddalore district |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=12 June 2013 |access-date=20 October 2014}}</ref>
Seeman said that the [[chief minister of Tamil Nadu]] should be a [[Tamils|Tamil]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dinakaran.com/News_Detail.asp?Nid=305535 |title=தமிழர்கள் தான் தமிழகத்தை ஆள வேண்டும்: சீமான் |publisher= Dinakaran}}</ref> According to a party slogan, everyone has right to live in Tamil Nadu but only a Tamil has the right to govern the state as chief minister.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWJgkAPclBs | title=வாழும் உரிமை அனைவருக்கும் உண்டு - ஆளும் உரிமை எம் தமிழருக்கே - செந்தமிழன் சீமான் கொள்கை முழக்கம் | publisher=Youtube }}</ref> Seeman's statement was criticised as [[racism|racist]], and he was accused of [[identity politics]] and creating ethnic divisions.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/tamil-nationalists-dravidian-ideologues-locked-in-battle/article8325589.ece | title=Tamil nationalists, Dravidian ideologues locked in battle | work=The Hindu}}</ref> Tamil media asked, "Who is a Tamil? How do you define a Tamil?"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJTDoYhah7U | title= Kelvikkenna Bathil, Exclusive Interview with NTK Seeman, Thanthi TV  | publisher=Youtube }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsDwLXkPmas | title=Rajinikanth In Politics : Are Political Parties Afraid.? | publisher=Youtube }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv7u9z87U5I | title=Agni Paritchai with Seeman, Puthiya Thalaimurai TV  | publisher=Youtube }}</ref> His statement had a mixed reaction from Tamil nationalists.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://tamil.oneindia.com/news/tamilnadu/director-ameer-says-cinema-image-not-only-help-rajini-kamal-brighten-politics-301691.html|title=ரஜினியும், விஷாலும்தான் நல்லவர்களா.. தமிழர்கள் நல்லவர்கள் இல்லையா.. அமீர் கேள்வி|date=25 January 2017|newspaper=Oneindia|language=ta|access-date=25 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vikatan.com/news/tamilnadu/90805-tamilnadu-should-be-ruled-by-a-tamilan-bharathiraja.html|title=தமிழகத்தைத் தமிழன்தான் ஆள வேண்டும்- பாரதிராஜா திடீர் ஆவேசம்|date=25 January 2017|newspaper=vikatan.com|language=ta|access-date=25 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.maalaimalar.com/News/District/2017/01/09085224/1060989/Tamil-Nadu-will-run-tamilan-Sarath-Kumar-Speech.vpf|title=தமிழ்நாட்டை தமிழன் தான் ஆள வேண்டும்: சரத்குமார் பேச்சு|date=25 January 2017|newspaper=www.maalaimalar.com|language=ta|access-date=25 January 2017}}</ref>


==={{anchor|Chennai-Salem Green Corridor Project}}Proposed Chennai–Salem Expressway===
In July 2018, the NTK organised protests against the proposed Chennai-Salem expressway project. According to the party, the project would be a disaster for the region's fragile ecology and would enable mining companies to illegally mine valuable minerals in the [[Kalrayan Hills|Kalrayan]] and Servarayan Hills on the expressway's proposed path.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/chennai-salem-green-corridor-project-seeman-arrested-for-violating-bail-terms/article24452312.ece |title=Chennai-Salem green corridor project: Seeman arrested for violating bail terms| work=[[The Hindu]]| date=18 July 2018| last1=Saqaf| first1=Syed Muthahar |access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref> The [[Madras High Court]] later quashed the government order to acquire land for the project.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://tamil.thehindu.com/tamilnadu/article26767561.ece |title = சென்னை – சேலம் 8 வழிச்சாலை திட்ட அரசாணை ரத்து; நிலம் கையகப்படுத்தியது செல்லாது: உயர் நீதிமன்றம் அதிரடி உத்தரவு |date=8 April 2019 |access-date=1 June 2020 |work=[[The Hindu]] |lang=ta}}</ref>
Naam Tamilar Katchi is against the proposed [[Chennai-Salem Expressway]] project. According to the party, the project would be a disaster for the region's fragile ecology and would enable mining companies to [[illegal mining|illegally mine]] valuable minerals in the [[Kalrayan Hills|Kalrayan]] and Servarayan Hills (on the expressway's proposed path). Seeman and his cadres, protesting the project's implementation, were arrested on 18 July 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/chennai-salem-green-corridor-project-seeman-arrested-for-violating-bail-terms/article24452312.ece | title=Chennai-Salem green corridor project: Seeman arrested for violating bail terms| website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> The party also filed a writ petition in the Madras High Court, and the court quashed the government order to acquire land for the project.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://tamil.thehindu.com/tamilnadu/article26767561.ece | title = சென்னை - சேலம் 8 வழிச்சாலை திட்ட அரசாணை ரத்து; நிலம் கையகப்படுத்தியது செல்லாது: உயர் நீதிமன்றம் அதிரடி உத்தரவு}}</ref>


==Elections==
==Elections==
==={{anchor|2011 Tamil Nadu Assembly Election}}2011 Tamil Nadu Assembly election===
==={{anchor|2011 Tamil Nadu Assembly Election}}2011 Tamil Nadu Assembly election===
The NTK spearheaded a campaign against the [[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]] in the [[2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] for their alleged role in the genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka and other anti-Tamil policies.<ref name="ie">{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/NTK-Neutral-on-Vaiko-to-Back-Jaya/2014/03/30/article2138939.ece#.Uz1zP6iSy4S | title=NTK Neutral on Vaiko, to Back Jaya | publisher=Indian Express | access-date=3 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/naam-tamilar-katchi-to-work-for-defeat-of-cong-in-tn/584531.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126163050/http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/naam-tamilar-katchi-to-work-for-defeat-of-cong-in-tn/584531.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-26 |title=Naam Tamilar Katchi to work for defeat of Cong in TN, IBN Live News |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |date=2011-02-20 |access-date=2013-01-01}}</ref>
The NTK contested the elections for the first time in the [[2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]. It campaigned against the [[Indian National Congress]]-led [[United Progressive Alliance]], holding it responsible for the deaths of Sri Lankan Tamils during the [[Eelam War IV|Eelam War]] and its anti-Tamil policies.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/NTK-Neutral-on-Vaiko-to-Back-Jaya/2014/03/30/article2138939.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407135229/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/NTK-Neutral-on-Vaiko-to-Back-Jaya/2014/03/30/article2138939.ece#.Uz1zP6iSy4S |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 April 2014 |title=NTK Neutral on Vaiko, to Back Jaya |work=[[The Indian Express]] |access-date=3 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/naam-tamilar-katchi-to-work-for-defeat-of-cong-in-tn/584531.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126163050/http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/naam-tamilar-katchi-to-work-for-defeat-of-cong-in-tn/584531.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 January 2013 |title=Naam Tamilar Katchi to work for defeat of Cong in TN |work=[[IBN Live]] |date=20 February 2011 |access-date=1 January 2013}}</ref>


==={{anchor|2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly Election}}2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly election===
==={{anchor|2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly Election}}2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly election===
Naam Tamilar Katchi contested in all 234 [[List of constituencies of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly|constituencies in Tamil Nadu]] and the districts of [[Puducherry district|Puducherry]] and [[Karaikal district|Karaikal]].<ref name="WebIndia">{{cite web | url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20160212/2793063.html | title=Seeman to announce party candidates tomorrow | publisher=NewsWebIndia | access-date=12 February 2016}}</ref> On 12 February 2016, all 234 NTK candidates were introduced in [[Cuddalore]] by Seeman. The party promotes equal rights, and has included candidates with disabilities. It is the first party in the history of Tamil Nadu with a [[transgender]] candidate. The [[Election Commission of India]] authorised twin candles as the party's symbol.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/seeman-naam-tamilar-party-gets-candles-symbol-for-2016-assembly-elections-tamil-news-153775.html|title=Seeman gets the first recognition in politics|publisher= indiaglitz.com}}</ref>
The NTK contested in all the 234 [[List of constituencies of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly|constituencies in Tamil Nadu]] and in the districts of [[Puducherry district|Puducherry]] and [[Karaikal district|Karaikal]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20160212/2793063.html | title=Seeman to announce party candidates tomorrow | work=News Web India |access-date=12 February 2016 |date=11 February 2016}}</ref> The [[Election Commission of India]] allocated 'twin candles' as the party's symbol for the elections.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/seeman-naam-tamilar-party-gets-candles-symbol-for-2016-assembly-elections-tamil-news-153775.html|title=Seeman gets the first recognition in politics|work=Indiaglitz|date=March 2016|access-date=1 June 2016}}</ref> The party received 458,104 votes (1.1 percent) and did not win any seats.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/elections/tamilnadu2016/when-nota-becomes-a-whipping-boy/article8627013.ece |title=2016 election results |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=20 May 2016 |access-date=1 June 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://tamil.oneindia.com/news/tamilnadu/naam-tamilar-gets-decent-votes-254047.html |title= மதிமுக, தமாகா, சிபிஎம், சிபிஐ, வி.சி. வாக்கு சதவீதத்தை ஓரம் கட்டிய... நாம் தமிழர்! |work=[[One India]] |access-date=1 June 2016}}</ref>
 
Seeman told a [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]] member that his party would receive more votes than the CPM's PWF alliance in the 2016 state assembly elections, or he would dissolve his party and join the CPM.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-4-X6ouy2U |title=Seeman's challenge|publisher= youtube.com}}</ref> The NYK received fewer votes than the alliance, and fewer than [[None of the above (India)|NOTA]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/elections/tamilnadu2016/when-nota-becomes-a-whipping-boy/article8627013.ece |title=2016 election results|website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> The NTK lost everywhere; Seeman finished in fifth place in Cuddalore, and lost his deposit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piTKidTFLQ4 |title=Seeman's performance|publisher= youtube.com}}</ref> Asked by reporters about his challenge, Seeman said that he challenged the Communists (not the [[Vijayakanth]]-PWF alliance); his party received more votes than every single party in the PWF alliance, winning the challenge.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XJKjCQLxzs&list=PLpd42o2Yh7n5uXUmrLd8GdcDmPX5AXVha&index=200 |title=Naam Tamilar Katchi got more Votes than Communist Parties : Seeman - Thanthi TV|publisher= youtube.com}}</ref> The NTK received 458,104 votes (1.1 percent) in the [[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]], more than older parties such as [[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|MDMK]], [[Communist Party of India|CPI]], [[Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi|VCK]], [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]] and [[Tamil Maanila Congress|TMC]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://tamil.oneindia.com/news/tamilnadu/naam-tamilar-gets-decent-votes-254047.html | title= மதிமுக, தமாகா, சிபிஎம், சிபிஐ, வி.சி. வாக்கு சதவீதத்தை ஓரம் கட்டிய... நாம் தமிழர்! | publisher=oneindia.com}}</ref>


==={{anchor|2017 R.K. Nagar by-election}}2017 R. K. Nagar by-election===
==={{anchor|2017 R.K. Nagar by-election}}2017 R. K. Nagar by-election===
The NTK fielded K. Kalaikottudhayam as its candidate for the [[Radhakrishnan Nagar#Bye-election, 2017|2017 R. K. Nagar by-election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/ntk-names-rk-nagar-candidate/article17567631.ece |title=NTK names R.K. Nagar candidate|work= The Hindu}}</ref> According to Seeman, voters in Tamil Nadu pay more attention to party symbols than to the candidates. He said that the election commission should replace party symbols with candidate numbers or give every election new party symbols.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOxey2BCkNU |title=Voting for symbols must be stopped: Seeman |publisher= youtube.com}}</ref> Seeman criticized the commission for not attempting to halt the bribery of voters in the constituency, asking about the location of promised CCTV cameras.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu3Pyk7HUsk |title=Seeman urges EC to prevent Cash Distribution |publisher= youtube.com}}</ref> Tamil news channel [[Puthiya Thalaimurai TV]] surveyed the constituency on which participating party was an alternative to [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] and [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]. The results were NTK 11.72 percent, [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] 8.99 percent, [[Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam|DMDK]] 8.54 percent, [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 5.45 percent, and no one 62.67 percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtCxhc5_h1M |title=Exclusive: RK Nagar By-Election's Pre-Poll Survey Results |publisher= youtube.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tamil.oneindia.com/news/tamilnadu/naam-tamilar-katchi-is-alternative-political-party-puthiyat-279044.html |title=தேமுதிக, சிபிஎம், பாஜகவை விட மக்கள் அதிகம் விரும்புவது நாம் தமிழர் கட்சி - புதிய தலைமுறை சர்வே |publisher= One India}}</ref> The by-election was not held as planned on April 12, because the election rules were violated by bribery and [[corruption]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/ec-cancels-rk-nagar-bypoll-cites-voter-bribery-corruption/articleshow/58101334.cms |title=EC cancels RK Nagar bypoll, cites voter bribery, corruption |publisher= India Times}}</ref> Seeman expressed his dissatisfaction with democracy in India, saying that it was unfair of the Election Commission to stop the elections, rather than disqualifying the parties involved in bribery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vikzimeb8ms |title=NTK Chief Seeman on "Cancellation of RK Nagar By-Election, Thanthi TV |publisher= youtube.com}}</ref> The R. K. Nagar by-election was held on 21 December 2017, despite voter-bribery allegations. [[T. T. V. Dhinakaran]] reportedly gave voters about {{INR|10,000}} per vote; [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] gave {{INR|5,000}}, and [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] {{INR|2,000}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/headline-ground-report-bribery-allegations-consume-rk-nagar-security-teams-helpless-73386 |title=Ground report: Bribery allegations consume RK Nagar, as security teams helpless |publisher= www.thenewsminute.com}}</ref> Independent candidate [[T. T. V. Dhinakaran]] won the election, and [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] and [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] took second and third place. NTK finished fourth, with 3,802 votes.
The NTK fielded K. Kalaikottudhayam as its candidate for the [[2016-2017 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections|2017 R. K. Nagar by-election]], necessitated by the death of [[J. Jayalalithaa]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/ntk-names-rk-nagar-candidate/article17567631.ece |title=NTK names R.K. Nagar candidate |work= [[The Hindu]] |date=21 March 2017 |access-date=1 June 2020 }}</ref> In a pre-poll survey by [[Puthiya Thalaimurai TV]], NTK received 11.72% of votes when surveyed as to the best alternative party to the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] and [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tamil.oneindia.com/news/tamilnadu/naam-tamilar-katchi-is-alternative-political-party-puthiyat-279044.html |title=தேமுதிக, சிபிஎம், பாஜகவை விட மக்கள் அதிகம் விரும்புவது நாம் தமிழர் கட்சி – புதிய தலைமுறை சர்வே |work=[[One India]] |access-date=1 June 2018}}</ref> After the by-elections was not held as planned on 12 April, because of allegations of bribery and corruption,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/ec-cancels-rk-nagar-bypoll-cites-voter-bribery-corruption/articleshow/58101334.cms |title=EC cancels RK Nagar bypoll, cites voter bribery, corruption |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=10 April 2017 |access-date=1 June 2025 }}</ref> Seeman expressed his dissatisfaction with democracy in India, saying that it was unfair of the Election Commission to stop the elections, rather than disqualifying the parties involved in bribery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vikzimeb8ms |title=NTK Chief Seeman on "Cancellation of RK Nagar By-Election |publisher=[[Thanthi TV]] |date=9 April 2017 |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> The election was held on 21 December 2017, and NTK finished fourth, with 3,802 votes.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/headline-ground-report-bribery-allegations-consume-rk-nagar-security-teams-helpless-73386 |title=Ground report: Bribery allegations consume RK Nagar, as security teams helpless |date=19 December 2017 |work=News Minute |access-date=1 June 2018}}</ref>  


==={{anchor|2019 India General Election}}2019 Indian general election===
==={{anchor|2019 India General Election}}2019 Indian general election===
{{main|2019 Indian general election}}
In the [[2019 Indian general election]], the NTK contested all 39 constituencies in Tamil Nadu and the single seat in Puducherry.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2019/Mar/23/naam-tamilar-katchi-likely-to-score-better-this-time-in-tamil-nadu-thanks-to-internet-1955013.html|title=Naam Tamilar Katchi likely to score better this time in Tamil Nadu thanks to internet |date=24 March 2019 |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |first1=Samuel |last1=Merigala |access-date=24 March 2019 }}</ref> It allocated half of the seats to women candidates.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ndtv.com/tamil-nadu-news/lok-sabha-elections-2019-in-a-first-half-of-this-tamil-nadu-partys-contestants-are-women-2014391|title=In A First, Half Of This Tamil Nadu Party's Contestants Are Women |publisher=[[NDTV]] |date=28 March 2019 |access-date=28 March 2019 |first1=J Sam Daniel |last1=Stalin |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240213085435/https://www.ndtv.com/tamil-nadu-news/lok-sabha-elections-2019-in-a-first-half-of-this-tamil-nadu-partys-contestants-are-women-2014391 |archive-date= 13 February 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2019/mar/26/naam-tamilar-grants-50-quota-for-women-in-lok-sabha-elections-1955928.html |title=Naam Tamilar grants 50% quota for women in Lok Sabha elections |date=26 March 2019 |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |access-date=28 March 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231005030223/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2019/mar/26/naam-tamilar-grants-50-quota-for-women-in-lok-sabha-elections-1955928.html |archive-date= 5 October 2023 }}</ref> The party received 1,645,185 votes, which was about 3.1% of the total votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://election.dinamalar.com/result.html|title=Lok Sabha Election Results 2019|work=[[Dinamalar]]|access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections/tamil-nadu-lok-sabha-election-results-2019|title=Tamil Nadu Election Results 2019|publisher=[[NDTV]]|access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref> It received 84,855 votes in the [[Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha constituency|Sriperumbudur constituency]], the party's highest vote count in a single seat in the election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://results.eci.gov.in/pc/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS225.htm|title=General Election to Lok Sabha Trends & Result 2019 – Constituencywise-All Candidates – Constituencywise-All Candidates | work=[[Election Commission of India]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622123235/http://results.eci.gov.in/pc/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS225.htm?ac=5 |archive-date= 22 June 2019 }}</ref>  
Naam Tamilar Katchi contested all 39 Tamil Nadu constituencies and Puducherry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2019/mar/26/naam-tamilar-grants-50-quota-for-women-in-lok-sabha-elections-1955928.html|title=Naam Tamilar Katchi likely to score better this time in Tamil Nadu thanks to internet |publisher=New Indian Express}}</ref> NTK was the first party to field 20 women in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections for the total of 40 seats (39 in Tamil Nadu and one in Puducherry).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/tamil-nadu-news/lok-sabha-elections-2019-in-a-first-half-of-this-tamil-nadu-partys-contestants-are-women-2014391|title=In A First, Half Of This Tamil Nadu Party's Contestants Are Women|publisher=NDTV}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2019/mar/26/naam-tamilar-grants-50-quota-for-women-in-lok-sabha-elections-1955928.html|title=Naam Tamilar grants 50% quota for women in Lok Sabha elections|publisher=New Indian Express}}</ref>


The NTK received 84,855 votes for H. Mahendran in the Sriperumbudur constituency, the party's highest vote count in the 2019 Lok Sabha election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://results.eci.gov.in/pc/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS225.htm?ac=5|title=GENERAL ELECTION TO LOK SABHA TRENDS & RESULT 2019| publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref> V. Jainteen received 17,069 votes in the Kanyakumari constituency, the party's lowest vote count in the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://results.eci.gov.in/pc/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS2239.htm?ac=39|title=GENERAL ELECTION TO LOK SABHA TRENDS & RESULT 2019| publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref> NTK received a total of 1,645,185 votes,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://election.dinamalar.com/result.html|title=Lok Sabha Election Results 2019|publisher=Dinamalar.com}}</ref> 3.909 percent of the 42,083,544 votes cast in the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections/tamil-nadu-lok-sabha-election-results-2019|title=LIVE Tamil Nadu Election Results 2019|publisher=ndtv.com}}</ref>
==={{anchor|2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly Election}}2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly election===
In the 2021 assembly elections, the party contested in all 234 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu. The party again allocated half of the seats to women, and Seeman introduced the candidates on 7 March 2021.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/naam-tamilar-party-introduces-all-the-234-candidates-on-a-single-stage-7219226|title=Naam Tamilar party introduces all 234 candidates on single stage|date=8 March 2021 | work=[[The New Indian Express]] |access-date=1 June 2022}}</ref> Seeman contested from the [[Thiruvottiyur (state assembly constituency)|Thiruvottiyur constituency]], and placed third with 24.4% votes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Thiruvottiyur Election Result |url= https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2021/tamil-nadu/-s22a010 |work=[[News18]] |access-date=18 Jun 2022}}</ref>


==={{anchor|2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly Election}}2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly election===
==={{anchor|2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly Election}}2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election===
Naam Tamilar Katchi contested all 234 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu and 28 in Puducherry. The party again fielded equal numbers of male and female candidates (117 women and 117 men in Tamil Nadu). On 7 March 2021, Seeman introduced his party's candidates at a meeting in Chennai.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/naam-tamilar-party-introduces-all-the-234-candidates-on-a-single-stage-7219226|title=Naam Tamilar party introduces all 234 candidates on single stage| publisher=New Indian Express}}</ref> Seeman would contest the [[Thiruvottiyur (state assembly constituency)|Thiruvottiyur constituency]], although he said earlier that he would contest the [[Kolathur (state assembly constituency)|Kolathur constituency]] against [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] leader [[M. K. Stalin]].
In December 2025, the party announced that it will contest solo across all the constituencies in Tamil Nadu in the [[2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]], and released its first list of candidates.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dtnext.in/news/tamilnadu/ntk-releases-first-list-of-100-candidates-seeman-yet-to-announce-his-constituency-855611|title=NTK releases first lits of candidates|date=5 December 2025|access-date=1 January 2026|work=[[DT Next]]}}</ref>


===={{anchor|Electoral Performances|Indian General Elections|State Legislative Assembly Elections}}Electoral performance====
=={{anchor|Electoral Performances|Indian General Elections|State Legislative Assembly Elections}}Electoral performance==
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===Lok Sabha Elections===
|+[[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha elections]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+[[Lok Sabha]] elections
!style="background-color:{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}};color:white"|Year
!style="background-color:{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}};color:white"|Party leader
!style="background-color:{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}};color:white"|Seats won
!style="background-color:{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}};color:white"|Change in seats
!style="background-color:{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}};color:white"|Popular vote
!style="background-color:{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}};color:white"|Percentage of votes
!style="background-color:{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}};color:white"|Vote Swing
!style="background-color:{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}};color:white"|Outcome
|-
| colspan=8|[[Tamil Nadu]]
|-
| [[2019 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu|2019]]
| rowspan=2|[[Seeman]]
| {{Composition bar compact|0|39|{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}}}}
| {{steady}}
| 1,668,079
| 3.91%
| {{steady}}
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
| [[2024 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu|2024]]
| {{Composition bar compact|0|39|{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}}}}
| {{steady}}
| 3,560,485
| 8.19%
| {{increase}} 4.28%
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
| colspan=8|[[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]
|-
|-
!style="width:25%;" Style="background-color:#ff0000; color:white" | Year
| [[2019 Indian general election in Puducherry|2019]]
!Style="background-color:#ff0000; color:white" | Party leader
| rowspan=2|[[Seeman]]
!style="width:15%;" Style="background-color:#ff0000; color:white" | Seats contested
| {{Composition bar compact|0|1|{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}}}}
!style="width:15%;" Style="background-color:#ff0000; color:white" | Seats won
| {{steady}}
!style="width:15%;" Style="background-color:#ff0000; color:white" | Change
| 22,857
!style="width:15%;" Style="background-color:#ff0000; color:white" | Percentage of votes
| 2.89%
!style="width:15%;" Style="background-color:#ff0000; color:white" | Vote swing
| {{steady}}
!style="width:15%;" Style="background-color:#ff0000; color:white" | Popular vote
| {{no2|Lost}}
!Style="background-color:#ff0000; color:white" | Result
|-
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2024 Indian general election in Puducherry|2024]]
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
| {{Composition bar compact|0|1|{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}}}}
|[[Seeman (politician)|Seeman]]
| {{steady}}
|39
| 39,603
|{{Composition bar|0|39|{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}}}}
| 4.90%
|{{steady}}
| {{increase}} 2.01%
|3.91%
| {{no2|Lost}}
|{{steady}}
|-
|1,668,079
|}
|{{lost|Lost}}
====Bye Elections====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!style="background-color:{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}};color:white"|Year
!style="background-color:{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}};color:white"|Constituency Name
!style="background-color:{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}};color:white"|Popular Votes
!style="background-color:{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}};color:white"|Percentage of Votes
!style="background-color:{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}};color:white"|Vote Swing
!style="background-color:{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}};color:white"|Outcome
|-
| colspan=8|[[Tamil Nadu]]
|-
| [[2021 elections in India|2021]]
| [[Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha constituency|Kanniyakumari]]
| 58,593
| 5.34%
| {{increase}} 3.71%
| {{no2|Lost}}
|}
|}


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|titlebar=#ff0000
!style="background-color:{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}};color:white"|Party leader
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|-
{| class="sortable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big; font-family: verdana" width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1"
| colspan=8|[[Tamil Nadu]]
|+[[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly|Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections]]
|-
| [[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
| rowspan=3|[[Seeman]]
| {{Composition bar compact|0|234|{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}}}}
| {{steady}}
| 458,007
| 1.06%
| {{steady}}
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
| [[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| {{Composition bar compact|0|234|{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}}}}
| {{steady}}
| 3,067,458
| 6.89%
| {{increase}} 5.83%
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
| [[2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| {{Composition bar compact|0|234|{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}}}}
| TBD
| TBD
| TBD
| TBD
| TBD
|-
| colspan=8|[[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]
|-
| [[2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
| rowspan=3|[[Seeman]]
| {{Composition bar compact|0|30|{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}}}}
| {{steady}}
| 3,888
| 0.47%
| {{steady}}
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
| [[2021 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| {{Composition bar compact|0|30|{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}}}}
| {{steady}}
| 28,189
| 3.37%
| {{increase}} 2.9%
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
| [[2026 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| {{Composition bar compact|0|30|{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}}}}
| TBD
| TBD
| TBD
| TBD
| TBD
|-
|}
====Bye Elections====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!style="background-color:{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}};color:white"|Year
!style="background-color:{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}};color:white"|Constituency Name
!style="background-color:{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}};color:white"|Popular Votes
!style="background-color:{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}};color:white"|Percentage of Votes
!style="background-color:{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}};color:white"|Vote Swing
!style="background-color:{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}};color:white"|Outcome
|-
| colspan=8|[[Tamil Nadu]]
|-
| 2017
| [[Radhakrishnan Nagar Assembly constituency|RK Nagar]]
| 3,802
| 2.15%
| {{increase}} 0.71%
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
| rowspan=24|[[2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections|2019]]
| [[Poonamallee Assembly constituency|Poonamallee]]
| 10,871
| 4.24%
| {{increase}} 3.17%
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
| [[Perambur Assembly constituency|Perambur]]
| 8,611
| 4.56%
| {{increase}} 2.84%
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
| [[Thiruporur Assembly constituency|Thiruporur]]
| 9,910
| 4.56%
| {{increase}} 3.65%
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
| [[Sholingur Assembly constituency|Sholingur]]
| 5,188
| 4.56%
| {{increase}} 4.1%
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
| [[Gudiyatham Assembly constituency|Gudiyatham]]
| 4,670
| 2.29%
| {{increase}} 1.85%
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
| [[Ambur Assembly constituency|Ambur]]
| 3,127
| 1.81%
| {{increase}} 1.45%
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
| [[Hosur Assembly constituency|Hosur]]
| 6,740
| 2.95%
| {{increase}} 1.96%
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
| [[Pappireddipatti Assembly constituency|Pappireddipatti]]
| 3,783
| 1.76%
| {{increase}} 1.48%
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
| [[Harur Assembly constituency|Harur]]
| 3,902
| 1.98%
| {{increase}} 1.65%
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
| [[Nilakottai Assembly constituency|Nilakottai]]
| 4,934
| 2.7%
| {{increase}} 2.01%
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
| [[Tiruvarur Assembly constituency|Tiruvarur]]
| 8,144
| 3.95%
| {{increase}} 3.23%
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
| [[Thanjavur Assembly constituency|Thanjavur]]
| 11,182
| 5.83%
| {{increase}} 5.2%
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
| [[Manamadurai Assembly constituency|Manamadurai]]
| 9,315
| 4.73%
| {{increase}} 3.12%
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
| [[Andipatti Assembly constituency|Andipatti]]
| 5,810
| 2.54%
| {{increase}} 1.88%
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
| [[Periyakulam Assembly constituency|Periyakulam]]
| 5,825
| 2.96%
| {{increase}} 2.42%
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
| [[Paramakudi Assembly constituency|Paramakudi]]
| 6,710
| 3.81%
| {{increase}} 2.24%
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
| [[Vilathikulam Assembly constituency|Vilathikulam]]
| 4,628
| 2.93%
| {{increase}} 1.77%
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
| [[Aravakurichi Assembly constituency|Aravakurichi]]
| 2,227
| 1.29%
| {{increase}} 0.81%
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
| [[Thiruparankundram Assembly constituency|Thiruparankundram]]
| 5,467
| 2.42%
| {{steady}} ''New''
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
| [[Sattur Assembly constituency|Sattur]]
| 5,004
| 2.76%
| {{increase}} 1.90%
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
| [[Ottapidaram Assembly constituency|Ottapidaram]]
| 8,666
| 5.09%
| {{increase}} 2.73%
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
| [[Sulur Assembly constituency|Sulur]]
| 4,335
| 1.93%
| {{increase}} 0.58%
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
| [[Vikravandi Assembly constituency|Vikravandi]]
| 2,921
| 1.55%
| {{increase}} 0.97%
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
| [[Nanguneri Assembly constituency|Nanguneri]]
| 3,494
| 2.05%
| {{increase}} 0.7%
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
| [[2023 elections in India|2023]]
| [[Erode East Assembly constituency|Erode East]]
| 10,827
| 6.35%
| {{decrease}} 1.30%
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
| rowspan=2|[[2024 elections in India|2024]]
| [[Vilavancode Assembly constituency|Vilavancode]]
| 8,150
| 5.08%
| {{decrease}} 2.24%
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
| [[Vikravandi Assembly constituency|Vikravandi]]
| 10,602
| 5.40%
| {{increase}} 1.13%
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
| [[2025 elections in India|2025]]
| [[Erode East Assembly constituency|Erode East]]
| 24,151
| 15.59%
| {{increase}} 9.24%
| {{no2|Lost}}
|-
|-
!style="width:25%;" Style="background-color:#ff0000; color:white" | Year
!Style="background-color:#ff0000; color:white" | Party leader
!style="width:15%;" Style="background-color:#ff0000; color:white" | Seats contested
!style="width:15%;" Style="background-color:#ff0000; color:white" | Seats won
!style="width:15%;" Style="background-color:#ff0000; color:white" | Change
!style="width:15%;" Style="background-color:#ff0000; color:white" | Percentage of votes
!style="width:15%;" Style="background-color:#ff0000; color:white" | Vote swing
!style="width:15%;" Style="background-color:#ff0000; color:white" | Popular vote
!Style="background-color:#ff0000; color:white" | Result
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|[[Seeman (politician)|Seeman]]
|234
|{{Composition bar|0|234|{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}}}}
|{{steady}}
|1.06%
|{{steady}}
|458,007
|{{lost|Lost}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|[[Seeman (politician)|Seeman]]
|234
|{{Composition bar|0|234|{{party color|Naam Tamilar Katchi}}}}
|{{steady}}
|6.89%
|{{increase}} 5.83%
|3,067,458
|{{lost|Lost}}
|}
|}


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Naam Tamilar Katchi
AbbreviationNTK
LeaderSeeman
FounderS. P. Adithanar
Founded1958
HeadquartersPorur, Chennai
Youth wingMuthukumar Youth Wing
Women's wingSenkodi Women's Wing
IdeologyTamil nationalism[1]
Regionalism[1][2][3]
Environmentalism[4]
Political positionSyncretic[5][6]
ColoursRed
ECI StatusState party[7]
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
Party flag
File:Naam Tamilar Katchi Flag.jpg
Website
naamtamilar.org

Naam Tamilar Katchi (transl. We are Tamils Party; NTK) is a Tamil nationalist political party active in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It was founded in 1958 and is currently led by Seeman. It is recognised as a state party by the Election Commission of India.

History[edit | edit source]

We Tamils party was founded by S. P. Adithanar in 1958 on the platform of Tamil nationalism.[8] In 1960, the party organised statewide protests in favour of the establishment of a separate Tamil country. The party, along with M. P. Sivagnanam's Tamil Arasu Kazhagam, was involved in the campaign to change the name of the state from Madras State to Tamil Nadu.[9] Adithanar lost the 1962 election from Tiruchendur[10] He was later elected to the Madras Legislative Council in 1964.[11] The party contested in the 1967 election as a part of the coalition led by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) under the DMK's "Rising Sun" symbol. Four members of the party were elected to the Assembly, including Adithanar, who won from Srivaikuntam.[12][13][14] Later that year, Adithanar disbanded the party and joined the DMK.[8][15]

On 18 May 2010, on the first anniversary of the formation of the Naam Tamilar Iyakkam (We Tamils Movement), Seeman announced the formation of the Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK), in a revival of the We Tamils party.[16] Seeman reiterated that the party was a revival of S. P. Adithanar original party.[17] He further said that party would be an alternative party to mainstream political parties in Tamil Nadu, and advocated for the establishment of an independent Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka.[18] The party launched its flag in 2014, with a leaping tiger insignia.[18] It was recognised as a state party by the Election Commission of India in May 2025.[7]

Policies and views[edit | edit source]

Seeman is the leader of Naam Tamilar Katchi

Tamil identity and rule[edit | edit source]

The NTK denies the Dravidian identity of the Tamils,[19][20][21] and advocates for Tamils to identity solely based on the language.[22] It emphasises Tamil rule of Tamil-majority areas, opposing the Dravidian parties which it claims to have contributed to the downfall of the Tamils.[23] According to the party, anyone has right to live in Tamil Nadu but only a Tamil has the right to govern the state as chief minister.[24] Seeman justified his statement by stating that most of the former chief ministers of Tamil Nadu were not Tamils by origin. Though his statement was criticised by the Dravidian parties as racist, and he was accused of identity politics and creating ethnic divisions,[25] he found support from some including Bharathiraja and Sarath Kumar.[26][27] In an interview, Seeman later said that only who support the Tamils' basic rights, those who oppose suppression of his dignity and those who stand against the humiliation of Tamils are true Tamils.[28][29] The statement drew criticism from film director Ameer.[30]

Sri Lankan Tamils[edit | edit source]

The NTK supports the cause of Tamil Eelam, a proposed independent Tamil state comprising parts of the north and eastern regions of Sri Lanka. The party idolises Velupillai Prabhakaran, the founder of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a Tamil militant organisation.[31] After the defeat of the LTTE in 2009, the party still advocated for the creation of an independent Tamil state and the fulfillment of Tamil rights in the island nation.[32] It appealed to the United Nations Human Rights Council for the serving of justice to the Sri Lankan Tamils, who faced several war crimes during the war with the Sri Lankan Armed Forces.[33] The party has highlighted the plight of the Sri Lankan Tamils, who had come to India as refugees, and appealed for the granting of Indian citizenship to them and the cessation of hostilities against them by the authorities.[34][35]

Seeman has also called for the retrieval of Katchatheevu, an island of Sri Lanka, whose sovereignty of the island was recognised by India in 1974 after a prolonged dispute.[36] As the island disadvantaged the fishermen and led to frequent clashes with the Sri Lankan forces, he said that he would reclaim the island by arming fishermen, which resulted in sedition charges filed against him.[37]

Law and order[edit | edit source]

Seeman has often criticised the deterioration in law and order in the state.[38] He has also said that the party abhors violence in any form and cadres who violate its principles of conduct would be punished.[39]

NTK has supported commuting the death sentences and releasing those convicted in the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. Seeman said that the party's stance was not limited to the case, but for the complete abolition of the death penalty in India.[40] It has also called for the humanitarian release of prisoners jailed for more than ten years.[41]

Others[edit | edit source]

NTK strongly advocates for equal representation of women in all areas. The party has often allocated half of the seats it contested in the elections to women.[42] It also supports LGBTQ rights, and fielded a transgender candidate in the 2016 assembly elections.[43][44]

The party has launched several demonstrations demanding Tamil Nadu's share of water from the Kaveri River and Mullaperiyar Dam from upstream states.[45][46] Seeman has criticised the illegal sand mining of the state's riverbeds.[47][48]

In 2012, the central government was considering disinvestment of Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC), a government-owned company. The NLC employees organised a strike against the government's decision,[49][50] and the NTK supported their cause, with Seeman saying that the Tamil strikers were experiencing discrimination from non-Tamil management. He also criticised the NLC for investing in other Indian states during an acute power shortage in Tamil Nadu.[51]

In July 2018, the NTK organised protests against the proposed Chennai-Salem expressway project. According to the party, the project would be a disaster for the region's fragile ecology and would enable mining companies to illegally mine valuable minerals in the Kalrayan and Servarayan Hills on the expressway's proposed path.[52] The Madras High Court later quashed the government order to acquire land for the project.[53]

Elections[edit | edit source]

2011 Tamil Nadu Assembly election[edit | edit source]

The NTK contested the elections for the first time in the 2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election. It campaigned against the Indian National Congress-led United Progressive Alliance, holding it responsible for the deaths of Sri Lankan Tamils during the Eelam War and its anti-Tamil policies.[54][55]

2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly election[edit | edit source]

The NTK contested in all the 234 constituencies in Tamil Nadu and in the districts of Puducherry and Karaikal.[56] The Election Commission of India allocated 'twin candles' as the party's symbol for the elections.[57] The party received 458,104 votes (1.1 percent) and did not win any seats.[58][59]

2017 R. K. Nagar by-election[edit | edit source]

The NTK fielded K. Kalaikottudhayam as its candidate for the 2017 R. K. Nagar by-election, necessitated by the death of J. Jayalalithaa[60] In a pre-poll survey by Puthiya Thalaimurai TV, NTK received 11.72% of votes when surveyed as to the best alternative party to the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.[61] After the by-elections was not held as planned on 12 April, because of allegations of bribery and corruption,[62] Seeman expressed his dissatisfaction with democracy in India, saying that it was unfair of the Election Commission to stop the elections, rather than disqualifying the parties involved in bribery.[63] The election was held on 21 December 2017, and NTK finished fourth, with 3,802 votes.[64]

2019 Indian general election[edit | edit source]

In the 2019 Indian general election, the NTK contested all 39 constituencies in Tamil Nadu and the single seat in Puducherry.[65] It allocated half of the seats to women candidates.[66][67] The party received 1,645,185 votes, which was about 3.1% of the total votes.[68][69] It received 84,855 votes in the Sriperumbudur constituency, the party's highest vote count in a single seat in the election.[70]

2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly election[edit | edit source]

In the 2021 assembly elections, the party contested in all 234 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu. The party again allocated half of the seats to women, and Seeman introduced the candidates on 7 March 2021.[71] Seeman contested from the Thiruvottiyur constituency, and placed third with 24.4% votes.[72]

2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election[edit | edit source]

In December 2025, the party announced that it will contest solo across all the constituencies in Tamil Nadu in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, and released its first list of candidates.[73]

Electoral performance[edit | edit source]

Lok Sabha Elections[edit | edit source]

Lok Sabha elections
Year Party leader Seats won Change in seats Popular vote Percentage of votes Vote Swing Outcome
Tamil Nadu
2019 Seeman Template:Composition bar compact Steady 1,668,079 3.91% Steady Lost
2024 Template:Composition bar compact Steady 3,560,485 8.19% Increase 4.28% Lost
Puducherry
2019 Seeman Template:Composition bar compact Steady 22,857 2.89% Steady Lost
2024 Template:Composition bar compact Steady 39,603 4.90% Increase 2.01% Lost

Bye Elections[edit | edit source]

Year Constituency Name Popular Votes Percentage of Votes Vote Swing Outcome
Tamil Nadu
2021 Kanniyakumari 58,593 5.34% Increase 3.71% Lost

Legislative Assembly Elections[edit | edit source]

Year Party leader Seats won Change in seats Popular vote Percentage of votes Vote Swing Outcome
Tamil Nadu
2016 Seeman Template:Composition bar compact Steady 458,007 1.06% Steady Lost
2021 Template:Composition bar compact Steady 3,067,458 6.89% Increase 5.83% Lost
2026 Template:Composition bar compact TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD
Puducherry
2016 Seeman Template:Composition bar compact Steady 3,888 0.47% Steady Lost
2021 Template:Composition bar compact Steady 28,189 3.37% Increase 2.9% Lost
2026 Template:Composition bar compact TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

Bye Elections[edit | edit source]

Year Constituency Name Popular Votes Percentage of Votes Vote Swing Outcome
Tamil Nadu
2017 RK Nagar 3,802 2.15% Increase 0.71% Lost
2019 Poonamallee 10,871 4.24% Increase 3.17% Lost
Perambur 8,611 4.56% Increase 2.84% Lost
Thiruporur 9,910 4.56% Increase 3.65% Lost
Sholingur 5,188 4.56% Increase 4.1% Lost
Gudiyatham 4,670 2.29% Increase 1.85% Lost
Ambur 3,127 1.81% Increase 1.45% Lost
Hosur 6,740 2.95% Increase 1.96% Lost
Pappireddipatti 3,783 1.76% Increase 1.48% Lost
Harur 3,902 1.98% Increase 1.65% Lost
Nilakottai 4,934 2.7% Increase 2.01% Lost
Tiruvarur 8,144 3.95% Increase 3.23% Lost
Thanjavur 11,182 5.83% Increase 5.2% Lost
Manamadurai 9,315 4.73% Increase 3.12% Lost
Andipatti 5,810 2.54% Increase 1.88% Lost
Periyakulam 5,825 2.96% Increase 2.42% Lost
Paramakudi 6,710 3.81% Increase 2.24% Lost
Vilathikulam 4,628 2.93% Increase 1.77% Lost
Aravakurichi 2,227 1.29% Increase 0.81% Lost
Thiruparankundram 5,467 2.42% Steady New Lost
Sattur 5,004 2.76% Increase 1.90% Lost
Ottapidaram 8,666 5.09% Increase 2.73% Lost
Sulur 4,335 1.93% Increase 0.58% Lost
Vikravandi 2,921 1.55% Increase 0.97% Lost
Nanguneri 3,494 2.05% Increase 0.7% Lost
2023 Erode East 10,827 6.35% Decrease 1.30% Lost
2024 Vilavancode 8,150 5.08% Decrease 2.24% Lost
Vikravandi 10,602 5.40% Increase 1.13% Lost
2025 Erode East 24,151 15.59% Increase 9.24% Lost

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