Puthiya Tamilagam on Thoothukkudi

State 33 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat

Record on this seat

WON 0 OF 2 contested

PT never finished second here

Strike rate

0%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 2 published candidatures

Best vote share18.50%in 1999

Worst vote share14.20%in 1998

Average vote share16.35% mean across contests carrying a share

First contested1998

Last contested1999

Votes polled here1.99 Lacross all 2 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held

Puthiya Tamilagam vote share · a ringed point is a year they won this seat · a dashed upright is a contest with no point for this party, where the line breaks rather than touching zero.

Did not contest: 1977, 1980, 1984, 1989, 1991, 1996, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2024 — the seat went to the polls in those years and this party fielded no candidate. The line is broken there. It is not zero.

Every contest

2 candidatures · most recent first

Year	Candidate	Votes	Vote %	Position	Result
1999	Bakthavatchalam, P.V.	1,12,941	18.50%	3	Lost · 3rd
1998	Savior Selva Suresh, Dr. A.	86,419	14.20%	3	Lost · 3rd

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Dravida Munetra Kazhagam Indian National Congress Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Bharatiya Janta Party Independent Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam Janata Dal (United)Pattali Makkal Katchi Tamil Maanila Congress (MOOPANAR)Jharkhand Party Naam Tamilar Katchi Tharasu Makkal Mandaram All India Forward Bloc M.G.R.Anna D.M.Kazhagam Bahujan Samaj Party Naam Indiar Party Aam Aadmi Party Makkal Needhi Maiam Communist Party Of India Rashtriya Janata Dal Pragatishil Samajwadi Party (Lohia)People's Party Of India(secular)Makkal Nalvaazhvuk Katchi Tamil Telugu National Party Aanaithinthiya Jananayaka Pathukappu Kazhagam Puthiya Makkal Tamil Desam Katchi Universal Brotherhood Movement Christian Democratic Front