naam tamilar katchi contested in the 2016 assembly election. the party contested in all the 234 assembly constituencies on its own, in the elections tamil nadu and as well as those in puducherry. the election symbol allocated for the party was twin candles. seeman introduced his candidates in cuddalore in february 2016. he lost the deposit and got the lowest vote among all the other candidates. he declared that he will contest as the chief ministerial candidate from the cuddalore constituency.