The party formed to gain votes in Kongu Vellalar, which holds nearly 15%[citation needed] of the Tamil Nadu electorate.
[1][2] The association conducted a political rally at Namakkal for the 2009 Parliamentary elections with four lakh people taking part.
Tamil Nadu Kongu Ilaignar Peravai contested 11 parliamentary constituencies in the Lok Sabha election with no alliances.
[citation needed] For the 2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, it joined forces with AIADMK and obtained one seat.
Thaniyarasu won the constituency of Paramathi Velur as an AIADMK candidate.