[1] Its formation was encouraged by the French authorities, who were concerned about the anti-French attitude of the Committee of Togolese Unity (CUT).
[1] Grunitzky stood as the PTP candidate for the November 1946 French National Assembly elections, but was defeated by Martin Aku of the CUT.
In the Representative Assembly elections in December the party won just one of the 24 African seats.
In the 1955 elections the party's vote share increased to 45%, as it won 15 seats, with its ally, the Union of Chiefs and Peoples of the North (UCPN), winning the other 15.
[3] In October 1959 the party merged with the UCPN to form the Democratic Union of the Togolese People.