 Parvathi contested for the Coimbatore Lok Sabha seat as a Communist Party of India candidate in the 1952 by-election (caused by the death of T. A. Ramalingam Chettiar).She was defeated by INC's N.M. Lingam.Later she was nominated to the Rajya Sabha on 3 April 1954 and served as a member of the Rajya Sabha till 12 March 1957.