The
1999 Indian general election
General elections were held in India between 5 September and 3 October 1999, a few months after the Kargil War. Results were announced on 6 October 1999.
The elections saw the National Democratic Alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party win ...
polls in
Tamil Nadu
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were held for 39 seats in the state. The result was a victory for the
National Democratic Alliance (NDA) which won 26 seats. After leaving the NDA,
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK) is an Indian regional political party with great influence in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is a Dravidian party founded by the former chief mini ...
, hoped to create some damage, but ended up losing 8 seats, compared to the
1998 Lok Sabha elections
General elections were held in India on 16, 22 and 28 February 1998 to elect the members of the 12th Lok Sabha. The elections were held three years ahead of schedule after the government led by Inder Kumar Gujral
Inder Kumar Gujral (4 De ...
. This is also the first time that
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; DMK) is a political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu where it is currently the ruling party having a comfortable majority without coalition support and the union territory of Puducherry where it is curre ...
, allied with the
Bharatiya Janata Party
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, helping them have power at the national level for the next 5 years with the
NDA
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* National Defense Academy of Japan, a military academy in Japan
* Nig ...
, before they joined the
UPA. The
NDA
NDA may stand for:
Military
* National Defence Academy (India), a military academy in India
* National Defence Act, legislation for organizing and funding Canada's military
* National Defense Academy of Japan, a military academy in Japan
* Nig ...
, ended up losing 3 seats, compared to the election the year before, due to AIADMK leaving the NDA, but the seats were made up, because DMK left the
united front
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and joined the NDA.
Seat allotments(1999)
National Democratic Alliance
AIADMK-Congress Alliance
Source: Indian Express
TMC(M) alliance
Voting and results
Results by Alliance
, -
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! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , Seats won
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , Change
†
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , Popular vote
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , Vote %
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , Adj. %
‡
, -
! colspan=2 style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#FF9933; color:white", NDA
, 26
, +9
, 12,638,602
, style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 , 46.4%
, -
,
DMK
! style="background-color: #FF0000" ,
, 12
, +7
, 6,298,832
, 23.1%
, 47.7%
, -
,
PMK
! style="background-color: #800080" ,
, 5
, –
, 2,236,821
, 8.2%
, 45.7%
, -
,
BJP
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! style="background-color: #FF9933" ,
, 4
, +1
, 1,945,286
, 7.1%
,
, -
,
MDMK
The Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ( 'Renaissance Dravidian Progressive Federation') is a political party active in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. It was established by Vaiko in 1994 after he left the Dravida Munnetra K ...
! style="background-color: #FF00FF" ,
, 4
, +1
, 1,620,527
, 6.0%
, 45.5%
, -
,
MADMK
! style="background-color: #FFFF00" ,
, 1
, +1
, 396,216
, 1.5%
, 51.5%
, -
,
TRC
! style="background-color: " ,
, 0
, -1
, 338,278
, 1.2%
, 46.3%
, -
! colspan=2 style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#009900; color:white", INC+
, 13
, -5
, 11,349,388
, style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 , 41.7%
, -
,
AIADMK
The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK) is an Indian Regionalism (politics), regional political party with great influence in the Federated state, state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry (union territory) ...
! style="background-color: #009900" ,
, 10
, -8
, 6,992,003
, 25.7%
, 34.3%
, -
,
INC
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* Indian National Congress, a political party in India
* I ...
! style="background-color: #00FFFF" ,
, 2
, +2
, 3,022,107
, 11.1%
,
, -
,
CPI(M)
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! style="background-color: #000080" ,
, 1
, +1
, 639,516
, 2.4%
,
, -
,
CPI
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Overview
A CPI is a statistic ...
! style="background-color: " ,
, 0
, –
, 695,762
, 2.6%
,
, -
! colspan=2 style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:gray; color:white", Others
, 0
, -4
, 3,243,289
, style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 , 11.9%
, -
,
TMC(M)
! style="background-color: " ,
, 0
, -3
, 1,946,899
, 7.2%
, 10.6%
, -
,
JP
! style="background-color: " ,
, 0
, -1
, 20,489
, 0.1%
, 2.7%
, -
,
IND
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General
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* Independent station, used within television program listings and the television industry for a station that is not affiliated with ...
! style="background-color: " ,
, 0
, –
, 339,948
, 1.3%
,
, -
, style="text-align:center;" , Total
! style="background-color: " ,
, 39
, –
, 27,231,279
, 100%
, style="text-align:center;" , –
, -
†: Seat change represents seats won in terms of the current alliances, which is considerably different from the last election.
‡: Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested.
Sources: Election Commission of India
List of Elected MPs
c-indicates sitting/incumbent M.P. from previous Lok Sabha (1998–1999)
Exit Poll Source: NES Election 1999 Analysis
Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu
Source: The Tribune
Cabinet Ministers
Ministers of State (Independent charge)
Ministers of State
See also
*
Elections in Tamil Nadu
Elections in Tamil Nadu are conducted every five years to elect the State assembly and its share of members to the Lok Sabha. There are 234 assembly constituencies and 39 Lok Sabha constituencies. The state has conducted 15 assembly elections ...
References
External links
Website of Election Commission of IndiaCNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History*
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Indian general elections in Tamil Nadu
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