Karnataka Legislative Assembly constituencies 1978-2008 (cropped)

The 1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election took place in October 1999 in 224 constituencies in

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

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. The elections were conducted to elect the government in the state of Karnataka for the next five years. The

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

secured a huge majority winning 132 seats. The

National Democratic Alliance National Democratic Alliance (NDA) () is a Centre-right politics, centre-right to Right-wing politics, right-wing and Conservatism, conservative Indian big tent political alliance led by the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). It was foun ...

composed of the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

and

Janata Dal (United) Janata Dal (United) ("People’s Party (United)”) abbreviated as JD(U) is an Indian political party with political presence mainly in eastern and north-eastern India. JD(U) is recognised as a state party in the states of Bihar , Arunachal Pra ...

faction was a distant second winning only 63 seats. The

Janata Dal (Secular) The Janata Dal (Secular) is an Indian political party led by former prime minister of India, H. D. Deve Gowda. The party is recognized as a State Party in the states of Karnataka, Kerala and Arunachal Pradesh. It was formed in July 1999 by the ...

faction of former prime minister

Deve Gowda Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda (; born 18 May 1933 in) is an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka. He served as the List of Prime Ministers of India, 11th Prime Minister of India, prime minister of India from 1 June 1996 to 21 Apri ...

also bit dust winning only 10 seats. The election was held simultaneously with the

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. The Janata Dal government collapsed in mid-1999 owing to a split in the

Janata Dal Janata Dal (“People’s Party”) was an List of political parties in India, Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Indian National Congress (Jagjivan), and the Jan Morcha united on 11 ...

. The Chief minister

J.H.Patel Jayadevappa Halappa Patel (Kannada:ಜಯದೇವಪ್ಪ ಹಾಲಪ್ಪ ಪಟೇಲ್; 1 October 1930 – 12 December 2000) was the 9th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 31 May 1996 to 7 October 1999. Biography J.H. Patel was born o ...

, party president C.Byregowda and many other prominent leaders were part of the Janata dal (United) faction and along with

Ramakrishna Hegde Ramakrishna Mahabaleshwar Hegde (29 August 1926 – 12 January 2004) was an Indian politician who served as the tenth Chief Minister of Karnataka for three terms between 1983 and 1988. He was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in 19 ...

allied with the

whereas the former prime minister Deve Gowda and his associates including the deputy chief minister Siddaramaiah joined the Janata dal (secular) faction. Owing to the anti-incumbency against both the factions of JD, Congress won handsomely.

S.M. Krishna Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna (born 1 May 1932) is an Indian politician who served as Minister of External Affairs (India), Minister of External Affairs of India from 2009 to October 2012. He was the 16th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1999 to ...

of the Congress was sworn in as Chief Minister on 11 October 1999.

Results

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(BJP) , align="right" valign=top , , align="right" valign=top , 149 , align="right" valign=top , 44 , align="right" valign=top , 20.69% , - , align="left" ,

, align="right" valign=top , , align="right" valign=top , 112 , align="right" valign=top , 18 , align="right" valign=top , 13.53% , - , align="left" ,

, align="right" valign=top , , align="right" valign=top , 203 , align="right" valign=top , 10 , align="right" valign=top , 10.42% , - , align="left" , Others , align="right" valign=top , , align="right" valign=top , , align="right" valign=top , 20 , align="right" valign=top , 14.52% , - , align="left" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", Total (Turnout %) , width="75" align="right" valign=top style="background-color:#E9E9E9", , width="30" align="right" valign=top style="background-color:#E9E9E9", , width="30" align="right" valign=top style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 224 , width="30" align="right" valign=top style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 100.0 , - , align="left" colspan="6", Source: Election commission of India

Elected members

References

{{Karnataka elections State Assembly elections in Karnataka 1990s in Karnataka 1999 State Assembly elections in India