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

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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 mi ...

, hoped to create some damage, but ended up losing 8 seats, compared to the

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. This is also the first time that

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, allied with the

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, helping them have power at the national level for the next 5 years with the

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, before they joined the UPA. The

, 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

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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

1999 tamil nadu lok sabha election map by parties

1999 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

, - !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2 , Alliance/Party ! 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% , - ,

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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 ...

! 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 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 m ...

! style="background-color: #009900" , , 10 , -8 , 6,992,003 , 25.7% , 34.3% , - ,

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! style="background-color: #00FFFF" , , 2 , +2 , 3,022,107 , 11.1% , , - ,

CPI(M) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the na ...

! style="background-color: #000080" , , 1 , +1 , 639,516 , 2.4% , , - ,

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! 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% , - ,

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! 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

References

External links

Website of Election Commission of India

CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History
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