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

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Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...

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

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secured a huge majority winning 132 seats. The

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composed of the

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(BJP) and

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faction was a distant second winning only 63 seats. The

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(JD(S)) faction of former prime minister Deve Gowda also bit dust winning only 10 seats. The election was held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections. The Janata Dal (JD) government collapsed in mid-1999 owing to a split in the party. The Chief minister J. H. Patel, party president C. Byre Gowda and many other prominent leaders were part of the Janata Dal (United) faction, and along with

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, allied with the BJP, whereas Deve Gowda and his associates including the deputy chief minister

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joined the JD(S) faction. Owing to the anti-incumbency against both the factions of the JD, Congress won handsomely. S. M. Krishna of the Congress was sworn in as Chief Minister on 11 October 1999.

Parties and alliances

Results

Party-wise

Results by district

Elected members

References

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