1999 Indian general election
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20 seats
Turnout70.19% (Decrease0.51%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party INC CPI(M) IUML
Alliance UDF LDF UDF
Last election 8 6 2
Seats won 8 8 2
Seat change - Increase2 -
Percentage 39.4% 27.9% 5.3%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
BJP Election Symbol
BJP Election Symbol
Party CPI BJP
Alliance LDF NDA
Last election 2 0
Seats won 0 0
Seat change Decrease2 -
Percentage 7.6% 6.6%

The 1999 Indian general election was held to elect 20 members to the thirteenth Lok Sabha from Kerala.[1] Indian National Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) won 11 seats, while the Left Democratic Front (LDF), led by Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) won the remaining 9 seats.[2] Both coalitions managed to win the same number of seats as in the previous election, held in the previous year. Turnout for the election was measured at 70.19% of the eligible population.[3]

Alliances and parties

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UDF is a Kerala legislative alliance formed by INC veteran K. Karunakaran. LDF comprises primarily of CPI(M) and the CPI, forming the Left Front in the national level. National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) contested in 19 seats.

United Democratic Front

No. Party Election Symbol Seats Contested
1. Indian National Congress 17
2. Indian Union Muslim League 2
3. Kerala Congress (M) 1

Left Democratic Front

No. Party Election Symbol Seats Contested
1. Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Key
Key
 12
2. Communist Party of India
Star
Star
 4
3. Kerala Congress 1
4. Janata Dal (Secular) 1
5. Independents 2

National Democratic Alliance

No. Party Election Symbol Seats Contested
1. Bharatiya Janata Party 14
2. Janata Dal (United) 5

List of elected MPs

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No. Constituency Name of Elected M.P. Party Affiliation
1 Kasaragod T. Govindan CPI(M)
2 Kannur A. P. Abdullakutty CPI(M)
3 Vatakara A. K. Premajam CPI(M)
4 Kozhikode K. Muraleedharan INC
5 Manjeri E. Ahamed IUML
6 Ponnani G. M. Banatwala IUML
7 Palakkad N. N. Krishnadas CPI(M)
8 Ottapalam S. Ajaya Kumar CPI(M)
9 Thrissur A. C. Jose INC
10 Mukundapuram K. Karunakaran INC
11 Ernakulam George Eden INC
12 Muvattupuzha P. C. Thomas KC(M)
13 Kottayam K. Suresh Kurup CPI(M)
14 Idukki K. Francis George KEC
15 Alappuzha V. M. Sudheeran INC
16 Mavelikkara Ramesh Chennithala INC
17 Adoor Kodikunnil Suresh INC
18 Kollam P. Rajendran CPI(M)
19 Chirayankil Varkala Radhakrishnan CPI(M)
20 Thiruvananthapuram V. S. Sivakumar INC

Results

Performance of political parties

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Vote Share by alliance

  UDF (46.9%)
  LDF (43.7%)
  NDA (7.9%)
  Other (1.5%)
No. Party Political Front Seats Votes %Votes ±pp
1 Indian National Congress UDF 8 60,51,905 39.40 Increase0.73
2 Communist Party of India (Marxist) LDF 4 42,90,986 27.90 Increase6.90
3 Indian Union Muslim League UDF 2 8,10,135 5.30 Increase0.29
4 Kerala Congress (M) UDF 1 3,57,402 2.30 Decrease0.10
5 Kerala Congress LDF 1 3,65,313 2.40 Increase0.20
6 Communist Party of India LDF 0 11,64,157 7.60 Decrease0.72
7 Bharatiya Janata Party NDA 0 10,08,047 6.60 Decrease1.42
8 Janata Dal (Secular) LDF 0 3,33,023 2.20 new
9 Janata Dal (United) NDA 0 2,06,950 1.30 new
10 Socialist Republican Party none 0 30,779 0.2 new
11 Bahujan Samaj Party none 0 14,331 0.1 Steady
12 Rashtriya Janata Dal none 0 5,655 0.0 new
13 Shiv Sena none 0 4,700 0.0 Decrease0.02
14 Ajeeya Bharat Party none 0 2,556 0.0 new

By constituency

No. Constituency UDF candidate Votes % Party LDF candidate Votes % Party NDA candidate Votes % Party Winning alliance Margin
1 Kasaragod Khader Mangad 3,91,986 42.1% INC T. Govindan 4,23,564 45.5% CPI(M) P. K. Krishna Das 1,01,934 10.9% BJP LDF 31,578
2 Kannur Mullappally Ramachandran 4,18,143 47.2% INC A. P. Abdullakutty 4,28,390 48.3% CPI(M) N. Hariharan 26,069 2.9% JD(U) LDF 10,247
3 Vatakara P. M. Suresh Babu 3,78,511 43.9% INC A. K. Premajam 4,04,355 46.9% CPI(M) O. K. Vasu 62,593 7.3% BJP LDF 25,844
4 Kozhikode K. Muraleedharan 3,83,425 46.4% INC C. M. Ibrahim 3,33,023 40.3% JD(S) P. C. Mohanan 83,862 10.1% BJP UDF 50,402
5 Manjeri E. Ahammed 4,37,563 53.6% IUML I. T. Najeeb 3,14,152 38.5% CPI(M) Kalathingal Mohiyudheen 58,451 7.2% JD(U) UDF 1,23,411
6 Ponnani G. M. Banatwalla 3,54,051 53.6% IUML P. P. Suneer 2,51,293 35.0% CPI K. Narayanan 66,427 9.6% BJP UDF 1,29,478
7 Palakkad M. T. Padma 3,41,769 41.9% INC N. N. Krishnadas 3,72,536 45.7% CPI(M) C. Udai Bhasker 87,948 10.8% BJP LDF 30,767
8 Ottapalam Pandalam Sudhakaran 3,46,043 44.1% INC S. Ajaya Kumar 3,59,758 45.9% CPI(M) P. M. Velayudhan 70,851 9.0% BJP LDF 13,715
9 Thrissur A. C. Jose 3,43,793 40% INC V. V. Raghavan 3,32,161 46.7% CPI A. S. Radhakrishnan 44,354 6.0% BJP UDF 11,632
10 Mukundapuram K. Karunakaran 3,97,156 50.1% INC E. M. Sreedharan 3,44,693 43.5% CPI(M) M. S. Muraleedharan 30,779 3.9% SRP UDF 52,463
11 Ernakulam George Eden 3,94,058 38.4% INC Mani Vithayathil 2,82,753 49% IND T. D. Rajalakshmi 77,640 10.0% BJP UDF 1,11,305
12 Muvattupuzha P. C. Thomas 3,57,402 51.6% KC(M) P. M. Ismail 2,80,463 40.5% CPI(M) V. V. Augustine 47,875 6.9% BJP UDF 76,939
13 Kottayam P. C. Chacko 3,33,697 45.5% INC K. Suresh Kurup 3,44,296 46.9% CPI(M) K. R. Surendran 41,531 5.7% BJP LDF 10,599
14 Idukki P. J. Kurian 3,56,015 45.7% INC K. Francis George 3,65,313 46.9% KEC Tomy Cheruvally 35,497 4.6% JD(U) LDF 9,298
15 Alappuzha V. M. Sudheeran 3,92,700 49.5% INC Murali 3,57,606 45.1% CPI(M) Thiruvarppu Parameswaran Nair 27,682 3.5% BJP UDF 35,094
16 Mavelikkara Ramesh Chennithala 3,10,455 46.5% INC Ninan Koshy 2,77,012 41.5% IND K. Raman Pillai 73,668 11.0% BJP UDF 33,443
17 Adoor Kodikunnil Suresh 3,37,003 47.9% INC Chengara Surendran 3,14,997 44.8% CPI K. Raveendranath 43,926 6.2% BJP UDF 22,006
18 Kollam M. P. Gangadharan 3,32,585 44.9% INC P. Rajendran 3,51,869 47.5% CPI(M) Jayalekshmi 42,579 5.7% BJP LDF 19,284
19 Chirayinkil M. I. Shanavas 3,06,176 44.3% INC Varkala Radhakrishnan 3,09,304 44.8% CPI(M) Padmakumar 63,889 9.2% BJP LDF 3,128
20 Trivandrum V. S. Sivakumar 2,88,390 38.1% INC Kaniyapuram Ramachandran 2,73,905 36.2% CPI O. Rajagopal 1,58,221 20.9% BJP UDF 14,485

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See also

References

  1. ^ "General Election, 1999". Archived from the original on 2019-05-15.
  2. ^ a b "PC: Kerala 1999".
  3. ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1999 TO THE THIRTEENTH LOK SABHA" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-04-13.
  4. ^ "PC: Alliances Kerala 1999".
  5. ^ Roy Mathew. "Indian Parliament Elections 1999: Kerala Winners". keralaassembly.org. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  6. ^ "PC: Party-wise performance for 1999 Kerala".
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