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1999 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

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1999 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

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FieldValue
election_nameIndian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1999
countryIndia
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
previous_electionIndian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1998
previous_year1998
next_electionIndian general election in Tamil Nadu, 2004
next_year2004
election_date5 and 11 September 1999
seats_for_election39 (of 543) seats in the Lok Sabha
registered4,77,33,664
turnout2,76,76,543 (57.98%) 0.03%
leader4image4 = INC party4 = Congress (I)image2 =
image1
leader1M. Karunanidhi
party1Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
alliance1National Democratic Alliance (India)
seats126
seat_change110
popular_vote11,28,35,960
percentage147.13%
swing15.36%
leader2J. Jayalalithaa
party2All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
alliance2Congress Alliance +LF
seats213
seat_change26
popular_vote21,13,49,388
percentage241.69%
swing27.94%
map_image1999 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png
map_size200px
map_caption1999 Election map (by constituencies)
Saffron = NDA and Green = INC+
map3_image
titlePrime Minister
posttitlePrime Minister after election
before_electionAtal Bihari Vajpayee
before_partyBharatiya Janata Party
after_electionAtal Bihari Vajpayee
after_partyBharatiya Janata Party
colour1

Saffron = NDA and Green = INC+

The 1999 Indian general election polls in Tamil Nadu 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, hoped to create some damage, but ended up losing 8 seats, compared to the 1998 Lok Sabha elections. This is also the first time that Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, allied with the Bharatiya Janata Party, helping them have power at the national level for the next 5 years with the NDA, before they joined the UPA. The NDA, 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 and joined the NDA.

Election schedule

The polling schedule for the 1999 General Elections was announced by the Chief Election Commissioner on 11 July 1999.

Poll eventPhaseNotification dateLast date for filing nominationScrutiny of nominationLast Date for withdrawal of nominationDate of pollDate of counting of votes/ResultNo. of constituencies
III
11 August 199917 August 1999
18 August 199924 August 1999
19 August 199925 August 1999
21 August 199927 August 1999
5 September 199911 September 1999
6 October 1999
1920
Voting PhasesIII

Seat allotments

National Democratic Alliance

No.
PartyElection SymbolLeaderSeats
1.[[File:Indian election symbol rising sun.svg50x50px]]M. Karunanidhi18
2.[[File:Indian Election Symbol Mango SVG.svg50x50pxMango]]Dr. Ramdoss7
3.[[File:Lotus flower symbol.svg50x50px]]K. N. Lakshmanan6
4.[[File:Indian Election Symbol Top.png50x50px]]Vaiko5
5.[[File:No flag.svg50x50px]]Su. Thirunavukkarasar1
6.[[File:No flag.svg50x50px]]Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy1
Unrecognized party, whose candidate ran under the DMK ticket
7.MGR Kazhagam[[File:Indian election symbol rising sun.svg50x50px]]R. M. Veerappan

AIADMK-Congress Alliance

Source: Indian Express

No.
PartyElection SymbolLeaderSeats
1.[[File:Indian election symbol two leaves.svg50x50px]]J. Jayalalithaa23
2.[[File:Hand INC.svg50x50px]]Tindivanam K. Ramamurthy11
3.Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"Communist Party of India (Marxist)[[File: Indian Election Symbol Hammer Sickle and Star.png50x50px]]N. Sankaraiah
4.[[File:CPI symbol.svg50x50px]]R. Nallakannu2
Unrecognized party, whose candidate ran under the AIADMK ticket
5.[[File:Indian election symbol two leaves.svg50x50px]]Abdul Lathief1

Democratic People Progressive Alliance

No.
PartyElection SymbolLeaderSeats
1.[[File:Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png50x50px]]G. K. Moopanar23
2.[[File:Indian Election Symbol Cart.png50px]]K. Krishnasamy10
3.[[File:Indian election symbol female farmer.svg50px]]H. D. Deve Gowda2
Unrecognized (or) Unregistered party, whose candidate ran under the TMC(M) ticket
4.[[File:Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png50x50px]]Thol. Thirumavalavan2
5.[[File:Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png50x50px]]K. M. Kader Mohideen1
6.Kamaraj Aadhithanar Kazhagam[[File:Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png50x50px]]

List of Candidates

ConstituencyNational Democratic Alliance}}"NDAAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"AIADMK+Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)}}"TMC(M)+No.NamePartyCandidatePartyCandidatePartyCandidate123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839
Chennai NorthC. KuppusamiN. SoundararajanJ. M. Aaroon Rashid
Chennai CentralMurasoli MaranM. Abdul LathiefR. Janaki Ammal (Tmt)
Chennai SouthT. R. BaaluV. DhandayuthapaniMuktha V. Srinivasan
SriperumbudurA. KrishnaswamyK. VenugopalJ. Pushparaman
ChengalpattuA. K. MoorthyS. S. ThirunavukkarasuC. Balaraman
ArakkonamS. JagatrakshakanK. V. ThangabaluA.M. Velu
VelloreN. T. ShanmugamMohammad AsifC.K. Thamizharasan
TiruppatturD. VenugopalA. R. RajendranA. Jayamohan
VandavasiM. DuraiM. KrishnaswamyK.A. Wahab
TindivanamN. Ramachandran GingeeK. RamamurthyS.P. Subramanian
CuddaloreAdhi SankarM. C. DhamodaranP.R.S. Venkatesan
ChidambaramE. PonnuswamyT. Sumathi UdayakumarR. Thirumavalavan
DharmapuriP. D. ElangovanK. P. MunusamyM.C. Rajendran
KrishnagiriV. VetriselvamM. ThambiduraiG.A. Vadivelu
RasipuramS. UthayarasuV. SarojaDr. C. Natesan
SalemK. RamamurthyT. M. SelvaganapathyR. Devadass
TiruchengodeM. KannappanEdappadi K. PalanisamyT.M. Kanagasabapathi
NilgirisM. Master MathanR. PrabhuC. Chinnaraj
GobichettipalayamK. G. S. ArjunK. K. KaliappanC.K. Kuppuswamy
CoimbatoreC. P. RadhakrishnanR. NallakannuS.R. Balasubramonian
PollachiC. KrishnanM. ThiyagarajanM. Jothiraj
K.N. Rajan
PalaniA. GaneshamurthiPalaniyappa Gounder KumarasamyS.K. Kaarvendhan
DindigulS. ChandrasekarDindigul C. SreenivasanN.S.V. Chitthan
MaduraiPon. MuthuramalingamP. MohanA.G.S. Rambabu
PeriyakulamP. SelvendranT. T. V. DhinakaranA. Manssoor Alikhan
KarurK. C. PalanisamyM. ChinnasamyK. Natrayan
TiruchirappalliRangarajan KumaramangalamL. AdaikalarajM. Rajasekaran
PerambalurA. RajaP. RajarathinamD. Periyasamy
MayiladuturaiP. D. Arul MozhiMani Shankar AiyarK. Krishnamoorthy
NagapattinamA. K. S. VijayanM. SelvarasuT. Nadaiyazhagan
ThanjavurS. S. PalanimanickamK. ThangamuthuPl.A. Chidambaram
PudukkottaiSu. ThirunavukkarasarS. SingaravadivelM. Palaniappan (Alias) Puratchikavidasan
SivagangaH. RajaE. M. Sudarsana NatchiappanP. Chidambaram
RamanathapuramM. S. K. Bhavani RajendranK. MalaisamyDr. K. Nazeera Parvin
SivakasiVaikoV. RamaswamiA. Gunasekaran
TirunelveliP. Geetha JeevanP. H. PandianP.V. Bakthavatchalam
TenkasiS. ArumugamS. MurugesanK. Krishnasamy
TiruchendurA. D. K. JayaseelanB. P. RajanR. Dhanuskodi Athithan
NagercoilPon RadhakrishnanN. DennisDr. Kumaradas

Voting and results

Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left
DMK-BJP alliance won all the seats in this district}}

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AlliancePartyPopular VotePercentageSwingSeats wonSeat Change
National Democratic Alliance}}"National Democratic AllianceDravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam6,298,83223.13%3.05%
Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"Pattali Makkal Katchi2,236,8218.21%2.16%51
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"Bharatiya Janata Party1,945,2867.14%0.28%41
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam1,620,5275.95%0.31%41
MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam396,2161.46%0.37%11
Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress}}"Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress338,2781.24%0.19%01
Total12,835,96047.13%5.36%2610
AIADMK-led Alliance}}"AIADMK+All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam6,992,00325.68%0.21%
Indian National Congress}}"Indian National Congress3,022,10711.10%6.32%22
Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"Communist Party of India (Marxist)639,5162.35%1.72%11
Communist Party of India}}"Communist Party of India695,7622.56%0.11%01
Total11,349,38841.69%7.94%136
Tamil Maanila Congress}}"Tamil Maanila Congress1,946,8997.15%13.04%03
Independent politician}}"Independents339,9481.25%0.22%0
Other Parties (20 parties)759,0842.78%0.48%0
Total27,231,279100.00%39
Valid Votes27,231,27998.39%
Invalid Votes445,2641.61%
Total Votes27,676,543100.00%
Registered Voters/Turnout47,733,66457.98%0.03%

†: 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

ConstituencyVWinnerRunner-upMarginCandidatePartyVotesCandidatePartyVotesVotes123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839
Madras North43.79C. KuppusamiDMK471,10153.57N. SoundararajanCPI(M)311,31235.40Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"159,789Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"18.17
Madras Central48.46Murasoli MaranDMK364,56559.00M. Abdul LathiefADMK227,61636.84Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"136,949Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"22.16
Madras South45.15T. R. BaaluDMK562,22160.03V. DhandayuthapaniINC322,03734.39Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"240,184Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"25.64
Sriperumbudur (SC)55.02A. KrishnaswamyDMK385,55852.88K. VenugopalADMK310,55642.60Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"75,002Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"10.28
Chengalpattu58.32A. K. MoorthyPMK330,55148.03S. S. ThirunavukkarasuADMK317,74046.17Pattali Makkal Katchi}} ; color:black;"12,811Pattali Makkal Katchi}} ; color:black;"1.86
Arakkonam66.32S. JagathrakshakanDMK346,52047.72K. V. ThangkabaluINC250,87634.55Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"95,644Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"13.17
Vellore60.97N. T. ShanmugamPMK324,54747.08Mohamed AsifADMK298,86243.35Pattali Makkal Katchi}} ; color:black;"25,685Pattali Makkal Katchi}} ; color:black;"3.73
Tiruppattur65.17D. VenugopalDMK350,70347.94A. R. RajendranADMK327,09044.71Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"23,613Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"3.23
Vandavasi61.54M. DuraiPMK345,53951.67M. KrishnasamyINC286,34242.82Pattali Makkal Katchi}} ; color:black;"59,197Pattali Makkal Katchi}} ; color:black;"8.85
Tindivanam61.64Gingee N. RamachandranMDMK323,23447.28Tindivanam K. RamamurthyINC313,88445.92Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"9,350Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"1.36
Cuddalore63.76Adhi SankarDMK358,36750.49M. C. DhamotharanADMK284,41440.07Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"73,953Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"10.42
Chidambaram (SC)66.02E. PonnuswamyPMK345,33147.68Thol. ThirumavalavanTMC(M)225,76831.17Pattali Makkal Katchi}} ; color:black;"119,563Pattali Makkal Katchi}} ; color:black;"16.51
Dharmapuri59.42P. D. ElangovanPMK340,16247.52K. P. MunusamyADMK314,62243.96Pattali Makkal Katchi}} ; color:black;"25,540Pattali Makkal Katchi}} ; color:black;"3.56
Krishnagiri59.97V. VetriselvanDMK347,73751.05M. ThambiduraiADMK315,91346.38Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"31,824Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"4.67
Rasipuram (SC)55.37V. SarojaADMK304,84348.46S. UthayarasuPMK266,43842.36All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"38,405All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"6.10
Salem59.17T. M. SelvaganapathyADMK363,68949.73Vazhappady K. RamamurthyTRC338,27846.26All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"25,411All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"3.47
Tiruchengode55.41M. KannappanMDMK409,29349.08Edappadi K. PalaniswamiADMK404,73748.53Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"4,556Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"0.55
Nilgiris55.08Master MathanBJP369,82850.73R. PrabhuINC345,86947.44Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"23,959Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"3.29
Gobichettipalayam60.28K. K. KaliappanADMK299,18447.78K. G. S. ArjunDMK269,17242.99All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"30,012All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"4.79
Coimbatore55.63C. P. RadhakrishnanBJP430,06849.21R. NallakannuCPI375,99143.02Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"54,077Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"6.19
Pollachi (SC)57.09C. KrishnanMDMK293,03848.63M. ThiyagarajanADMK283,52347.05Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"9,515Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"1.58
Palani58.88P. KumarasamyADMK297,85044.78A. GaneshamurthiMDMK269,13340.47All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"28,717All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"4.31
Dindigul57.46Dindigul C. SreenivasanADMK294,79443.78S. ChandrasekarDMK274,45140.76All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"20,343All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"3.02
Madurai52.41P. MohanCPI(M)328,20443.85Pon. MuthuramalingamDMK290,98138.88Communist Party of India (Marxist)}} ; color:white;"37,223Communist Party of India (Marxist)}} ; color:white;"4.97
Periyakulam59.36T. T. V. DhinakaranADMK303,88146.15P. SelvendranDMK258,07539.19All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"45,806All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"6.96
Karur62.94M. ChinnasamyADMK334,40746.46K. C. PalanisamyDMK331,56046.07All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"2,847All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"0.39
Tiruchirappalli56.40Rangarajan KumaramangalamBJP377,45054.61L. AdaikalarajINC288,25341.71Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"89,197Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"12.90
Perambalur (SC)65.40A. RajaDMK330,67548.58P. RajarethinamADMK262,62438.59Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"68,051Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"9.99
Mayiladuturai63.61Mani Shankar AiyarINC324,38450.23P. D. Arul MozhiPMK284,25344.02Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"40,131Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"6.21
Nagapattinam (SC)66.02A. K. S. VijayanDMK342,23749.92M. SelvarasuCPI319,77146.65Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"22,466Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"3.27
Thanjavur63.06S. S. PalanimanickamDMK295,19145.39K. ThangamuthuADMK262,17740.31Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"33,014Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"5.08
Pudukkottai64.10Su. ThirunavukkarasarMGR-ADMK396,21651.46S. SingaravadivelINC331,91443.11MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"64,302MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"8.35
Sivaganga55.86E. M. Sudarsana NatchiappanINC246,07840.23H. RajaBJP222,26736.34Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"23,811Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"3.89
Ramanathapuram57.49K. MalaisamyADMK265,25342.15M. S. K. Bhavani RajenthiranDMK258,60741.09All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"6,646All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"1.06
Sivakasi62.86VaikoMDMK325,82941.80V. RamaswamiADMK251,04832.21Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"74,781Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"9.59
Tirunelveli54.46P. H. PandianADMK249,97541.62P. Geetha JeevanDMK223,48137.21All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"26,494All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"4.41
Tenkasi (SC)64.87S. MurugesanADMK239,24135.88S. ArumugamBJP238,35435.74All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"887All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"0.14
Tiruchendur52.35A. D. K. Jayaseelan,DMK237,63044.41Dr. B. P. RajanADMK177,96433.26Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"59,666Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"11.15
Nagercoil58.79Pon RadhakrishnanBJP307,31950.21N. DennisINC161,67626.41Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"145,643Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"23.80

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu

Source: The Tribune

Cabinet Ministers

MinisterPartyLok Sabha Constituency/Rajya SabhaPortfolios
Rangarajan KumaramangalamBJPTiruchirappalliMinister of Power and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
Murasoli MaranDMKChennai CentralMinister of Commerce and Industry
T.R. BaaluDMKChennai SouthMinister of Environment and Forests

Ministers of State (Independent charge)

MinisterPartyLok Sabha Constituency/Rajya SabhaPortfolios
M. KannappanMDMKTiruchengodeMinister of Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Non-Conventional Energy Sources
N. T. ShanmugamPMKVelloreMinister of Health and Family Welfare

Ministers of State

MinisterPartyLok Sabha Constituency/Rajya SabhaPortfolios
A. RajaDMKPerambalurMinister of Rural Development
N. Ramachandran GingeeMDMKTindivanamMinister of Finance
E. PonnuswamyPMKChidambaramMinister of Petroleum and Natural Gas

Assembly Segment wise lead

PartyAssembly segmentsPosition in Assembly (as of 2001 election)Dravida Munnetra KazhagamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamPattali Makkal KatchiBharatiya Janata PartyMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamIndian National CongressMGR Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Communist Party of IndiaTamizhaga Rajiv CongressPuthiya TamilagamOthersTotal234
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"7431
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"62132
Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"2520
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"254
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"180
Indian National Congress}}"157
MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"52
Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"46
Communist Party of India}}"35
Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress}}"2did not contest
Puthiya Tamilagam}}"10
027

References

References

  1. (1999-07-31). "Jaya dumps unwanted seats on Cong".
  2. (1999). "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1999 to the Thirteenth Lok Sabha - Vol. 1". Election Commission of India.
  3. "News Headings".
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