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.
Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1999 Registered 4,77,33,664 Turnout 2,76,76,543 (57.98%) 0.03%
1999 Election map (by constituencies) Saffron = NDA and Green = INC+
Seat allotments(1999)
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National Democratic Alliance
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AIADMK-Congress Alliance
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Source: Indian Express[ 1]
Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left
Election Map (Results reflected as %seats won by districts) DMK-BJP alliance won all the seats in this district
DMK-BJP alliance won 67% of the seats (Coimbatore)
DMK-BJP alliance won half the seats in this district
AIADMK-INC alliance won all the seats in this district
CPI(M) won the lone seat in this district (Madurai)
Alliance
Party
Popular Vote
Percentage
Swing
Seats won
Seat Change
National Democratic Alliance
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
6,298,832
23.13%
3.05%
12
7
Pattali Makkal Katchi
2,236,821
8.21%
2.16%
5
1
Bharatiya Janata Party
1,945,286
7.14%
0.28%
4
1
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1,620,527
5.95%
0.31%
4
1
MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
396,216
1.46%
0.37%
1
1
Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress
338,278
1.24%
0.19%
0
1
Total
12,835,960
47.13%
5.36%
26
10
AIADMK+
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
6,992,003
25.68%
0.21%
10
8
Indian National Congress
3,022,107
11.10%
6.32%
2
2
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
639,516
2.35%
1.72%
1
1
Communist Party of India
695,762
2.56%
0.11%
0
1
Total
11,349,388
41.69%
7.94%
13
6
Tamil Maanila Congress
1,946,899
7.15%
13.04%
0
3
Independents
339,948
1.25%
0.22%
0
Other Parties (20 parties)
759,084
2.78%
0.48%
0
Total
27,231,279
100.00%
39
Valid Votes
27,231,279
98.39%
Invalid Votes
445,264
1.61%
Total Votes
27,676,543
100.00%
Registered Voters/Turnout
47,733,664
57.98%
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[ 2]
Sl.No.
Constituency
Winner
Party
Alliance
Margin
Runner-up
Party
1
Chennai North
C. Kuppusami c
DMK
NDA
159,789
N. Soundararajan
CPM
2
Chennai Central
Murasoli Maran c
DMK
NDA
136,949
M.Abdul Lathief
AIADMK
3
Chennai South
T. R. Baalu c
DMK
NDA
240,184
V. Dhandayuthapani
INC
4
Sriperumbudur
A. Krishnaswamy
DMK
NDA
75,002
K. Venugopal c
AIADMK
5
Chengalpattu
A. K. Moorthy
PMK
NDA
12,811
S. S. Thirunavukkarasu
AIADMK
6
Arakkonam
S. Jagatrakshakan
DMK
NDA
95,644
K. V. Thangabalu
INC
7
Vellore
N. T. Shanmugam c
PMK
NDA
25,685
Mohammad Asif
AIADMK
8
Tiruppattur
D. Venugopal c
DMK
NDA
23,613
A. R. Rajendran
AIADMK
9
Vandavasi
M. Durai c
PMK
NDA
59,197
M. Krishnaswamy
INC
10
Tindivanam
N. Ramachandran Gingee c
MDMK
NDA
9,350
K. Ramamurthy
INC
11
Cuddalore
Adhi Shankar
DMK
NDA
73,953
M. C. Dhamodaran c
AIADMK
12
Chidambaram
E. Ponnuswamy
PMK
NDA
119,563
R. Thirumavalavan
TMC(M)
13
Dharmapuri
P. D. Elangovan
PMK
NDA
25,540
K. P. Munusamy
AIADMK
14
Krishnagiri
V. Vetriselvam
DMK
NDA
31,824
M. Thambidurai c
AIADMK
15
Rasipuram
V. Saroja c
AIADMK
INC+
38,405
S. Uthayarasu
PMK
16
Salem
T. M. Selvaganapathy
AIADMK
INC+
25,420
K. Ramamurthy
TRC
17
Tiruchengode
M. Kannappan
MDMK
NDA
4,556
K. Palanisamy c
AIADMK
18
Nilgiris
M. Master Mathan c
BJP
NDA
23,959
R. Prabhu
INC
19
Gobichettipalayam
K. K. Kaliappan
AIADMK
INC+
30,012
K. G. S. Arjun
DMK
20
Coimbatore
C. P. Radhakrishnan c
BJP
NDA
54,077
Nallakannu
CPI
21
Pollachi
C. Krishnan
MDMK
NDA
9,515
M. Thiyagarajan c
AIADMK
22
Palani
Palaniyappa Gounder Kumarasamy
AIADMK
INC+
28,717
A. Ganeshamurthy c
MDMK
23
Dindigul
Dindigul C.Sreenivasan c
AIADMK
INC+
20,343
S. Chandrasekar
DMK
24
Madurai
P. Mohan
CPI(M)
Left Front
37,223
Pon. Muthuramalingam
DMK
25
Periyakulam
T. T. V. Dhinakaran
AIADMK
INC+
45,806
P. Selvendran
DMK
26
Karur
M. Chinnasamy
AIADMK
INC+
2,847
K. C. Palanisamy
DMK
27
Tiruchirappalli
Rangarajan Kumaramangalam c
BJP
NDA
89,197
L. Adaikalaraj
INC
28
Perambalur
A. Raja
DMK
NDA
68,051
P. Rajarathinam c
AIADMK
29
Mayiladuturai
Mani Shankar Aiyar
INC
INC+
40,131
P. D. Arul Mozhi
PMK
30
Nagapattinam
A. K. S. Vijayan
DMK
NDA
22,466
M. Selvarasu c
CPI
31
Thanjavur
S. S. Palanimanickam c
DMK
NDA
33,014
K. Thangamuthu
AIADMK
32
Pudukkottai
S. Thirunavukkarasu
MGR ADMK
NDA
64,302
S. Singaravadivel
INC
33
Sivaganga
E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan
INC
INC+
23,811
H. Raja
BJP
34
Ramanathapuram
K. Malaisamy
AIADMK
INC+
6,646
M. S. K. Bhavani Rajendran
DMK
35
Sivakasi
Vaiko c
MDMK
NDA
74,781
V. Ramaswami
AIADMK
36
Tirunelveli
P. H. Pandian
AIADMK
INC+
26,494
P. Geetha Jeevan
DMK
37
Tenkasi
S. Murugesan c
AIADMK
INC+
887
S. Arumugam
BJP
38
Tiruchendur
A. D. K. Jayaseelan
DMK
NDA
59,666
B. P. Rajan
AIADMK
39
Nagercoil
Pon Radhakrishnan
BJP
NDA
145,643
N. Dennis c
INC
c -indicates sitting/incumbent M.P. from previous Lok Sabha (1998–1999)
Exit Poll Source: NES Election 1999 Analysis [ 3]
Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu
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Source: The Tribune[ 4]
Ministers of State (Independent charge)
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