1999 Indian general election in Kerala

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1999 Indian general election
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  1998 September–October 1999 2004  

20 seats
 First partySecond party
 
K. Karunakaran, Indian politician.jpg
E.K.Nayanar 1.jpg
Leader K. Karunakaran E.K. Nayanar
Party INC CPI(M)
Alliance UDF LDF
Leader's seat Mukundapuram -
Last election119
Seats won119
Seat change--
Percentage46.9%43.7%

Prime Minister before election

A. B. Vajpayee
BJP

Prime Minister after election

A. B. Vajpayee
BJP

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 won 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]

Contents

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.PartyElection SymbolSeats contested
1. Indian National Congress Hand INC.svg 17
2. Indian Union Muslim League Indian Election Symbol Lader.svg 2
3. Kerala Congress (M) Indian Election Symbol Two Leaves.svg 1

Left Democratic Front

No.PartyElection SymbolSeats contested
1. Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Key CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg
Key
12
2. Communist Party of India
Star CPI symbol.svg
Star
4
3. Kerala Congress Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png 1
4. Janata Dal (Secular) Indian election symbol female farmer.svg 1
5. Independents No image available.svg 2

National Democratic Alliance

No.PartyElection SymbolSeats contested
1. Bharatiya Janata Party Lotos flower symbol.svg 14
2. Janata Dal (United) Indian Election Symbol Arrow.svg 5

List of elected MPs

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No.ConstituencyName 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 EdenINC
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
  1. UDF (46.9%)
  2. LDF (43.7%)
  3. NDA (7.90%)
  4. Other (1.50%)

By constituency

No.ConstituencyUDF candidateVotes%PartyLDF candidateVotes%PartyNDA candidateVotes%PartyWinning allianceMargin
1KasaragodKhader Mangad3,91,98642.1%INCT. Govindan4,23,56445.5%CPI(M)P. K. Krishna Das1,01,93410.9%BJPLDF31,578
2Kannur Mullappally Ramachandran 4,18,14347.2%INCA. P. Abdullakutty4,28,39048.3%CPI(M)N. Hariharan26,0692.9%JD(U)LDF10,247
3VatakaraP. M. Suresh Babu3,78,51143.9%INCA. K. Premajam4,04,35546.9%CPI(M)O. K. Vasu62,5937.3%BJPLDF25,844
4KozhikodeK. Muraleedharan3,83,42546.4%INCC. M. Ibrahim3,33,02340.3%JD(S)P. C. Mohanan83,86210.1%BJPUDF50,402
5ManjeriE. Ahammed4,37,56353.6%IUMLI. T. Najeeb3,14,15238.5%CPI(M)Kalathingal Mohiyudheen58,4517.2%JD(U)UDF1,23,411
6PonnaniG. M. Banatwalla3,54,05153.6%IUMLP. P. Suneer2,51,29335.0%CPIK. Narayanan66,4279.6%BJPUDF1,29,478
7Palakkad M. T. Padma 3,41,76941.9%INCN. N. Krishnadas3,72,53645.7%CPI(M)C. Udai Bhasker87,94810.8%BJPLDF30,767
8Ottapalam Pandalam Sudhakaran 3,46,04344.1%INC S. Ajaya Kumar 3,59,75845.9%CPI(M)P. M. Velayudhan70,8519.0%BJPLDF13,715
9ThrissurA. C. Jose3,43,79340%INC V. V. Raghavan 3,32,16146.7%CPIA. S. Radhakrishnan44,3546.0%BJPUDF11,632
10MukundapuramK. Karunakaran3,97,15650.1%INCE. M. Sreedharan3,44,69343.5%CPI(M)M. S. Muraleedharan30,7793.9%SRPUDF52,463
11ErnakulamGeorge Eden3,94,05838.4%INCMani Vithayathil2,82,75349%INDT. D. Rajalakshmi77,64010.0%BJPUDF1,11,305
12MuvattupuzhaP. C. Thomas3,57,40251.6%KC(M) P. M. Ismail 2,80,46340.5%CPI(M)V. V. Augustine47,8756.9%BJPUDF76,939
13Kottayam P. C. Chacko 3,33,69745.5%INCK. Suresh Kurup3,44,29646.9%CPI(M)K. R. Surendran41,5315.7%BJPLDF10,599
14Idukki P. J. Kurian 3,56,01545.7%INCK. Francis George3,65,31346.9%KECTomy Cheruvally35,4974.6%JD(U)LDF9,298
15AlappuzhaV. M. Sudheeran3,92,70049.5%INC Murali 3,57,60645.1%CPI(M)Thiruvarppu Parameswaran Nair27,6823.5%BJPUDF35,094
16MavelikkaraRamesh Chennithala3,10,45546.5%INCNinan Koshy2,77,01241.5%INDK. Raman Pillai73,66811.0%BJPUDF33,443
17AdoorKodikunnil Suresh3,37,00347.9%INC Chengara Surendran 3,14,99744.8%CPIK. Raveendranath43,9266.2%BJPUDF22,006
18KollamM. P. Gangadharan3,32,58544.9%INCP. Rajendran3,51,86947.5%CPI(M)Jayalekshmi42,5795.7%BJPLDF19,284
19Chirayinkil M. I. Shanavas 3,06,17644.3%INCVarkala Radhakrishnan3,09,30444.8%CPI(M)Padmakumar63,8899.2%BJPLDF3,128
20TrivandrumV. S. Sivakumar2,88,39038.1%INCKaniyapuram Ramachandran2,73,90536.2%CPI O. Rajagopal 1,58,22120.9%BJPUDF14,485

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Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

PartyAssembly segments
UDF INC 71
IUML 13
KC(M) 7
Total91
LDF CPI(M) 35
CPI 8
JD(S) 1
KC 5
Independent 0
Total49
Total140

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 "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".