1999 Indian general election in Kerala

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1999 Indian general election
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20 seats
Turnout70.19% (Decrease2.svg0.51%)
 First partySecond partyThird party
  CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg
Party INC CPI(M) IUML
Alliance UDF LDF UDF
Last election862
Seats won882
Seat change-Increase2.svg2-
Percentage39.4%27.9%5.3%
 Fourth partyFifth party
 
BJP Election Symbol Lotos flower symbol.svg
BJP Election Symbol
Party CPI BJP
Alliance LDF NDA
Last election20
Seats won00
Seat changeDecrease2.svg2-
Percentage7.6%6.6%
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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]

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 Congress17
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 1
4. Janata Dal (Secular) 1
5. Independents 2

National Democratic Alliance

No.PartyElection SymbolSeats Contested
1.Bharatiya Janata Party Lotos flower symbol.svg 14
2. Janata Dal (United) 5

List of elected MPs

[5]

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

   UDF (46.9%)
   LDF (43.7%)
   NDA (7.9%)
  Other (1.5%)
No.PartyPolitical FrontSeatsVotes%Votes±pp
1Indian National CongressUDF860,51,90539.40Increase2.svg0.73
2Communist Party of India (Marxist)LDF442,90,98627.90Increase2.svg6.90
3Indian Union Muslim LeagueUDF28,10,1355.30Increase2.svg0.29
4Kerala Congress (M)UDF13,57,4022.30Decrease2.svg0.10
5Kerala CongressLDF13,65,3132.40Increase2.svg0.20
6Communist Party of IndiaLDF011,64,1577.60Decrease2.svg0.72
7Bharatiya Janata PartyNDA010,08,0476.60Decrease2.svg1.42
8Janata Dal (Secular)LDF03,33,0232.20new
9Janata Dal (United)NDA02,06,9501.30new
10Socialist Republican Partynone030,7790.2new
11 Bahujan Samaj Party none014,3310.1Steady2.svg
12 Rashtriya Janata Dal none05,6550.0new
13 Shiv Sena none04,7000.0Decrease2.svg0.02
14 Ajeeya Bharat Party none02,5560.0new

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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