1999 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1999

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39 (of 543) seats in the Lok Sabha
Registered	4,77,33,664
Turnout	2,76,76,543 (57.98%) 0.03%
First party Second party   Leader M. Karunanidhi J. Jayalalithaa Party DMK AIADMK Alliance NDA Congress Alliance +LF Seats won 26 13 Seat change 10 6 Popular vote 1,28,35,960 1,13,49,388 Percentage 47.13% 41.69% Swing 5.36% 7.94%
1999 Election map (by constituencies) Saffron = NDA and Green = INC+
Partywise structure Alliance-wise structure
Prime Minister before election Atal Bihari Vajpayee BJP Prime Minister after election Atal Bihari Vajpayee BJP

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.

Seat allotments

National Democratic Alliance

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		M. Karunanidhi	18
2.		Pattali Makkal Katchi		Dr. Ramdoss	7
3.		Bharatiya Janata Party		K. N. Lakshmanan	6
4.		Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		Vaiko	5
5.		MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		Su. Thirunavukkarasar	1
6.		Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress		Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy	1
Unrecognized party, whose candidate ran under the DMK ticket
7.		MGR Kazhagam		R. M. Veerappan	1

AIADMK-Congress Alliance

Source: Indian Express ^[1]

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		J. Jayalalithaa	23
2.		Indian National Congress		Tindivanam K. Ramamurthy	11
3.		Communist Party of India (Marxist)		N. Sankaraiah	2
4.		Communist Party of India		R. Nallakannu	2
Unrecognized party, whose candidate ran under the AIADMK ticket
5.		Indian National League		Abdul Lathief	1

Democratic People Progressive Alliance

No.	Party		Election Symbol	Leader	Seats
1.		Tamil Maanila Congress		G. K. Moopanar	24
2.		Puthiya Tamilagam		K. Krishnasamy	10
3.		Janata Dal		V. P. Singh	1
Unrecognized (or) Unregistered party, whose candidate ran under the TMC(M) ticket
4.		Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi		Thol. Thirumavalavan	2
5.		Indian Union Muslim League		K. M. Kader Mohideen	1
6.		Kamaraj Aadhithanar Kazhagam			1

List of Candidates

Constituency
		NDA			AIADMK+			TMC(M)+
1	Chennai North		DMK	C. Kuppusami		CPI(M)	N. Soundararajan		TMC(M)	J. M. Aaroon Rashid
2	Chennai Central		DMK	Murasoli Maran		AIADMK	M. Abdul Lathief		PT	R. Janaki Ammal (Tmt)
3	Chennai South		DMK	T. R. Baalu		INC	V. Dhandayuthapani		TMC(M)	Muktha V. Srinivasan
4	Sriperumbudur		DMK	A. Krishnaswamy		AIADMK	K. Venugopal		TMC(M)	J. Pushparaman
5	Chengalpattu		PMK	A. K. Moorthy		AIADMK	S. S. Thirunavukkarasu		JD(S)	C. Balaraman
6	Arakkonam		DMK	S. Jagatrakshakan		INC	K. V. Thangabalu		TMC(M)	A.M. Velu
7	Vellore		PMK	N. T. Shanmugam		AIADMK	Mohammad Asif		TMC(M)	C.K. Thamizharasan
8	Tiruppattur		DMK	D. Venugopal		AIADMK	A. R. Rajendran		TMC(M)	A. Jayamohan
9	Vandavasi		PMK	M. Durai		INC	M. Krishnaswamy		TMC(M)	K.A. Wahab
10	Tindivanam		MDMK	N. Ramachandran Gingee		INC	K. Ramamurthy		TMC(M)	S.P. Subramanian
11	Cuddalore		DMK	Adhi Sankar		AIADMK	M. C. Dhamodaran		TMC(M)	P.R.S. Venkatesan
12	Chidambaram		PMK	E. Ponnuswamy		INC	T. Sumathi Udayakumar		TMC(M)	R. Thirumavalavan
13	Dharmapuri		PMK	P. D. Elangovan		AIADMK	K. P. Munusamy		TMC(M)	M.C. Rajendran
14	Krishnagiri		DMK	V. Vetriselvam		AIADMK	M. Thambidurai		JD(S)	G.A. Vadivelu
15	Rasipuram		PMK	S. Uthayarasu		AIADMK	V. Saroja		TMC(M)	Dr. C. Natesan
16	Salem		TRC	K. Ramamurthy		AIADMK	T. M. Selvaganapathy		TMC(M)	R. Devadass
17	Tiruchengode		MDMK	M. Kannappan		AIADMK	Edappadi K. Palanisamy		PT	T.M. Kanagasabapathi
18	Nilgiris		BJP	M. Master Mathan		INC	R. Prabhu		PT	C. Chinnaraj
19	Gobichettipalayam		DMK	K. G. S. Arjun		AIADMK	K. K. Kaliappan		TMC(M)	C.K. Kuppuswamy
20	Coimbatore		BJP	C. P. Radhakrishnan		CPI	R. Nallakannu		TMC(M)	S.R. Balasubramonian
21	Pollachi		MDMK	C. Krishnan		AIADMK	M. Thiyagarajan		PT	M. Jothiraj
									JD(S)	K.N. Rajan
22	Palani		MDMK	A. Ganeshamurthi		AIADMK	Palaniyappa Gounder Kumarasamy		TMC(M)	S.K. Kaarvendhan
23	Dindigul		DMK	S. Chandrasekar		AIADMK	Dindigul C. Sreenivasan		TMC(M)	N.S.V. Chitthan
24	Madurai		DMK	Pon. Muthuramalingam		CPI(M)	P. Mohan		TMC(M)	A.G.S. Rambabu
25	Periyakulam		DMK	P. Selvendran		AIADMK	T. T. V. Dhinakaran		PT	A. Manssoor Alikhan
26	Karur		DMK	K. C. Palanisamy		AIADMK	M. Chinnasamy		TMC(M)	K. Natrayan
27	Tiruchirappalli		BJP	Rangarajan Kumaramangalam		INC	L. Adaikalaraj		TMC(M)	M. Rajasekaran
28	Perambalur		DMK	A. Raja		AIADMK	P. Rajarathinam		TMC(M)	D. Periyasamy
29	Mayiladuturai		PMK	P. D. Arul Mozhi		INC	Mani Shankar Aiyar		TMC(M)	K. Krishnamoorthy
30	Nagapattinam		DMK	A. K. S. Vijayan		CPI	M. Selvarasu		PT	T. Nadaiyazhagan
31	Thanjavur		DMK	S. S. Palanimanickam		AIADMK	K. Thangamuthu		TMC(M)	Pl.A. Chidambaram
32	Pudukkottai		MADMK	Su. Thirunavukkarasar		INC	S. Singaravadivel		PT	M. Palaniappan (Alias) Puratchikavidasan
33	Sivaganga		BJP	H. Raja		INC	E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan		TMC(M)	P. Chidambaram
34	Ramanathapuram		DMK	M. S. K. Bhavani Rajendran		AIADMK	K. Malaisamy		PT	Dr. K. Nazeera Parvin
35	Sivakasi		MDMK	Vaiko		AIADMK	V. Ramaswami		TMC(M)	A. Gunasekaran
36	Tirunelveli		DMK	P. Geetha Jeevan		AIADMK	P. H. Pandian		PT	P.V. Bakthavatchalam
37	Tenkasi		BJP	S. Arumugam		AIADMK	S. Murugesan		PT	K. Krishnasamy
38	Tiruchendur		DMK	A. D. K. Jayaseelan		AIADMK	B. P. Rajan		TMC(M)	R. Dhanuskodi Athithan
39	Nagercoil		BJP	Pon Radhakrishnan		INC	N. Dennis		TMC(M)	Dr. Kumaradas

Voting and results

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]

List of Elected MPs

Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner-up					Margin
			Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Madras North	43.79%	Kuppusamy, C.		DMK	471,101	53.57%	Soundara Rajan, A.		CPI(M)	311,312	35.40%	159,789	18.17%
2	Madras Central	48.46%	Murasoli Maran		DMK	364,565	59.00%	Abdul Latheef, M.		AIADMK	227,616	36.84%	136,949	22.16%
3	Madras South	45.15%	Baalu, T. R.		DMK	562,221	60.03%	Dhandayudhapan, V.		INC	322,037	34.39%	240,184	25.64%
4	Sriperumbudur (SC)	55.02%	Krishnaswamy, A.		DMK	385,558	52.88%	Venugopal, K.		AIADMK	310,556	42.60%	75,002	10.28%
5	Chengalpattu	58.32%	Moorthy, A. K.		PMK	330,551	48.03%	Thirunavukkarasu, S. S.		AIADMK	317,740	46.17%	12,811	1.86%
6	Arakkonam	66.32%	Jagathrakshakan, S. Dr.		DMK	346,520	47.72%	Thangka Balu, K. V.		INC	250,876	34.55%	95,644	13.17%
7	Vellore	60.97%	Shanmugam, N. T.		PMK	324,547	47.08%	Mohamed Asif		AIADMK	298,862	43.35%	25,685	3.73%
8	Tiruppattur	65.17%	Venugopal, D.		DMK	350,703	47.94%	Rajendran, A. R.		AIADMK	327,090	44.71%	23,613	3.23%
9	Vandavasi	61.54%	Durai, M.		PMK	345,539	51.67%	Krishnasswamy, M.		INC	286,342	42.82%	59,197	8.85%
10	Tindivanam	61.64%	Ramachandran N. Gingee.		MDMK	323,234	47.28%	Ramamurthee K.		INC	313,884	45.92%	9,350	1.36%
11	Cuddalore	63.76%	Sankar, Adhi		DMK	358,367	50.49%	Dhamotharan, M. C.		AIADMK	284,414	40.07%	73,953	10.42%
12	Chidambaram (SC)	66.02%	Ponnuswamy, E.		PMK	345,331	47.68%	Thirumavalavan, R.		TMC(M)	225,768	31.17%	119,563	16.51%
13	Dharmapuri	59.42%	Elangovan, P. D.		PMK	340,162	47.52%	Munusamy, K. P.		AIADMK	314,622	43.96%	25,540	3.56%
14	Krishnagiri	59.97%	Vetriselvan, V.		DMK	347,737	51.05%	Thambidurai, M.		AIADMK	315,913	46.38%	31,824	4.67%
15	Rasipuram (SC)	55.37%	Saroja, V. Dr.		AIADMK	304,843	48.46%	Uthayarasu, S.		PMK	266,438	42.36%	38,405	6.10%
16	Salem	59.17%	Selvaganapathi, T. M.		AIADMK	363,689	49.73%	Ramamurthy, K.		TRC	338,278	46.26%	25,411	3.47%
17	Tiruchengode	55.41%	Kannappan, M.		MDMK	409,293	49.08%	Palanisamy, K.		AIADMK	404,737	48.53%	4,556	0.55%
18	Nilgiris	55.08%	Master Mathan		BJP	369,828	50.73%	R. Prabhu		INC	345,869	47.44%	23,959	3.29%
19	Gobichettipalayam	60.28%	K. K. Kaliappan		AIADMK	299,184	47.78%	K. G. S. Arjun		DMK	269,172	42.99%	30,012	4.79%
20	Coimbatore	55.63%	C. P. Radhakrishnan		BJP	430,068	49.21%	R. Nallakannu		CPI	375,991	43.02%	54,077	6.19%
21	Pollachi (SC)	57.09%	C. Krishnan		MDMK	293,038	48.63%	M. Thiyagarajan		AIADMK	283,523	47.05%	9,515	1.58%
22	Palani	58.88%	P. Kumarasamy		AIADMK	297,850	44.78%	A. Ganeshamurthi		MDMK	269,133	40.47%	28,717	4.31%
23	Dindigul	57.46%	Dindigul C. Sreenivasan		AIADMK	294,794	43.78%	S. Chandrasekar		DMK	274,451	40.76%	20,343	3.02%
24	Madurai	52.41%	P. Mohan		CPI(M)	328,204	43.85%	Pon. Muthuramalingam		DMK	290,981	38.88%	37,223	4.97%
25	Periyakulam	59.36%	T. T. V. Dhinakaran		AIADMK	303,881	46.15%	P. Selvendran		DMK	258,075	39.19%	45,806	6.96%
26	Karur	62.94%	M. Chinnasamy		AIADMK	334,407	46.46%	K. C. Palanisamy		DMK	331,560	46.07%	2,847	0.39%
27	Tiruchirappalli	56.40%	Rangarajan Kumaramangalam		BJP	377,450	54.61%	L. Adaikalaraj		INC	288,253	41.71%	89,197	12.90%
28	Perambalur (SC)	65.40%	A. Raja		DMK	330,675	48.58%	P. Rajarethinam		AIADMK	262,624	38.59%	68,051	9.99%
29	Mayiladuturai	63.61%	Mani Shankar Aiyar		INC	324,384	50.23%	P. D. Arul Mozhi		PMK	284,253	44.02%	40,131	6.21%
30	Nagapattinam (SC)	66.02%	A. K. S. Vijayan		DMK	342,237	49.92%	M. Selvarasu		CPI	319,771	46.65%	22,466	3.27%
31	Thanjavur	63.06%	S. S. Palanimanickam		DMK	295,191	45.39%	K. Thangamuthu		AIADMK	262,177	40.31%	33,014	5.08%
32	Pudukkottai	64.10%	Su. Thirunavukkarasar		MGR-ADMK	396,216	51.46%	S. Singaravadivel		INC	331,914	43.11%	64,302	8.35%
33	Sivaganga	55.86%	E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan		INC	246,078	40.23%	H. Raja		BJP	222,267	36.34%	23,811	3.89%
34	Ramanathapuram	57.49%	K. Malaisamy		AIADMK	265,253	42.15%	M. S. K. Bhavani Rajenthiran		DMK	258,607	41.09%	6,646	1.06%
35	Sivakasi	62.86%	Vaiko		MDMK	325,829	41.80%	V. Ramaswami		AIADMK	251,048	32.21%	74,781	9.59%
36	Tirunelveli	54.46%	P. H. Pandian		AIADMK	249,975	41.62%	P. Geetha Jeevan		DMK	223,481	37.21%	26,494	4.41%
37	Tenkasi (SC)	64.87%	S. Murugesan		AIADMK	239,241	35.88%	S. Arumugam		BJP	238,354	35.74%	887	0.14%
38	Tiruchendur	52.35%	A. D. K. Jayaseelan,		DMK	237,630	44.41%	Dr. B. P. Rajan		AIADMK	177,964	33.26%	59,666	11.15%
39	Nagercoil	58.79%	Pon Radhakrishnan		BJP	307,319	50.21%	N. Dennis		INC	161,676	26.41%	145,643	23.80%

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu

Source: The Tribune ^[3]

Cabinet Ministers

Minister	Party	Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha	Portfolios
Rangarajan Kumaramangalam	BJP	Tiruchirappalli	Minister of Power and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
Murasoli Maran	DMK	Chennai Central	Minister of Commerce and Industry
T.R. Baalu	DMK	Chennai South	Minister of Environment and Forests

Ministers of State (Independent charge)

Minister	Party	Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha	Portfolios
M. Kannappan	MDMK	Tiruchengode	Minister of Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Non-Conventional Energy Sources
N. T. Shanmugam	PMK	Vellore	Minister of Health and Family Welfare

Ministers of State

Minister	Party	Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha	Portfolios
A. Raja	DMK	Perambalur	Minister of Rural Development
N. Ramachandran Gingee	MDMK	Tindivanam	Minister of Finance
E. Ponnuswamy	PMK	Chidambaram	Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas

Assembly Segment wise lead

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 2001 election)
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	74	31
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	62	132
	Pattali Makkal Katchi	25	20
	Bharatiya Janata Party	25	4
	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	18	0
	Indian National Congress	15	7
	MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	5	2
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	4	6
	Communist Party of India	3	5
	Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress	2	did not contest
	Puthiya Tamilagam	1	0
	Others	0	27
Total		234

See also

• Elections in Tamil Nadu

References

1. "Jaya dumps unwanted seats on Cong". indianexpress.com. 31 July 1999. Archived from the original on 16 July 2008.
2. "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1999 to the Thirteenth Lok Sabha - Vol. 1" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010.
3. "News Headings". www.tribuneindia.com.

External links

• Website of Election Commission of India
• CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History
• New alignments in Tamil Nadu