1999 elections in India

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  1998 1999 2000  

The 1999 elections in India include the 1999 Indian general election, Rajya Sabha election and various State Assembly elections.

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General election

Lok Sabha Zusammensetzung 1999.svg
PartyVotes%Seats
Indian National Congress 103,120,33028.30114
Bharatiya Janata Party 86,562,20923.75182
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 19,695,7675.4033
Bahujan Samaj Party 15,175,8454.1614
Samajwadi Party 13,717,0213.7626
Telugu Desam Party 13,297,3703.6529
Janata Dal (United) 11,282,0843.1021
Rashtriya Janata Dal 10,150,4922.797
All India Trinamool Congress 9,363,7852.578
Nationalist Congress Party 8,260,3112.278
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7,046,9531.9310
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 6,298,8321.7312
Shiv Sena 5,672,4121.5615
Communist Party of India 5,395,1191.484
Biju Janata Dal 4,378,5361.2010
Janata Dal (Secular) 3,332,7020.911
Pattali Makkal Katchi 2,377,7410.655
Shiromani Akali Dal 2,502,9490.692
Tamil Maanila Congress 2,058,6360.560
Indian National Lok Dal 2,002,7000.555
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1,620,5270.444
Revolutionary Socialist Party 1,500,8170.413
Rashtriya Lok Dal 1,364,0300.372
All India Forward Bloc 1,288,0600.352
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation 1,220,6980.331
Asom Gana Parishad 1,182,0610.320
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 974,6090.270
Muslim League Kerala State Committee 833,5620.232
Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress 818,7130.222
Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh 692,5590.191
Apna Dal 848,6620.230
Bihar People's Party 607,8100.170
Puthiya Tamilagam 568,1960.160
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 454,4810.124
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen 448,1650.121
MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 396,2160.111
Kerala Congress 365,3130.101
Kerala Congress (M) 357,4020.101
Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann) 298,8460.081
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) 297,3370.081
Peasants and Workers Party of India 282,5830.081
Himachal Vikas Congress 264,0020.071
Manipur State Congress Party 222,4170.061
Republican Party of India 505,6640.140
Ajeya Bharat Party 430,2750.120
Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal 406,4210.110
Marxist Co-ordination Committee 351,8390.100
Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress 338,2780.090
United Reservation Movement Council of Assam246,9420.070
Anna Telugu Desam Party 244,0450.070
Democratic Bahujan Samaj Morcha 236,9620.070
Haryana Vikas Party 188,7310.050
Sikkim Democratic Front 107,8280.031
Gondwana Ganatantra Party 180,8040.050
People's Democratic Front172,4340.050
Janata Party 167,6490.050
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Ulgulan)154,4330.040
Mahabharat People's Party145,1920.040
National Loktantrik Party 136,3850.040
Marxist Communist Party of India (S.S. Srivastava) 120,2200.030
United Democratic Party 107,1970.030
Jharkhand Party (Naren)101,4410.030
Sikkim Sangram Parishad 86,4660.020
Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha 73,0120.020
Sadbhavana Party 71,2790.020
Arunachal Congress 70,7600.020
NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi) 61,6350.020
Jharkhand Party 57,6760.020
Champaran Vikas Party56,5610.020
Akhil Bharatiya Sena 56,2490.020
United Minorities Front, Assam 53,6610.010
Lok Shakti 40,9970.010
Bharatiya Republican Paksha40,6360.010
Hill State People's Democratic Party 40,3010.010
Bahujan Samaj Party (Ambedkar) 39,4940.010
Pragatisheel Manav Samaj Party 36,9200.010
Bharatiya Jan Congress 34,5520.010
People's Democratic Movement 33,1640.010
Bhartiya Jana Congress (Rashtriya)32,8710.010
Pyramid Party of India31,6990.010
Socialist Republican Party 30,7790.010
Federal Party of Manipur 30,0390.010
Jammu and Kashmir Awami League 28,8890.010
Amra Bangali 25,4080.010
Tamil Desiyak Katchi25,2090.010
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party 23,6300.010
Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)20,5230.010
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 19,5960.010
National Minorities Party 19,3440.010
Shoshit Samaj Dal19,3300.010
Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party 15,8880.000
Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha 15,5260.000
Uttarakhand Kranti Dal 14,3020.000
Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha 14,1570.000
Republican Party of India (Athawale) 14,0980.000
Majlis Bachao Tahreek 13,4610.000
Sirpanch Samaj Party13,4370.000
Chhattisgarhi Samaj Party13,0970.000
Parivartan Samaj Party12,8200.000
United Goans Democratic Party 11,1530.000
Jan Satta Party11,0240.000
Savarn Samaj Party10,9060.000
All India Muslim Forum 10,0100.000
Maraland Democratic Front 8,4440.000
United Tribal Nationalists Liberation Front8,4290.000
United Bodo Nationalist Liberation Front7,6110.000
Bharatiya Samaj Dal7,6070.000
Ambedkar Samaj Party 7,2600.000
Akhil Bharatiya Berozgaar Party7,1340.000
Akhil Bartiya Manav Seva Dal6,7610.000
Rajasthan Vikash Party6,2580.000
Awami Party5,0500.000
All India Gareeb Congress4,8610.000
Gareebjan Samaj Party4,7250.000
Garo National Council 4,5610.000
Humanist Party of India4,1920.000
Rashtriya Unnatsheel Das4,1040.000
Shoshit Samaj Party4,0800.000
Bharatiya Naujawan Dal3,8950.000
Dhiravida Thelgar Munnetra Kalagam3,7480.000
Maharashtra Rashtravadi Congress 3,5790.000
Maharashtra Pradesh Krantikari Party3,5710.000
Bira Oriya Party3,1200.000
Bahujan Kranti Dal (JAI)3,0900.000
All India Rajiv Krantikari Congress2,9930.000
Sanatan Samaj Party2,9320.000
Bhartiya Lok Kalyan Dal2,8960.000
Bharatiya Berozgar Mazdoor Kisan Dal2,7060.000
Tharasu Makkal Mandram2,6750.000
Gujarat Yuva Vikas Party2,2170.000
Bharatiya Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh 2,1510.000
Akhil Bhartiya Janata Vikas Party1,9810.000
Bharat Dal1,8320.000
Hind Vikas Party1,6410.000
Tamil Nadu Peasants and Workers Party 1,6310.000
Ephraim Union 1,5780.000
National Organisation Congress1,5660.000
Manav Kalyan Sangh Dal1,5170.000
Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Rasik Bhatt) 1,5160.000
All J & K Peoples Patriotic Front1,5000.000
Kamjor Varg Sangh, Bihar1,4810.000
United Citizens Party1,4140.000
Rashtriya Sawarn Dal1,4070.000
Goa Vikas Party 1,4070.000
Akhil Bharatiya Manav Adhikar Dal1,3330.000
Akhil Bhartiya Loktantra Party1,2650.000
Labour and Job Seeker's Party of India1,2270.000
Bahujan Kranti Dal1,2180.000
Secular Party of India1,1800.000
Rashtriya Aikta Manch1,1690.000
Gandhiwadi Rashtriya Congress1,1630.000
Pragati Sheel Party8580.000
Bharat Nav Jyoti Sangh8060.000
All India Minorities Front 8050.000
Bahujan Ekta Party (R)7830.000
Bharatiya Momin Front7370.000
Indian National Green Party5940.000
Bharatiya Jan Vikas Party5710.000
Ambedkarbadi Party5430.000
Bharatiya Parivartan Morcha5080.000
Rashtriya Mazdoor Ekta Party4370.000
Christian Mannetra Kazhagam3850.000
Bharatha Makkal Congress3840.000
Rashtriya Dharmanirpeksha Nava Bharat Party3840.000
Kranti Dal3440.000
Bharatiya Muhabbat Party (All India)3380.000
Akhil Bharatiya Shivsena Rashtrawadi2440.000
National Congress Of Youth1790.000
Desh Bhakt Party1730.000
Independents9,996,3862.746
Nominated Anglo-Indians 2
Total364,437,294100.00545
Valid votes364,437,29498.05
Invalid/blank votes7,231,8101.95
Total votes371,669,104100.00
Registered voters/turnout619,536,84759.99
Source: ECI [1]

State and Alliance wise

State
(# of seats)
Alliance/PartySeats ContestedSeats won% of votes
Andhra Pradesh (42) NDA Telugu Desam Party 342939.85
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)879.90
Congress+ Indian National Congress 42542.79
Third Front Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM)701.4
Communist Party Of India (CPI)601.3
-- All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen 116.05
Arunachal Pradesh (2) Congress+ Indian National Congress 2256.92
NDA Arunachal Congress 1016.62
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)1016.30
-- Nationalist Congress Party 107.77
Assam (14) Congress+ Indian National Congress 141038.42
NDA Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)12229.84
Third Front Asom Gana Parishad 8011.92
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM)201.8
Communist Party of India (CPI)100.6
-- Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation 3110.46
-- Independent 4419.36
Bihar (54) NDA Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)292323.01
Janata Dal (United) 231820.77
Bihar People's Party 201.7
Congress+ Rashtriya Janata Dal 35728.29
Indian National Congress 1548.81
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM)100.1
Communist Party of India (CPI)101.0
Rashtriya Lok Dal 100
Third Front Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM)110.9
Communist Party of India (CPI)801.7
All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)100
-- Independent 18714.2
Goa (2) NDA Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)2251.49
Congress+ Indian National Congress 2039.01
Gujarat (26) NDA Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)262052.48
Congress+ Indian National Congress 26645.44
Haryana (10) NDA Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)5529.21
Indian National Lok Dal 5528.72
Congress+ Indian National Congress 10034.93
-- Haryana Vikas Party 202.71
Himachal Pradesh (4) NDA Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)3346.27
Himachal Vikas Congress 1112.37
Congress+ Indian National Congress 4039.52
Jammu & Kashmir (6)-- Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 6428.94
NDA Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)6231.56
Congress+ Indian National Congress 5017.83
-- Independent 2809.63
Karnataka (28) Congress+ Indian National Congress 281845.41
NDA Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)19727.19
Janata Dal (United) 9313.28
-- Janata Dal (Secular) 27010.85
Kerala (20) Congress+ Indian National Congress 17839.25
Kerala Congress 112.3
Muslim League Kerala State Committee 225.6
Third Front Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM)12827.90
Communist Party of India (CPI)407.57
Independent 203.6
Kerala Congress 112.4
Janata Dal (Secular) 102.2
NDA Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)1406.56
Janata Dal (United) 501.3
Madhya Pradesh (40) NDA Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)402946.58
Congress+ Indian National Congress 401143.91
-- Bahujan Samaj Party 2705.23
-- Samajwadi Party 2001.37
Maharashtra (48) NDA Shiv Sena 221516.86
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)261321.18
Congress+ Indian National Congress 421029.71
Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh 412.1
Republican Party of India 201.4
-- Nationalist Congress Party 38621.58
-- Janata Dal (Secular) 210.9
-- Independent 7813.3
-- Peasants And Workers Party of India 210.9
Manipur (2) NDA Manipur State Congress Party 1124.89
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)101
-- Nationalist Congress Party 1113.49
-- Manipur Peoples Party 1016.25
Orissa (21) NDA Biju Janata Dal 121033.00
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)9924.63
Congress+ Indian National Congress 20236.94
Punjab (13)
Congress+ Indian National Congress 11838.4
Communist Party of India (CPI)113.7
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM)102.2
NDA Shiromani Akali Dal 9228.6
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)319.2
Democratic Bahujan Samaj Morcha 102.7
-- Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann) 113.4
Rajasthan (25) NDA Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)241623.01
Janata Dal (United) 101.6
Congress+ Indian National Congress 25917.83
Tamil Nadu (39)
NDA Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 191223.1
Pattali Makkal Katchi 758.2
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)647.1
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 546.0
MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 111.5
Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress 101.2
Congress+ All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 241025.7
Indian National Congress 11211.1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM)212.3
Communist Party Of India (CPI)202.6
Uttar Pradesh (85)
NDA Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)772927.64
Akhil Bharatiya Lok Tantrik Congress 421.51
Independent 113.62
Janata Dal (United) 200.6
Congress+ Indian National Congress 761014.72
Rashtriya Lok Dal 622.49
Republican Party of India 100
-- Bahujan Samaj Party 851422.08
-- Samajwadi Party 842624.06
-- Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) 210.46
West Bengal (42)
Third Front Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM)322135.57
Communist Party Of India (CPI)333.47
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)434.25
All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)323.45
NDA All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)28826.04
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)13211.13
Congress+ Indian National Congress (INC)41313.29

Overall Result

Date(s)StateGovernment beforeChief Minister beforeGovernment afterElected Chief MinisterMaps
4 June 1999 Goa Indian National Congress Luizinho Faleiro Indian National Congress Luizinho Faleiro IN-GA.svg
4, 11, 17 September 1999 Andhra Pradesh Telugu Desam Party N. Chandrababu Naidu Telugu Desam Party N. Chandrababu Naidu IN-AP.svg
5, 11 September 1999 Maharashtra Shiv Sena Narayan Rane Indian National Congress Vilasrao Deshmukh IN-MH.svg
Bharatiya Janata Party Nationalist Congress Party
3 October 1999 Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Congress Gegong Apang Indian National Congress Mukut Mithi IN-AR.svg
Karnataka Janata Dal (United) J. H. Patel Indian National Congress S. M. Krishna IN-KA.svg
Sikkim Sikkim Democratic Front Pawan Kumar Chamling Sikkim Democratic Front Pawan Kumar Chamling IN-SK.svg

Legislative Assembly elections

Andhra Pradesh

Source: Election Commission of India
India AP Assembly 1999.svg
Alliance/PartyPopular voteSeats
Votes%±pp ContestedWon+/−
NDA Telugu Desam Party 14,613,30743.87Decrease2.svg 0.27269180Decrease2.svg 36
Bharatiya Janata Party 1,223,4813.67Decrease2.svg 0.222412Increase2.svg 9
Total15,836,78847.54N/A293192N/A
Indian National Congress 13,526,30940.61Increase2.svg 6.7629391Increase2.svg 65
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen 360,2111.08Increase2.svg 0.3854Increase2.svg 3
LF Communist Party of India (Marxist) 567,7611.70Decrease2.svg 1.26482Decrease2.svg 13
Communist Party of India 539,7001.62Decrease2.svg 1.77450Decrease2.svg 19
Total1,107,4613.32N/A932N/A
Other parties 885,8322.67N/A6580N/A
Independents 1,593,0154.78Decrease2.svg 3.887625Decrease2.svg 7
Total33,309,616100.00N/A2,104294N/A
Vote statistics
Valid votes33,309,61697.05
Invalid votes1,011,9482.95
Votes cast/ turnout34,334,84269.15
Abstentions15,319,54730.85
Registered voters49,654,389

Arunachal Pradesh

India Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1999.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress 213,09751.7853Increase2.svg10
Arunachal Congress 68,64516.681
Bharatiya Janata Party 44,55610.830
Nationalist Congress Party 35,9678.744
Ajeya Bharat Party 4250.100
Independents 48,84211.872
Total411,532100.00600
Valid votes411,53296.99
Invalid/blank votes12,7703.01
Total votes424,302100.00
Registered voters/turnout611,48169.39
Source: ECI [2]

Goa

India Goa Legislative Assembly 1999.svg
RankPartySeats ContestedSeats Won
1 Indian National Congress 4021
2 Bharatiya Janata Party 3910
3 Maharashtrawadi Gomantak 174
4 United Goans Democratic Party 112
5 Goa Rajiv Congress Party 142
6 Independent 491
Total 40

Karnataka

India Karnataka Vidhan Sabha 1999.svg
PartiesPopular voteSeats
Votes%+pp ContestedWon+/-
Indian National Congress 90,77,81540.84Increase2.svg13.89222132Increase2.svg98
Bharatiya Janata Party 45,98,74120.69Increase2.svg3.7014944Increase2.svg4
Janata Dal (United) 30,06,25313.53Increase2.svg13.5311218Increase2.svg18
Janata Dal (Secular) 23,16,88510.42Increase2.svg10.4220310Increase2.svg10
Independent 26,66,44412.00Increase2.svg2.3447619Increase2.svg1
Others5,59,3612.52Decrease2.svg10.341791Decrease2.svg16
Total2,22,25,499100.001,341224±0
Valid votes2,22,25,49995.88
Invalid votes9,56,2944.12
Votes cast / turnout2,31,94,28367.65
Abstentions1,10,89,81532.35
Registered voters3,42,84,098

Maharashtra

Political PartySeatsPopular Vote
ContestedWonChange +/-Votes polledVotes%Change +/-
Indian National Congress
75 / 288(26%)
24975Decrease2.svg 58,937,04327.20%Decrease2.svg 3.80%
Shiv Sena
69 / 288(24%)
16169Decrease2.svg 45,692,81217.33%Increase2.svg 0.94%
Nationalist Congress Party
58 / 288(20%)
22358Increase2.svg 587,425,42722.60%Increase2.svg 22.60% (New Party)
Bharatiya Janata Party
56 / 288(19%)
11756Decrease2.svg 94,776,30114.54%Increase2.svg 1.74%
Peasants and Workers Party of India
5 / 288(2%)
225Decrease2.svg 1490,5351.49%Decrease2.svg 0.56%
Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh
3 / 288(1%)
343Increase2.svg 3606,8271.85%Decrease2.svg 1.18%
Janata Dal (Secular)
2 / 288(0.7%)
252Decrease2.svg 9 (from JD seats)497,1271.51%Decrease2.svg 4.35% (from JD vote share)
Samajwadi Party
2 / 288(0.7%)
152Decrease2.svg 1227,6400.69%Decrease2.svg 0.24%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2 / 288(0.7%)
232Decrease2.svg 1210,0300.64%Decrease2.svg 0.36%
Republican Party of India
1 / 288(0.3%)
101Increase2.svg 1226,4810.69%Increase2.svg 0.54%
Gondwana Ganatantra Party
1 / 288(0.3%)
161Increase2.svg 167,1380.20%Increase2.svg 0.20% (New Party)
Native People's Party
1 / 288(0.3%)
11Increase2.svg 163,9310.19%Increase2.svg 0.19%
Samajwadi Janata Party (Maharashtra)
1 / 288(0.3%)
51Increase2.svg 143,8700.13%Decrease2.svg 0.01%
Maharashtra Vikas Congress20Decrease2.svg131,1730.09%Decrease2.svg0.03%
Nag Vidarbha Andolan Samiti 40Decrease2.svg126,9660.08%Decrease2.svg0.13%
Independents
12 / 288(4%)
83712Decrease2.svg 333,116,5649.49%Decrease2.svg 14.14%
Total2006288Steady2.svg32,856,69360.95%Decrease2.svg 10.74%

Sikkim

Sikkim Legislative Assembly 1999.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Sikkim Democratic Front 107,21452.3224Increase2.svg5
Sikkim Sangram Parishad 85,82741.887Decrease2.svg3
Indian National Congress 7,5123.670Decrease2.svg2
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3980.1900
Independents3,9761.9410
Total204,927100.00320
Valid votes204,92798.06
Invalid/blank votes4,0561.94
Total votes208,983100.00
Registered voters/turnout255,37781.83
Source: CEO Sikkim

Legislative By-elections

Jammu and Kashmir

  • Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency [3]
Assembly ConstituencyTurnoutWinnerRunner UpMargin
#kNames%CandidatePartyVotes%CandidatePartyVotes%
1 Langate 40.62%Mohammed Sultan Pandit Independent 4,53725.91%Bashir Ahmad Wani JKNC 4,46521.8%72
2 Srigufwara–Bijbehara 15.8%Abdul Rehman Independent 3,75629.07%Rafi Ahmad Mir JKNC 2,5062.38%1,250

Rajya Sabha election

References

  1. "General Election, 1999 (Vol I, II, III)". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. "Key Statistics - Bye Elections - Sept. - Oct. 1999". eci.gov.in. Election Commission Of India. Retrieved 1 January 2025.