1999 Indian general election in Kerala

1999 Indian general election

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20 seats
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Leader  | K. Karunakaran | E.K. Nayanar
Party  | INC | CPI(M)
Alliance  | UDF | LDF
Leader's seat  | Mukundapuram | \-
Last election  | 11  | 9
Seats won  | 11  | 9
Seat change  | \-  | \-
Percentage  | 46.9%  | 43.7%

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]

## 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

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No.  | Party  | Election Symbol  | Seats Contested

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1. | Indian National Congress  |  | 17
2. | Indian Union Muslim League |  | 2
3. | Kerala Congress (M) |  | 1

### Left Democratic Front

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No.  | Party  | Election Symbol  | Seats Contested

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1. | Communist Party of India (Marxist)  | Key | 12
2. | Communist Party of India  | Star | 4
3. | Kerala Congress |  | 1
4. | Janata Dal (Secular) |  | 1
5. | Independents |  | 2

### National Democratic Alliance

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No.  | Party  | Election Symbol  | Seats Contested

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1. | Bharatiya Janata Party  |  | 14
2. | Janata Dal (United) |  | 5

## List of elected MPs

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No.  | Constituency  | Name of Elected M.P.  | Party Affiliation

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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 Eden  | INC
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

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### 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.  | Party  | Political Front  | Seats  | Votes  | %Votes  | ±pp

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1  | Indian National Congress  | UDF  | 8  | 60,51,905  | 39.40  | 0.73
2  | Communist Party of India (Marxist)  | LDF  | 4  | 42,90,986  | 27.90  | 6.90
3  | Indian Union Muslim League  | UDF  | 2  | 8,10,135  | 5.30  | 0.29
4  | Kerala Congress (M)  | UDF  | 1  | 3,57,402  | 2.30  | 0.10
5  | Kerala Congress  | LDF  | 1  | 3,65,313  | 2.40  | 0.20
6  | Communist Party of India  | LDF  | 0  | 11,64,157  | 7.60  | 0.72
7  | Bharatiya Janata Party  | NDA  | 0  | 10,08,047  | 6.60  | 1.42
8  | Janata Dal (Secular)  | LDF  | 0  | 3,33,023  | 2.20  | new
9  | Janata Dal (United)  | NDA  | 0  | 2,06,950  | 1.30  | new
10  | Socialist Republican Party  | none | 0  | 30,779  | 0.2  | new
11  | Bahujan Samaj Party | none | 0  | 14,331  | 0.1  |
12  | Rashtriya Janata Dal | none | 0  | 5,655  | 0.0  | new
13  | Shiv Sena | none | 0  | 4,700  | 0.0  | 0.02
14  | Ajeeya Bharat Party | none | 0  | 2,556  | 0.0  | new

### By constituency

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No.  | Constituency  | UDF candidate  | Votes  | %  | Party  | LDF candidate  | Votes  | %  | Party  | NDA candidate  | Votes  | %  | Party  | Winning alliance  | Margin

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1 | Kasaragod | Khader Mangad  | 3,91,986  | 42.1%  | INC  | T. Govindan  | 4,23,564  | 45.5%  | CPI(M)  | P. K. Krishna Das  | 1,01,934  | 10.9%  | BJP  | LDF  | 31,578
2 | Kannur | Mullappally Ramachandran | 4,18,143  | 47.2%  | INC  | A. P. Abdullakutty  | 4,28,390  | 48.3%  | CPI(M)  | N. Hariharan  | 26,069  | 2.9%  | JD(U)  | LDF  | 10,247
3 | Vatakara | P. M. Suresh Babu  | 3,78,511  | 43.9%  | INC  | A. K. Premajam  | 4,04,355  | 46.9%  | CPI(M)  | O. K. Vasu  | 62,593  | 7.3%  | BJP  | LDF  | 25,844
4 | Kozhikode | K. Muraleedharan  | 3,83,425  | 46.4%  | INC  | C. M. Ibrahim  | 3,33,023  | 40.3%  | JD(S)  | P. C. Mohanan  | 83,862  | 10.1%  | BJP  | UDF  | 50,402
5 | Manjeri | E. Ahammed  | 4,37,563  | 53.6%  | IUML  | I. T. Najeeb  | 3,14,152  | 38.5%  | CPI(M)  | Kalathingal Mohiyudheen  | 58,451  | 7.2%  | JD(U)  | UDF  | 1,23,411
6 | Ponnani | G. M. Banatwalla  | 3,54,051  | 53.6%  | IUML  | P. P. Suneer  | 2,51,293  | 35.0%  | CPI  | K. Narayanan  | 66,427  | 9.6%  | BJP  | UDF  | 1,29,478
7 | Palakkad | M. T. Padma | 3,41,769  | 41.9%  | INC  | N. N. Krishnadas  | 3,72,536  | 45.7%  | CPI(M)  | C. Udai Bhasker  | 87,948  | 10.8%  | BJP  | LDF  | 30,767
8 | Ottapalam | Pandalam Sudhakaran | 3,46,043  | 44.1%  | INC  | S. Ajaya Kumar | 3,59,758  | 45.9%  | CPI(M)  | P. M. Velayudhan  | 70,851  | 9.0%  | BJP  | LDF  | 13,715
9 | Thrissur | A. C. Jose  | 3,43,793  | 40%  | INC  | V. V. Raghavan | 3,32,161  | 46.7%  | CPI  | A. S. Radhakrishnan  | 44,354  | 6.0%  | BJP  | UDF  | 11,632
10 | Mukundapuram | K. Karunakaran  | 3,97,156  | 50.1%  | INC  | E. M. Sreedharan  | 3,44,693  | 43.5%  | CPI(M)  | M. S. Muraleedharan  | 30,779  | 3.9%  | SRP  | UDF  | 52,463
11 | Ernakulam | George Eden  | 3,94,058  | 38.4%  | INC  | Mani Vithayathil  | 2,82,753  | 49%  | IND  | T. D. Rajalakshmi  | 77,640  | 10.0%  | BJP  | UDF  | 1,11,305
12 | Muvattupuzha | P. C. Thomas  | 3,57,402  | 51.6%  | KC(M)  | P. M. Ismail | 2,80,463  | 40.5%  | CPI(M)  | V. V. Augustine  | 47,875  | 6.9%  | BJP  | UDF  | 76,939
13 | Kottayam | P. C. Chacko | 3,33,697  | 45.5%  | INC  | K. Suresh Kurup  | 3,44,296  | 46.9%  | CPI(M)  | K. R. Surendran  | 41,531  | 5.7%  | BJP  | LDF  | 10,599
14 | Idukki | P. J. Kurian | 3,56,015  | 45.7%  | INC  | K. Francis George  | 3,65,313  | 46.9%  | KEC  | Tomy Cheruvally  | 35,497  | 4.6%  | JD(U)  | LDF  | 9,298
15 | Alappuzha | V. M. Sudheeran  | 3,92,700  | 49.5%  | INC  | Murali | 3,57,606  | 45.1%  | CPI(M)  | Thiruvarppu Parameswaran Nair  | 27,682  | 3.5%  | BJP  | UDF  | 35,094
16 | Mavelikkara | Ramesh Chennithala  | 3,10,455  | 46.5%  | INC  | Ninan Koshy  | 2,77,012  | 41.5%  | IND  | K. Raman Pillai  | 73,668  | 11.0%  | BJP  | UDF  | 33,443
17 | Adoor | Kodikunnil Suresh  | 3,37,003  | 47.9%  | INC  | Chengara Surendran | 3,14,997  | 44.8%  | CPI  | K. Raveendranath  | 43,926  | 6.2%  | BJP  | UDF  | 22,006
18 | Kollam | M. P. Gangadharan  | 3,32,585  | 44.9%  | INC  | P. Rajendran  | 3,51,869  | 47.5%  | CPI(M)  | Jayalekshmi  | 42,579  | 5.7%  | BJP  | LDF  | 19,284
19 | Chirayinkil | M. I. Shanavas | 3,06,176  | 44.3%  | INC  | Varkala Radhakrishnan  | 3,09,304  | 44.8%  | CPI(M)  | Padmakumar  | 63,889  | 9.2%  | BJP  | LDF  | 3,128
20 | Trivandrum | V. S. Sivakumar  | 2,88,390  | 38.1%  | INC  | Kaniyapuram Ramachandran  | 2,73,905  | 36.2%  | CPI  | O. Rajagopal | 1,58,221  | 20.9%  | BJP  | UDF  | 14,485

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## See also

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* Elections in Kerala
* Politics of Kerala

## References

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1. ^ "General Election, 1999". Archived from the original on 2019-05-15.
2. ^ a b "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".

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