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1999 Indian general election Turnout 70.19% ( 0.51%)
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]
Alliances and parties [ edit ]
[4]
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 [ edit ]
Left Democratic Front [ edit ]
No.
Party
Election Symbol
Seats Contested
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Communist Party of India (Marxist)
12
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Communist Party of India
4
3.
Kerala Congress
1
4.
Janata Dal (Secular)
1
5.
Independents
2
National Democratic Alliance [ edit ]
No.
Party
Election Symbol
Seats Contested
1.
Bharatiya Janata Party
14
2.
Janata Dal (United)
5
List of elected MPs [ edit ]
[5]
Results [ edit ]
Performance of political parties [ edit ]
[6]
Vote Share by alliance
Other (1.5%)
No.
Party
Political Front
Seats
Votes
%Votes
±pp
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 [ edit ]
No.
Constituency
UDF candidate
Votes
%
Party
LDF candidate
Votes
%
Party
NDA candidate
Votes
%
Party
Winning alliance
Margin
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
[2]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
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