1999 Indian general election in Kerala explained
Election Name: | 1999 Indian general election |
Country: | India |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1998 Indian general election in Kerala |
Previous Year: | 1998 |
Next Election: | Indian general election in Kerala, 2004 |
Next Year: | 2004 |
Election Date: | September–October 1999 |
Seats For Election: | 20 seats |
Leader1: | K. Karunakaran |
Alliance1: | UDF |
Leaders Seat1: | Mukundapuram |
Leader2: | E.K. Nayanar |
Alliance2: | LDF |
Leaders Seat2: | - |
Seats1: | 11 |
Seats2: | 9 |
Last Election1: | 11 |
Last Election2: | 9 |
Seat Change1: | - |
Seat Change2: | - |
Party1: | Indian National Congress |
Party2: | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
Percentage1: | 46.9% |
Percentage2: | 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
Left Democratic Front
National Democratic Alliance
List of elected MPs
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Results
Performance of political parties
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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
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
Notes and References
- Web site: General Election, 1999. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190515060522/https://www.eci.gov.in/files/file/4125-general-election-1999-vol-i-ii-iii/ . 2019-05-15 .
- Web site: PC: Kerala 1999.
- Web site: STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1999 TO THE THIRTEENTH LOK SABHA. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180413155243/http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in:80/Links/Books/99_Vol_I.pdf . 2018-04-13 .
- Web site: PC: Alliances Kerala 1999.
- Web site: Roy Mathew. Indian Parliament Elections 1999: Kerala Winners. 2020-09-15. keralaassembly.org.
- Web site: PC: Party-wise performance for 1999 Kerala.