| Election Name: | Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1999 |
| Country: | India |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1998 |
| Previous Year: | 1998 |
| Next Election: | Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 2004 |
| Next Year: | 2004 |
| Election Date: | September–October 1999 |
| Seats For Election: | 39 (of 543) seats in the Lok Sabha |
| Registered: | 4,77,33,664 |
| Turnout: | 2,76,76,543 (57.98%) 0.03% |
| Leader1: | M. Karunanidhi |
| Party1: | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Alliance1: | National Democratic Alliance (India) |
| Seats1: | 26 |
| Seat Change1: | 10 |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,28,35,960 |
| Percentage1: | 47.13% |
| Swing1: | 5.36% |
| Leader2: | J. Jayalalithaa |
| Party2: | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Alliance2: | Congress alliance |
| Seats2: | 13 |
| Seat Change2: | 6 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,13,49,388 |
| Percentage2: | 41.69% |
| Swing2: | 7.94% |
| Map Size: | 200px |
| Before Party: | National Democratic Alliance (India) |
| After Party: | National Democratic Alliance (India) |
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.
| No. | Party | Election Symbol | Leader | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 18 | ||||
| 2. | 7 | ||||
| 3. | K.N. Laxmanan | 6 | |||
| 4. | 5 | ||||
| 5. | 1 | ||||
| 6. | 1 | ||||
| Unrecognized party, whose candidate ran under the DMK ticket | |||||
| 7. | R. M. Veerappan | 1 | |||
Source: Indian Express[1]
| No. | Party | Election Symbol | Leader | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 23 | ||||
| 2. | 11 | ||||
| 3. | 2 | ||||
| 4. | 2 | ||||
| Unrecognized party, whose candidate ran under the AIADMK ticket | |||||
| 5. | 1 | ||||
| No. | Party | Election Symbol | Leader | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 24 | ||||
| 2. | 10 | ||||
| 3. | 1 | ||||
| Unrecognized (or) Unregistered party, whose candidate ran under the TMC(M) ticket | |||||
| 4. | Thol. Thirumavalavan | 2 | |||
| 5. | K. M. Kader Mohideen | 1 | |||
| 6. | 1 | ||||
| Alliance | Party | align=centre | Popular Vote | align=centre | Percentage | align=centre | Swing | align=centre | Seats won | align=centre | 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% | |||||||||||
| Reigstered 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]
| Gender | |||
| Male | 52% | 32% | 14% |
| Female | 46% | 38% | 15% |
| Education | |||
| Graduate | 69% | 28% | 4% |
| College | 65% | 25% | 8% |
| Middle | 47% | 40% | 11% |
| Illiterate | 36% | 35% | 27% |
| Social class | |||
| Very poor | 30% | 42% | 25% |
| Poor | 54% | 27% | 17% |
| Middle | 59% | 36% | 6% |
| High | 65% | 30% | 3% |
| Caste | |||
| Upper caste | 70% | 27% | 3% |
| Thevar | 64% | 34% | 1% |
| Vanniyars | 61% | 32% | 7% |
| Chettiyars | 64% | 33% | 0% |
| Lower OBCs | 52% | 40% | 8% |
| Chekkliyars & Arundathiyars | 22% | 20% | 54% |
| other SC | 32% | 47% | 15% |
| Muslims | 33% | 63% | 4% |
| Christians | 46% | 50% | 0% |
| Shift of voters from 1998 election | |||
| Congress 1998 | 14% | 72% | 11% |
| AIADMK+ 1998 | 43% | 44% | 11% |
| DMK+ 1998 | 71% | 12% | 15% |
| Total | 46% | 37% | 10% |
c-indicates sitting/incumbent M.P. from previous Lok Sabha (1998–1999)
Exit Poll Source: NES Election 1999 Analysis[3]
Source: The Tribune[4]
| Minister | Party | Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha | Portfolios |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rangarajan Kumaramangalam | BJP | Tiruchirappalli | Minister of Power and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs |
| DMK | Chennai Central | Minister of Commerce and Industry | |
| T.R. Baalu | DMK | Chennai South | Minister of Environment and Forests |
| 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 |
| 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 |