1999 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1999
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39 (of 543) seats in the Lok Sabha
Registered	4,77,33,664
Turnout	2,76,76,543 (57.98%) 0.03%
	1999 Election map (by constituencies); Saffron = NDA and Green = INC+
Prime Minister before election; Atal Bihari Vajpayee; BJP	Prime Minister after election ; Atal Bihari Vajpayee; BJP

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.

Registered4,77,33,664

Turnout2,76,76,543 (57.98%)

0.03%

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Poll event	Phase
Poll event	I	II
Notification date	11 August 1999	17 August 1999
Last date for filing nomination	18 August 1999	24 August 1999
Scrutiny of nomination	19 August 1999	25 August 1999
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination	21 August 1999	27 August 1999
Date of poll	5 September 1999	11 September 1999
Date of counting of votes/Result	6 October 1999
No. of constituencies	19	20

Voting Phases
I (19 seats)	II (20 seats)

Tindivanam Cuddalore Chidambaram Rasipuram Madurai Karur Tiruchirappalli Perambalur Mayiladuthurai Nagapattinam Thanjavur Pudukkottai Sivaganga Ramanathapuram Sivakasi Tirunelveli Tenkasi Tiruchendur Nagercoil	Chennai North Chennai Central Chennai South Sriperumbudur Chengalpattu Arakkonam Vellore Tiruppattur Vandavasi Dharmapuri Krishnagiri Salem Tiruchengode Nilgiris Gobichettipalayam Coimbatore Pollachi Palani Dindigul Periyakulam

Party		Leader	Seats

National Democratic Alliance
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	M. Karunanidhi	18
	MGR Kazhagam	R. M. Veerappan	1
	Pattali Makkal Katchi	Dr. Ramdoss	7
	Bharatiya Janata Party	K. N. Lakshmanan	6
	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Vaiko	5
	MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Su. Thirunavukkarasar	1
	Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress	Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy	1
Total			39

Party		Leader	Seats

AIADMK-led Alliance^[1]
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	J. Jayalalithaa	23
	Indian National League	M. Abdul Lathief	1
	Indian National Congress	Tindivanam K. Ramamurthy	11
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	N. Sankaraiah	2
	Communist Party of India	R. Nallakannu	2
Total			39

Party		Leader	Seats

Democratic People Progressive Alliance
	Tamil Maanila Congress	G. K. Moopanar	22
	Republican Party of India	C. K. Tamilarasan	2
	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi	Thol. Thirumavalavan	2
	Indian Union Muslim League	K. M. Kader Mohideen	1
	Puthiya Tamilagam	K. Krishnasamy	10
	Janata Dal (Secular)^[a]	H. D. Deve Gowda	2
Total			39

1999 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

Election schedule

Seat allotments

National Democratic Alliance

AIADMK-Congress Alliance

Democratic People Progressive Alliance

List of Candidates

Voting and results

List of Elected MPs

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu

Cabinet Ministers

Ministers of State (Independent charge)

Ministers of State

Strike Rate

Assembly Segment wise lead

See also

Notes

References

External links

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Constituency		NDA			AIADMK+			TMC(M)+
#	Name	Party		Candidate	Party		Candidate	Party		Candidate
1	Chennai North		DMK	C. Kuppusami		CPI(M)	N. Soundararajan		TMC	J. M. Aaroon Rashid
2	Chennai Central		DMK	Murasoli Maran		ADMK	M. Abdul Lathief		PT	R. Janaki Ammal
3	Chennai South		DMK	T. R. Baalu		INC	V. Dhandayuthapani		TMC	Muktha Srinivasan
4	Sriperumbudur		DMK	A. Krishnaswamy		ADMK	K. Venugopal		TMC	J. Pushparaman
5	Chengalpattu		PMK	A. K. Moorthy		ADMK	S. S. Thirunavukkarasu		JD(S)	C. Balaraman
6	Arakkonam		DMK	S. Jagatrakshakan		INC	K. V. Thangabalu		TMC	A. M. Velu
7	Vellore		PMK	N. T. Shanmugam		ADMK	Mohammad Asif		TMC	C. K. Thamizharasan
8	Tiruppattur		DMK	D. Venugopal		ADMK	A. R. Rajendran		TMC	A. Jayamohan
9	Vandavasi		PMK	M. Durai		INC	M. Krishnaswamy		TMC	K. A. Wahab [ta]
10	Tindivanam		MDMK	N. Ramachandran		INC	K. Ramamurthy		TMC	S. P. Subramanian
11	Cuddalore		DMK	Adhi Sankar		ADMK	M. C. Dhamodaran		TMC	P. R. S. Venkatesan
12	Chidambaram		PMK	E. Ponnuswamy		INC	T. Sumathi Udayakumar		TMC	Thol. Thirumavalavan
13	Dharmapuri		PMK	P. D. Elangovan		ADMK	K. P. Munusamy		TMC	M. C. Rajendran
14	Krishnagiri		DMK	V. Vetriselvam		ADMK	M. Thambidurai		JD(S)	G. A. Vadivelu
15	Rasipuram		PMK	S. Uthayarasu		ADMK	V. Saroja		TMC	Dr. C. Natesan
16	Salem		TRC	K. Ramamurthy		ADMK	T. M. Selvaganapathy		TMC	R. Devadass
17	Tiruchengode		MDMK	M. Kannappan		ADMK	K. Palanisamy		PT	T. M. Kanagasabapathi
18	Nilgiris		BJP	M. Master Mathan		INC	R. Prabhu		PT	C. Chinnaraj
19	Gobichettipalayam		DMK	K. G. S. Arjun		ADMK	K. K. Kaliappan		TMC	C. K. Kuppuswamy
20	Coimbatore		BJP	C. P. Radhakrishnan		CPI	R. Nallakannu		TMC	S. R. Balasubramaniam
21	Pollachi		MDMK	C. Krishnan		ADMK	M. Thiyagarajan		PT	M. Jothiraj
22	Palani		MDMK	A. Ganeshamurthi		ADMK	P. Kumarasamy		TMC	S. K. Kharventhan
23	Dindigul		DMK	S. Chandrasekar		ADMK	C. Sreenivasan		TMC	N. S. V. Chitthan
24	Madurai		DMK	Pon. Muthuramalingam		CPI(M)	P. Mohan		TMC	A. G. S. Ram Babu
25	Periyakulam		DMK	P. Selvendran		ADMK	T. T. V. Dhinakaran		PT	A. Manssoor Alikhan
26	Karur		DMK	K. C. Palanisamy		ADMK	M. Chinnasamy		TMC	K. Natrayan
27	Tiruchirappalli		BJP	R. Kumaramangalam		INC	L. Adaikalaraj		TMC	M. Rajasekharan
28	Perambalur		DMK	A. Raja		ADMK	P. Rajarathnam		TMC	D. Periyasamy
29	Mayiladuthurai		PMK	P. D. Arul Mozhi		INC	Mani Shankar Aiyar		TMC	K. Krishnamoorthy
30	Nagapattinam		DMK	A. K. S. Vijayan		CPI	M. Selvarasu		PT	T. Nadaiyazhagan
31	Thanjavur		DMK	S. S. Palanimanickam		ADMK	K. Thangamuthu [ta]		TMC	Pl. A. Chidambaram
32	Pudukkottai		MADMK	Su. Thirunavukkarasar		INC	S. Singaravadivel		PT	M. Palaniappan
33	Sivaganga		BJP	H. Raja		INC	E. M. Sudarsana		TMC	P. Chidambaram
34	Ramanathapuram		DMK	M. S. K. Bhavani		ADMK	K. Malaisamy		PT	Dr. K. Nazeera Parvin
35	Sivakasi		MDMK	Vaiko		ADMK	V. Ramaswami		TMC	A. Gunasekaran
36	Tirunelveli		DMK	P. Geetha Jeevan		ADMK	P. H. Pandian		PT	P. V. Bakthavatchalam
37	Tenkasi		BJP	S. Arumugam		ADMK	S. Murugesan		PT	K. Krishnasamy
38	Tiruchendur		DMK	A. D. K. Jayaseelan		ADMK	B. P. Rajan		TMC	R. Dhanuskodi Athithan
39	Nagercoil		BJP	Pon Radhakrishnan		INC	N. Dennis		TMC	D. Kumaradas

Alliance			Popular Vote	Percentage	Swing	Seats won	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%
Registered Voters/Turnout			47,733,664	57.98%	0.03%

Constituency		V	Winner					Runner-up					Margin
Constituency		V	Candidate	Party		Votes		Candidate	Party		Votes		Votes
1	Madras North	43.79	C. Kuppusami		DMK	471,101	53.57	N. Soundararajan		CPI(M)	311,312	35.40	159,789	18.17
2	Madras Central	48.46	Murasoli Maran		DMK	364,565	59.00	M. Abdul Lathief		ADMK	227,616	36.84	136,949	22.16
3	Madras South	45.15	T. R. Baalu		DMK	562,221	60.03	V. Dhandayuthapani		INC	322,037	34.39	240,184	25.64
4	Sriperumbudur (SC)	55.02	A. Krishnaswamy		DMK	385,558	52.88	K. Venugopal		ADMK	310,556	42.60	75,002	10.28
5	Chengalpattu	58.32	A. K. Moorthy		PMK	330,551	48.03	S. S. Thirunavukkarasu		ADMK	317,740	46.17	12,811	1.86
6	Arakkonam	66.32	S. Jagathrakshakan		DMK	346,520	47.72	K. V. Thangkabalu		INC	250,876	34.55	95,644	13.17
7	Vellore	60.97	N. T. Shanmugam		PMK	324,547	47.08	Mohamed Asif		ADMK	298,862	43.35	25,685	3.73
8	Tiruppattur	65.17	D. Venugopal		DMK	350,703	47.94	A. R. Rajendran		ADMK	327,090	44.71	23,613	3.23
9	Vandavasi	61.54	M. Durai		PMK	345,539	51.67	M. Krishnasamy		INC	286,342	42.82	59,197	8.85
10	Tindivanam	61.64	Gingee N. Ramachandran		MDMK	323,234	47.28	Tindivanam K. Ramamurthy		INC	313,884	45.92	9,350	1.36
11	Cuddalore	63.76	Adhi Sankar		DMK	358,367	50.49	M. C. Dhamotharan		ADMK	284,414	40.07	73,953	10.42
12	Chidambaram (SC)	66.02	E. Ponnuswamy		PMK	345,331	47.68	Thol. Thirumavalavan		TMC(M)	225,768	31.17	119,563	16.51
13	Dharmapuri	59.42	P. D. Elangovan		PMK	340,162	47.52	K. P. Munusamy		ADMK	314,622	43.96	25,540	3.56
14	Krishnagiri	59.97	V. Vetriselvan		DMK	347,737	51.05	M. Thambidurai		ADMK	315,913	46.38	31,824	4.67
15	Rasipuram (SC)	55.37	V. Saroja		ADMK	304,843	48.46	S. Uthayarasu		PMK	266,438	42.36	38,405	6.10
16	Salem	59.17	T. M. Selvaganapathy		ADMK	363,689	49.73	Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy		TRC	338,278	46.26	25,411	3.47
17	Tiruchengode	55.41	M. Kannappan		MDMK	409,293	49.08	Edappadi K. Palaniswami		ADMK	404,737	48.53	4,556	0.55
18	Nilgiris	55.08	Master Mathan		BJP	369,828	50.73	R. Prabhu		INC	345,869	47.44	23,959	3.29
19	Gobichettipalayam	60.28	K. K. Kaliappan		ADMK	299,184	47.78	K. G. S. Arjun		DMK	269,172	42.99	30,012	4.79
20	Coimbatore	55.63	C. P. Radhakrishnan		BJP	430,068	49.21	R. Nallakannu		CPI	375,991	43.02	54,077	6.19
21	Pollachi (SC)	57.09	C. Krishnan		MDMK	293,038	48.63	M. Thiyagarajan		ADMK	283,523	47.05	9,515	1.58
22	Palani	58.88	P. Kumarasamy		ADMK	297,850	44.78	A. Ganeshamurthi		MDMK	269,133	40.47	28,717	4.31
23	Dindigul	57.46	Dindigul C. Sreenivasan		ADMK	294,794	43.78	S. Chandrasekar		DMK	274,451	40.76	20,343	3.02
24	Madurai	52.41	P. Mohan		CPI(M)	328,204	43.85	Pon. Muthuramalingam		DMK	290,981	38.88	37,223	4.97
25	Periyakulam	59.36	T. T. V. Dhinakaran		ADMK	303,881	46.15	P. Selvendran		DMK	258,075	39.19	45,806	6.96
26	Karur	62.94	M. Chinnasamy		ADMK	334,407	46.46	K. C. Palanisamy		DMK	331,560	46.07	2,847	0.39
27	Tiruchirappalli	56.40	Rangarajan Kumaramangalam		BJP	377,450	54.61	L. Adaikalaraj		INC	288,253	41.71	89,197	12.90
28	Perambalur (SC)	65.40	A. Raja		DMK	330,675	48.58	P. Rajarethinam		ADMK	262,624	38.59	68,051	9.99
29	Mayiladuthurai	63.61	Mani Shankar Aiyar		INC	324,384	50.23	P. D. Arul Mozhi		PMK	284,253	44.02	40,131	6.21
30	Nagapattinam (SC)	66.02	A. K. S. Vijayan		DMK	342,237	49.92	M. Selvarasu		CPI	319,771	46.65	22,466	3.27
31	Thanjavur	63.06	S. S. Palanimanickam		DMK	295,191	45.39	K. Thangamuthu		ADMK	262,177	40.31	33,014	5.08
32	Pudukkottai	64.10	Su. Thirunavukkarasar		MGR-ADMK	396,216	51.46	S. Singaravadivel		INC	331,914	43.11	64,302	8.35
33	Sivaganga	55.86	E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan		INC	246,078	40.23	H. Raja		BJP	222,267	36.34	23,811	3.89
34	Ramanathapuram	57.49	K. Malaisamy		ADMK	265,253	42.15	M. S. K. Bhavani Rajenthiran		DMK	258,607	41.09	6,646	1.06
35	Sivakasi	62.86	Vaiko		MDMK	325,829	41.80	V. Ramaswami		ADMK	251,048	32.21	74,781	9.59
36	Tirunelveli	54.46	P. H. Pandian		ADMK	249,975	41.62	P. Geetha Jeevan		DMK	223,481	37.21	26,494	4.41
37	Tenkasi (SC)	64.87	S. Murugesan		ADMK	239,241	35.88	S. Arumugam		BJP	238,354	35.74	887	0.14
38	Tiruchendur	52.35	A. D. K. Jayaseelan,		DMK	237,630	44.41	Dr. B. P. Rajan		ADMK	177,964	33.26	59,666	11.15
39	Nagercoil	58.79	Pon Radhakrishnan		BJP	307,319	50.21	N. Dennis		INC	161,676	26.41	145,643	23.80

Minister	Party	Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha	Portfolios
Rangarajan Kumaramangalam	BJP	Tiruchirappalli	Minister of Power and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
Murasoli Maran	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
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

			Seats contested	Seats Won	Strike Rate
NDA		DMK	19	12	63.15%
		PMK	7	5	71.42%
		BJP	6	4	66.66%
		MDMK	5	4	80.00%
		MADMK	1	1	100%
		TRC	1	0	0.00%
	Total		39	26	66.66%
INC+		AIADMK	24	10	41.66%
		INC	11	2	18.18%
		CPI(M)	2	1	50.00%
		CPI	2	0	0.00%
	Total		39	13	33.33%