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{{Infobox election|
| last_election2 = 6
| post title =
| before_election =
| before_party =
| after_election =
| after_party = 
| image2 = [[File:Indian Election Symbol Hammer Sickle and Star.png|75px]]
| seats2 = 8
| party2 = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| map_caption = [[Kerala]]
| alliance2 = [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]
| seat_change2 = {{increase}}2
| image3 =
| party4 = Communist Party of India
| alliance4 = [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]
| seats4 = 0
| last_election4 = 2
| title =
| map_size = 200px|
| next_year = 2004
| 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 = 2004 Indian general election in Kerala
| election_date = September–October 1999
| map_image = Kerala in India.png
| seats_for_election = 20 seats

| image1 =
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| alliance1 = [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]
| seats1 = 8
| last_election1 = 8
| seat_change1 = -
| seat_change4 = {{decrease}}2
| turnout = 70.19% ({{decrease}}0.51%)
| percentage1 = 39.4%
| percentage4 = 7.6%
| percentage5 = 6.6%
| alliance5 = National Democratic Alliance (India)
| image5 = {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/symbol|size=75px}}
| last_election5 = 0
| party5 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| seat_change5 = -
| seats5 = 0
| alliance3 = [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]
| seats3 = 2
| seat_change3 = -
| percentage3 = 5.3%
| party3 = Indian Union Muslim League
| image 3 =
| last_election3 = 2
| percentage2 = 27.9%
}}

The '''[[1999 Indian general election]]''' was held to elect 20 members to the [[13th Lok Sabha|thirteenth Lok Sabha]] from [[Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=General Election, 1999|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4125-general-election-1999-vol-i-ii-iii/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515060522/https://www.eci.gov.in/files/file/4125-general-election-1999-vol-i-ii-iii/ |archive-date=2019-05-15 |access-date=|website=}}</ref> [[Indian National Congress]]-led [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|United Democratic Front (UDF)]] won 11 seats, while the [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|Left Democratic Front (LDF)]], led by [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))]] won the remaining 9 seats.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=PC: Kerala 1999|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/info?state=28&eid=13|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> Both coalitions managed to win the same number of seats as in [[1998 Indian general election|the previous election]], held in the previous year. Turnout for the election was measured at 70.19% of the eligible population.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1999 TO THE THIRTEENTH LOK SABHA|url=https://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/Links/Books/99_Vol_I.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413155243/http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in:80/Links/Books/99_Vol_I.pdf |archive-date=2018-04-13 |access-date=|website=}}</ref>

== Alliances and parties ==
<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=PC: Alliances Kerala 1999|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/alliance/partyWise/13/28|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>

UDF is a Kerala legislative alliance formed by INC veteran [[K. Karunakaran]]. LDF comprises primarily of CPI(M) and the [[Communist Party of India|CPI]], forming the [[Third Front (India)|Left Front]] in the national level. [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance (NDA)]], led by [[Bharatiya Janata Party|Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)]] contested in 19 seats.

=== United Democratic Front ===
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" style="width:4px;" |No.
! scope="col" style="width:200px;" |Party
! scope="col" style="width:80px;" |Election Symbol
! scope="col" style="width:60px;" |Seats Contested
|- style="height: 45px;"
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}};color:white" |'''1.'''
|Indian National Congress
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |17
|- style="height: 45px;"
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Indian Union Muslim League}};color:white" |'''2.'''
|[[Indian Union Muslim League]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Indian Election Symbol Lader.svg|47x47px]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2
|- style="height: 45px;"
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Kerala Congress (Mani)}};color:white" |'''3.'''
|[[Kerala Congress (M)]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Two_Leaves.png|45x45px]]
| style="text-align:center;" |1
|}

=== Left Democratic Front ===
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" style="width:4px;" |No.
! scope="col" style="width:200px;" |Party
! scope="col" style="width:80px;" |Election Symbol
! scope="col" style="width:60px;" |Seats Contested
|- style="height: 45px;"
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)}};color:white" |'''1.'''
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|[[File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Hammer_Sickle_and_Star.png|center|45x45px|Key]]
| style="text-align:center;" |12
|- style="height: 4px;"
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Communist_Party_of_India}};color:white" |'''2.'''
|Communist Party of India
|[[File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Ears_of_Corn_and_Sickle.png|center|45x45px|Star]]
| style="text-align:center;" |4
|- style="height: 4px;"
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Kerala Congress}};color:black" |'''3.'''
|[[Kerala Congress]]
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |1
|-
| style="text-align:center;"; background:{{party color|Janata Dal}};color:white" |'''4.'''
|[[Janata Dal (Secular)]]
|
| style="text-align:center;" |1
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};color:black" |'''5.'''
|[[Independent politician|Independents]]
|
| style="text-align:center;" |2
|}

=== National Democratic Alliance ===
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" style="width:4px;" |No.
! scope="col" style="width:200px;" |Party
! scope="col" style="width:80px;" |Election Symbol
! scope="col" style="width:60px;" |Seats Contested
|- style="height: 45px;"
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |'''1.'''
|Bharatiya Janata Party
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:BJP election symbol.png|40x40px]]
| style="text-align:center;" |14
|- style="height: 45px;"
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}};color:white" |'''2.'''
|[[Janata Dal (United)]]
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |5
|}

== List of elected MPs ==
<ref>{{Cite web|last=Roy Mathew|title=Indian Parliament Elections 1999: Kerala Winners|url=http://keralaassembly.org/lok/winners.php4?year=1999|access-date=2020-09-15|website=keralaassembly.org}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!No.
!Constituency
!Name of Elected M.P.
!Party Affiliation
|-
|1
|[[Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kasaragod]]
|[[T. Govindan]]
|CPI(M)
|-
|2
|[[Kannur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kannur]]
|[[A. P. Abdullakutty]]
|CPI(M)
|-
|3
|[[Vatakara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vatakara]]
|[[A. K. Premajam]]
|CPI(M)
|-
|4
|[[Kozhikode (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kozhikode]]
|[[K. Muraleedharan]]
|INC
|-
|5
|[[Manjeri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Manjeri]]
|[[E. Ahamed]]
|IUML
|-
|6
|[[Ponnani (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ponnani]]
|[[G. M. Banatwala]]
|IUML
|-
|7
|[[Palakkad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Palakkad]]
|[[N. N. Krishnadas]]
|CPI(M)
|-
|8
|[[Ottapalam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ottapalam]]
|[[S. Ajaya Kumar]]
|CPI(M)
|-
|9
|[[Thrissur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thrissur]]
|[[A. C. Jose]]
|INC
|-
|10
|[[Mukundapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mukundapuram]]
|[[K. Karunakaran]]
|INC
|-
|11
|[[Ernakulam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ernakulam]]
|George Eden
|INC
|-
|12
|[[Muvattupuzha (Lok Sabha constituency)|Muvattupuzha]]
|[[P. C. Thomas]]
|KC(M)
|-
|13
|[[Kottayam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kottayam]]
|[[K. Suresh Kurup]]
|CPI(M)
|-
|14
|[[Idukki (Lok Sabha constituency)|Idukki]]
|[[Francis George (Kerala politician)|K. Francis George]]
|KEC
|-
|15
|[[Alappuzha (Lok Sabha constituency)|Alappuzha]]
|[[V. M. Sudheeran]]
|INC
|-
|16
|[[Mavelikkara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mavelikkara]]
|[[Ramesh Chennithala]]
|INC
|-
|17
|[[Adoor (Lok Sabha constituency)|Adoor]]
|[[Kodikunnil Suresh]]
|INC
|-
|18
|[[Kollam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kollam]]
|[[P. Rajendran]]
|CPI(M)
|-
|19
|[[Chirayinkil (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chirayankil]]
|[[Varkala Radhakrishnan]]
|CPI(M)
|-
|20
|[[Thiruvananthapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thiruvananthapuram]]
|[[V. S. Sivakumar]]
|INC
|}

== Results ==

=== Performance of political parties ===
<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=PC: Party-wise performance for 1999 Kerala|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/28/13|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>

{{Pie chart|caption='''Vote Share by alliance'''|other=yes|value1=46.9|label1=[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]|color1={{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|value2=43.7|label2=[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]|color2={{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|value3=7.9|label3=[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]|color3={{party color|National Democratic Alliance}}}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
!No.
!Party
!Political Front
!Seats
!Votes
!%Votes
!±pp
|-
|1
|Indian National Congress
|UDF
|8
|60,51,905
|39.40
|{{increase}}0.73
|-
|2
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|LDF
|4
|42,90,986
|27.90
|{{increase}}6.90
|-
|3
|Indian Union Muslim League
|UDF
|2
|8,10,135
|5.30
|{{increase}}0.29
|-
|4
|Kerala Congress (M)
|UDF
|1
|3,57,402
|2.30
|{{decrease}}0.10
|-
|5
|Kerala Congress
|LDF
|1
|3,65,313
|2.40
|{{increase}}0.20
|-
|6
|Communist Party of India
|LDF
|0
|11,64,157
|7.60
|{{decrease}}0.72
|-
|7
|Bharatiya Janata Party
|NDA
|0
|10,08,047
|6.60
|{{decrease}}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
|{{nochange}}
|-
|12
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|''none''
|0
|5,655
|0.0
|''new''
|-
|13
|[[Shiv Sena]]
|''none''
|0
|4,700
|0.0
|{{decrease}}0.02
|-
|14
|[[Ajeya Bharat Party|Ajeeya Bharat Party]]
|''none''
|0
|2,556
|0.0
|''new''
|}

=== By constituency ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
!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
| style="background:lightgreen;"|T. Govindan
|4,23,564
|45.5%
|CPI(M)
|P. K. Krishna Das
|1,01,934
|10.9%
|BJP
! style="background:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |LDF
|''31,578''
|-
|'''2'''
|'''Kannur'''
|[[Mullappally Ramachandran]]
|4,18,143
|47.2%
|INC
| style="background:lightgreen;"|A. P. Abdullakutty
|4,28,390
|48.3%
|CPI(M)
|N. Hariharan
|26,069
|2.9%
|JD(U)
! style="background:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |LDF
|''10,247''
|-
|'''3'''
|'''Vatakara'''
|P. M. Suresh Babu
|3,78,511
|43.9%
|INC
| style="background:lightgreen;"|A. K. Premajam
|4,04,355
|46.9%
|CPI(M)
|O. K. Vasu
|62,593
|7.3%
|BJP
! style="background:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |LDF
|''25,844''
|-
|'''4'''
|'''Kozhikode'''
| style="background:lightgreen;"|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
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''50,402''
|-
|'''5'''
|'''Manjeri'''
| style="background:lightgreen;"|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)
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''1,23,411''
|-
|'''6'''
|'''Ponnani'''
| style="background:lightgreen;"|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
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''1,29,478''
|-
|'''7'''
|'''Palakkad'''
|[[M. T. Padma]]
|3,41,769
|41.9%
|INC
| style="background:lightgreen;"|N. N. Krishnadas
|3,72,536
|45.7%
|CPI(M)
|C. Udai Bhasker
|87,948
|10.8%
|BJP
! style="background:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |LDF
|''30,767''
|-
|'''8'''
|'''Ottapalam'''
|[[Pandalam Sudhakaran]]
|3,46,043
|44.1%
|INC
| style="background:lightgreen;"|[[S. Ajaya Kumar]]
|3,59,758
|45.9%
|CPI(M)
|P. M. Velayudhan
|70,851
|9.0%
|BJP
! style="background:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |LDF
|''13,715''
|-
|'''9'''
|'''Thrissur'''
| style="background:lightgreen;"|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
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''11,632''
|-
|'''10'''
|'''Mukundapuram'''
| style="background:lightgreen;"|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
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''52,463''
|-
|'''11'''
|'''Ernakulam'''
| style="background:lightgreen;"|George Eden
|3,94,058
|38.4%
|INC
|Mani Vithayathil
|2,82,753
|49%
|IND
|T. D. Rajalakshmi
|77,640
|10.0%
|BJP
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''1,11,305''
|-
|'''12'''
|'''Muvattupuzha'''
| style="background:lightgreen;"|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
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''76,939''
|-
|'''13'''
|'''Kottayam'''
|[[P. C. Chacko]]
|3,33,697
|45.5%
|INC
| style="background:lightgreen;"|K. Suresh Kurup
|3,44,296
|46.9%
|CPI(M)
|K. R. Surendran
|41,531
|5.7%
|BJP
! style="background:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |LDF
|''10,599''
|-
|'''14'''
|'''Idukki'''
|[[P. J. Kurien|P. J. Kurian]]
|3,56,015
|45.7%
|INC
| style="background:lightgreen;"|K. Francis George
|3,65,313
|46.9%
|KEC
|Tomy Cheruvally
|35,497
|4.6%
|JD(U)
! style="background:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |LDF
|''9,298''
|-
|'''15'''
|'''Alappuzha'''
| style="background:lightgreen;"|V. M. Sudheeran
|3,92,700
|49.5%
|INC
|[[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]]
|3,57,606
|45.1%
|CPI(M)
|Thiruvarppu Parameswaran Nair
|27,682
|3.5%
|BJP
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''35,094''
|-
|'''16'''
|'''Mavelikkara'''
| style="background:lightgreen;"|Ramesh Chennithala
|3,10,455
|46.5%
|INC
|Ninan Koshy
|2,77,012
|41.5%
|IND
|K. Raman Pillai
|73,668
|11.0%
|BJP
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''33,443''
|-
|'''17'''
|'''Adoor'''
| style="background:lightgreen;"|Kodikunnil Suresh
|3,37,003
|47.9%
|INC
|[[Chengara Surendran]]
|3,14,997
|44.8%
|CPI
|K. Raveendranath
|43,926
|6.2%
|BJP
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''22,006''
|-
|'''18'''
|'''Kollam'''
|M. P. Gangadharan
|3,32,585
|44.9%
|INC
| style="background:lightgreen;"|P. Rajendran
|3,51,869
|47.5%
|CPI(M)
|Jayalekshmi
|42,579
|5.7%
|BJP
! style="background:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |LDF
|''19,284''
|-
|'''19'''
|'''Chirayinkil'''
|[[M. I. Shanavas]]
|3,06,176
|44.3%
|INC
| style="background:lightgreen;"|Varkala Radhakrishnan
|3,09,304
|44.8%
|CPI(M)
|Padmakumar
|63,889
|9.2%
|BJP
! style="background:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |LDF
|''3,128''
|-
|'''20'''
|'''Trivandrum'''
| style="background:lightgreen;"|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
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''14,485''
|}
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== See also ==

* [[Elections in Kerala]]
* [[Politics of Kerala]]

==References==
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