1999 Indian general election in Kerala

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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

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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

No.	Party	Election Symbol	Seats Contested
style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:white" \|1.	Indian National Congress		17
style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:white" \|2.	Indian Union Muslim League	File:Indian Election Symbol Lader.svg	2
style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:white" \|3.	Kerala Congress (M)	File:Indian Election Symbol Two Leaves.png	1

Left Democratic Front

No.	Party	Election Symbol	Seats Contested
style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:white" \|1.	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Key Key	12
style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:white" \|2.	Communist Party of India	Star Star	4
style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:black" \|3.	Kerala Congress		1
style="text-align:center;"; background:Template:Party color;color:white" \|4.	Janata Dal (Secular)		1
style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:black" \|5.	Independents		2

National Democratic Alliance

No.	Party	Election Symbol	Seats Contested
style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color" \|1.	Bharatiya Janata Party	File:BJP election symbol.png	14
style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:white" \|2.	Janata Dal (United)		5

List of elected MPs

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No.	Constituency	Name of Elected M.P.	Party Affiliation
1	Kasaragod	T. Govindan	CPI(M)
2	Kannur	A. P. Abdullakutty	CPI(M)
3	Vatakara	A. K. Premajam	CPI(M)
4	Kozhikode	K. Muraleedharan	INC
5	Manjeri	E. Ahamed	IUML
6	Ponnani	G. M. Banatwala	IUML
7	Palakkad	N. N. Krishnadas	CPI(M)
8	Ottapalam	S. Ajaya Kumar	CPI(M)
9	Thrissur	A. C. Jose	INC
10	Mukundapuram	K. Karunakaran	INC
11	Ernakulam	George Eden	INC
12	Muvattupuzha	P. C. Thomas	KC(M)
13	Kottayam	K. Suresh Kurup	CPI(M)
14	Idukki	K. Francis George	KEC
15	Alappuzha	V. M. Sudheeran	INC
16	Mavelikkara	Ramesh Chennithala	INC
17	Adoor	Kodikunnil Suresh	INC
18	Kollam	P. Rajendran	CPI(M)
19	Chirayankil	Varkala Radhakrishnan	CPI(M)
20	Thiruvananthapuram	V. S. Sivakumar	INC

Results

Performance of political parties

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No.	Party	Political Front	Seats	Votes	%Votes	±pp
1	Indian National Congress	UDF	8	60,51,905	39.40	Template:Increase0.73
2	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	LDF	4	42,90,986	27.90	Template:Increase6.90
3	Indian Union Muslim League	UDF	2	8,10,135	5.30	Template:Increase0.29
4	Kerala Congress (M)	UDF	1	3,57,402	2.30	Template:Decrease0.10
5	Kerala Congress	LDF	1	3,65,313	2.40	Template:Increase0.20
6	Communist Party of India	LDF	0	11,64,157	7.60	Template:Decrease0.72
7	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA	0	10,08,047	6.60	Template:Decrease1.42
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	Template:Nochange
12	Rashtriya Janata Dal	none	0	5,655	0.0	new
13	Shiv Sena	none	0	4,700	0.0	Template:Decrease0.02
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
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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|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)	style="background:Template:Party color" \|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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|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)	style="background:Template:Party color" \|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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|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)	style="background:Template:Party color" \|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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|UDF	14,485

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References

↑ General Election, 1999.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 PC: Kerala 1999.
↑ STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1999 TO THE THIRTEENTH LOK SABHA.
↑ PC: Alliances Kerala 1999.
↑ Indian Parliament Elections 1999: Kerala Winners, Roy Mathew. keralaassembly.org. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
↑ PC: Party-wise performance for 1999 Kerala.

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[1] General Election, 1999.

[:0-2] 2.0 ^2.1 PC: Kerala 1999.

[3] STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1999 TO THE THIRTEENTH LOK SABHA.

[4] PC: Alliances Kerala 1999.

[5] Indian Parliament Elections 1999: Kerala Winners, Roy Mathew. keralaassembly.org. Retrieved 2020-09-15.

[6] PC: Party-wise performance for 1999 Kerala.

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