Template:Infobox election
In the 1999 Indian general election for Madhya Pradesh polls were held for 40 seats in the state. The result was a major victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which won 29 seats. The remaining 11 seats were won by Indian National Congress (INC).[1]
Election schedule
The polling schedule for the 1999 General Elections was announced by the Chief Election Commissioner on 11 July 1999.
| Poll event | Phase | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| II | III | IV | |||||
| Notification date | 17 August 1999 | 21 August 1999 | 30 August 1999 | ||||
| Last date for filing nomination | 24 August 1999 | 28 August 1999 | 6 September 1999 | ||||
| Scrutiny of nomination | 25 August 1999 | 30 August 1999 | 7 September 1999 | ||||
| Last Date for withdrawal of nomination | 27 August 1999 | 1 September 1999 | 9 September 1999 | ||||
| Date of poll | 11 September 1999 | 18 September 1999 | 25 September 1999 | ||||
| Date of counting of votes/Result | 6 October 1999 | ||||||
| No. of constituencies | 14 | 14 | 12 | ||||
Parties and alliances
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Party color cell | Bharatiya Janata Party | Uma Bharti | 40 | ||
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Party color cell | Indian National Congress | Madhavrao Scindia | 40 | ||
Others
| Party | flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Party color cell | Bahujan Samaj Party | Mayawati | 27 | ||
| Template:Party color cell | Samajwadi Party | Mulayam Singh Yadav | 20 | ||
Result
Template:Election table ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Parties and coalitions ! colspan="3" |Seats ! colspan="3" |Popular vote |- !Contested !Won !+/− !Votes !% !±pp |- | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | |Bharatiya Janata Party | 40 | 29 |Template:Decrease 1 | 1,18,11,850 | 46.58% |Template:Increase 0.85% |- | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Indian National Congress | 40 | 11 |Template:Increase 1 | 1,11,35,161 | 43.91% |Template:Increase 4.51% |- | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | |Bahujan Samaj Party | 27 | 0 | - | 13,26,558 |5.23% |Template:Decrease 3.47% |- | bgcolor="red" | |Samajwadi Party | 20 | 0 | - | 3,46,848 | 1.37% |Template:Increase 0.72% |- | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | |Gondwana Ganatantra Party | 15 | 0 | - | 90,931 | 0.36% |Template:Decrease 0.3% |- | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | |Independents | 116 | 0 | - | 2,73,286 | 1.08% | Template:Decrease 0.24% |- | colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9" | |- style="font-weight:bold;" | align="left" colspan="2"| Total |40 | colspan=2 bgcolor="#E9E9E9" | | 2,53,56,859 | colspan=2 bgcolor="#E9E9E9" | |- |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Invalid votes |3,83,794 |1.49 | colspan="4" rowspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Votes cast / turnout |2,57,46,824 |54.88 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Registered voters | 4,69,15,473 | 100.00 |- |}
Constituency-wise results
Keys: Template:Legend2[2] Template:Legend2
Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Madhya Pradesh
| # | Name | Constituency | Designation | Department | From | To | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sundar Lal Patwa | Hoshangabad | Cabinet Minister | Rural Development | 13 Oct 1999 |
30 Sep 2000 |
Template:Party name with color | |
| Chemicals and Fertilizers | 30 Sep 2000 |
7 Nov 2000 | ||||||
| Mines | 7 Nov 2000 |
1 Sep 2001 | ||||||
| Agriculture | 6 March 2001 |
27 May 2001 | ||||||
| 2 | Satyanarayan Jatiya | Ujjain (SC) | Cabinet Minister | Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation | 13 Oct 1999 |
22 Nov 1999 | ||
| Labour | 22 Nov 1999 |
1 Sep 2001 | ||||||
| Social Justice and Empowerment | 1 Sep 2001 |
22 May 2004 | ||||||
| 3 | Uma Bharti | Bhopal | MoS (I/C) | Tourism | 13 Oct 1999 |
2 Feb 2000 | ||
| Cabinet Minister | Youth Affairs and Sports | 7 Nov 2000 |
26 Aug 2002 | |||||
| Coal | 26 Aug 2002 |
29 Jan 2003 | ||||||
| Mines | 26 Aug 2002 |
29 Jan 2003 | ||||||
| 4 | Vikram Verma | Rajya Sabha (Madhya Pradesh) |
Cabinet Minister | Statistics and Programme Implementation | 18 Nov 2001 |
1 July 2002 | ||
| Youth Affairs and Sports | 26 Aug 2002 |
22 May 2004 | ||||||
| 5 | O. Rajagopal | Rajya Sabha (Madhya Pradesh) |
MoS | Law, Justice and Company Affairs | 13 Oct 1999 |
24 July 2000 | ||
| Parliamentary Affairs | 22 Nov 1999 |
22 May 2004 | ||||||
| Railways | 31 Aug 2000 |
1 July 2002 | ||||||
| Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation | 1 July 2002 |
29 Jan 2003 | ||||||
| Defence | 29 Jan 2003 |
22 May 2004 | ||||||
| 6 | Ramesh Bais | Raipur | MoS | Chemicals and Fertilizers | 13 Oct 1999 |
30 Sep 2000 | ||
| Communications | 13 Oct 1999 |
22 Dec 2001 | ||||||
| Information and Broadcasting | 30 Sep 2000 |
29 Jan 2003 | ||||||
| MoS (I/C) | Mines | 29 Jan 2003 |
9 Jan 2004 | |||||
| Environment and Forests | 9 Jan 2004 |
22 May 2004 | ||||||
| 7 | Sumitra Mahajan | Indore | MoS | Human Resource Development | 13 Oct 1999 |
1 July 2002 | ||
| Communications and Information Technology | 1 July 2002 |
24 May 2003 | ||||||
| Petroleum and Natural Gas | 24 May 2003 |
22 May 2004 | ||||||
| 8 | Faggan Singh Kulaste | Mandla (ST) | MoS | Parliamentary Affairs | 13 Oct 1999 |
22 Nov 1999 | ||
| Tribal Affairs | 22 Nov 1999 |
22 May 2004 | ||||||
| 9 | Raman Singh | Rajnandgaon | MoS | Commerce and Industry | 13 Oct 1999 |
29 Jan 2003 | ||
| 10 | Prahlad Singh Patel | Balaghat | Coal | 24 May 2003 |
22 May 2004 | |||
| 11 | Dilip Singh Judeo | Rajya Sabha (Chhattisgarh) |
Environment and Forests | 29 Jan 2003 |
17 Nov 2003 | |||

