1999 elections in India

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Template:Infobox Indian elections Template:Politics of India The 1999 elections in India include the 1999 Indian general election, Rajya Sabha election and various State Assembly elections.

General election

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State and Alliance wise

State
(# of seats) 		Alliance/Party Seats Contested Seats won % of votes
Andhra Pradesh(42) rowspan="2" Template:Party color cell NDA Template:Party color cell Telugu Desam Party 34 29 39.85
Template:Party color cell Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 8 7 9.90
rowspan="1" Template:Party color cell Congress+ Template:Party color cell Indian National Congress 42 5 42.79
rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Third Front Template:Party color cell Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) 7 0 1.4
Template:Party color cell Communist Party Of India (CPI) 6 0 1.3
- - Template:Party color cell All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen 1 1 6.05
Arunachal Pradesh(2) rowspan="1" Template:Party color cell Congress+ Template:Party color cell Indian National Congress 2 2 56.92
rowspan="2" Template:Party color cell NDA Template:Party color cell Arunachal Congress 1 0 16.62
Template:Party color cell Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 1 0 16.30
- - Template:Party color cell Nationalist Congress Party 1 0 7.77
Assam(14) rowspan="1" Template:Party color cell Congress+ Template:Party color cell Indian National Congress 14 10 38.42
rowspan="1" Template:Party color cell NDA Template:Party color cell Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 12 2 29.84
rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Third Front Template:Party color cell Asom Gana Parishad 8 0 11.92
Template:Party color cell Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) 2 0 1.8
Template:Party color cell Communist Party of India (CPI) 1 0 0.6
- - Template:Party color cell Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation 3 1 10.46
- - Template:Party color cell Independent 44 1 9.36
Bihar(54) rowspan="3" Template:Party color cell NDA Template:Party color cell Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 29 23 23.01
Template:Party color cell Janata Dal (United) 23 18 20.77
Template:Party color cell Bihar People's Party 2 0 1.7
rowspan="5" Template:Party color cell Congress+ Template:Party color cell Rashtriya Janata Dal 35 7 28.29
Template:Party color cell Indian National Congress 15 4 8.81
Template:Party color cell Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) 1 0 0.1
Template:Party color cell Communist Party of India (CPI) 1 0 1.0
Template:Party color cell Rashtriya Lok Dal 1 0 0
rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Third Front Template:Party color cell Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) 1 1 0.9
Template:Party color cell Communist Party of India (CPI) 8 0 1.7
Template:Party color cell All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) 1 0 0
- - Template:Party color cell Independent 187 1 4.2
Goa(2) rowspan="1" Template:Party color cell NDA Template:Party color cell Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 2 2 51.49
rowspan="1" Template:Party color cell Congress+ Template:Party color cell Indian National Congress 2 0 39.01
Gujarat(26) rowspan="1" Template:Party color cell NDA Template:Party color cell Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 26 20 52.48
rowspan="1" Template:Party color cell Congress+ Template:Party color cell Indian National Congress 26 6 45.44
Haryana(10) rowspan="2" Template:Party color cell NDA Template:Party color cell Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 5 5 29.21
Template:Party color cell Indian National Lok Dal 5 5 28.72
rowspan="1" Template:Party color cell Congress+ Template:Party color cell Indian National Congress 10 0 34.93
- - Template:Party color cell Haryana Vikas Party 2 0 2.71
Himachal Pradesh(4) rowspan="2" Template:Party color cell NDA Template:Party color cell Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 3 3 46.27
Template:Party color cell Himachal Vikas Congress 1 1 12.37
rowspan="1" Template:Party color cell Congress+ Template:Party color cell Indian National Congress 4 0 39.52
Jammu & Kashmir(6) - - Template:Party color cell Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 6 4 28.94
rowspan="1" Template:Party color cell NDA Template:Party color cell Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 6 2 31.56
rowspan="1" Template:Party color cell Congress+ Template:Party color cell Indian National Congress 5 0 17.83
- - Template:Party color cell Independent 28 0 9.63
Karnataka(28) rowspan="1" Template:Party color cell Congress+ Template:Party color cell Indian National Congress 28 18 45.41
rowspan="2" Template:Party color cell NDA Template:Party color cell Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 19 7 27.19
Template:Party color cell Janata Dal (United) 9 3 13.28
- - Template:Party color cell Janata Dal (Secular) 27 0 10.85
Kerala(20) rowspan="3" Template:Party color cell Congress+ Template:Party color cell Indian National Congress 17 8 39.25
Template:Party color cell Kerala Congress 1 1 2.3
Template:Party color cell Muslim League Kerala State Committee 2 2 5.6
rowspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Third Front Template:Party color cell Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) 12 8 27.90
Template:Party color cell Communist Party of India (CPI) 4 0 7.57
Template:Party color cell Independent 2 0 3.6
Template:Party color cell Kerala Congress 1 1 2.4
Template:Party color cell Janata Dal (Secular) 1 0 2.2
rowspan="2" Template:Party color cell NDA Template:Party color cell Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 14 0 6.56
Template:Party color cell Janata Dal (United) 5 0 1.3
Madhya Pradesh(40) rowspan="1" Template:Party color cell NDA Template:Party color cell Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 40 29 46.58
rowspan="1" Template:Party color cell Congress+ Template:Party color cell Indian National Congress 40 11 43.91
- - Template:Party color cell Bahujan Samaj Party 27 0 5.23
- - Template:Party color cell Samajwadi Party 20 0 1.37
Maharashtra(48) rowspan="2" Template:Party color cell NDA Template:Party color cell Shiv Sena 22 15 16.86
Template:Party color cell Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 26 13 21.18
rowspan="3" Template:Party color cell Congress+ Template:Party color cell Indian National Congress 42 10 29.71
Template:Party color cell Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh 4 1 2.1
Template:Party color cell Republican Party of India 2 0 1.4
- - Template:Party color cell Nationalist Congress Party 38 6 21.58
- - Template:Party color cell Janata Dal (Secular) 2 1 0.9
- - Template:Party color cell Independent 78 1 3.3
- - Template:Party color cell Peasants And Workers Party of India 2 1 0.9
Manipur(2) rowspan="2" Template:Party color cell NDA Template:Party color cell Manipur State Congress Party 1 1 24.89
Template:Party color cell Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 1 0 1
- - Template:Party color cell Nationalist Congress Party 1 1 13.49
- - Template:Party color cell Manipur Peoples Party 1 0 16.25
Orissa(21) rowspan="2" Template:Party color cell NDA Template:Party color cell Biju Janata Dal 12 10 33.00
Template:Party color cell Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 9 9 24.63
rowspan="1" Template:Party color cell Congress+ Template:Party color cell Indian National Congress 20 2 36.94
Punjab(13)
rowspan="3" Template:Party color cell Congress+ Template:Party color cell Indian National Congress 11 8 38.4
Template:Party color cell Communist Party of India (CPI) 1 1 3.7
Template:Party color cell Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) 1 0 2.2
rowspan="3" Template:Party color cell NDA Template:Party color cell Shiromani Akali Dal 9 2 28.6
Template:Party color cell Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 3 1 9.2
Template:Party color cell Democratic Bahujan Samaj Morcha 1 0 2.7
- - Template:Party color cell Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann) 1 1 3.4
Rajasthan(25) rowspan="2" Template:Party color cell NDA Template:Party color cell Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 24 16 23.01
Template:Party color cell Janata Dal (United) 1 0 1.6
rowspan="1" Template:Party color cell Congress+ Template:Party color cell Indian National Congress 25 9 17.83
Tamil Nadu(39)
rowspan="6" Template:Party color cell NDA Template:Party color cell Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 19 12 23.1
Template:Party color cell Pattali Makkal Katchi 7 5 8.2
Template:Party color cell Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 6 4 7.1
Template:Party color cell Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5 4 6.0
Template:Party color cell MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1 1 1.5
Template:Party color cell Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress 1 0 1.2
rowspan="4" Template:Party color cell Congress+ Template:Party color cell All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 24 10 25.7
Template:Party color cell Indian National Congress 11 2 11.1
Template:Party color cell Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) 2 1 2.3
Template:Party color cell Communist Party Of India (CPI) 2 0 2.6
Uttar Pradesh(85)
rowspan="4" Template:Party color cell NDA Template:Party color cell Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 77 29 27.64
Template:Party color cell Akhil Bharatiya Lok Tantrik Congress 4 2 1.51
Template:Party color cell Independent 1 1 3.62
Template:Party color cell Janata Dal (United) 2 0 0.6
rowspan="3" Template:Party color cell Congress+ Template:Party color cell Indian National Congress 76 10 14.72
Template:Party color cell Rashtriya Lok Dal 6 2 2.49
Template:Party color cell Republican Party of India 1 0 0
- - Template:Party color cell Bahujan Samaj Party 85 14 22.08
- - Template:Party color cell Samajwadi Party 84 26 24.06
- - Template:Party color cell Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) 2 1 0.46
West Bengal(42)
rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Third Front Template:Party color cell Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) 32 21 35.57
Template:Party color cell Communist Party Of India (CPI) 3 3 3.47
Template:Party color cell Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) 4 3 4.25
Template:Party color cell All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) 3 2 3.45
rowspan="2" Template:Party color cell NDA Template:Party color cell All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) 28 8 26.04
Template:Party color cell Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 13 2 11.13
rowspan="1" Template:Party color cell Congress+ Template:Party color cell Indian National Congress (INC) 41 3 13.29

Overall result

Date(s) State Government before Chief Minister before Government after Elected Chief Minister Maps
4 June 1999 Goa Template:Full party name with color Luizinho Faleiro Template:Full party name with color Luizinho Faleiro File:IN-GA.svg
5, 11, 18 September 1999 Andhra Pradesh Template:Full party name with color N. Chandrababu Naidu Template:Full party name with color N. Chandrababu Naidu File:IN-AP.svg
5, 11 September 1999 Maharashtra Template:Full party name with color Narayan Rane Template:Full party name with color Vilasrao Deshmukh File:IN-MH.svg
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5 and 11 September 1999 Karnataka Template:Party color cell Janata Dal (United) J. H. Patel Template:Full party name with color S. M. Krishna File:IN-KA.svg
3 October 1999 Arunachal Pradesh Template:Full party name with color Gegong Apang Template:Full party name with color Mukut Mithi File:IN-AR.svg
Sikkim Template:Full party name with color Pawan Kumar Chamling Template:Full party name with color Pawan Kumar Chamling File:IN-SK.svg

Legislative Assembly elections

Andhra Pradesh

Source: Election Commission of India
File:India AP Assembly 1999.svg
Alliance/Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
rowspan="3" Template:Party color cell NDA Template:Party color cell Telugu Desam Party 14,613,307 43.87 Template:Decrease 0.27 269 180 Template:Decrease 36
Template:Party color cell Bharatiya Janata Party 1,223,481 3.67 Template:Decrease 0.22 24 12 Template:Increase 9
Total 15,836,788 47.54 N/A 293 192 N/A
Template:Party color cell Indian National Congress 13,526,309 40.61 Template:Increase 6.76 293 91 Template:Increase 65
Template:Party color cell All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen 360,211 1.08 Template:Increase 0.38 5 4 Template:Increase 3
rowspan="3" Template:Party color cell LF Template:Party color cell Communist Party of India (Marxist) 567,761 1.70 Template:Decrease 1.26 48 2 Template:Decrease 13
Template:Party color cell Communist Party of India 539,700 1.62 Template:Decrease 1.77 45 0 Template:Decrease 19
Total 1,107,461 3.32 N/A 93 2 N/A
Template:Party color cell Other parties 885,832 2.67 N/A 658 0 N/A
Template:Party color cell Independents 1,593,015 4.78 Template:Decrease 3.88 762 5 Template:Decrease 7
Total 33,309,616 100.00 N/A 2,104 294 N/A
Vote statistics
Valid votes 33,309,616 97.05
Invalid votes 1,011,948 2.95
Votes cast/ turnout 34,334,842 69.15
Abstentions 15,319,547 30.85
Registered voters 49,654,389

Arunachal Pradesh

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Goa

File:India Goa Legislative Assembly 1999.svg
Rank Party Seats Contested Seats Won
1 Indian National Congress 40 21
2 Bharatiya Janata Party 39 10
3 Maharashtrawadi Gomantak 17 4
4 United Goans Democratic Party 11 2
5 Goa Rajiv Congress Party 14 2
6 Independent 49 1
Total 40

Karnataka

File:India Karnataka Vidhan Sabha 1999.svg
Parties Popular vote Seats
Votes % +pp Contested Won +/-
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Indian National Congress 90,77,815 40.84 Template:Up13.89 222 132 Template:Up98
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Bharatiya Janata Party 45,98,741 20.69 Template:Up3.70 149 44 Template:Up4
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Janata Dal (United) 30,06,253 13.53 Template:Up13.53 112 18 Template:Up18
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Janata Dal (Secular) 23,16,885 10.42 Template:Up10.42 203 10 Template:Up10
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Independent 26,66,444 12.00 Template:Up2.34 476 19 Template:Up1
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Others 5,59,361 2.52 Template:Down10.34 179 1 Template:Down16
Total 2,22,25,499 100.00 1,341 224 ±0
Valid votes 2,22,25,499 95.88
Invalid votes 9,56,294 4.12
Votes cast / turnout 2,31,94,283 67.65
Abstentions 1,10,89,815 32.35
Registered voters 3,42,84,098

Maharashtra

Political Party Seats Popular Vote
Contested Won Change +/- Votes polled Votes% Change +/-
Template:Party color cell Indian National CongressTemplate:Composition bar 249 75 Template:Decrease 5 8,937,043 27.20% Template:Decrease 3.80%
Template:Party color cell Shiv SenaTemplate:Composition bar 161 69 Template:Decrease 4 5,692,812 17.33% Template:Increase 0.94%
Template:Party color cell Nationalist Congress PartyTemplate:Composition bar 223 58 Template:Increase 58 7,425,427 22.60% Template:Increase 22.60% (New Party)
Template:Party color cell Bharatiya Janata PartyTemplate:Composition bar 117 56 Template:Decrease 9 4,776,301 14.54% Template:Increase 1.74%
Template:Party color cell Peasants and Workers Party of IndiaTemplate:Composition bar 22 5 Template:Decrease 1 490,535 1.49% Template:Decrease 0.56%
Template:Party color cell Bharipa Bahujan MahasanghTemplate:Composition bar 34 3 Template:Increase 3 606,827 1.85% Template:Decrease 1.18%
Template:Party color cell Janata Dal (Secular)Template:Composition bar 25 2 Template:Decrease 9 (from JD seats) 497,127 1.51% Template:Decrease 4.35% (from JD vote share)
Template:Party color cell Samajwadi PartyTemplate:Composition bar 15 2 Template:Decrease 1 227,640 0.69% Template:Decrease 0.24%
Template:Party color cell Communist Party of India (Marxist)Template:Composition bar 23 2 Template:Decrease 1 210,030 0.64% Template:Decrease 0.36%
Template:Party color cell Republican Party of IndiaTemplate:Composition bar 10 1 Template:Increase 1 226,481 0.69% Template:Increase 0.54%
Template:Party color cell Gondwana Ganatantra PartyTemplate:Composition bar 16 1 Template:Increase 1 67,138 0.20% Template:Increase 0.20% (New Party)
Template:Party color cell Native People's PartyTemplate:Composition bar 1 1 Template:Increase 1 63,931 0.19% Template:Increase 0.19%
Template:Party color cell Samajwadi Janata Party (Maharashtra)Template:Composition bar 5 1 Template:Increase 1 43,870 0.13% Template:Decrease 0.01%
Template:Full party name with color 2 0 Template:Down1 31,173 0.09% Template:Down0.03%
Template:Full party name with color 4 0 Template:Down1 26,966 0.08% Template:Down0.13%
Template:Party color cell IndependentsTemplate:Composition bar 837 12 Template:Decrease 33 3,116,564 9.49% Template:Decrease 14.14%
Total 2006 288 Template:Nochange 32,856,693 60.95% Template:Decrease 10.74%

Sikkim

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Legislative By-elections

Jammu and Kashmir

  • Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency[1]
Assembly Constituency Turnout Winner Runner Up Margin
#k Names % Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
1 Langate 40.62% Mohammed Sultan Pandit Template:Party name with color 4,537 25.91% Bashir Ahmad Wani Template:Party name with color 4,465 21.8% style="background:Template:Party color"|72
2 Srigufwara–Bijbehara 15.8% Abdul Rehman Template:Party name with color 3,756 29.07% Rafi Ahmad Mir Template:Party name with color 2,506 2.38% style="background:Template:Party color"|1,250

Rajya Sabha election

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References

  1. ↑ Key Statistics - Bye Elections - Sept. - Oct. 1999. eci.gov.in. Election Commission Of India. Retrieved 1 January 2025.

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