1999 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1999
5 and 11 September 1999
39 (of 543) seats in the Lok Sabha
Registered4,77,33,664
Turnout2,76,76,543 (57.98%) 0.03%
  First party Second party
 
Leader M. Karunanidhi J. Jayalalithaa
Party DMK AIADMK
Alliance NDA Congress Alliance +LF
Seats won 26 13
Seat change 10 6
Popular vote 1,28,35,960 1,13,49,388
Percentage 47.13% 41.69%
Swing 5.36% 7.94%
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.

Election schedule

The polling schedule for the 1999 General Elections was announced by the Chief Election Commissioner on 11 July 1999.

Poll event Phase
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)

Seat allotments

National Democratic Alliance

No.
 Party Election Symbol Leader Seats
1. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Karunanidhi 18
2. Pattali Makkal Katchi Dr. Ramdoss 7
3. Bharatiya Janata Party K. N. Lakshmanan 6
4. Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Vaiko 5
5. MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Su. Thirunavukkarasar 1
6. Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy 1
Unrecognized party, whose candidate ran under the DMK ticket
7. MGR Kazhagam R. M. Veerappan 1

AIADMK-Congress Alliance

Source: Indian Express[1]

No.
 Party Election Symbol Leader Seats
1. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam J. Jayalalithaa 23
2. Indian National Congress Tindivanam K. Ramamurthy 11
3. Communist Party of India (Marxist) N. Sankaraiah 2
4. Communist Party of India R. Nallakannu 2
Unrecognized party, whose candidate ran under the AIADMK ticket
5. Indian National League Abdul Lathief 1

Democratic People Progressive Alliance

No.
 Party Election Symbol Leader Seats
1. Tamil Maanila Congress G. K. Moopanar 23
2. Puthiya Tamilagam K. Krishnasamy 10
3. Janata Dal (Secular) H. D. Deve Gowda 2
Unrecognized (or) Unregistered party, whose candidate ran under the TMC(M) ticket
4. Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi Thol. Thirumavalavan 2
5. Indian Union Muslim League K. M. Kader Mohideen 1
6. Kamaraj Aadhithanar Kazhagam 1

List of Candidates

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

Voting and results

Alliance Party 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%

†: Seat change represents seats won in terms of the current alliances, which is considerably different from the last election.
‡: Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested.
Sources: Election Commission of India[2]

List of Elected MPs

Constituency Turnout Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Madras North 43.79% Kuppusamy, C. DMK 471,101 53.57% Soundara Rajan, A. CPI(M) 311,312 35.40% 159,789 18.17%
2 Madras Central 48.46% Murasoli Maran DMK 364,565 59.00% Abdul Latheef, M. AIADMK 227,616 36.84% 136,949 22.16%
3 Madras South 45.15% Baalu, T. R. DMK 562,221 60.03% Dhandayudhapan, V. INC 322,037 34.39% 240,184 25.64%
4 Sriperumbudur (SC) 55.02% Krishnaswamy, A. DMK 385,558 52.88% Venugopal, K. AIADMK 310,556 42.60% 75,002 10.28%
5 Chengalpattu 58.32% Moorthy, A. K. PMK 330,551 48.03% Thirunavukkarasu, S. S. AIADMK 317,740 46.17% 12,811 1.86%
6 Arakkonam 66.32% Jagathrakshakan, S. Dr. DMK 346,520 47.72% Thangka Balu, K. V. INC 250,876 34.55% 95,644 13.17%
7 Vellore 60.97% Shanmugam, N. T. PMK 324,547 47.08% Mohamed Asif AIADMK 298,862 43.35% 25,685 3.73%
8 Tiruppattur 65.17% Venugopal, D. DMK 350,703 47.94% Rajendran, A. R. AIADMK 327,090 44.71% 23,613 3.23%
9 Vandavasi 61.54% Durai, M. PMK 345,539 51.67% Krishnasswamy, M. INC 286,342 42.82% 59,197 8.85%
10 Tindivanam 61.64% Ramachandran N. Gingee. MDMK 323,234 47.28% Ramamurthee K. INC 313,884 45.92% 9,350 1.36%
11 Cuddalore 63.76% Sankar, Adhi DMK 358,367 50.49% Dhamotharan, M. C. AIADMK 284,414 40.07% 73,953 10.42%
12 Chidambaram (SC) 66.02% Ponnuswamy, E. PMK 345,331 47.68% Thirumavalavan, R. TMC(M) 225,768 31.17% 119,563 16.51%
13 Dharmapuri 59.42% Elangovan, P. D. PMK 340,162 47.52% Munusamy, K. P. AIADMK 314,622 43.96% 25,540 3.56%
14 Krishnagiri 59.97% Vetriselvan, V. DMK 347,737 51.05% Thambidurai, M. AIADMK 315,913 46.38% 31,824 4.67%
15 Rasipuram (SC) 55.37% Saroja, V. Dr. AIADMK 304,843 48.46% Uthayarasu, S. PMK 266,438 42.36% 38,405 6.10%
16 Salem 59.17% Selvaganapathi, T. M. AIADMK 363,689 49.73% Ramamurthy, K. TRC 338,278 46.26% 25,411 3.47%
17 Tiruchengode 55.41% Kannappan, M. MDMK 409,293 49.08% Palanisamy, K. AIADMK 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 AIADMK 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 AIADMK 283,523 47.05% 9,515 1.58%
22 Palani 58.88% P. Kumarasamy AIADMK 297,850 44.78% A. Ganeshamurthi MDMK 269,133 40.47% 28,717 4.31%
23 Dindigul 57.46% Dindigul C. Sreenivasan AIADMK 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 AIADMK 303,881 46.15% P. Selvendran DMK 258,075 39.19% 45,806 6.96%
26 Karur 62.94% M. Chinnasamy AIADMK 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 AIADMK 262,624 38.59% 68,051 9.99%
29 Mayiladuturai 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 AIADMK 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 AIADMK 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 AIADMK 251,048 32.21% 74,781 9.59%
36 Tirunelveli 54.46% P. H. Pandian AIADMK 249,975 41.62% P. Geetha Jeevan DMK 223,481 37.21% 26,494 4.41%
37 Tenkasi (SC) 64.87% S. Murugesan AIADMK 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 AIADMK 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%

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu

Source: The Tribune[3]

Cabinet Ministers

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

Ministers of State (Independent charge)

Minister Party Lok Sabha Constituency/Rajya Sabha Portfolios
M. Kannappan MDMK Tiruchengode Minister of Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Non-Conventional Energy Sources
N. T. Shanmugam PMK Vellore Minister of Health and Family Welfare

Ministers of State

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

Assembly Segment wise lead

Party Assembly segments Position in Assembly (as of 2001 election)
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 74 31
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 62 132
Pattali Makkal Katchi 25 20
Bharatiya Janata Party 25 4
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 18 0
Indian National Congress 15 7
MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5 2
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 4 6
Communist Party of India 3 5
Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress 2 did not contest
Puthiya Tamilagam 1 0
Others 0 27
Total 234

See also

References

  1. ^ "Jaya dumps unwanted seats on Cong". indianexpress.com. 31 July 1999. Archived from the original on 16 July 2008.
  2. ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1999 to the Thirteenth Lok Sabha - Vol. 1" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010.
  3. ^ "News Headings". www.tribuneindia.com.
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