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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 won 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
[4]
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
Left Democratic Front
National Democratic Alliance
No.
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Party
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Election Symbol
|
Seats Contested
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1.
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Bharatiya Janata Party
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14
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2.
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Janata Dal (United)
|
|
5
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List of elected MPs
[5]
Results
Performance of political parties
[6]
Vote Share by alliance
Other (1.5%)
No.
|
Party
|
Political Front
|
Seats
|
Votes
|
%Votes
|
±pp
|
1
|
Indian National Congress
|
UDF
|
8
|
60,51,905
|
39.40
|
0.73
|
2
|
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|
LDF
|
4
|
42,90,986
|
27.90
|
6.90
|
3
|
Indian Union Muslim League
|
UDF
|
2
|
8,10,135
|
5.30
|
0.29
|
4
|
Kerala Congress (M)
|
UDF
|
1
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3,57,402
|
2.30
|
0.10
|
5
|
Kerala Congress
|
LDF
|
1
|
3,65,313
|
2.40
|
0.20
|
6
|
Communist Party of India
|
LDF
|
0
|
11,64,157
|
7.60
|
0.72
|
7
|
Bharatiya Janata Party
|
NDA
|
0
|
10,08,047
|
6.60
|
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
|
|
12
|
Rashtriya Janata Dal
|
none
|
0
|
5,655
|
0.0
|
new
|
13
|
Shiv Sena
|
none
|
0
|
4,700
|
0.0
|
0.02
|
14
|
Ajeeya Bharat Party
|
none
|
0
|
2,556
|
0.0
|
new
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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
|
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)
|
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
|
LDF
|
25,844
|
4
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Kozhikode
|
K. Muraleedharan
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3,83,425
|
46.4%
|
INC
|
C. M. Ibrahim
|
3,33,023
|
40.3%
|
JD(S)
|
P. C. Mohanan
|
83,862
|
10.1%
|
BJP
|
UDF
|
50,402
|
5
|
Manjeri
|
E. Ahammed
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4,37,563
|
53.6%
|
IUML
|
I. T. Najeeb
|
3,14,152
|
38.5%
|
CPI(M)
|
Kalathingal Mohiyudheen
|
58,451
|
7.2%
|
JD(U)
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
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)
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
UDF
|
14,485
|
[2]
See also
References