1999 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

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.

Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1999

← 1998 September–October 1999 2004 →
39 (of 543) seats in the Lok Sabha
Registered	4,77,33,664
Turnout	2,76,76,543 (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+
Partywise structure Alliance wise structure
Prime Minister before election Atal Bihari Vajpayee BJP Prime Minister after election Atal Bihari Vajpayee BJP

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	24
2.		Puthiya Tamilagam		K. Krishnasamy	10
3.		Janata Dal		V. P. Singh	1
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+
1	Chennai North		DMK	C. Kuppusamic		CPI(M)	N. Soundararajan
2	Chennai Central		DMK	Murasoli Maranc		AIADMK	M. Abdul Lathief
3	Chennai South		DMK	T. R. Baaluc		INC	V. Dhandayuthapani
4	Sriperumbudur		DMK	A. Krishnaswamy		AIADMK	K. Venugopalc
5	Chengalpattu		PMK	A. K. Moorthy		AIADMK	S. S. Thirunavukkarasu
6	Arakkonam		DMK	S. Jagatrakshakan		INC	K. V. Thangabalu
7	Vellore		PMK	N. T. Shanmugamc		AIADMK	Mohammad Asif
8	Tiruppattur		DMK	D. Venugopalc		AIADMK	A. R. Rajendran
9	Vandavasi		PMK	M. Duraic		INC	M. Krishnaswamy
10	Tindivanam		MDMK	N. Ramachandran Gingeec		INC	K. Ramamurthy
11	Cuddalore		DMK	Adhi Shankar		AIADMK	M. C. Dhamodaranc
12	Chidambaram		PMK	E. Ponnuswamy		INC	T. Sumathi Udayakumar
13	Dharmapuri		PMK	P. D. Elangovan		AIADMK	K. P. Munusamy
14	Krishnagiri		DMK	V. Vetriselvam		AIADMK	M. Thambiduraic
15	Rasipuram		PMK	S. Uthayarasu		AIADMK	V. Sarojac
16	Salem		TRC	K. Ramamurthy		AIADMK	T. M. Selvaganapathy
17	Tiruchengode		MDMK	M. Kannappan		AIADMK	K. Palanisamyc
18	Nilgiris		BJP	M. Master Mathanc		INC	R. Prabhu
19	Gobichettipalayam		DMK	K. G. S. Arjun		AIADMK	K. K. Kaliappan
20	Coimbatore		BJP	C. P. Radhakrishnanc		CPI	Nallakannu
21	Pollachi		MDMK	C. Krishnan		AIADMK	M. Thiyagarajanc
22	Palani		MDMK	A. Ganeshamurthyc		AIADMK	Palaniyappa Gounder Kumarasamy
23	Dindigul		DMK	S. Chandrasekar		AIADMK	Dindigul C. Sreenivasanc
24	Madurai		DMK	Pon. Muthuramalingam		CPI(M)	P. Mohan
25	Periyakulam		DMK	P. Selvendran		AIADMK	T. T. V. Dhinakaran
26	Karur		DMK	K. C. Palanisamy		AIADMK	M. Chinnasamy
27	Tiruchirappalli		BJP	Rangarajan Kumaramangalamc		INC	L. Adaikalaraj
28	Perambalur		DMK	A. Raja		AIADMK	P. Rajarathinamc
29	Mayiladuturai		PMK	P. D. Arul Mozhi		INC	Mani Shankar Aiyar
30	Nagapattinam		DMK	A. K. S. Vijayan		CPI	M. Selvarasuc
31	Thanjavur		DMK	S. S. Palanimanickamc		AIADMK	K. Thangamuthu
32	Pudukkottai		MADMK	S. Thirunavukkarasu		INC	S. Singaravadivel
33	Sivaganga		BJP	H. Raja		INC	E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan
34	Ramanathapuram		DMK	M. S. K. Bhavani Rajendran		AIADMK	K. Malaisamy
35	Sivakasi		MDMK	Vaikoc		AIADMK	V. Ramaswami
36	Tirunelveli		DMK	P. Geetha Jeevan		AIADMK	P. H. Pandian
37	Tenkasi		BJP	S. Arumugam		AIADMK	S. Murugesanc
38	Tiruchendur		DMK	A. D. K. Jayaseelan		AIADMK	B. P. Rajan
39	Nagercoil		BJP	Pon Radhakrishnan		INC	N. Dennisc

Voting and results

Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left

Election Map (Results reflected as %seats won by districts)

  DMK-BJP alliance won all the seats in this district

  DMK-BJP alliance won 67% of the seats (Coimbatore)

  DMK-BJP alliance won half the seats in this district

  AIADMK-INC alliance won all the seats in this district

  CPI(M) won the lone seat in this district (Madurai)

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

Voting Pattern in Tamil Nadu

Category	DMK+	AIADMK+	TMC+
Gender
Male	52%	32%	14%
Female	46%	38%	15%
Education
Graduate	69%	28%	4%
College	65%	25%	8%
Middle	47%	40%	11%
Illiterate	36%	35%	27%
Social class
Very poor	30%	42%	25%
Poor	54%	27%	17%
Middle	59%	36%	6%
High	65%	30%	3%
Caste
Upper caste	70%	27%	3%
Thevar	64%	34%	1%
Vanniyars	61%	32%	7%
Chettiyars	64%	33%	0%
Lower OBCs	52%	40%	8%
Chekkliyars & Arundathiyars	22%	20%	54%
other SC	32%	47%	15%
Muslims	33%	63%	4%
Christians	46%	50%	0%
Shift of voters from 1998 election
Congress 1998	14%	72%	11%
AIADMK+ 1998	43%	44%	11%
DMK+ 1998	71%	12%	15%
Total	46%	37%	10%

By constituency

Sl.No.	Constituency	Winner	Party	Alliance	Margin	Runner-up	Party
1	Chennai North	C. Kuppusamic	DMK	NDA	159,789	N. Soundararajan	CPM
2	Chennai Central	Murasoli Maranc	DMK	NDA	136,949	M.Abdul Lathief	AIADMK
3	Chennai South	T. R. Baaluc	DMK	NDA	240,184	V. Dhandayuthapani	INC
4	Sriperumbudur	A. Krishnaswamy	DMK	NDA	75,002	K. Venugopalc	AIADMK
5	Chengalpattu	A. K. Moorthy	PMK	NDA	12,811	S. S. Thirunavukkarasu	AIADMK
6	Arakkonam	S. Jagatrakshakan	DMK	NDA	95,644	K. V. Thangabalu	INC
7	Vellore	N. T. Shanmugamc	PMK	NDA	25,685	Mohammad Asif	AIADMK
8	Tiruppattur	D. Venugopalc	DMK	NDA	23,613	A. R. Rajendran	AIADMK
9	Vandavasi	M. Duraic	PMK	NDA	59,197	M. Krishnaswamy	INC
10	Tindivanam	N. Ramachandran Gingeec	MDMK	NDA	9,350	K. Ramamurthy	INC
11	Cuddalore	Adhi Shankar	DMK	NDA	73,953	M. C. Dhamodaranc	AIADMK
12	Chidambaram	E. Ponnuswamy	PMK	NDA	119,563	R. Thirumavalavan	TMC(M)
13	Dharmapuri	P. D. Elangovan	PMK	NDA	25,540	K. P. Munusamy	AIADMK
14	Krishnagiri	V. Vetriselvam	DMK	NDA	31,824	M. Thambiduraic	AIADMK
15	Rasipuram	V. Sarojac	AIADMK	INC+	38,405	S. Uthayarasu	PMK
16	Salem	T. M. Selvaganapathy	AIADMK	INC+	25,420	K. Ramamurthy	TRC
17	Tiruchengode	M. Kannappan	MDMK	NDA	4,556	K. Palanisamyc	AIADMK
18	Nilgiris	M. Master Mathanc	BJP	NDA	23,959	R. Prabhu	INC
19	Gobichettipalayam	K. K. Kaliappan	AIADMK	INC+	30,012	K. G. S. Arjun	DMK
20	Coimbatore	C. P. Radhakrishnanc	BJP	NDA	54,077	Nallakannu	CPI
21	Pollachi	C. Krishnan	MDMK	NDA	9,515	M. Thiyagarajanc	AIADMK
22	Palani	Palaniyappa Gounder Kumarasamy	AIADMK	INC+	28,717	A. Ganeshamurthyc	MDMK
23	Dindigul	Dindigul C.Sreenivasanc	AIADMK	INC+	20,343	S. Chandrasekar	DMK
24	Madurai	P. Mohan	CPI(M)	Left Front	37,223	Pon. Muthuramalingam	DMK
25	Periyakulam	T. T. V. Dhinakaran	AIADMK	INC+	45,806	P. Selvendran	DMK
26	Karur	M. Chinnasamy	AIADMK	INC+	2,847	K. C. Palanisamy	DMK
27	Tiruchirappalli	Rangarajan Kumaramangalamc	BJP	NDA	89,197	L. Adaikalaraj	INC
28	Perambalur	A. Raja	DMK	NDA	68,051	P. Rajarathinamc	AIADMK
29	Mayiladuturai	Mani Shankar Aiyar	INC	INC+	40,131	P. D. Arul Mozhi	PMK
30	Nagapattinam	A. K. S. Vijayan	DMK	NDA	22,466	M. Selvarasuc	CPI
31	Thanjavur	S. S. Palanimanickamc	DMK	NDA	33,014	K. Thangamuthu	AIADMK
32	Pudukkottai	S. Thirunavukkarasu	MGR ADMK	NDA	64,302	S. Singaravadivel	INC
33	Sivaganga	E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan	INC	INC+	23,811	H. Raja	BJP
34	Ramanathapuram	K. Malaisamy	AIADMK	INC+	6,646	M. S. K. Bhavani Rajendran	DMK
35	Sivakasi	Vaikoc	MDMK	NDA	74,781	V. Ramaswami	AIADMK
36	Tirunelveli	P. H. Pandian	AIADMK	INC+	26,494	P. Geetha Jeevan	DMK
37	Tenkasi	S. Murugesanc	AIADMK	INC+	887	S. Arumugam	BJP
38	Tiruchendur	A. D. K. Jayaseelan	DMK	NDA	59,666	B. P. Rajan	AIADMK
39	Nagercoil	Pon Radhakrishnan	BJP	NDA	145,643	N. Dennisc	INC

^c-indicates sitting/incumbent M.P. from previous Lok Sabha (1998–1999)
Exit Poll Source: NES Election 1999 Analysis^[3]

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu

Source: The Tribune^[4]

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

See also

• Elections in Tamil Nadu