1999 Indian general election in Kerala

1999 Indian general election

September–October 1999
20 seats
First party Second party   Leader K. Karunakaran E.K. Nayanar Party INC CPI(M) Alliance UDF LDF Leader's seat Mukundapuram - Last election 11 9 Seats won 11 9 Seat change - - Percentage 46.9% 43.7%

The 1999 Indian general election was held to elect 20 members to the thirteenth Lok Sabha from Kerala. 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. 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.

Alliances and parties

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

No.	Party	Election Symbol	Seats Contested
1.	Indian National Congress		17
2.	Indian Union Muslim League		2
3.	Kerala Congress (M)		1

Left Democratic Front

No.	Party	Election Symbol	Seats Contested
1.	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Key	12
2.	Communist Party of India	Star	4
3.	Kerala Congress		1
4.	Janata Dal (Secular)		1
5.	Independents		2

National Democratic Alliance

No.	Party	Election Symbol	Seats Contested
1.	Bharatiya Janata Party		14
2.	Janata Dal (United)		5

List of elected MPs

No.	Constituency	Name of Elected M.P.	Party Affiliation
1	Kasaragod	T. Govindan	CPI(M)
2	Kannur	A. P. Abdullakutty	CPI(M)
3	Vatakara	A. K. Premajam	CPI(M)
4	Kozhikode	K. Muraleedharan	INC
5	Manjeri	E. Ahamed	IUML
6	Ponnani	G. M. Banatwala	IUML
7	Palakkad	N. N. Krishnadas	CPI(M)
8	Ottapalam	S. Ajaya Kumar	CPI(M)
9	Thrissur	A. C. Jose	INC
10	Mukundapuram	K. Karunakaran	INC
11	Ernakulam	George Eden	INC
12	Muvattupuzha	P. C. Thomas	KC(M)
13	Kottayam	K. Suresh Kurup	CPI(M)
14	Idukki	K. Francis George	KEC
15	Alappuzha	V. M. Sudheeran	INC
16	Mavelikkara	Ramesh Chennithala	INC
17	Adoor	Kodikunnil Suresh	INC
18	Kollam	P. Rajendran	CPI(M)
19	Chirayankil	Varkala Radhakrishnan	CPI(M)
20	Thiruvananthapuram	V. S. Sivakumar	INC

Results

Performance of political parties

Vote Share by alliance

  UDF (46.9%)

  LDF (43.7%)

  NDA (7.9%)

  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	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

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	Kozhikode	K. Muraleedharan	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	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

See also

• Elections in Kerala
• Politics of Kerala