1999 general election
The 13th Lok Sabha. Polled in 5 phases, counted 6 October 1999.
Seats declared
543
272 needed for a majority
Largest party
BJP
182 seats · short of a majority
Candidates
4,648
290 women, 51 elected
Turnout
58.82%
36.4 cr of 62 cr
The house
543 seats, each dot one constituency
- BJP182
- INC114
- CPM33
- TDP29
- SP26
- JD(U)21
- SHS15
- BSP14
- DMK12
- ADMK10
- BJD10
- AITC8
- NCP8
- RJD7
- IND6
- PMK5
- INLD5
- Others38
Biggest movements
Seat change against the previous general election
INC
-27
TDP
+17
RJD
-10
SHS
+9
BSP
+9
ADMK
-8
SP
+6
DMK
+6
SAD
-6
CPI
-5
Parties
Ordered by seats won
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Strike rate | Votes | Share | Share +/− | Deposits lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 182 | 0 | 339 | 39.5% | 8,65,62,209 | 23.75% | -1.84 | 24 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 114 | -27 | 453 | 34.0% | 10,31,20,330 | 28.30% | +2.48 | 88 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 33 | +1 | 72 | 35.2% | 1,96,95,767 | 5.40% | +0.25 | 20 |
| TDPTelugu Desam Party | 29 | +17 | 34 | 50.0% | 1,32,97,370 | 3.65% | +0.88 | 0 |
| SPSamajwadi Party | 26 | +6 | 151 | 14.2% | 1,37,17,021 | 3.76% | -1.17 | 90 |
| JD(U)JD(U) | 21 | — | 60 | 28.0% | 1,12,82,084 | 3.10% | — | 24 |
| SHSShiv Sena | 15 | +9 | 63 | 14.6% | 56,72,412 | 1.56% | -0.22 | 41 |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 14 | +9 | 225 | 10.0% | 1,51,75,845 | 4.16% | -0.50 | 154 |
| DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 12 | +6 | 19 | 47.6% | 62,98,832 | 1.73% | +0.29 | 0 |
| ADMKAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 10 | -8 | 29 | 34.3% | 70,46,953 | 1.93% | +0.11 | 5 |
| BJDBiju Janata Dal | 10 | +1 | 12 | 58.3% | 43,78,536 | 1.20% | +0.21 | 0 |
| AITCAll India Trinamool Congress | 8 | — | 29 | 39.0% | 93,63,785 | 2.57% | — | 2 |
| NCPNationalist Congress Party | 8 | — | 132 | 9.5% | 82,60,311 | 2.27% | — | 97 |
| RJDRashtriya Janata Dal | 7 | -10 | 61 | 25.0% | 1,01,50,492 | 2.79% | +0.01 | 26 |
| INDIndependent | 6 | 0 | 1945 | 0.8% | 99,96,386 | 2.74% | +0.38 | 1928 |
| PMKPattali Makkal Katchi | 5 | +1 | 8 | 45.7% | 23,77,741 | 0.65% | +0.23 | 0 |
| INLDIndian National Lok Dal | 5 | — | 5 | 59.5% | 20,02,700 | 0.55% | — | 0 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 4 | -5 | 54 | 15.3% | 53,95,119 | 1.48% | -0.27 | 39 |
| MDMKMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 4 | +1 | 5 | 45.5% | 16,20,527 | 0.45% | +0.01 | 0 |
| JKNJammu & Kashmir National Conference | 4 | +1 | 6 | 28.9% | 4,54,481 | 0.13% | -0.09 | 0 |
| RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party | 3 | -2 | 5 | 36.3% | 15,00,817 | 0.41% | -0.14 | 1 |
| SADShiromani Akali Dal | 2 | -6 | 9 | 39.7% | 25,02,949 | 0.69% | -0.13 | 0 |
| RLDRashtriya Lok Dal | 2 | — | 15 | 14.3% | 13,64,030 | 0.37% | — | 10 |
| FBLAll India Forward Bloc | 2 | 0 | 15 | 12.6% | 12,88,060 | 0.35% | +0.02 | 12 |
| MULIndian Union Muslim League | 2 | 0 | 12 | 8.8% | 8,33,562 | 0.23% | +0.01 | 10 |
| ABLTCABLTC | 2 | — | 4 | 32.9% | 8,18,713 | 0.23% | — | 0 |
| JD(S)JD(S) | 1 | — | 96 | 5.1% | 33,32,702 | 0.91% | — | 88 |
| CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L) | 1 | +1 | 56 | 3.1% | 12,20,698 | 0.34% | +0.09 | 53 |
| BBMBBM | 1 | — | 4 | 30.7% | 6,92,559 | 0.19% | — | 0 |
| AIMIMAll India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 41.4% | 4,48,165 | 0.12% | -0.01 | 0 |
| MADMKMADMK | 1 | +1 | 1 | 51.5% | 3,96,216 | 0.11% | +0.03 | 0 |
| KECKerala Congress | 1 | +1 | 1 | 47.2% | 3,65,313 | 0.10% | +0.01 | 0 |
| KECMKerala Congress (M) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 51.9% | 3,57,402 | 0.10% | 0.00 | 0 |
| SADMSADM | 1 | +1 | 1 | 42.1% | 2,98,846 | 0.08% | +0.02 | 0 |
| SJPRSJPR | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3.6% | 2,97,337 | 0.08% | -0.24 | 13 |
| PWPIPWPI | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20.3% | 2,82,583 | 0.08% | +0.01 | 1 |
| HVCHVC | 1 | +1 | 1 | 52.8% | 2,64,002 | 0.07% | +0.05 | 0 |
| MSCPMSCP | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24.9% | 2,22,417 | 0.06% | +0.01 | 1 |
| SDFSikkim Democratic Front | 1 | 0 | 1 | 52.6% | 1,07,828 | 0.03% | 0.00 | 0 |
| TMCMTMCM | 0 | -3 | 28 | 10.6% | 20,58,636 | 0.56% | -0.84 | 21 |
Showing the 40 largest parties. The full list is at /api/elections/lok-sabha-1999/parties?limit=500.
States & union territories
Seats and the parties that won them
| State / UT | Seats | Turnout | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 85 | 52.8% | BJP29SP26BSP14INC10 |
| Bihar | 54 | 60.6% | BJP23JD(U)18RJD7INC4 |
| Maharashtra | 48 | 58.1% | SHS15BJP13INC10NCP6 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 42 | 67.2% | TDP29BJP7INC5AIMIM1 |
| West Bengal | 42 | 74.1% | CPM21AITC8RSP3INC3 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 40 | 54.0% | BJP29INC11 |
| Tamil Nadu | 39 | 57.0% | DMK12ADMK10PMK5MDMK4 |
| Karnataka | 28 | 65.2% | INC18BJP7JD(U)3 |
| Gujarat | 26 | 46.1% | BJP20INC6 |
| Rajasthan | 25 | 53.3% | BJP16INC9 |
| Odisha | 21 | 54.9% | BJD10BJP9INC2 |
| Kerala | 20 | 69.7% | CPM8INC8MUL2KECM1 |
| Assam | 14 | 69.4% | INC10BJP2CPI(ML)(L)1IND1 |
| Punjab | 13 | 55.7% | INC8SAD2BJP1SADM1 |
| Haryana | 10 | 63.2% | BJP5INLD5 |
| Delhi | 7 | 43.5% | BJP7 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 6 | 31.2% | JKN4BJP2 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 4 | 56.4% | BJP3HVC1 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | 69.6% | INC2 |
| Goa | 2 | 45.1% | BJP2 |
| Manipur | 2 | 65.1% | MSCP1NCP1 |
| Meghalaya | 2 | 55.5% | INC1NCP1 |
| Tripura | 2 | 67.1% | CPM2 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 1 | 58.9% | BJP1 |
| Chandigarh | 1 | 48.3% | INC1 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 1 | 73.1% | IND1 |
| Daman and Diu | 1 | 70.3% | INC1 |
| Lakshadweep | 1 | 79.4% | INC1 |
| Mizoram | 1 | 64.9% | IND1 |
| Nagaland | 1 | 75.8% | INC1 |
| Puducherry | 1 | 63.3% | INC1 |
| Sikkim | 1 | 80.3% | SDF1 |
Largest victories of 1999
| Constituency | State | Winner | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASKA | Odisha | BJDNaveen Patnaik | CPIDuti Krushna Panda | 2,56,73653.54% |
| NAGALAND | Nagaland | INCK. Asungba Sangtam | INDShurhozelie | 3,53,59848.77% |
| AMETHI | Uttar Pradesh | INCSonia Gandhi | BJPDr.Sanjai Singh | 3,00,01248.07% |
| RANCHI | Bihar | BJPRam Tahal Choudhary | INCK K Tewari | 2,41,17741.79% |
| SONEPAT | Haryana | BJPKishan Singh Sangwan | INCChiranji Lal | 2,66,13840.66% |
| SURAT | Gujarat | BJPKashiram Rana | INCRupin Rameshchandra Patchigar | 2,49,19740.47% |
| TURA | Meghalaya | NCPPurno Agitok Sangma | INCAtul C Marak | 1,13,57939.24% |
| SRINAGAR | Jammu and Kashmir | JKNOmer Abdullah | INDMebooba Mufti | 36,85938.01% |
| BHUBANESWAR | Odisha | BJDPrasanna Kumar Patasani | INCBibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardaraj | 2,33,96137.41% |
| PURNEA | Bihar | INDRajesh Ranjan | BJPJay Krishna Mandal | 2,52,56636.41% |
Closest results of 1999
| Constituency | State | Winner | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHATAMPUR | Uttar Pradesh | BSPPyare Lal Sankhwar | SPArun Kumari Kori | 1050.02% |
| TENKASI | Tamil Nadu | ADMKMurugesan,S. | BJPArumugam,S. | 8870.13% |
| BARH | Bihar | JD(U)Nitish Kumar | RJDVijay Krishna | 1,3350.18% |
| FATEHPUR | Uttar Pradesh | BJPAshok Patel | BSPSurya Bali Nishad | 1,0630.20% |
| GURDASPUR | Punjab | BJPVinod Khanna | INCSukhbuns Kaur | 1,3990.21% |
| CHHOTA UDAIPUR | Gujarat | BJPRamsinh Rathawa | INCNaranbhai Rathawa | 1,1980.23% |
| BASTI | Uttar Pradesh | BJPShriram Chauhan | BSPLal Mani Prasad | 1,8320.31% |
| ARARIA | Bihar | RJDSukdeo Paswan | BJPParmanand Rishidev | 2,1690.34% |
| SHEOHAR | Bihar | RJDMd Anwarul Haque | BPSPAnand Mohan | 2,5350.35% |
| CHANDRAPUR | Maharashtra | INCPuglia Nareshkumar Chunnalal | BJPAhir Hansraj Gangaram | 2,8370.36% |