Kerala, Lok Sabha election 1999
20 constituencies in Kerala, 69.71% turnout.
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Kerala
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INCIndian National Congress | 8 | 0 | 17 | 60,51,905 | 39.35% | +0.69 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 8 | +2 | 12 | 42,90,986 | 27.90% | +6.90 |
| MULIndian Union Muslim League | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8,10,135 | 5.27% | +0.25 |
| KECKerala Congress | 1 | +1 | 1 | 3,65,313 | 2.38% | +0.17 |
| KECMKerala Congress (M) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3,57,402 | 2.32% | -0.07 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 0 | -2 | 4 | 11,64,157 | 7.57% | -0.74 |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10,08,047 | 6.56% | -1.47 |
| INDIndependent | 0 | 0 | 73 | 7,32,027 | 4.76% | -2.06 |
| JD(S)JD(S) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3,33,023 | 2.17% | — |
| JD(U)JD(U) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2,06,950 | 1.35% | — |
| SRPSRP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30,779 | 0.20% | — |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14,331 | 0.09% | -0.04 |
| RJDRashtriya Janata Dal | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5,655 | 0.04% | — |
| SHSShiv Sena | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4,700 | 0.03% | +0.01 |
| AJBPAJBP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2,566 | 0.02% | — |
- INC8 (40%)
- CPM8 (40%)
- MUL2 (10%)
- KEC1 (5%)
- KECM1 (5%)
- INC8
- CPM8
- MUL2
- KEC1
- KECM1
- INC8
- CPM8
- MUL2
- KEC1
- KECM1
Constituency performance
From the 20 results in Kerala
Seat change
Against Kerala's previous Lok Sabha election (1998), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained15 (75%)
- Changed hands5 (25%)
15 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 5 changed hands.
India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.
Vote share & turnout trend
Kerala, every Lok Sabha election on record
- INC
- CPM
- MUL
- KEC
Constituency results
All 20 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–20 of 20
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADOOR | INCKodikunnil Suresh | CPIChengara Surendran | 22,0063.15% | 69.3% |
| ALLEPPEY | INCV.M. Sudheeran | CPMMurali | 35,0944.45% | 76.3% |
| BADAGARA | CPMA.K. Premajam | INCP.M. Suresh Babu | 25,8443.01% | 74.2% |
| CALICUT | INCK. Muraleedharan | JD(S)C.M. Ibrahim | 50,4026.13% | 73.1% |
| CANNANORE | CPMA.P. Abdullakkutty | INCMullappally Ramachandran | 10,2471.16% | 78.5% |
| CHIRAYINKIL | CPMVarkala Radhakrishnan | INCM.I. Shanavas | 3,1280.46% | 62.5% |
| ERNAKULAM | INCAdv. George Eden | INDMani Vithayathil | 1,11,30514.34% | 65.7% |
| IDUKKI | KECK. Francis George | INCProf. P.J.Kurian | 9,2981.20% | 69.0% |
| KASARAGOD | CPMT. Govindan | INCKhader Mangad | 31,5783.41% | 77.1% |
| KOTTAYAM | CPMSuresh Kurup | INCP.C. Chacko | 10,5991.46% | 71.5% |
| MANJERI | MULE. Ahamed | CPMAdv. I.T. Najeeb | 1,23,41115.23% | 66.5% |
| MAVELIKARA | INCRamesh Chennithala | INDProf. Ninan Koshy | 33,4435.04% | 70.9% |
| MUKUNDAPURAM | INCK. Karunakaran | CPME.M. Sreedharan | 52,4636.68% | 72.5% |
| MUVATTUPUZHA | KECMAdv. P.C. Thomas | CPMAdv. P.M. Ismail | 76,93911.18% | 67.5% |
| OTTAPALAM | CPMS. Ajayakumar | INCPandalam Sudhakaran | 13,7151.77% | 70.4% |
| PALGHAT | CPMN.N.Krishnadas | INCM.T. Padma | 30,7673.81% | 71.2% |
| PONNANI | MULG.M. Banatwalla | CPIP.P. Suneer | 1,29,47818.79% | 60.1% |
| QUILON | CPMP. Rajendran | INCM.P. Gangadharan | 19,2842.62% | 67.6% |
| TRICHUR | INCA.C. Jose | CPIV.V. Raghavan | 11,6321.59% | 68.2% |
| TRIVANDRUM | INCAdvocate V.S. Sivakumar | CPIKaniyapuram Ramachandran | 14,4851.92% | 63.0% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Kerala alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.
Who won the Kerala, Lok Sabha election 1999?
Indian National Congress won 8 of 20 seats in Kerala, short of a majority on its own.
What was the voter turnout in the Kerala, Lok Sabha election 1999?
Turnout was 69.71% — 1.54 cr of 2.21 cr registered electors voted.
How many Lok Sabha seats does Kerala have?
Kerala has 20 Lok Sabha seats.
