Tamil Nadu, Lok Sabha election 1999
39 constituencies in Tamil Nadu, 57.05% turnout.
Seats
39
Candidates
362
17 women, 1 elected
Turnout
57.05%
2.72 cr of 4.77 cr
Leading party
DMK
12 of 39 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Tamil Nadu
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 12 | +7 | 19 | 62,98,832 | 23.13% | +3.05 |
| ADMKAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 10 | -8 | 24 | 69,92,003 | 25.68% | -0.21 |
| PMKPattali Makkal Katchi | 5 | +1 | 7 | 22,36,821 | 8.21% | +2.16 |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 4 | +1 | 6 | 19,45,286 | 7.14% | +0.28 |
| MDMKMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 4 | +1 | 5 | 16,20,527 | 5.95% | -0.31 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 2 | +2 | 11 | 30,22,107 | 11.10% | +6.32 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 1 | +1 | 2 | 6,39,516 | 2.35% | +1.72 |
| MADMKMADMK | 1 | +1 | 1 | 3,96,216 | 1.46% | +0.37 |
| TMCMTMCM | 0 | -3 | 27 | 19,46,899 | 7.15% | -13.04 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 0 | -1 | 2 | 6,95,762 | 2.56% | +0.10 |
| PTPT | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5,68,196 | 2.09% | +0.34 |
| INDIndependent | 0 | -1 | 198 | 3,39,948 | 1.25% | -1.21 |
| TRCTRC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3,38,278 | 1.24% | — |
| FBLAll India Forward Bloc | 0 | 0 | 8 | 61,809 | 0.23% | — |
| JD(S)JD(S) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 41,096 | 0.15% | — |
| TDKTDK | 0 | 0 | 7 | 25,209 | 0.09% | — |
| JPJP | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20,489 | 0.08% | -0.96 |
| RJDRashtriya Janata Dal | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8,062 | 0.03% | -0.04 |
| CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8,038 | 0.03% | +0.01 |
| AJBPAJBP | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5,879 | 0.02% | +0.01 |
| DTMKDTMK | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3,748 | 0.01% | — |
| RPIARPIA | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3,632 | 0.01% | — |
| THMMTHMM | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2,675 | 0.01% | — |
| SPSPSardar Patel Siddhant Party | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2,200 | 0.01% | — |
| NCPNationalist Congress Party | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,814 | 0.01% | — |
| TNPWPTNPWP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,631 | 0.01% | — |
| NOCNOC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,566 | 0.01% | — |
| LJSPILJSPI | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1,227 | 0.00% | — |
| INGPINGP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 594 | 0.00% | — |
| SHSShiv Sena | 0 | 0 | 1 | 450 | 0.00% | — |
| CMKCMK | 0 | 0 | 1 | 385 | 0.00% | — |
| BMCBMC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 384 | 0.00% | — |
- DMK12 (31%)
- ADMK10 (26%)
- PMK5 (13%)
- BJP4 (10%)
- MDMK4 (10%)
- INC2 (5%)
- Others2 (5%)
- DMK12
- ADMK10
- PMK5
- BJP4
- MDMK4
- INC2
- Others2
- DMK12
- ADMK10
- PMK5
- BJP4
- MDMK4
- INC2
- CPM1
- MADMK1
Constituency performance
From the 39 results in Tamil Nadu
Closest contest
TENKASI
won by 887 (0.13%)
Biggest victory
MADRAS SOUTH
won by 2,40,184 (25.65%)
Highest turnout
CHIDAMBARAM
65.24%
Lowest turnout
MADRAS NORTH
43.08%
Seat change
Against Tamil Nadu's previous Lok Sabha election (1998), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained22 (56%)
- Changed hands17 (44%)
22 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 17 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
Tamil Nadu, every Lok Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- DMK
- ADMK
- PMK
- BJP
TURNOUT
Constituency results
All 39 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–39 of 39
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARAKKONAM | DMKJagathrakshakan, S. Dr. | INCThangka Balu, K.V. | 95,64413.17% | 64.8% |
| CHENGALPATTU | PMKMoorthy, A.K. | ADMKThirunavukkarasu, S.S. | 12,8111.86% | 57.4% |
| CHIDAMBARAM | PMKPonnuswamy, E. | TMCMThirumavalavan, R. | 1,19,56316.51% | 65.2% |
| COIMBATORE | BJPRadhakrishnan, C.P. | CPINallakannu, R. | 54,0776.19% | 55.6% |
| CUDDALORE | DMKSankar, Adhi | ADMKDhamotharan M.C. | 73,95310.42% | 62.5% |
| DHARMAPURI | PMKElangovan, P.D. | ADMKMunusamy, K.P. | 25,5403.57% | 58.3% |
| DINDIGUL | ADMKSreenivaasan, C. | DMKChandrasekar, S. | 20,3433.02% | 56.4% |
| GOBICHETTIPALAYAM | ADMKKaliappan, K.K. | DMKArjun, K.G.S. | 30,0124.79% | 58.7% |
| KARUR | ADMKChinnasamy, M. | DMKPalanisamy, K.C. | 2,8470.40% | 61.5% |
| KRISHNAGIRI | DMKVetriselvan, V. | ADMKThambidurai, M. | 31,8244.67% | 58.5% |
| MADRAS CENTRAL | DMKMurasoli Maran | ADMKAbdul Latheef, M. | 1,36,94922.16% | 48.5% |
| MADRAS NORTH | DMKKuppusamy, C. | CPMSoundara Rajan, A. | 1,59,78918.17% | 43.1% |
| MADRAS SOUTH | DMKBaalu, T.R. | INCDhandayudhapani, V. | 2,40,18425.65% | 45.1% |
| MADURAI | CPMMohan, P. | DMKMuthuramalingam, Pon. | 37,2234.97% | 52.3% |
| MAYILADUTURAI | INCManishankar Aiyar | PMKArul Mozhi P.D. | 40,1316.21% | 62.7% |
| NAGAPATTINAM | DMKVijayan, A.K.S. | CPISelvarasu.M. | 22,4663.28% | 65.0% |
| NAGERCOIL | BJPRadhakrishnan,P. | INCDennis.N. | 1,45,64323.79% | 57.9% |
| NILGIRIS | BJPMathan, M. (Alias) Master Mathan, M. | INCPrabhu, R. | 23,9593.29% | 54.1% |
| PALANI | ADMKKumarasamy, P. | MDMKGanesha Murthi, A. | 28,7174.32% | 57.4% |
| PERAMBALUR | DMKRaja. A. | ADMKRajarethinam.P. | 68,05110.00% | 64.0% |
| PERIYAKULAM | ADMKDhinakaran, | DMKSelvendran, P. | 45,8066.96% | 58.7% |
| POLLACHI | MDMKKrishnan, Dr.C. | ADMKThiyagarajan, M. | 9,5151.58% | 56.1% |
| PUDUKKOTTAI | MADMKThirunavukarasu | INCSingaaravadivel.S. | 64,3028.35% | 63.2% |
| RAMANATHAPURAM | ADMKMalaisamy.K. | DMKBhavani Rajenthiran.M.S.K. (Tmt.) | 6,6461.06% | 56.4% |
| RASIPURAM | ADMKSaroja, V. Dr. | PMKUthayarasu, S. | 38,4056.11% | 54.2% |
| SALEM | ADMKSelvaganapathi, T.M. | TRCRamamurthy, K. | 25,4113.47% | 58.2% |
| SIVAGANGA | INCSudarsana Natchiappan,E.M. | BJPRaja.H. | 23,8113.89% | 54.8% |
| SIVAKASI | MDMKVaiko | ADMKRamaswami, V.Justice | 74,7819.59% | 62.0% |
| SRIPERUMBUDUR | DMKKrishnaswamy, A. | ADMKVenugopal, K. | 75,00210.29% | 53.9% |
| TENKASI | ADMKMurugesan,S. | BJPArumugam,S. | 8870.13% | 63.9% |
| THANJAVUR | DMKPalanimanickam.S.S. | ADMKThangamuthu.K | 33,0145.08% | 62.0% |
| TINDIVANAM | MDMKRamachandran N. Gingee. | INCRamamurthee K. | 9,3501.37% | 60.6% |
| TIRUCHENDUR | DMKJayaseelan, A.D.K. | ADMKRajan, Dr.B.P. | 59,66611.15% | 51.4% |
| TIRUCHENGODE | MDMKKannappan, M. | ADMKPalanisamy, K. | 4,5560.55% | 54.6% |
| TIRUCHIRAPPALLI | BJPArangarajan Kumaramangalam | INCAdaikalaraj,L. | 89,19712.91% | 55.5% |
| TIRUNELVELI | ADMKPandian, P.H. | DMKGeetha Jeevan, P. | 26,4944.41% | 53.5% |
| TIRUPPATTUR | DMKVenugopal, D. | ADMKRajendran, A.R. | 23,6133.23% | 63.9% |
| VANDAVASI | PMKDurai, M. | INCKrishnasswamy, M. | 59,1978.85% | 60.5% |
| VELLORE | PMKShanmugam, N.T. | ADMKMohamed Asif | 25,6853.73% | 59.8% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Tamil Nadu alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.