1999 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1999

September–October 1999

39 (of 543) seats in the Lok Sabha
Registered4,77,33,664
Turnout2,76,76,543 (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+


Prime Minister before election

Atal Bihari Vajpayee
BJP

Prime Minister after election

Atal Bihari Vajpayee
BJP

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.