1999 Indian general election

none October 2025 October 2025 India parliamentary 1998 Indian general election 1998 2004 Indian general election 2004 5 September–3 October 1999 543 of the 545 seats in the Lok Sabhaseats Two seats were reserved for Anglo-Indians and filled by presidential nomination 272 619,536,847 59.99% ( 1.98pp) 130x130px Atal Bihari Vajpayee (crop 2).jpg 120 120 140 0 0 Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Democratic Alliance Bharatiya Janata Party 25.59%, 182 seats 182 86,562,209 23.75% 1.84pp Sonia Gandhi and Vladimir Putin in March 2010 04.jpg 140 120 140 15 10 INC+ Sonia Gandhi Indian National Congress 25.82%, 141 seats 114 27 103,120,330 28.30% 2.48pp Surjith-6.JPG 200 120 140 30 35 Harkishan Singh Surjeet Communist Party of India (Marxist) LF 33 5.16%, 32 seats 1 5.40% 19,695,767 0.24pp Wahlergebnisse Indien 1999.svg Results by constituency Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party List of members of the 12th Lok Sabha List of members of the 13th Lok Sabha Alliance seats 299 137 107 General elections were held in India between 5 September and 3 October 1999, a few months after the Kargil War. Results were announced on 6 October 1999.tribuneindia... Nation https://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99oct07/nation.htm 16 August 2021 www.tribuneindia.com 16 August 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210816071019/https://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99oct07/nation.htm live11 October 2008 The 1999 Indian Parliamentary Elections and the New BJP-led Coalition Government http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/hardgrave/Elections1999.html 16 August 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20081011235012/http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/hardgrave/Elections1999.html 11 October 2008 The elections saw the National Democratic Alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party win a majority in the Lok Sabha, the first time since 1984 that a party or alliance had won an outright majority and the second since the 1977 elections that a non-Congress coalition had done so. It was also the third consecutive election in which the party that won the most votes overall did not win the most seats. The elections gave Atal Bihari Vajpayee the record of being the first non-Congress Prime Minister to serve a full five-year term. The decisive result also ended the political instability the country had seen since the 1996 elections that had resulted in a hung parliament. Although the Indian National Congress was able to increase its vote share, its 114 seat tally was considered to be its worst-ever performance in a general election in terms of the number of seats obtained until the 2014 general elections. Background 1999 Lok Sabha vote of confidence On 17 April 1999 the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) coalition government led by prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee failed to win a confidence vote in the Lok Sabha (India's lower house) by a single vote due to the withdrawal of one of the government's coalition partners – the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). The general secretary of the AIADMK J. Jayalalithaa, had consistently threatened to withdraw support from the ruling coalition if certain demands were not met, in particular the sacking of the Tamil Nadu government, control of which she had lost three years prior to her arch rival M. Karunanidhi. The BJP accused Jayalalithaa of making the demands in order to avoid standing trial for a series of corruption charges, and no agreement between the parties could be reached leading to the government's defeat.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/318912.stm Jayalalitha: Actress-turned-politician BBC World Service 19 April 1999 11 December 2008 BBC News 6 January 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190106182542/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/318912.stm live Sonia Gandhi, as leader of the opposition and largest opposition party (Indian National Congress), was unable to form a coalition of parties large enough to secure a working majority in the Lok Sabha. Neither Mulayam Singh nor Jayalalithaa supported Gandhi, instead Jayalalithaa proposed West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu for prime minister; he also declined the position. Thus shortly after the no confidence motion, President K. R. Narayanan dissolved the Parliament and called fresh elections. Atal Bihari Vajpayee remained caretaker prime minister till the elections were held later that year.http://www.asiasociety.org/publications/indian_elections.13.a.html The Thirteenth Election of India's Lok Sabha Oldenburg Philip September 1999 The Asia Society 11 December 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080604152951/http://www.asiasociety.org/publications/indian_elections.13.a.html 4 June 2008 Election schedule The polling schedule for the 1999 general elections was announced by the Chief Election Commissioner M. S. Gill on 11 July 1999. It was revised on 3 August 1999. The revised schedule is given below. Poll eventPhaseIIIII (A)2 (A) phase for only Kerala. IIIIVVV (A)5 (A) phase for only second phase of Odisha.Notification date11 August 199917 August 199912 August 199921 August 199930 August 19997 September 19993 September 1999Last date for filing nomination18 August 199924 August 199919 August 199928 August 19996 September 199914 September 199910 September 1999Scrutiny of nomination19 August 199925 August 199920 August 199930 August 19997 September 1999 15 September 1999Last Date for withdrawal of nomination21 August 199927 August 199923 August 19991 September 19999 September 1999 17 September 1999Date of poll5 September 199911 September 199918 September 199925 September 19993 October 1999Date of counting of votes/Result6 October 1999No. of constituencies1461237974121 Campaign The incumbent Hindu right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) went into the election as the head of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), a coalition of over 20 parties. Several other parties in the election not part of the NDA also committed themselves to supporting a BJP led government on matters of confidence. The main opposition league was led by Sonia Gandhi's Indian National Congress, the long-traditional centrist dominant party in India. The opposition coalition comprised far fewer parties, and its alliances were generally weaker than those of the NDA. A so-called "third front" of left-wing, socialist and communist parties was also present, although this was not a strong electoral alliance so much as a loose grouping of parties that shared similar ideological viewpoints and had some inter-party co-operation. There were also nearly one thousand candidates of unaffiliated parties, independent candidates and parties who were unwilling to take part in coalitions that stood in the election.http://www.asiasociety.org/publications/indian_elections.13.app2.html Appendix 2 : Major Electoral Parties Oldenburg Philip September 1999 The Asia Society 11 December 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20061001152855/http://www.asiasociety.org/publications/indian_elections.13.app2.html 1 October 2006 The campaign coalesced around a few key issues. Sonia Gandhi was a relative newcomer to the INC (having been elected to the presidency in 1998) and her leadership had recently been challenged by Marathi INC leader Sharad Pawar, on the grounds of her Italian birth. This led to an underlying crisis within the INC that persisted during the election and was capitalised upon by the BJP, which contrasted the "videsi" (foreign) Gandhi versus the "swadesi" (home-grown) Vajpayee. Another issue running in the BJP's favour was the generally positive view of Vajpayee's handling of the Kargil War, which had ended a few months earlier and had affirmed and strengthened the Indian position in Kashmir. During the past two years India had posted strong economic growth on the back of economic liberalisation and financial reforms, as well as a low rate of inflation and higher rate of industrial expansion. The BJP campaigned strongly on the back of these achievements, as well as cultivating some sympathy for the predicament which had led to the government's downfall.https://www.laits.utexas.edu/solvyns-project/Elections1999.html The 1999 Indian Parliamentary Elections and the New BJP-led Coalition Government Hardgrave Bob 1999 11 December 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081011235012/http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/hardgrave/Elections1999.html 11 October 2008 livehttp://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,3126/type,0/ Election-Watcher's Guide – 1 September 1999 CSIS 1999 South Asia Program 11 December 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080710204741/http://www.csis.org/component/option%2Ccom_csis_pubs/task%2Cview/id%2C3126/type%2C0/ 10 July 2008 dead Perhaps most decisive though in the BJP's campaign was the solid alliance it had cultivated and the relatively strong performance it was able to deliver on regional and local issues. The 1991, 1996, and 1998 elections saw a period of consistent growth for the BJP and its allies, based primarily on arousing Hindu sentiments around the Ayodhya dispute, which culminated into large-scale Hindu-Muslim riots in the wake of the 1992 demolition of Babri Masjid. It also underwent political expansions in terms of cultivating stronger and broader alliances with other previously unaffiliated parties which were opposed to Congress hegemony but not ideological aligned with the BJP; and regional expansion which saw the NDA become competitive and even the largest vote takers in previously Congress dominated areas such as Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Assam. These final factors were to prove decisive in the election outcome of 1999.Heath Oliver Parties and Party Politics in India Zoya Hasan Oxford University Press New Delhi 2006 978-0-19-566833-9 Oxford India Paperbacks Anatomy of the BJP's Rise to Power: Social, Regional and Political Expansion in 1990sWallace Paul Ramashray Roy India's 1999 Elections and 20th Century Politics Sage 2003 978-0-7619-9598-2 Voting was conducted over five days. Elections were conducted in 146 seats on the Eastern coast of the country on 5 September, in 123 Central and Southern seats on 11 September, in 76 Northern and Upper-Central seats on 18 September, in 74 North Western seats on 25 September and in the 121 Western seats on 3 October. Despite some fears of voter fatigue, electoral turnout was comparable with previous elections at 60%. Over 5 million election officials conducted the election over 800,000 polling stations, with vote counting commencing on 6 October.http://www.eci.gov.in/ Elections India Electoral Commission of India 11 December 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081207201816/http://www.eci.gov.in/ 7 December 2008 https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/special_report/1999/08/99/indian_elections/default.stm Indian Elections 1999 BBC 1999 11 December 2008 BBC News 28 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110728161350/http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/special_report/1999/08/99/indian_elections/default.stm live Results The results in terms of seats were decisively in favour of the BJP and the NDA, with the alliance picking up 299 seats. Despite increasing its popular vote share and receiving the most votes overall, the Congress party lost 23 seats, and its two key regional allies performed worse than expected; however, it did regain ground in some states such as Uttar Pradesh (where it had been wiped out in 1998, not winning a single seat in the state). The seat result for the Indian National Congress was the worst in nearly half a century, with party leader Sonia Gandhi calling upon the party to take a frank assessment of itself – "the result calls for introspection, frank assessment and determined action. We will attend to this in the coming days. In the meantime, we accept unhesitatingly the verdict of the people". For the BJP, this marked the first occasion where a non-INC party had secured a stable government coalition. Previous non-INC governing coalitions had been formed in 1977, 1989 and 1996; however, none of these administrations had been able to maintain a stable coagulation for more than a couple of years. One Senior BJP figure commented in the aftermath "It will certainly be a government of stability...I expect that Mr Vajpayee, with all his experience, will be able to handle our coalition partners."https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/468258.stm Indian election: What they said BBC 8 October 1999 12 December 2008 BBC News 26 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181226123621/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/468258.stm live 350px Indian National Congress 103120330 114 Bharatiya Janata Party 86562209 182 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 19695767 33 Bahujan Samaj Party 15175845 14 Samajwadi Party 13717021 26 Telugu Desam Party 13297370 29 Janata Dal (United) 11282084 21 Rashtriya Janata Dal 10150492 7 Trinamool Congress 9363785 8 Nationalist Congress Party 8260311 8 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7046953 10 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 6298832 12 Shiv Sena 5672412 15 Communist Party of India 5395119 4 Biju Janata Dal 4378536 10 Janata Dal (Secular) 3332702 1 Pattali Makkal Katchi 2377741 5 Shiromani Akali Dal 2502949 2 Tamil Maanila Congress 2058636 0 Indian National Lok Dal 2002700 5 Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1620527 4 Revolutionary Socialist Party 1500817 3 Rashtriya Lok Dal 1364030 2 All India Forward Bloc 1288060 2 Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation 1220698 1 Asom Gana Parishad 1182061 0 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 974609 0 Muslim League Kerala State Committee 833562 2 Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress 818713 2 Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh 692559 1 Apna Dal 848662 0 Bihar People's Party 607810 0 Puthiya Tamilagam 568196 0 Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 454481 4 All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen 448165 1 MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 396216 1 Kerala Congress 365313 1 Kerala Congress (M) 357402 1 Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann) 298846 1 Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) 297337 1 Peasants and Workers Party of India 282583 1 Himachal Vikas Congress 264002 1 Manipur State Congress Party 222417 1 Republican Party of India 505664 0 Ajeya Bharat Party 430275 0 Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal 406421 0 Marxist Co-ordination Committee 351839 0 Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress 338278 0 United Reservation Movement Council of Assam 246942 0 Anna Telugu Desam Party 244045 0 Democratic Bahujan Samaj Morcha 236962 0 Haryana Vikas Party 188731 0 Sikkim Democratic Front 107828 1 Gondwana Ganatantra Party 180804 0 People's Democratic Front 172434 0 Janata Party 167649 0 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Ulgulan) 154433 0 Mahabharat People's Party 145192 0 National Loktantrik Party 136385 0 Marxist Communist Party of India (S.S. Srivastava) 120220 0 United Democratic Party 107197 0 Jharkhand Party (Naren) 101441 0 Sikkim Sangram Parishad 86466 0 Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha 73012 0 Sadbhavana Party 71279 0 Arunachal Congress 70760 0 NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi) 61635 0 Jharkhand Party 57676 0 Champaran Vikas Party 56561 0 Akhil Bharatiya Sena 56249 0 United Minorities Front, Assam 53661 0 Lok Shakti 40997 0 Bharatiya Republican Paksha 40636 0 Hill State People's Democratic Party 40301 0 Bahujan Samaj Party (Ambedkar) 39494 0 Pragatisheel Manav Samaj Party 36920 0 Bharatiya Jan Congress 34552 0 People's Democratic Movement 33164 0 Bhartiya Jana Congress (Rashtriya) 32871 0 Pyramid Party of India 31699 0 Socialist Republican Party 30779 0 Federal Party of Manipur 30039 0 Jammu and Kashmir Awami League 28889 0 Amra Bangali 25408 0 Tamil Desiyak Katchi 25209 0 Loktantrik Samajwadi Party 23630 0 Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) 20523 0 Bharatiya Jana Sangh 19596 0 National Minorities Party 19344 0 Shoshit Samaj Dal 19330 0 Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party 15888 0 Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha 15526 0 Uttarakhand Kranti Dal 14302 0 Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha 14157 0 Republican Party of India (Athawale) 14098 0 Majlis Bachao Tahreek 13461 0 Sirpanch Samaj Party 13437 0 Chhattisgarhi Samaj Party 13097 0 Parivartan Samaj Party 12820 0 United Goans Democratic Party 11153 0 Jan Satta Party 11024 0 Savarn Samaj Party 10906 0 All India Muslim Forum 10010 0 Maraland Democratic Front 8444 0 United Tribal Nationalists Liberation Front 8429 0 United Bodo Nationalist Liberation Front 7611 0 Bharatiya Samaj Dal 7607 0 Ambedkar Samaj Party 7260 0 Akhil Bharatiya Berozgaar Party 7134 0 Akhil Bartiya Manav Seva Dal 6761 0 Rajasthan Vikash Party 6258 0 Awami Party 5050 0 All India Gareeb Congress 4861 0 Gareebjan Samaj Party 4725 0 Garo National Council 4561 0 Humanist Party of India 4192 0 Rashtriya Unnatsheel Das 4104 0 Shoshit Samaj Party 4080 0 Bharatiya Naujawan Dal 3895 0 Dhiravida Thelgar Munnetra Kalagam 3748 0 Maharashtra Rashtravadi Congress 3579 0 Maharashtra Pradesh Krantikari Party 3571 0 Bira Oriya Party 3120 0 Bahujan Kranti Dal (JAI) 3090 0 All India Rajiv Krantikari Congress 2993 0 Sanatan Samaj Party 2932 0 Bhartiya Lok Kalyan Dal 2896 0 Bharatiya Berozgar Mazdoor Kisan Dal 2706 0 Tharasu Makkal Mandram 2675 0 Gujarat Yuva Vikas Party 2217 0 Bharatiya Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh 2151 0 Akhil Bhartiya Janata Vikas Party 1981 0 Bharat Dal 1832 0 Hind Vikas Party 1641 0 Tamil Nadu Peasants and Workers Party 1631 0 Ephraim Union 1578 0 National Organisation Congress 1566 0 Manav Kalyan Sangh Dal 1517 0 Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Rasik Bhatt) 1516 0 All J & K Peoples Patriotic Front 1500 0 Kamjor Varg Sangh, Bihar 1481 0 United Citizens Party 1414 0 Rashtriya Sawarn Dal 1407 0 Goa Vikas Party 1407 0 Akhil Bharatiya Manav Adhikar Dal 1333 0 Akhil Bhartiya Loktantra Party 1265 0 Labour and Job Seeker's Party of India 1227 0 Bahujan Kranti Dal 1218 0 Secular Party of India 1180 0 Rashtriya Aikta Manch 1169 0 Gandhiwadi Rashtriya Congress 1163 0 Pragati Sheel Party 858 0 Bharat Nav Jyoti Sangh 806 0 All India Minorities Front 805 0 Bahujan Ekta Party (R) 783 0 Bharatiya Momin Front 737 0 Indian National Green Party 594 0 Bharatiya Jan Vikas Party 571 0 Ambedkarbadi Party 543 0 Bharatiya Parivartan Morcha 508 0 Rashtriya Mazdoor Ekta Party 437 0 Christian Mannetra Kazhagam 385 0 Bharatha Makkal Congress 384 0 Rashtriya Dharmanirpeksha Nava Bharat Party 384 0 Kranti Dal 344 0 Bharatiya Muhabbat Party (All India) 338 0 Akhil Bharatiya Shivsena Rashtrawadi 244 0 National Congress Of Youth 179 0 Desh Bhakt Party 173 0 Independents 9996386 6 Nominated Anglo-Indians 2 7231810 619536847 ECI By state and alliance State (# of seats)Alliance/partySeats contestedSeats won% of votesAndhra Pradesh(42)rowspan="2" National Democratic Alliance (India) National Democratic AllianceNDA Telugu Desam PartyTelugu Desam Party342939.85 Bharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)879.90rowspan="1" Indian National CongressCongress+ Indian National CongressIndian National Congress42542.79Third Front Communist Party of India (Marxist) Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) 701.4 Communist Party of India (Marxist)Communist Party Of India (CPI) 601.3 - - All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen116.05Arunachal Pradesh(2)rowspan="1" Indian National CongressCongress+ Indian National CongressIndian National Congress2256.92rowspan="2" National Democratic Alliance (India) National Democratic AllianceNDA Arunachal Congress Arunachal Congress1016.62 Bharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)1016.30 - - Nationalist Congress PartyNationalist Congress Party107.77Assam(14)rowspan="1" Indian National CongressCongress+ Indian National CongressIndian National Congress141038.42rowspan="1" National Democratic Alliance (India) National Democratic AllianceNDA Bharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)12229.84Third Front Asom Gana ParishadAsom Gana Parishad8011.92 Communist Party of India (Marxist) Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) 201.8 Communist Party of India Communist Party of India (CPI) 100.6 - - Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) LiberationCommunist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation3110.46 - - Independent (politician) IndependentIndependent4419.36Bihar(54)rowspan="3" National Democratic Alliance (India) National Democratic AllianceNDA Bharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)292323.01 Janata Dal (United)Janata Dal (United)231820.77 Bihar People's PartyBihar People's Party201.7rowspan="5" Indian National CongressCongress+ Rashtriya Janata Dal Rashtriya Janata Dal35728.29 Indian National CongressIndian National Congress1548.81 Communist Party of India (Marxist) Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) 100.1 Communist Party of India Communist Party of India (CPI) 101.0 Rashtriya Lok Dal Rashtriya Lok Dal100Third Front Communist Party of India (Marxist) Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) 110.9 Communist Party of India Communist Party of India (CPI) 801.7 All India Forward BlocAll India Forward Bloc (AIFB) 100 - - Independent (politician) IndependentIndependent18714.2Goa(2)rowspan="1" National Democratic Alliance (India) National Democratic AllianceNDA Bharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)2251.49rowspan="1" Indian National CongressCongress+ Indian National CongressIndian National Congress2039.01Gujarat(26)rowspan="1" National Democratic Alliance (India) National Democratic AllianceNDA Bharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)262052.48rowspan="1" Indian National CongressCongress+ Indian National CongressIndian National Congress26645.44Haryana(10)rowspan="2" National Democratic Alliance (India) National Democratic AllianceNDA Bharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)5529.21 Indian National Lok DalIndian National Lok Dal5528.72rowspan="1" Indian National CongressCongress+ Indian National CongressIndian National Congress10034.93 - - Haryana Vikas PartyHaryana Vikas Party202.71Himachal Pradesh(4)rowspan="2" National Democratic Alliance (India) National Democratic AllianceNDA Bharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)3346.27 Himachal Vikas CongressHimachal Vikas Congress1112.37rowspan="1" Indian National CongressCongress+ Indian National CongressIndian National Congress4039.52Jammu & Kashmir(6) - - Jammu & Kashmir National ConferenceJammu & Kashmir National Conference6428.94rowspan="1" National Democratic Alliance (India) National Democratic AllianceNDA Bharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)6231.56rowspan="1" Indian National CongressCongress+ Indian National CongressIndian National Congress5017.83 - - Independent (politician) IndependentIndependent2809.63Karnataka(28)rowspan="1" Indian National CongressCongress+ Indian National CongressIndian National Congress281845.41rowspan="2" National Democratic Alliance (India) National Democratic AllianceNDA Bharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)19727.19 Janata Dal (United)Janata Dal (United)9313.28 - - Janata Dal (Secular)Janata Dal (Secular)27010.85Kerala(20)rowspan="3" Indian National CongressCongress+ Indian National CongressIndian National Congress17839.25 Kerala CongressKerala Congress112.3 Muslim League Kerala State CommitteeMuslim League Kerala State Committee225.6Third Front Communist Party of India (Marxist) Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) 12827.90 Communist Party of India Communist Party of India (CPI) 407.57 Independent (politician) IndependentIndependent203.6 Kerala CongressKerala Congress112.4 Janata Dal (Secular)Janata Dal (Secular)102.2rowspan="2" National Democratic Alliance (India) National Democratic AllianceNDA Bharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)1406.56 Janata Dal (United)Janata Dal (United)501.3Madhya Pradesh(40)rowspan="1" National Democratic Alliance (India) National Democratic AllianceNDA Bharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)402946.58rowspan="1" Indian National CongressCongress+ Indian National CongressIndian National Congress401143.91 - - Bahujan Samaj PartyBahujan Samaj Party2705.23 - - Samajwadi PartySamajwadi Party2001.37Maharashtra(48)rowspan="2" National Democratic Alliance (India) National Democratic AllianceNDA Shiv SenaShiv Sena221516.86 Bharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)261321.18rowspan="3" Indian National CongressCongress+ Indian National CongressIndian National Congress421029.71 Bharipa Bahujan MahasanghBharipa Bahujan Mahasangh412.1 Republican Party of IndiaRepublican Party of India201.4 - - Nationalist Congress PartyNationalist Congress Party38621.58 - - Janata Dal (Secular)Janata Dal (Secular)210.9 - - Independent (politician) IndependentIndependent7813.3 - - Peasants And Workers Party of IndiaPeasants And Workers Party of India210.9Manipur(2)rowspan="2" National Democratic Alliance (India) National Democratic AllianceNDA Manipur State Congress PartyManipur State Congress Party1124.89 Bharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)101 - - Nationalist Congress PartyNationalist Congress Party1113.49 - - Manipur Peoples PartyManipur Peoples Party1016.25Orissa(21)rowspan="2" National Democratic Alliance (India) National Democratic AllianceNDA Biju Janata DalBiju Janata Dal121033.00 Bharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)9924.63rowspan="1" Indian National CongressCongress+ Indian National CongressIndian National Congress20236.94Punjab(13)rowspan="3" Indian National CongressCongress+ Indian National CongressIndian National Congress11838.4 Communist Party of India (Marxist) Communist Party of India (CPI) 113.7 Communist Party of India (Marxist)Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) 102.2rowspan="3" National Democratic Alliance (India) National Democratic AllianceNDA Shiromani Akali DalShiromani Akali Dal9228.6 Bharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)319.2 Democratic Bahujan Samaj MorchaDemocratic Bahujan Samaj Morcha102.7 - - Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann)Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann)113.4Rajasthan(25)rowspan="2" National Democratic Alliance (India) National Democratic AllianceNDA Bharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)241623.01 Janata Dal (United)Janata Dal (United)101.6rowspan="1" Indian National CongressCongress+ Indian National CongressIndian National Congress25917.83Tamil Nadu(39)rowspan="6" National Democratic Alliance (India) National Democratic AllianceNDA Dravida Munnetra KazhagamDravida Munnetra Kazhagam191223.1 Pattali Makkal KatchiPattali Makkal Katchi758.2 Bharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)647.1 Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam546.0 MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam111.5 Tamizhaga Rajiv CongressTamizhaga Rajiv Congress101.2rowspan="4" Indian National CongressCongress+ All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam24 10 25.7 Indian National CongressIndian National Congress11211.1 Communist Party of India (Marxist) Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) 212.3 Communist Party of India (Marxist)Communist Party Of India (CPI) 202.6Uttar Pradesh(85)rowspan="4" National Democratic Alliance (India) National Democratic AllianceNDA Bharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)772927.64 Akhil Bharatiya Lok Tantrik CongressAkhil Bharatiya Lok Tantrik Congress421.51 Independent (politician) IndependentIndependent113.62 Janata Dal (United)Janata Dal (United)200.6rowspan="3" Indian National CongressCongress+ Indian National CongressIndian National Congress761014.72 Rashtriya Lok DalRashtriya Lok Dal622.49 Republican Party of IndiaRepublican Party of India100 - - Bahujan Samaj PartyBahujan Samaj Party851422.08 - - Samajwadi PartySamajwadi Party842624.06 - - Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)210.46West Bengal(42)Third Front Communist Party of India (Marxist) Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) 322135.57 Communist Party of India (Marxist)Communist Party Of India (CPI) 333.47 Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) 434.25 All India Forward BlocAll India Forward Bloc (AIFB) 323.45rowspan="2" National Democratic Alliance (India) National Democratic AllianceNDA Nationalist Trinamool CongressAll India Trinamool Congress (AITC)28826.04 Bharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)13211.13rowspan="1" Indian National CongressCongress+ Indian National Congress Indian National Congress (INC)41313.29 Support for the new government Political PartySeats Bharatiya Janata Party182 Telugu Desam Party29 Janata Dal (United)21Shiv Sena15 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam12 Biju Janata Dal10 Trinamool Congress8 Pattali Makkal Katchi5 Indian National Lok Dal5 Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam4 Jammu & Kashmir National Conference4 Shiromani Akali Dal2 Rashtriya Lok Dal2 Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress2 MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam1 Himachal Vikas Congress1Independent1Total304 See also List of members of the 13th Lok Sabha 1999 Indian general election by state or union territory Notes References India General General Category:General elections in India