1999 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

none July 2016 July 2026 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1999 India parliamentary no Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1998 1998 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 2004 2004 5 and 11 September 1999 39 (of 543) seats in the Lok Sabha 4,77,33,664 2,76,76,543 (57.98%) 0.03% J Jayalalithaa.jpg 120 100 120 10 2 M._Karunanidhi_.jpg 120 100 120 10 2 M. Karunanidhi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam National Democratic Alliance (India) 26 10 1,28,35,960 47.13% 5.36% J. Jayalalithaa All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Congress Alliance +LF 13 6 1,13,49,388 41.69% 7.94% 1999 tamil nadu lok sabha election map.png 200px 1999 Election map (by constituencies)Saffron = NDA and Green = INC+ 350px Partywise structure 350px Alliance-wise structure Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party 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. Election schedule The polling schedule for the 1999 General Elections was announced by the Chief Election Commissioner on 11 July 1999. Poll eventPhaseIIINotification date11 August 199917 August 1999Last date for filing nomination18 August 199924 August 1999Scrutiny of nomination19 August 199925 August 1999Last Date for withdrawal of nomination21 August 199927 August 1999Date of poll5 September 199911 September 1999Date of counting of votes/Result6 October 1999No. of constituencies1920 Voting PhasesI (19 seats)II (20 seats)Tindivanam Cuddalore Chidambaram Rasipuram Madurai Karur Tiruchirappalli Perambalur Mayiladuthurai Nagapattinam Thanjavur Pudukkottai Sivaganga Ramanathapuram Sivakasi Tirunelveli Tenkasi Tiruchendur NagercoilChennai North Chennai Central Chennai South Sriperumbudur Chengalpattu Arakkonam Vellore Tiruppattur Vandavasi Dharmapuri Krishnagiri Salem Tiruchengode Nilgiris Gobichettipalayam Coimbatore Pollachi Palani Dindigul Periyakulam Seat allotments National Democratic Alliance colspan="7" National Democratic Alliance National Democratic Alliance Party Flag Symbol LeaderSeat(s) Contested Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 50px50px M. Karunanidhi 1819 MGR Kazhagam R. M. Veerappan 1 Pattali Makkal Katchi 50px 50px Dr. Ramdoss7 Bharatiya Janata Party 50px 50px K. N. Lakshmanan6 Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 50px 50px Vaiko5 MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 50px 50px Su. Thirunavukkarasar1 Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress 50px Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy1 Total39 AIADMK-Congress Alliance colspan="6" United Progressive Alliance AIADMK-led Alliance1999-07-31 Jaya dumps unwanted seats on Cong http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19990731/ipo31068.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080716061944/http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19990731/ipo31068.html 2008-07-16 indianexpress.com Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 50px50px J. Jayalalithaa 23 Indian National League 50px M. Abdul Lathief 1 Indian National Congress 50px 50px Tindivanam K. Ramamurthy 11 Communist Party of India (Marxist) yes 50px 50px N. Sankaraiah 2 Communist Party of India 50px 50px R. Nallakannu 2 Total39 Democratic People Progressive Alliance colspan="7" Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) Democratic People Progressive Alliance Party Flag Symbol LeaderSeat(s) Contested Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) 50px 50px G. K. Moopanar 2227Republican Party of India C. K. Tamilarasan 2 Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi 50px Thol. Thirumavalavan 2 Indian Union Muslim League 50px K. M. Kader Mohideen 1 Puthiya Tamilagam 50px 50px K. Krishnasamy10 Janata Dal (Secular) yessymbol This Symbol was used by JD(S) until 2001https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/jds-changes-party-symbol/articleshow/1035179914.cms JD(S) Changes it's Symbol 25 May 2026 25 December 2001 50px 50px H. D. Deve Gowda2 Total39 List of Candidates ConstituencyNDAAIADMK+TMC(M)+ # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate 1 Chennai North Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam C. Kuppusami Communist Party of India (Marxist) N. Soundararajan Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC J. M. Aaroon Rashid 2 Chennai Central Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Murasoli Maran All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. Abdul LathiefINL Indian National League candidate contested on the "Two Leaves" symbol of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK), and is officially recorded as a ADMK candidate in electoral records. Puthiya Tamilagam R. Janaki Ammal 3 Chennai South Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam T. R. Baalu Indian National Congress V. Dhandayuthapani Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC Muktha Srinivasan 4 Sriperumbudur Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. Krishnaswamy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. Venugopal Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC J. Pushparaman 5 Chengalpattu Pattali Makkal Katchi A. K. Moorthy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. S. Thirunavukkarasu Janata Dal (Secular) C. Balaraman 6 Arakkonam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. JagatrakshakanMGRK MGR Kazhagam candidate contested on the "Rising Sun" symbol of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), and is officially recorded as a DMK candidate in electoral records. Indian National Congress K. V. Thangabalu Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC A. M. Velu 7 Vellore Pattali Makkal Katchi N. T. Shanmugam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK Mohammad Asif Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC C. K. ThamizharasanRPI Republican Party of India candidate contested on the "Cycle" symbol of the Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC), and is officially recorded as a TMC candidate in electoral records. 8 Tiruppattur Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam D. Venugopal All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK A. R. Rajendran Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC A. Jayamohan 9 Vandavasi Pattali Makkal Katchi M. Durai Indian National Congress M. Krishnaswamy Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC K. A. Wahab ta கே. ஏ. வகாப்IUML Indian Union Muslim League candidate contested on the "Cycle" symbol of the Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC), and is officially recorded as a TMC candidate in electoral records. 10 Tindivanam Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam N. Ramachandran Indian National Congress K. Ramamurthy Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC S. P. Subramanian 11 Cuddalore Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Adhi Sankar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. C. Dhamodaran Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC P. R. S. Venkatesan 12 Chidambaram Pattali Makkal Katchi E. Ponnuswamy Indian National Congress T. Sumathi Udayakumar Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC Thol. ThirumavalavanVCK Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi candidate contested on the "Cycle" symbol of the Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC), and is officially recorded as a TMC candidate in electoral records. 13 Dharmapuri Pattali Makkal Katchi P. D. Elangovan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. P. Munusamy Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC M. C. Rajendran 14 Krishnagiri Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam V. Vetriselvam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. Thambidurai Janata Dal (Secular) G. A. Vadivelu 15 Rasipuram Pattali Makkal Katchi S. Uthayarasu All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK V. Saroja Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC Dr. C. Natesan 16 Salem Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress TRC K. Ramamurthy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK T. M. Selvaganapathy Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC R. Devadass 17 Tiruchengode Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Kannappan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. Palanisamy Puthiya Tamilagam T. M. Kanagasabapathi 18 Nilgiris Bharatiya Janata Party M. Master Mathan Indian National Congress R. Prabhu Puthiya Tamilagam C. Chinnaraj 19 Gobichettipalayam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. G. S. Arjun All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. K. Kaliappan Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC C. K. Kuppuswamy 20 Coimbatore Bharatiya Janata Party C. P. Radhakrishnan Communist Party of India R. Nallakannu Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC S. R. Balasubramaniam 21 Pollachi Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam C. Krishnan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. Thiyagarajan Puthiya Tamilagam M. Jothiraj 22 Palani Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. Ganeshamurthi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. Kumarasamy Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC S. K. Kharventhan 23 Dindigul Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. Chandrasekar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK C. Sreenivasan Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC N. S. V. Chitthan 24 Madurai Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Pon. Muthuramalingam Communist Party of India (Marxist) P. Mohan Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC A. G. S. Ram Babu 25 Periyakulam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. Selvendran All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK T. T. V. Dhinakaran Puthiya Tamilagam A. Manssoor Alikhan 26 Karur Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam K. C. Palanisamy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK M. Chinnasamy Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC K. Natrayan 27 Tiruchirappalli Bharatiya Janata Party R. Kumaramangalam Indian National Congress L. Adaikalaraj Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC M. Rajasekharan 28 Perambalur Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. Raja All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. Rajarathnam Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC D. PeriyasamyVCK 29 Mayiladuthurai Pattali Makkal Katchi P. D. Arul Mozhi Indian National CongressMani Shankar Aiyar Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC K. Krishnamoorthy 30 Nagapattinam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. K. S. Vijayan Communist Party of India M. Selvarasu Puthiya Tamilagam T. Nadaiyazhagan 31 Thanjavur Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam S. S. Palanimanickam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. Thangamuthu Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC Pl. A. Chidambaram 32 Pudukkottai MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Su. Thirunavukkarasar Indian National Congress S. Singaravadivel Puthiya Tamilagam M. Palaniappan 33 Sivaganga Bharatiya Janata Party H. Raja Indian National Congress E. M. Sudarsana Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC P. Chidambaram 34 Ramanathapuram Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. S. K. Bhavani All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK K. Malaisamy Puthiya Tamilagam Dr. K. Nazeera Parvin 35 Sivakasi Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Vaiko All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK V. Ramaswami Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC A. Gunasekaran 36 Tirunelveli Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. Geetha Jeevan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK P. H. Pandian Puthiya Tamilagam P. V. Bakthavatchalam 37 Tenkasi Bharatiya Janata Party S. Arumugam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK S. Murugesan Puthiya Tamilagam K. Krishnasamy 38 Tiruchendur Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. D. K. Jayaseelan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ADMK B. P. Rajan Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC R. Dhanuskodi Athithan 39 Nagercoil Bharatiya Janata Party Pon Radhakrishnan Indian National Congress N. Dennis Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC D. Kumaradas Voting and results thumb|Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left thumb|Election Map (Results reflected as %seats won by districts)#FF7F2A DMK-BJP alliance won all the seats in this district #FF9955 DMK-BJP alliance won 67% of the seats (Coimbatore)#FFE6D5 DMK-BJP alliance won half the seats in this district#55DDFF AIADMK-INC alliance won all the seats in this district#FF0000 CPI(M) won the lone seat in this district (Madurai) AlliancePartyPopular VotePercentageSwingSeats wonSeat ChangeNational Democratic AllianceDravida Munnetra Kazhagam6,298,83223.13%3.05%127Pattali Makkal Katchi2,236,8218.21%2.16%51Bharatiya Janata Party1,945,2867.14%0.28%41Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam1,620,5275.95%0.31%41MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam396,2161.46%0.37%11Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress338,2781.24%0.19%01Total12,835,96047.13%5.36%2610AIADMK+All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam6,992,00325.68%0.21%108Indian National Congress3,022,10711.10%6.32%22Communist Party of India (Marxist)639,5162.35%1.72%11Communist Party of India695,7622.56%0.11%01Total11,349,38841.69%7.94%136Tamil Maanila Congress1,946,8997.15%13.04%03Independents339,9481.25%0.22%0Other Parties (20 parties)759,0842.78%0.48%0Total27,231,279100.00%39Valid Votes27,231,27998.39%Invalid Votes445,2641.61%Total Votes27,676,543100.00%Registered Voters/Turnout47,733,66457.98%0.03% †: Seat change represents seats won in terms of the current alliances, which is considerably different from the last election. ‡: Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested. Sources: Election Commission of IndiaStatistical Report on General Elections, 1999 to the Thirteenth Lok Sabha - Vol. 1 http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf eci.nic.in Election Commission of India https://web.archive.org/web/20101007090434/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf 2010-10-07 PDF 1999 dead List of Elected MPs Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Poll % Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1Madras North43.79C. KuppusamiDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK471,10153.57N. SoundararajanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M)311,31235.40159,78918.172Madras Central48.46Murasoli MaranDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK364,56559.00M. Abdul LathiefAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK227,61636.84136,94922.163Madras South45.15T. R. BaaluDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK562,22160.03V. DhandayuthapaniIndian National CongressINC322,03734.39240,18425.644Sriperumbudur (SC)55.02A. KrishnaswamyDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK385,55852.88K. VenugopalAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK310,55642.6075,00210.285Chengalpattu58.32A. K. MoorthyPattali Makkal KatchiPMK330,55148.03S. S. ThirunavukkarasuAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK317,74046.1712,8111.866Arakkonam66.32S. JagathrakshakanDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK346,52047.72K. V. ThangkabaluIndian National CongressINC250,87634.5595,64413.177Vellore60.97N. T. ShanmugamPattali Makkal KatchiPMK324,54747.08Mohamed AsifAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK298,86243.3525,6853.738Tiruppattur65.17D. VenugopalDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK350,70347.94A. R. RajendranAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK327,09044.7123,6133.239Vandavasi61.54M. DuraiPattali Makkal KatchiPMK345,53951.67M. KrishnasamyIndian National CongressINC286,34242.8259,1978.8510Tindivanam61.64Gingee N. RamachandranMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamMDMK323,23447.28K. RamamurthyIndian National CongressINC313,88445.929,3501.3611Cuddalore63.76Adhi SankarDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK358,36750.49M. C. DhamotharanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK284,41440.0773,95310.4212Chidambaram (SC)66.02E. PonnuswamyPattali Makkal KatchiPMK345,33147.68Thol. ThirumavalavanTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)TMC(M)225,76831.17119,56316.5113Dharmapuri59.42P. D. ElangovanPattali Makkal KatchiPMK340,16247.52K. P. MunusamyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK314,62243.9625,5403.5614Krishnagiri59.97V. VetriselvanDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK347,73751.05M. ThambiduraiAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK315,91346.3831,8244.6715Rasipuram (SC)55.37V. SarojaAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK304,84348.46S. Uthayarasu Pattali Makkal KatchiPMK266,43842.3638,4056.1016Salem59.17T. M. SelvaganapathyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK363,68949.73V. K. RamamurthyTamizhaga Rajiv CongressTRC338,27846.2625,4113.4717Tiruchengode55.41M. KannappanMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamMDMK409,29349.08K. PalaniswamiAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK404,73748.534,5560.5518Nilgiris55.08Master MathanBharatiya Janata PartyBJP369,82850.73R. PrabhuIndian National CongressINC345,86947.4423,9593.2919Gobichettipalayam60.28K. K. KaliappanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK299,18447.78K. G. S. ArjunDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK269,17242.9930,0124.7920Coimbatore55.63C. P. RadhakrishnanBharatiya Janata PartyBJP430,06849.21R. NallakannuCommunist Party of IndiaCPI375,99143.0254,0776.1921Pollachi (SC)57.09C. KrishnanMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamMDMK293,03848.63M. ThiyagarajanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK283,52347.059,5151.5822Palani58.88P. KumarasamyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK297,85044.78A. GaneshamurthiMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamMDMK269,13340.4728,7174.3123Dindigul57.46Dindigul C. SreenivasanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK294,79443.78S. ChandrasekarDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK274,45140.7620,3433.0224Madurai52.41P. MohanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M)328,20443.85Pon. MuthuramalingamDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK290,98138.8837,2234.9725Periyakulam59.36T. T. V. DhinakaranAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK303,88146.15P. SelvendranDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK258,07539.1945,8066.9626Karur62.94M. ChinnasamyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK334,40746.46K. C. PalanisamyDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK331,56046.072,8470.3927Tiruchirappalli56.40R. KumaramangalamBharatiya Janata PartyBJP377,45054.61L. AdaikalarajIndian National CongressINC288,25341.7189,19712.9028Perambalur (SC)65.40A. RajaDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK330,67548.58P. RajarethinamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK262,62438.5968,0519.9929Mayiladuthurai63.61Mani Shankar AiyarIndian National CongressINC324,38450.23P. D. Arul MozhiPattali Makkal KatchiPMK284,25344.0240,1316.2130Nagapattinam (SC)66.02A. K. S. VijayanDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK342,23749.92M. SelvarasuCommunist Party of IndiaCPI319,77146.6522,4663.2731Thanjavur63.06S. S. PalanimanickamDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK295,19145.39K. ThangamuthuAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK262,17740.3133,0145.0832Pudukkottai64.10Su. ThirunavukkarasarMGR Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamMGRMK396,21651.46S. SingaravadivelIndian National CongressINC331,91443.1164,3028.3533Sivaganga55.86E. M. S. NatchiappanIndian National CongressINC246,07840.23H. RajaBharatiya Janata PartyBJP222,26736.3423,8113.8934Ramanathapuram57.49K. MalaisamyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK265,25342.15M. S. K. BhavaniDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK258,60741.096,6461.0635Sivakasi62.86VaikoMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamMDMK325,82941.80V. RamaswamiAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK251,04832.2174,7819.5936Tirunelveli54.46P. H. PandianAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK249,97541.62P. Geetha JeevanDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK223,48137.2126,4944.4137Tenkasi (SC)64.87S. MurugesanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK239,24135.88S. ArumugamBharatiya Janata PartyBJP238,35435.748870.1438Tiruchendur52.35A. D. K. Jayaseelan, Dravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK237,63044.41Dr. B. P. RajanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamADMK177,96433.2659,66611.1539Nagercoil58.79Pon RadhakrishnanBharatiya Janata PartyBJP307,31950.21N. DennisIndian National CongressINC161,67626.41145,64323.80 Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Tamil Nadu Source: The Tribunehttps://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99oct14/head.htm News Headings www.tribuneindia.com Cabinet Ministers MinisterPartyLok Sabha Constituency/Rajya SabhaPortfoliosRangarajan KumaramangalamBJPTiruchirappalliMinister of Power and Minister of Parliamentary AffairsMurasoli Maran DMKChennai CentralMinister of Commerce and IndustryT.R. BaaluDMKChennai SouthMinister of Environment and Forests Ministers of State (Independent charge) MinisterPartyLok Sabha Constituency/Rajya SabhaPortfoliosM. KannappanMDMKTiruchengodeMinister of Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Non-Conventional Energy SourcesN. T. ShanmugamPMKVelloreMinister of Health and Family Welfare Ministers of State MinisterPartyLok Sabha Constituency/Rajya SabhaPortfoliosA. RajaDMKPerambalurMinister of Rural DevelopmentN. Ramachandran GingeeMDMKTindivanamMinister of FinanceE. PonnuswamyPMKChidambaramMinister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Strike Rate Strike rate is determined by calculating the number of seats won by a party of the number of seats it contested. Alliance/ PartySeats contestedSeats WonStrike Raterowspan="7" National Democratic AllianceNDADravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK191263.15%Pattali Makkal KatchiPMK7571.42%Bharatiya Janata PartyBJP6466.66%Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamMDMK5480.00%MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamMADMK11100%Tamizhaga Rajiv CongressTRC100.00%Total392666.66%rowspan="5" United Progressive AllianceINC+All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamAIADMK241041.66%Indian National CongressINC11218.18%Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M)2150.00%Communist Party of IndiaCPI200.00%Total391333.33% Assembly Segment wise lead PartyAssembly segmentsPosition in Assembly (as of 2001 election) Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam7431 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam62132 Pattali Makkal Katchi2520 Bharatiya Janata Party254 Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam180 Indian National Congress157 MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam52 Communist Party of India (Marxist)46 Communist Party of India35 Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress2did not contest Puthiya Tamilagam10 Others027 Total234 Bypolls (1999-2004) DistrictConstituencyWinnerRunner upMargin No. Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %TiruchirappalliTiruchirappalliDalit EzhilmalaiAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam343,874 48.38 M. N. Sukumaran NambiyarBharatiya Janata Party3,26,461 45.9317,413Bypoll held on 10 May 2001 following the death of the incumbent member Rangarajan Kumaramangalam from Bharatiya Janata Party on 23 August 2000. See also Elections in Tamil Nadu Notes References External links Website of Election Commission of India CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History New alignments in Tamil Nadu expanded Tamil Nadu Category:Indian general elections in Tamil Nadu Category:1990s in Tamil Nadu