The 1999 Indian general election was held to elect 20 members to the thirteenth Lok Sabha from Kerala. Indian National Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) won 11 seats, while the Left Democratic Front (LDF), led by Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) won the remaining 9 seats. Both coalitions won the same number of seats as in the previous election, held in the previous year. Turnout for the election was measured at 70.19% of the eligible population.

Election schedule The polling schedule for the 1999 General Elections was announced by the Chief Election Commissioner on 11 July 1999. Poll eventPhaseII (A) Notification date12 August 1999Last date for filing nomination19 August 1999Scrutiny of nomination20 August 1999Last Date for withdrawal of nomination23 August 1999Date of poll11 September 1999Date of counting of votes/Result6 October 1999

Alliances and parties

UDF is a Kerala legislative alliance formed by INC veteran K. Karunakaran. LDF comprises primarily of CPI(M) and the CPI, forming the Left Front in the national level. National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) contested in 19 seats.

United Democratic Front No.PartyElection SymbolSeats contested1.Indian National Congress172.Indian Union Muslim League23.Kerala Congress (M)1

Left Democratic Front No.PartyElection SymbolSeats contested1.Communist Party of India (Marxist)122.Communist Party of India43.Kerala Congress 14.Janata Dal (Secular)15.Independents 2

National Democratic Alliance No.PartyElection SymbolSeats contested1.Bharatiya Janata Party142.Janata Dal (United)5

List of Candidates ConstituencyUDFLDFNDA # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate 1 Kasaragod Khader Mangad T. Govindan P. K. Krishna Das 2Cannanore M. Ramachandran A. P. Abdullakutty N. Hariharan 3Badagara P. M. Suresh Babu A. K. Premajam O. K. Vasumaster 4Calicut K. Muraleedharan C. M. Ibrahim P. C. Mohanan Master 5Manjeri E. Ahamed I. T. Najeeb K. Mohiyudheen 6 Ponnani G. M. Banatwala P. P. Suneer K. Narayanan Master 7Palghat M. T. Padma N. N. Krishnadas C. Uday Bhaskar 8 Ottapalam (SC) Pandalam Sudhakaran S. Ajaya Kumar P. M. Velayudhan 9 Trichur A. C. Jose V. V. Raghavan A. S. Radhakrishnan 10 Mukundapuram K. Karunakaran E. M. Sreedharan 11 Ernakulam George Eden Mani Vithayathil T. D. Rajalakshmi 12 Muvattupuzha P. C. Thomas P. M. Ismail V. V. Augustine 13 Kottayam P. C. Chacko K. Suresh Kurup K. R. Surendran 14 Idukki P. J. Kurien K. Francis George Tomy Cheruvally 15 Alleppey V. M. Sudheeran Murali T. Parameswaran Nair 16 Mavelikara Ramesh Chennithala Ninan Koshy K. Raman Pillai 17 Adoor (SC) Kodikunnil Suresh C. Surendran K. Raveendranath 18Quilon M. P. Gangadharan P. Rajendran Jayalekshmi 19 Chirayinkil M. I. Shanavas Varkala Radhakrishnan Padmakumar 20 Trivandrum V. S. Sivakumar O. Rajagopal

List of elected MPs

No.ConstituencyName of Elected M.P.Party affiliation1KasaragodT. GovindanCPI(M)2KannurA. P. AbdullakuttyCPI(M)3VatakaraA. K. PremajamCPI(M)4KozhikodeK. MuraleedharanINC5ManjeriE. AhamedIUML6PonnaniG. M. BanatwalaIUML7PalakkadN. N. KrishnadasCPI(M)8OttapalamS. Ajaya KumarCPI(M)9ThrissurA. C. JoseINC10MukundapuramK. KarunakaranINC11ErnakulamGeorge EdenINC12MuvattupuzhaP. C. ThomasKC(M)13KottayamK. Suresh KurupCPI(M)14IdukkiK. Francis GeorgeKEC15AlappuzhaV. M. SudheeranINC16MavelikkaraRamesh ChennithalaINC17AdoorKodikunnil SureshINC18KollamP. RajendranCPI(M)19ChirayankilVarkala RadhakrishnanCPI(M)20ThiruvananthapuramV. S. SivakumarINC

Results

Performance of political parties

No.PartyPolitical FrontSeatsVotes%Votes±pp1Indian National CongressUDF860,51,90539.400.732Communist Party of India (Marxist)LDF442,90,98627.906.903Indian Union Muslim LeagueUDF28,10,1355.300.294Kerala Congress (M)UDF13,57,4022.300.105Kerala CongressLDF13,65,3132.400.206Communist Party of IndiaLDF011,64,1577.600.727Bharatiya Janata PartyNDA010,08,0476.601.428Janata Dal (Secular)LDF03,33,0232.20new9Janata Dal (United)NDA02,06,9501.30new10Socialist Republican Partynone030,7790.2new11Bahujan Samaj Partynone014,3310.112Rashtriya Janata Dalnone05,6550.0new13Shiv Senanone04,7000.00.0214Ajeeya Bharat Partynone02,5560.0new

By constituency No.ConstituencyUDF candidateVotes%PartyLDF candidateVotes%PartyNDA candidateVotes%PartyWinning allianceMargin1KasaragodKhader Mangad3,91,98642.1%INCT. Govindan4,23,56445.5%CPI(M)P. K. Krishna Das1,01,93410.9%BJPLDF31,5782KannurMullappally Ramachandran4,18,14347.2%INCA. P. Abdullakutty4,28,39048.3%CPI(M)N. Hariharan26,0692.9%JD(U)LDF10,2473VatakaraP. M. Suresh Babu3,78,51143.9%INCA. K. Premajam4,04,35546.9%CPI(M)O. K. Vasu62,5937.3%BJPLDF25,8444KozhikodeK. Muraleedharan3,83,42546.4%INCC. M. Ibrahim3,33,02340.3%JD(S)P. C. Mohanan83,86210.1%BJPUDF50,4025ManjeriE. Ahammed4,37,56353.6%IUMLI. T. Najeeb3,14,15238.5%CPI(M)Kalathingal Mohiyudheen58,4517.2%JD(U)UDF1,23,4116PonnaniG. M. Banatwalla3,54,05153.6%IUMLP. P. Suneer2,51,29335.0%CPIK. Narayanan66,4279.6%BJPUDF1,29,4787PalakkadM. T. Padma3,41,76941.9%INCN. N. Krishnadas3,72,53645.7%CPI(M)C. Udai Bhasker87,94810.8%BJPLDF30,7678OttapalamPandalam Sudhakaran3,46,04344.1%INCS. Ajaya Kumar3,59,75845.9%CPI(M)P. M. Velayudhan70,8519.0%BJPLDF13,7159ThrissurA. C. Jose3,43,79340%INCV. V. Raghavan3,32,16146.7%CPIA. S. Radhakrishnan44,3546.0%BJPUDF11,63210MukundapuramK. Karunakaran3,97,15650.1%INCE. M. Sreedharan3,44,69343.5%CPI(M)M. S. Muraleedharan30,7793.9%SRPUDF52,46311ErnakulamGeorge Eden3,94,05838.4%INCMani Vithayathil2,82,75349%INDT. D. Rajalakshmi77,64010.0%BJPUDF1,11,30512MuvattupuzhaP. C. Thomas3,57,40251.6%KC(M)P. M. Ismail2,80,46340.5%CPI(M)V. V. Augustine47,8756.9%BJPUDF76,93913KottayamP. C. Chacko3,33,69745.5%INCK. Suresh Kurup3,44,29646.9%CPI(M)K. R. Surendran41,5315.7%BJPLDF10,59914IdukkiP. J. Kurian3,56,01545.7%INCK. Francis George3,65,31346.9%KECTomy Cheruvally35,4974.6%JD(U)LDF9,29815AlappuzhaV. M. Sudheeran3,92,70049.5%INCMurali3,57,60645.1%CPI(M)Thiruvarppu Parameswaran Nair27,6823.5%BJPUDF35,09416MavelikkaraRamesh Chennithala3,10,45546.5%INCNinan Koshy2,77,01241.5%INDK. Raman Pillai73,66811.0%BJPUDF33,44317AdoorKodikunnil Suresh3,37,00347.9%INCChengara Surendran3,14,99744.8%CPIK. Raveendranath43,9266.2%BJPUDF22,00618KollamM. P. Gangadharan3,32,58544.9%INCP. Rajendran3,51,86947.5%CPI(M)Jayalekshmi42,5795.7%BJPLDF19,28419ChirayinkilM. I. Shanavas3,06,17644.3%INCVarkala Radhakrishnan3,09,30444.8%CPI(M)Padmakumar63,8899.2%BJPLDF3,12820TrivandrumV. S. Sivakumar2,88,39038.1%INCKaniyapuram Ramachandran2,73,90536.2%CPIO. Rajagopal1,58,22120.9%BJPUDF14,485

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Kerala #NameConstituencyDesignationDepartmentFromToParty1P. C. ThomasMuvattupuzhaMoSLaw and Justice24 May200322 May2004 Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

PartyAssembly segmentsrowspan="4" UDFINC71 IUML13KC(M)7Total91rowspan="6" LDF CPI(M)35 CPI8JD(S)1KC5Independent0Total49Total140 S.NoNameConstituencyWinning AllianceRunner-up AllianceLeading PartyMargin1ManjeshwarKasaragodUDFNDAINC139422KasaragodUDFNDAINC258593UdmaLDFUDFCPI(M)1914HosdurgLDFUDFCPI(M)35555TrikaripurLDFUDFCPI(M)172416IrikkurKannurUDFLDFINC111147PayyannurKasaragodLDFUDFCPI(M)351888TaliparambaLDFUDFCPI(M)233219AzhikodeKannurLDFUDFCPI(M)1761410KannurUDFLDFINC1511011EdakkadLDFUDFCPI(M)458412ThalasseryVadakaraLDFUDFCPI(M)1153213PeringalamLDFUDFCPI(M)698714KuthuparambaKannurLDFUDFCPI(M)2363415PeravoorUDFLDFINC270016MananthavadyUDFLDFINC682117BadagaraVadakaraLDFUDFCPI(M)432818NadapuramLDFUDFCPI(M)825819MeppayurLDFUDFCPI(M)160120QuilandyUDFLDFINC794921PerambraLDFUDFCPI(M)30622BalusseriCalicutLDFUDFJD(S)790523KoduvallyUDFLDFINC883724Kozhikode IUDFLDFINC815225Kozhikode IIUDFLDFINC718626BeyporeManjeriUDFLDFIUML65927KunnamangalamUDFLDFIUML497028ThiruvambadyCalicutUDFLDFINC1209629KalpettaUDFLDFINC886230Sultan'S BatteryUDFLDFINC1317331WandoorManjeriLDFUDFIUML1708032NilamburLDFUDFIUML1478933ManjeriUDFLDFIUML2860734MalappuramUDFLDFIUML2883535KondottyUDFLDFIUML2918736TirurangadiPonnaniUDFLDFIUML2659037TanurUDFLDFIUML3359638TirurUDFLDFIUML1105739PonnaniLDFUDFCPI11040KuttippuramUDFLDFIUML2607741MankadaUDFLDFIUML1973342PerinthalmannaUDFLDFIUML1275243ThrithalaOttapalamUDFLDFINC101944PattambiUDFLDFINC22345OttapalamLDFUDFCPI(M)1141846SreekrishnapuramPalghatLDFUDFCPI(M)636647MannarkkadUDFLDFINC1394048MalampuzhaLDFUDFCPI(M)1716149PalghatUDFLDFINC294050ChitturLDFUDFCPI(M)199251KollengodeLDFUDFCPI(M)880852CoyalmannamOttapalamLDFUDFCPI(M)1415953AlathurPalghatLDFUDFCPI(M)1259554ChelakaraOttapalamUDFLDFINC224655WadakkancheryUDFLDFINC733956KunnamkulamLDFUDFCPI(M)145857CherpuTrichurLDFUDFCPI555558TrichurUDFLDFINC354259OllurUDFLDFINC430060KodakaraUDFLDFINC25661ChalakudiMukundapuramUDFLDFINC1172262MalaUDFLDFINC1131363IrinjalakudaUDFLDFINC9364ManalurTrichurUDFLDFINC192965GuruvayoorUDFLDFINC828166NattikaLDFUDFCPI66567KodungallurMukundapuramLDFUDFCPI(M)272068AnkamaliUDFLDFINC1691369VadakkekaraUDFLDFINC400970ParurErnakulamUDFLDFINC531971NarakkalUDFLDFINC877172ErnakulamUDFLDFINC2207573MattancherryUDFLDFINC1693074PalluruthyUDFLDFINC1837675TrippunithuraUDFLDFINC1381976AlwayeUDFLDFINC2615777PerumbavoorMukundapuramUDFLDFINC1132978KunnathunadMuvattupuzhaUDFLDFKEC(M)1278879PiravomUDFLDFKEC(M)820280MuvattupuzhaUDFLDFKEC(M)165681KothamangalamUDFLDFKEC(M)1192982ThodupuzhaIdukkiLDFUDFKEC336583DevicolamLDFUDFKEC305084IdukkiUDFLDFINC41885UdumbancholaLDFUDFKEC709486PeermadeLDFUDFKEC22987KanjirappallyMuvattupuzhaUDFLDFKEC(M)1138188VazhoorKottayamLDFUDFCPI(M)60689ChanganacherryUDFLDFINC580390KottayamLDFUDFCPI(M)990191EttumanoorLDFUDFCPI(M)63292PuthuppallyLDFUDFCPI(M)40093PoonjarMuvattupuzhaUDFLDFKEC(M)896294PalaiUDFLDFKEC(M)2218095KaduthuruthyKottayamUDFLDFINC756296VaikomLDFUDFCPI(M)1111397AroorAlleppeyUDFLDFINC942898SherthalaiUDFLDFINC322399MararikulamUDFLDFINC2084100AlleppeyUDFLDFINC14044101AmbalapuzhaUDFLDFINC3865102KuttanadUDFLDFINC599103HaripadUDFLDFINC1141104KayamkulamMavelikaraUDFLDFINC5249105ThiruvallaUDFLDFINC7720106KalloopparaUDFLDFINC5990107AranmulaUDFLDFINC4681108ChengannurUDFLDFINC4400109MavelikaraUDFLDFINC3639110PandalamUDFLDFINC1727111RanniIdukkiLDFUDFKEC1742112PathanamthittaUDFLDFINC6338113KonniAdoorLDFUDFCPI1473114PathanapuramUDFLDFINC8323115PunalurUDFLDFINC7768116ChadayamangalamLDFUDFCPI3608117KottarakkaraUDFLDFINC8785118NeduvathurLDFUDFCPI5063119AdoorUDFLDFINC7621120KunnathurQuilonLDFUDFCPI(M)3778121KarunagappallyLDFUDFCPI(M)4147122ChavaraLDFUDFCPI(M)3936123KundaraLDFUDFCPI(M)2686124KollamUDFLDFINC4040125EravipuramLDFUDFCPI(M)6045126ChathanoorLDFUDFCPI(M)9182127VarkalaChirayinkilLDFUDFCPI(M)5760128AttingalLDFUDFCPI(M)2611129KilimanoorLDFUDFCPI(M)4998130VamanapuramUDFLDFINC2241131AriyanadUDFLDFINC5633132NedumangadUDFLDFINC1990133KazhakuttamUDFLDFINC1114134Trivandrum NorthTrivandrumUDFLDFINC1429135Trivandrum WestUDFLDFINC5951136Trivandrum EastUDFNDAINC1616137NemomLDFUDFCPI1224138KovalamLDFUDFCPI331139NeyyattinkaraUDFLDFINC1593140ParassalaUDFLDFINC4507

See also Elections in Kerala Politics of Kerala

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