Indian general election, 1999
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9| Parties and Alliances | Votes | % | Change | Seats | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Democratic Alliance (NDA) | 135,103,344 | 37.06 | -0.15 | 270 | +16 | |
| • Bharatiya Janata Party | 86,562,209 | 23.75 | –1.84 | 182 | — | |
| • Janata Dal (United) | 11,282,084 | 3.10 | * | 21 | * | |
| • Shiv Sena | 5,672,412 | 1.56 | -0.21 | 15 | +9 | |
| • Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 6,298,832 | 1.73 | +0.29 | 12 | +6 | |
| • Biju Janata Dal | 4,378,536 | 1.20 | +0.20 | 10 | +1 | |
| • Nationalist Trinamool Congress | 9,363,785 | 2.57 | +0.15 | 8 | +1 | |
| • Pattali Makkal Katchi | 2,377,741 | 0.65 | +0.23 | 5 | — | |
| • Indian National Lok Dal | 2,002,700 | 0.55 | * | 5 | * | |
| • Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1,620,527 | 0.44 | — | 4 | +1 | |
| • Jammu and Kashmir National Conference | 454,481 | 0.12 | -0.09 | 4 | +1 | |
| • Shiromani Akali Dal | 2,502,949 | 0.69 | -0.12 | 2 | -6 | |
| • Rashtriya Lok Dal | 1,364,030 | 0.37 | * | 2 | * | |
| • Lok Shakti | 40,997 | 0.01 | -0.68 | 0 | -3 | |
| • Asom Gana Parishad | 1,182,061 | 0.32 | -0.03 | 0 | — | |
| Other BJP Affiliated Parties | ||||||
| • Telugu Desam Party | 13,297,370 | 3.65 | +0.88 | 29 | +12 | |
| Indian National Congress | 103,120,330 | 28.30 | +2.48 | 114 | −27 | |
| Other INC Affiliated Parties | 18,753,722 | 5.15 | +4.83 | 21 | +18 | |
| • All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 7,046,953 | 1.93 | +0.10 | 10 | -8 | |
| • Rashtriya Janata Dal | 10,150,492 | 2.79 | +0.01 | 7 | -7 | |
| • United Democratic Front | — | — | — | — | — | |
| • Kerala Congress | 365,313 | 0.10 | +0.01 | 1 | +1 | |
| • Kerala Congress (Mani) | 357,402 | 0.10 | — | 1 | — | |
| • Muslim League Kerala State Committee | 833,562 | 0.23 | +0.01 | 2 | — | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 19,695,767 | 5.40 | +0.24 | 33 | +1 | |
| Samajwadi Party (Socialist Party) | 13,717,021 | 3.76 | −1.17 | 26 | +6 | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party (Majority Society Party) | 15,175,845 | 4.16 | −0.51 | 14 | +9 | |
| Other Seated Parties | 24,826,373 | 6.79 | * | 30 | * | |
| • Nationalist Congress Party | 8,260,311 | 2.27 | * | 8 | * | |
| • Communist Party of India | 5,395,119 | 1.48 | -0.27 | 4 | -5 | |
| • Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1,500,817 | 0.41 | -0.14 | 3 | -2 | |
| • All India Forward Bloc | 1,288,060 | 0.35 | +0.02 | 2 | — | |
| • Akhil Bharatiya Lok Tantrik Congress | 818,713 | 0.22 | * | 2 | * | |
| • Janata Dal (Secular) | 3,332,702 | 0.91 | * | 1 | * | |
| • Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation | 1,220,698 | 0.33 | +0.08 | 1 | +1 | |
| • Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangha | 692,559 | 0.19 | * | 1 | * | |
| • All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimen | 448,165 | 0.12 | -0.01 | 1 | — | |
| • MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 396,216 | 0.11 | +0.03 | 1 | +1 | |
| • Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann) | 298,846 | 0.08 | >+0.01 | 1 | +1 | |
| • Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | 297,337 | 0.08 | -0.24 | 1 | — | |
| • Peasants and Workers Party of India | 282,583 | 0.08 | +0.01 | 1 | — | |
| • Himachal Vikas Congress | 264,002 | 0.07 | +0.05 | 1 | +1 | |
| • Manipur State Congress Party | 222,417 | 0.06 | +0.01 | 1 | — | |
| • Sikkim Democratic Front | 107,828 | 0.03 | — | 1 | — | |
| Unseated Parties | 10,751,176 | 2.99 | — | 0 | — | |
| Independents | 9,996,386 | 2.74 | +0.37 | 6 | — | |
| Nominated Anglo-Indians | — | — | — | 2 | — | |
| Total | 364,437,294 | 100% | 545 | |||
General Elections were held in India from 5 September to 3 October 1999, a few months after the Kargil War. The 13th Lok Sabha election is of historical importance as it was the first time a united front of parties managed to attain a majority and form a government that lasted a full term of five years, thus ending a period of political instability at the national level that had been characterised by three general elections held in as many years.
On 17 April 1999, the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) coalition government led by prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee failed a to win a confidence vote in the Lok Sabha (India's lower house), falling short a single vote due to the withdrawal of one of the government's coalition partners – the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). The leader of the AIADMK, J. Jayalalitha, 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. The BJP accused Jayalalitha 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.
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