Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1999

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39 seats

	First party	Second party

Leader	M. Karunanidhi	J. Jayalalithaa
Party	DMK	AIADMK
Alliance	NDA	INC+
Seats won	26	13
Seat change	9	5
Popular vote	12,638,602	11,349,388
Percentage	46.41%	41.67%
Swing	1.33%	35.77%

1999 Election map (by constituencies)
Saffron = NDA and Green = INC+

The Indian general election, 1999 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 ADMK leaving the NDA, but the seats were made up, because DMK left the united front and joined the NDA.

Source: Indian Express

†: 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.

^c-indicates sitting/incumbent M.P. from previous Lok Sabha (1998–1999)
Exit Poll Source: NES Election 1999 Analysis

Source: The Tribune

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