Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1999

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All 224 Legislative Assembly seats
113 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	S.M. Krishna	B.S. Yeddyurappa
Party	INC	BJP
Alliance		NDA
Leader's seat	Maddur	Shikaripura
Seats before	34	40
Seats won	132	44
Seat change	98	4

Chief minister before election

J.H.Patel
JD(U)

Elected Chief minister

S.M. Krishna
INC

J.H.Patel
JD(U)

S.M. Krishna
INC

The Karnataka Legislative Assembly election of 1999 took place in October 1999 in 224 constituencies in Karnataka, India. The elections were conducted to elect the government in the state of Karnataka for the next five years. The Indian National Congress secured a huge majority winning 132 seats. The National Democratic Alliance composed of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Janata Dal (United) faction was a distant second winning only 63 seats. The Janata Dal (Secular) faction of former prime minister Deve Gowda also bit dust winning only 10 seats. The election was held simultaneously with the Lok sabha elections. The Janata Dal government collapsed in mid-1999 owing to a split in the Janata Dal. The Chief minister J.H.Patel and many other prominent leaders joined the Janata dal (United) faction and along with Ramakrishna Hegde allied with the Bharatiya Janata Party where as the former prime minister Deve gowda and his associates including the deputy chief minister Siddaramaiah joined the Janata dal (secular) faction. Owing to the anti incumbency against both the factions of JD, the Congress won handsomely. S.M. Krishna of the Congress was sworn in as Chief minister on 11 October 1999.

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