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India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

543 seats · 270 changed party since 1998 · turnout 59.4%

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Party standings

India Lok Sabha Election, 1999 · 39 parties won seats

Derived
Bharatiya Janata Party — 182 seatsIndian National Congress — 114 seatsCommunist Party of India (Marxist) — 33 seatsTelugu Desam Party — 29 seatsSamajwadi Party — 26 seatsJanata Dal (United) — 21 seatsShiv Sena — 15 seats32 other parties — 123 seats272543of 543 seats
  • BJP182
  • INC114
  • CPM33
  • TDP29
  • SP26
  • JDU21
  • SHS15
  • Others123

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
BJPBharatiya Janata Party18234%8,65,62,20923.8%339
INCIndian National Congress11421%10,31,20,33028.3%453
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)336%1,96,95,7675.4%72
TDPTelugu Desam Party295%1,32,97,3703.6%34
SPSamajwadi Party265%1,37,17,0213.8%151
JDUJanata Dal (United)214%1,12,82,0843.1%60
SHSShiv Sena153%56,72,4121.6%63
BSPBahujan Samaj Party143%1,51,75,8454.2%225
DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam122%62,98,8321.7%19
AIADMKAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam102%70,46,9531.9%29
BJDBiju Janata Dal102%43,78,5361.2%12
AITCAll India Trinamool Congress81%93,63,7852.6%29
NCPNationalist Congress Party81%82,60,3112.3%132
RJDRashtriya Janata Dal71%1,01,50,4922.8%61
INDIndependent61%99,96,3862.7%1945
PMKPattali Makkal Katchi51%23,77,7410.7%8
INLDIndian National Lok Dal51%20,02,7000.5%5
CPICommunist Party of India41%53,95,1191.5%54
MDMKMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam41%16,20,5270.4%5
JKNJKN41%4,54,4810.1%6

+ 150 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

House composition

Majority line at 272

1999 · selected
Majority 272
BJP182INC114CPM33TDP29SP26JDU21SHS15BSP14DMK12AIADMK10+29 more · 87 seats
1998 · previous
Majority 272

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1998 → 1999

1998 1999· by party
30%23%15%8%0%
25.6
23.8
25.8
28.3
5.1
5.4
2.8
3.6
4.9
3.8
0.0
3.1
4.7
4.2
BJPINCCPMTDPSPJDUBSP

Seat change

1999 seats minus 1998 seats

seats lostseats gained
BJP
182 → 182
0
INC
141 → 114
−27
CPM
32 → 33
+1
TDP
12 → 29
+17
SP
20 → 26
+6
JDU
0 → 21
+21
SHS
6 → 15
+9
BSP
5 → 14
+9
DMK
6 → 12
+6
AIADMK
18 → 10
−8

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1998 → 1999

share lostshare gained
JDU
0.0% → 3.1%
+3.1%
AITC
0.0% → 2.6%
+2.6%
INC
25.8% → 28.3%
+2.5%
NCP
0.0% → 2.3%
+2.3%
JDS
0.0% → 0.9%
+0.9%
TDP
2.8% → 3.6%
+0.9%
INLD
0.0% → 0.5%
+0.5%
IND
2.4% → 2.7%
+0.4%
RLD
0.0% → 0.4%
+0.4%
BSP
4.7% → 4.2%
−0.5%

Biggest BJP–INC swings

Seats where the BJP-vs-INC vote gap moved most, 1998 → 1999. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (BJP share − INC share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward BJP; to the left, toward INC.

toward INCtoward BJP
Madras South
Tamil Nadu
−75.4%
Narasapur
Andhra Pradesh
+69.6%
Pune
Maharashtra
+65.3%
Ahmednagar
Maharashtra
+59.3%
Hoshiarpur
Punjab
−57.4%
Rajkot
Gujarat
−56.4%
Nizamabad
Andhra Pradesh
−56.3%
Kakinada
Andhra Pradesh
−55.7%
Maharajganj
Uttar Pradesh
+53.5%
Sonepat
Haryana
+52.6%
Hingoli
Maharashtra
+52.5%
Mumbai North West
Maharashtra
−52.4%

All constituencies · 1999

543 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1998