# 1999 Indian general election in Kerala

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.

## 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. | Party | Seats Contested |
| 1. | Indian National Congress | 17 |
| 2. | Indian Union Muslim League | 2 |
| 3. | Kerala Congress (M) | 1 |

### Left Democratic Front

| No. | Party | Election Symbol | Seats Contested |
| 1. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Key | 12 |
| 2. | Communist Party of India | Star | 4 |
| 3. | Kerala Congress | | 1 |
| 4. | Janata Dal (Secular) | | 1 |
| 5. | Independents | | 2 |

### National Democratic Alliance

| No. | Party | Election Symbol | Seats Contested |
| 1. | Bharatiya Janata Party | | 14 |
| 2. | Janata Dal (United) | | 5 |

## List of elected MPs

| No. | Constituency | Name of Elected M.P. | Party Affiliation |
| 1 | Kasaragod | T. Govindan | CPI(M) |
| 2 | Kannur | A. P. Abdullakutty | CPI(M) |
| 3 | Vatakara | A. K. Premajam | CPI(M) |
| 4 | Kozhikode | K. Muraleedharan | INC |
| 5 | Manjeri | E. Ahamed | IUML |
| 6 | Ponnani | G. M. Banatwala | IUML |
| 7 | Palakkad | N. N. Krishnadas | CPI(M) |
| 8 | Ottapalam | S. Ajaya Kumar | CPI(M) |
| 9 | Thrissur | A. C. Jose | INC |
| 10 | Mukundapuram | K. Karunakaran | INC |
| 11 | Ernakulam | George Eden | INC |
| 12 | Muvattupuzha | P. C. Thomas | KC(M) |
| 13 | Kottayam | K. Suresh Kurup | CPI(M) |
| 14 | Idukki | K. Francis George | KEC |
| 15 | Alappuzha | V. M. Sudheeran | INC |
| 16 | Mavelikkara | Ramesh Chennithala | INC |
| 17 | Adoor | Kodikunnil Suresh | INC |
| 18 | Kollam | P. Rajendran | CPI(M) |
| 19 | Chirayankil | Varkala Radhakrishnan | CPI(M) |
| 20 | Thiruvananthapuram | V. S. Sivakumar | INC |

## Results
### Performance of political parties

Vote Share by alliance
| No. | Party | Political Front | Seats | Votes | %Votes | ±pp |
| 1 | Indian National Congress | UDF | 8 | 60,51,905 | 39.40 | 0.73 |
| 2 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | LDF | 4 | 42,90,986 | 27.90 | 6.90 |
| 3 | Indian Union Muslim League | UDF | 2 | 8,10,135 | 5.30 | 0.29 |
| 4 | Kerala Congress (M) | UDF | 1 | 3,57,402 | 2.30 | 0.10 |
| 5 | Kerala Congress | LDF | 1 | 3,65,313 | 2.40 | 0.20 |
| 6 | Communist Party of India | LDF | 0 | 11,64,157 | 7.60 | 0.72 |
| 7 | Bharatiya Janata Party | NDA | 0 | 10,08,047 | 6.60 | 1.42 |
| 8 | Janata Dal (Secular) | LDF | 0 | 3,33,023 | 2.20 | new |
| 9 | Janata Dal (United) | NDA | 0 | 2,06,950 | 1.30 | new |
| 10 | Socialist Republican Party | none | 0 | 30,779 | 0.2 | new |
| 11 | Bahujan Samaj Party | none | 0 | 14,331 | 0.1 | |
| 12 | Rashtriya Janata Dal | none | 0 | 5,655 | 0.0 | new |
| 13 | Shiv Sena | none | 0 | 4,700 | 0.0 | 0.02 |
| 14 | Ajeeya Bharat Party | none | 0 | 2,556 | 0.0 | new |

### By constituency

| No. | Constituency | UDF candidate | Votes | % | Party | LDF candidate | Votes | % | Party | NDA candidate | Votes | % | Party | Winning alliance | Margin |
| 1 | Kasaragod | Khader Mangad | 3,91,986 | 42.1% | INC | T. Govindan | 4,23,564 | 45.5% | CPI(M) | P. K. Krishna Das | 1,01,934 | 10.9% | BJP | LDF | 31,578 |
| 2 | Kannur | Mullappally Ramachandran | 4,18,143 | 47.2% | INC | A. P. Abdullakutty | 4,28,390 | 48.3% | CPI(M) | N. Hariharan | 26,069 | 2.9% | JD(U) | LDF | 10,247 |
| 3 | Vatakara | P. M. Suresh Babu | 3,78,511 | 43.9% | INC | A. K. Premajam | 4,04,355 | 46.9% | CPI(M) | O. K. Vasu | 62,593 | 7.3% | BJP | LDF | 25,844 |
| 4 | Kozhikode | K. Muraleedharan | 3,83,425 | 46.4% | INC | C. M. Ibrahim | 3,33,023 | 40.3% | JD(S) | P. C. Mohanan | 83,862 | 10.1% | BJP | UDF | 50,402 |
| 5 | Manjeri | E. Ahammed | 4,37,563 | 53.6% | IUML | I. T. Najeeb | 3,14,152 | 38.5% | CPI(M) | Kalathingal Mohiyudheen | 58,451 | 7.2% | JD(U) | UDF | 1,23,411 |
| 6 | Ponnani | G. M. Banatwalla | 3,54,051 | 53.6% | IUML | P. P. Suneer | 2,51,293 | 35.0% | CPI | K. Narayanan | 66,427 | 9.6% | BJP | UDF | 1,29,478 |
| 7 | Palakkad | M. T. Padma | 3,41,769 | 41.9% | INC | N. N. Krishnadas | 3,72,536 | 45.7% | CPI(M) | C. Udai Bhasker | 87,948 | 10.8% | BJP | LDF | 30,767 |
| 8 | Ottapalam | Pandalam Sudhakaran | 3,46,043 | 44.1% | INC | S. Ajaya Kumar | 3,59,758 | 45.9% | CPI(M) | P. M. Velayudhan | 70,851 | 9.0% | BJP | LDF | 13,715 |
| 9 | Thrissur | A. C. Jose | 3,43,793 | 40% | INC | V. V. Raghavan | 3,32,161 | 46.7% | CPI | A. S. Radhakrishnan | 44,354 | 6.0% | BJP | UDF | 11,632 |
| 10 | Mukundapuram | K. Karunakaran | 3,97,156 | 50.1% | INC | E. M. Sreedharan | 3,44,693 | 43.5% | CPI(M) | M. S. Muraleedharan | 30,779 | 3.9% | SRP | UDF | 52,463 |
| 11 | Ernakulam | George Eden | 3,94,058 | 38.4% | INC | Mani Vithayathil | 2,82,753 | 49% | IND | T. D. Rajalakshmi | 77,640 | 10.0% | BJP | UDF | 1,11,305 |
| 12 | Muvattupuzha | P. C. Thomas | 3,57,402 | 51.6% | KC(M) | P. M. Ismail | 2,80,463 | 40.5% | CPI(M) | V. V. Augustine | 47,875 | 6.9% | BJP | UDF | 76,939 |
| 13 | Kottayam | P. C. Chacko | 3,33,697 | 45.5% | INC | K. Suresh Kurup | 3,44,296 | 46.9% | CPI(M) | K. R. Surendran | 41,531 | 5.7% | BJP | LDF | 10,599 |
| 14 | Idukki | P. J. Kurian | 3,56,015 | 45.7% | INC | K. Francis George | 3,65,313 | 46.9% | KEC | Tomy Cheruvally | 35,497 | 4.6% | JD(U) | LDF | 9,298 |
| 15 | Alappuzha | V. M. Sudheeran | 3,92,700 | 49.5% | INC | Murali | 3,57,606 | 45.1% | CPI(M) | Thiruvarppu Parameswaran Nair | 27,682 | 3.5% | BJP | UDF | 35,094 |
| 16 | Mavelikkara | Ramesh Chennithala | 3,10,455 | 46.5% | INC | Ninan Koshy | 2,77,012 | 41.5% | IND | K. Raman Pillai | 73,668 | 11.0% | BJP | UDF | 33,443 |
| 17 | Adoor | Kodikunnil Suresh | 3,37,003 | 47.9% | INC | Chengara Surendran | 3,14,997 | 44.8% | CPI | K. Raveendranath | 43,926 | 6.2% | BJP | UDF | 22,006 |
| 18 | Kollam | M. P. Gangadharan | 3,32,585 | 44.9% | INC | P. Rajendran | 3,51,869 | 47.5% | CPI(M) | Jayalekshmi | 42,579 | 5.7% | BJP | LDF | 19,284 |
| 19 | Chirayinkil | M. I. Shanavas | 3,06,176 | 44.3% | INC | Varkala Radhakrishnan | 3,09,304 | 44.8% | CPI(M) | Padmakumar | 63,889 | 9.2% | BJP | LDF | 3,128 |
| 20 | Trivandrum | V. S. Sivakumar | 2,88,390 | 38.1% | INC | Kaniyapuram Ramachandran | 2,73,905 | 36.2% | CPI | O. Rajagopal | 1,58,221 | 20.9% | BJP | UDF | 14,485 |