REPUBLIC OF INDIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS OF SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 1999 ==================================================================== Elections to the Lok Sabha (House of the People) Source: Electoral Commission of India Polling took place between 5 September and 3 October 1999 Parties represented in the Lok Sabha -------------------------------------------------------------------- * ABLTC - Akhil Bharatiya Lok Tantrik Congress * AIDMK - All-India Anna DMK * AIFB - All-India Forward Bloc * AIMIM - All-India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen * AITC - All-India Trinamool Congress * BSP - Bahujan Samaj Party * BJP - Bharatiya Janata Party * BBM - Bharipa Balmjan Mahasangha * BJD - Biju Janata Dal * CPI - Communist Party of India * CPIM - Communist Party of India (Marxist) * CPIMLL - Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) * DMK - Dravida Munnetra Kazhagham * HVC - Himachal Vikas Congress * INC - Indian National Congress * INLD - Indian National Lok Dal * JKNC - Jammu and Kashmir National Conference * JD(S) - Janata Dal (Secular) * JD(U) - Janata Dal (United) * KC - Kerala Congress * KCM - Kerala Congress (M) * MDMK - Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagham * MSCP - Manipur State Congress Pary * MGRADMK - MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagham * MLK - Muslim League of Kerala * NCP - Nationalist Congress Party * PMK - Pattali Maltltal Katchi * PWPI - Peasants and Workers Party of India * RJD - Rashtriya Janata Dal * RLD - Rashtriya Lok Dal * RSP - Revolutionary Socialist Party * SJP - Samajwadi Janata Party * SP - Samawajwadi Party * SAD - Shiromani Akali Dal * SADM - Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann) * SS - Shiv Sena * SDF - Sikkim Democratic Front * TDP - Telegu Desam Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTORATE AND NUMBER AND TYPE OF SEATS BY STATE OR TERRITORY ==================================================================== Constituencies: State Voters General SC ST Total -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andhra Pradesh 49,654,389 34 6 2 42 Arunachal Pradesh 611,481 2 - - 2 Assam 14,290,673 11 1 2 14 Bihar 58,788,068 41 8 5 54 Goa 908,849 2 - - 2 Gujarat 29,512,402 20 2 4 26 Haryana 11,038,955 8 2 - 10 Himachal Pradesh 3,768,479 3 1 - 4 Jammu and Kashmir 5,030,094 6 - - 6 Karnataka 34,284,098 24 4 - 28 Kerala 22,058,901 18 2 - 20 Madhya Pradesh 46,915,473 25 6 9 40 Maharashtra 56,876,414 41 3 4 48 Manipur 1,372,339 1 0 1 2 Meghalaya 1,178,250 2 0 0 2 Mizoram 449,406 - - 1 1 Nagaland 955,914 1 - - 1 Orissa 24,187,490 13 3 5 21 Punjab 15,717,304 10 3 - 13 Rajasthan 31,106,488 18 4 3 25 Sikkim 255,377 1 - - 1 Tamil Nadu 47,733,664 32 7 - 39 Tripura 1,796,055 1 - 1 2 Uttar Pradesh 102,946,404 67 18 - 86 West Bengal 47,733,664 32 8 2 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Territory -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andaman and Nicobar Is 247,384 1 - - 1 Chandigarh 585,006 1 - - 1 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 98,376 - - 1 1 Daman and Diu 72,216 1 - - 1 Nat Cap Terr of Delhi 8,712,530 6 1 - 7 Lakshadweep 37,619 - - 1 1 Pondicherry 701,990 1 - - 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 619,559,944 423 79 41 543 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Scheduled Caste (SC) seats and the Scheduled Tribe (ST) seats are reserved for members of disadvantaged caste groups and ethnic minorities respectively. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS BY PARTY ==================================================================== Party Votes % Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------- Akhil Bharatiya Lok Tantrik Congress 818,713 00.2 2 All-India Anna DMK (ADMK) 7,046,953 01.9 10 All-India Forward Bloc (AIFB) 1,288,060 00.3 2 All-India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen 448,165 00.1 1 All-India Trinamool Congress (AITC) 9,363,785 02.6 8 Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 15,175,845 04.2 14 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 86,562,209 23.7 182 Bharipa Balmjan Mahasangha (BBM) 692,559 00.2 1 Biju Janata Dal (BJD) 4,378,536 01.2 10 Communist Party of India (CPI) 5,395,119 01.5 4 Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) 19,695,767 05.4 32 CPIML (Liberation) (CPIMLL) 1,220,698 00.3 1 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagham (DMK) 6,298,832 01.7 12 Himachal Vikas Congress (HVC) 264,002 00.1 1 Indian National Congress (INC) 103,120,330 28.3 113 Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) 2,002,700 00.5 5 Jammu and Kashmir Nat Conf (JKNC) 454,481 00.1 4 Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS) 3,332,702 00.9 1 Janata Dal (United) (JDU) 11,282,084 03.1 20 Kerala Congress (KC) 365,313 00.1 1 Kerala Congress (M) (KCM) 357,402 00.1 1 Marumalarchi DMK (MDMK) 1,620,527 00.4 4 Manipur State Congress Pary (MSCP) 222,417 00.1 1 MGR Anna DM Kazhagam (MADMK) 396,216 00.1 1 Muslim League of Kerala (MLK) 810,135 00.2 2 National Congress Party (NCP) 8,260,311 02.3 8 Pattali Maltltal Katchi (PMK) 2,377,741 00.6 5 Peasants and Workers Party of India (PWPI) 282,583 00.1 1 Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) 10,150,492 02.8 7 Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) 1,360,030 00.4 2 Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) 1,500,817 00.4 3 Samajwadi Janata Party (SJP) 297,337 00.1 1 Samawajwadi Party (SP) 13,717,021 03.8 26 Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) 2,502,949 00.7 2 SAD (Simranjit Singh Mann) 298,846 00.1 1 Shiv Sena (SS) 5,672,412 01.6 15 Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) 107,828 00.0 1 Telegu Desam Party (TDP) 13,297,370 03.6 29 Others and independents 9,196,251 02.5 12 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Grand total 364,437,294 543 --------------------------------------------------------------------