1999 Indian General Election
5 September–3 October 1999 · Mandal, Mandir and the coalition era · 543 seats, 272 for a majority
The elections saw the National Democratic Alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party win a majority in the Lok Sabha, the first time since 1984 that a party or alliance had won an outright majority and the second since the 1977 elections that a non-Congress coalition had done so.
Prime Minister before
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
BJP
Prime Minister (continued)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
BJP
Largest force
Bharatiya Janata Party
182 of 543 seats
Turnout
60.0%
The result
| Share of the Lok Sabha | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party | NDA | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 182 | — | 8,65,62,209 | 23.8% | -1.8 | |
| Indian National Congress | INC+ | Sonia Gandhi | 114 | — | 10,31,20,330 | 28.3% | +2.5 | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | LF | Harkishan Singh Surjeet | 33 | — | 1,96,95,767 | 5.4% | +0.2 | |
| Telugu Desam Party | — | — | 29 | — | 1,32,97,370 | 3.6% | — | |
| Samajwadi Party | — | — | 26 | — | 1,37,17,021 | 3.8% | — | |
| Janata Dal (United) | — | — | 21 | — | 1,12,82,084 | 3.1% | — | |
| Shiv Sena | — | — | 15 | — | 56,72,412 | 1.6% | — | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | — | — | 14 | — | 1,51,75,845 | 4.2% | — |
109 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.