General Elections 1999 – Overview of Kerala : General Elections-2004 : Backgrounder-44
Kerala has a total of 20 Lok Sabha seats. In the 1999 General Elections, both Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Indian National Congress (INC) won 8 seats each followed by MUL which won 2 seats. The Kerala Congress (KEC) and the Kerala Congress (M) (KECM) managed to win 1 seat each. Of the total 1,53,77,976 votes polled, the INC secured 60,51,905 votes followed by CPM with 42,90,986 votes, MUL 8,10,135 votes , KEC 3,65,313 and KECM 3,57,402 votes. Percentage-wise, the INC secured 39.35% of the votes polled followed by CPM which secured 27.90%, the MUL 5.27%, KEC 2.38% and the KECM 2.32%.
Party wise percentage of votes, number of contestants and seats won in Kerala are as follows:-
|
Party
|
Number of
contestants |
Seats
won |
Votes polled |
% of votes polled |
|
BJP |
14 |
0 |
1008047 |
6.56% |
|
BSP |
5 |
0 |
14331 |
0.09% |
|
CPI |
4 |
0 |
1164157 |
7.57% |
|
CPM |
12 |
8 |
4290986 |
27.90% |
|
INC |
17 |
8 |
6051905 |
39.35% |
|
JD(S) |
1 |
0 |
333023 |
2.17% |
|
JD(U) |
5 |
0 |
206950 |
1.35% |
|
KEC |
1 |
1 |
365313 |
2.38% |
|
KEC(M) |
1 |
1 |
357402 |
2.32% |
|
MUL |
2 |
2 |
810135 |
5.27% |
|
RJD |
3 |
0 |
5655 |
0.04% |
|
SHS |
2 |
0 |
4700 |
0.03% |
|
AJBP |
1 |
0 |
2566 |
0.02% |
|
SRP |
1 |
0 |
30779 |
0.20% |
|
IND |
73 |
0 |
732027 |
4.76% |
|
Total |
142 |
20 |
15377976 |
|