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General elections were held in India between 5 September and 3 October 1999, a few months after the Kargil War.Results were announced on 6 October 1999. [1] [2]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 ...
The 13th Lok Sabha (20 October 1999 – 6 February 2004) is the thirteenth session of the Lok Sabha (House of the People, or lower house in the Parliament of India). It was convened after 1999 Indian general election held during September–October 1999.
The 1999 elections in India include the 1999 Indian general election, ... Party Votes % Seats; Indian National Congress: 103,120,330: 28.30: 114: Bharatiya Janata Party:
The BJP has previously been the sole party in power in Delhi and Jharkhand. It has also ruled Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab as part of coalition and alliance governments. The NDA has never been in power in 3 states – Kerala, Telangana (between 1999 and 2004 BJP in alliance with TDP ruled a United Andhra Pradesh), and West Bengal.
13 October - Third Vajpayee ministry sworn into power. 29 October – The Odisha cyclone slams into the state of Orissa packing winds of 240 km/h and flattening houses across a wide area along the Bay of Bengal. 7 November – Forty-two people die in the northern town of Sonepat after a fire in a market selling firecrackers.
N. Nagaland Democratic Party; Nation (political party) National Democratic Party of Lithuania; National Liberal Party (UK, 1999) National Movement for Rights and Freedoms
The first Scottish Government was formed between a coalition agreement between the Scottish Labour Party and Scottish Liberal Democrats, headed by the first minister Donald Dewar from 1999 until his death whilst serving in office in 2000.
The 1999 United States elections, which were held on Tuesday, November 2, were off-year elections in which no members of the Congress were standing for election. However, there were three gubernatorial races, state legislative elections in four states, numerous citizen initiatives, mayoral races in several major cities, and a variety of local offices on the ballot.