State board · Lok Sabha

Punjab Lok Sabha 1999

Results board · 13 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha

StatePunjab

Seats

Constituencies

Majority

Seats needed of 13

Electors

1.57Cr

On the roll

Votes polled

88.19L

56.1% of electors

Median turnout

54.2%

Median of 13 seats

INC lead

Above majority · 8 − 7

[01]Seat matrix

13 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won

Majority · 7 of 13INC 8 · +1 above majority

INC 861.5% Indian National Congress

SAD 215.4% Shiromani Akali Dal

SADSS 17.7% Shiromani Akali Dal (SIMRANJIT SINGH MANN)

BJP 17.7% Bharatiya Janata Party

CPI 17.7% Communist Party of India

State level, as published

INC 38.4%8 seats · 61.5%

SAD 28.6%2 seats · 15.4%

BJP 9.2%1 seat · 7.7%

SHSAD 4.6%Seats unmatched

BSP 3.8%0 seats

Others 15.4%Seat count not derivable

Vote share not published

SADSS1 seat
CPI1 seat

The published shares sum to 100.0%, so these parties' votes sit inside Others.

Alliances

UPA 44.4%9 seats

NDA 40.5%3 seats

THIRD FRONT 0.0%0 seats

OTHERS 15.1%Seats not published

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

INC converted 38.4% of votes into 61.5% of seats, a seat premium of 23.1 pp.
8 ÷ 13 = 61.5% · 61.5 − 38.4 = +23.1
SAD polled 28.6% of votes, the 2nd-highest share, but won 2 seats (15.4%).
2 ÷ 13 = 15.4% · 15.4 − 28.6 = −13.2
Gurdaspur was decided by 1,399 votes, the closest of 13 seats; Ludhiana had the widest margin, 1,05,246.
min / max of margin over 13 seats with a recorded margin
2 seats were won by a margin under 1%; BJP won 1 of them.
count(margin % < 1.0) = 2 of 13 · BJP 1
Turnout ran from 45.8% in Ludhiana to 71.2% in Faridkot; the median seat polled 54.2%.
min / median / max over 13 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

13 of 13 seats carry a turnout

< 50% 323.1% of seats

50–60 646.2% of seats

60–70 323.1% of seats

70–80 17.7% of seats

≥ 80% 00.0% of seats

LowestLudhiana45.8%
HighestFaridkot71.2%
NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

13 rows · by constituency number

Constituency results, Punjab Lok Sabha 1999, all 13 seats
#	Constituency	Winner	Party	Votes polled	Margin	Margin %	Turnout %
01	GurdaspurCLOSEST	Vinod Khanna	Bharatiya Janata Party	6,77,041	1,399	0.2	60.3
02	Amritsar	Raghunandan Lal Bhatia	Indian National Congress	5,96,536	31,999	5.4	47.9
03	Tarn Taran	Tarlochan Singh Tur	Shiromani Akali Dal	5,94,943	75,617	12.7	54.0
04	JullundurSC	Balbir Singh	Indian National Congress	5,68,257	34,566	6.1	49.8
05	PhillaurSC	Santosh Chowdhary	Indian National Congress	6,19,793	26,578	4.3	54.2
06	Hoshiarpur	Charanjit Singh Channi	Indian National Congress	5,85,901	34,206	5.8	52.6
07	Ropar	Shamsher Singh	Indian National Congress	7,18,970	77,381	10.8	56.8
08	PatialaSC	Preneet Kaur	Indian National Congress	7,81,794	78,908	10.1	59.7
09	LudhianaSCWIDEST	Gurcharan Singh Galib	Indian National Congress	6,74,419	1,05,246	15.6	45.8
10	Sangrur	Simranjit Singh Mann	Shiromani Akali Dal (SIMRANJIT SINGH MANN)	7,16,182	86,317	12.1	62.5
11	Bhatinda	Bhan Singh Bhaura	Communist Party of India	6,56,684	61,317	9.3	53.9
12	Faridkot	Jagmeet Singh Brar	Indian National Congress	8,71,755	5,148	0.6	71.2
13	Ferozepur	Zora Singh	Shiromani Akali Dal	7,56,925	14,861	2.0	62.3

Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 1,05,246 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1999 · Punjab · 13 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database