What year saw the formation of the coalition that won 26 seats in the 1999 Indian general election?
Indian general election, 1999 (Tamil Nadu) The Indian general election, 1999 polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 39 seats in the state. The result was a victory for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) which won 26 seats. After leaving the NDA, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, hoped to create some damage, but ended up losing 8 seats, compared to the 1998 Lok Sabha elections. This is also the first time that Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, allied with the Bharatiya Janata Party, helping them have power at the national level for the next 5 years with the NDA, before they joined the UPA. The NDA, ended up losing 3 seats, compared to the election the year before, due to ADMK leaving the NDA, but the seats were made up, because DMK left the united front and joined the NDA.
List of National Democratic Alliance members The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is a centre-right political alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). s of 2015 , it is the ruling coalition in the Parliament of India under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and rules over 13 state governments. The NDA was formed by the BJP in the 1998 general elections; it consisted of its existing allies like the Samata Party, the Shiromani Akali Dal, the Shiv Sena in addition to the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Biju Janata Dal. Among these regional parties, the Shiv Sena was the only one which had an ideology similar to that of the BJP. The coalition first came to power at the Central Government after the 1998 general elections, and continued to rule till 2004.