1998 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu
The 1998 Indian general election polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 39 seats in the state. New elections were called when Indian National Congress (INC) left the United Front government led by I. K. Gujral, after they refused to drop the regional Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party from the government after the DMK was linked by an investigative panel to Sri Lankan separatists blamed for the killing of Rajiv Gandhi. The result was a landslide victory for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) winning 29 seats, which helped result in Atal Bihari Vajpayee being sworn in as the 16th Prime Minister of India. J. Jayalalithaa and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, broke off from their long alliance with Indian National Congress and formed an alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party, by j
C. SreenivasanElections in Tamil NaduIndian general election, 1998 (Tamil Nadu)Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1998J._JayalalithaaKanchi PanneerselvamKumari AnanthanList of elections in 1998M. DuraiM. SelvarasuN. DennisN. T. ShanmugamPattali Makkal KatchiS. MurugesanSriperumbudur (Lok Sabha constituency)Tamil Nadu Congress CommitteeV. SarojaVazhappady K. Ramamurthy
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1998 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu
The 1998 Indian general election polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 39 seats in the state. New elections were called when Indian National Congress (INC) left the United Front government led by I. K. Gujral, after they refused to drop the regional Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party from the government after the DMK was linked by an investigative panel to Sri Lankan separatists blamed for the killing of Rajiv Gandhi. The result was a landslide victory for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) winning 29 seats, which helped result in Atal Bihari Vajpayee being sworn in as the 16th Prime Minister of India. J. Jayalalithaa and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, broke off from their long alliance with Indian National Congress and formed an alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party, by j
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National Democratic Alliance
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National Democratic Alliance
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United Front
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United Front
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India
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election date
February 1998
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Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1998
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Saffron = NDA and Red = UF
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Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1999
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All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
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Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
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10,937,809
12,169,812
previous election
Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1996
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parliamentary
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