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Bhartiya Janata Party leaders celebrate their victory in Lok Sabha elections 1999. L.K. Advani and Atal Bihari Vajpayee with other party members can be seen celebrating their victory. General Elections were held in India from 5 September to 3 October 1999, a few months after the Kargil War. The 13th Lok Sabha election is of historical importance as it was the first time a united front of parties managed to attain a majority and form a government that lasted a full term of five years, thus ending a period of political instability at the national level that had been characterised by three general elections held in as many years. This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comp