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5- October-1999	India decides not to attend the special meet on CTBT.
6- October-1999	INLD-BJP combine wins by big margin in Haryana.
6- October-1999	The DMK front is set to win a majority of LS seats in Tamil Nadu.
6- October-1999	Suraj Bhan sworn in Governor of Bihar.
6- October-1999	Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, won the Bellary Lok Sabha seat defeating her BJP rival Sushma Swaraj by a margin of 56,100 votes.
7- October-1999	Comfortable majority for NDA. Prime Minister Vajpayee starts work on Government formation.
7- October-1999	Sonia Gandhi won in Amethi by a margin of over three lakh votes.
7- October-1999	Laloo Prasad Yadav, former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD president, loses in Madhepura.
10- October-1999	Congress-NCP talks still on forming a Government in Maharashtra.
11- October-1999	Congress (I) Ministry under the leadership of Mukut Mithi is sworn-in in Arunachal Pradesh.
11- October-1999	Atal Behari Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. Two-tier ministry likely.
12- October-1999	Sachidanand Sakshi, former BJP MP, joined SP.
13- October-1999	Janata Dal (United) snap ties with the BJP in Karnataka.
13- October-1999	No change in portfolios of Advani, Yashwant Sinha, Jaswant Singh and Fernandes.
15- October-1999	Maharashtra Governor P. C. Alexander asks both the BJP-Shiv Sena combine and the Congress(I) for proof.
16- October-1999	A woman is elected as the Speaker of the Sikkim Assembly.
16- October-1999	Congress (I)-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) combine is invited to form the Government in Maharashtra. Vilasrao Deshmukh to be sworn in as Chief Minister.
16- October-1999	Dr. Najma Heptulla, Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, is elected president of the 138-nation Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
19- October-1999	Sonia Gandhi will be the leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, says the Congress(I).
20- October-1999	Quiet start to the 13th Lok Sabha.
20- October-1999	The Cabinet approves the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) Bill for introduction in the current session of Lok Sabha if time permits.
20- October-1999	The Centre accepts the recommendations of the Backward Classes Commission on the inclusion of Jats and other backward classes (OBCs) in Rajasthan except Bharatpur and Dholpur districts.
21- October-1999	Madhavrao Scindia becomes the Deputy Leader of Congress (I) in the Lok Sabha.
22- October-1999	The Prime Minister warns of more 'hard decisions'.
26- October-1999	The Government rejected the demand that Rajiv Gandhi's name be deleted from the chargesheet in the Bofors case.
27- October-1999	P.M. Sayeed of the Congress(I) re-elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
27- October-1999	Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Madhya Pradesh splits.