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Recognition for Nationalist Congress Party as a state party in Andaman & Nicobar Islands : With the Nationalist Congress Party, the NCP got recognised as a state recognised party in Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

Consequent on the amalgamation of Indian Congress (Socialist) a recognised state Party in the Union Territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. But instead of allotting the symbol 'Charkha', which NCP was entitled for, the Election Commission of India asked the party to submit a list of three symbols in order of preference and finally the symbol 'Watch' was allotted as party's symbol for the Union Territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

After the approval of the amalgamation of Indian Congress (Socialist) with NCP by the Election Commission of India, party President Shri Sharad Pawar announced Shri T.P. Peethambaran Master, Ex-MLA, who was the General Secretary of the Indian Congress (Socialist) as General Secretary of NCP and the new panel of office-bearers of the party was announced as under :

•Shri Sharad Pawar - President
•Shri Tariq Anwar - General Secretary
•Shri Devendra Nath Dwivedi - General Secretary
•Shri T. P. Peethambaran Master - General Secretary
•Shri Datta Meghe - Treasurer

Party President also announced the NCP Working Committee consisting of the following members :

1. Shri Sharad Pawar
2. Shri Tariq Anwar
3. Shri Devendra Nath Dwivedi
4. Shri T. P. Peethambaran Master
5. Shri Datta Meghe
6. Shri Sarat Chandra Sinha
7. Shri Praful Patel
8. Haji Salamat Ullah
9. Smt Veena Nayyar
10. Shri K. Prabhakar Reddy
11. Shri Jagdeep Dhanker
12. Shri Sudhakar Naik
13. Shri Baleshwar Ram
14. Shri K. V. Keditsu
15. Shri A.C. Shanmukha Das
16. Chaudhary Ved Pal

Appointment of National Secretaries : The following National Secretaries were appointed:

1. Dr. Ram Manohar Tripathi
2. Prof. Devi Prasad Tripathi
3. Shri Vijay Dubey
4. Shri Aquil Haider
5. Shri Sukhbir Singh Panwar
6. Kanwar Pratap Singh Chaudhary
7. Smt. Husna Subhani
8. Smt. Minati Sarma
9. Shri Laxmi Narain Induria
10. Shri Zafar Akhtar
11. Shri Shyam Bihari

Elections to Parliament : Soon after the launching of the party, elections to the parliament were announced. NCP contested 131 seats to the Parliament. The state-wise number of candidates is given hereunder :

A & N Islands 1
Andhra Pradesh 4
Arunachal Pradesh 2
Assam 9
Bihar 16
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1
Delhi 7
Goa 2
Gujarat 7
Haryana 2
Himachal Pradesh 3
Jammu & Kashmir 2
Karnataka 2
Madhya Pradesh 9
Maharashtra 37
Manipur 2
Meghalaya 1
Orissa 3
Punjab 3
Rajasthan 7
Tamil Nadu 1
West Bengal 10

Total 131

Party also contested the Assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh and Maharashtra.

Performance in Elections : Following eight candidates got elected to the Parliament :

1. Shri Sharad Pawar …Maharashtra
2. Smt Nivedita Sambhajirao Mane …Maharashtra
3. Shri Sriniwas Dadasaheb Patil …Maharashtra
4. Shri Ashok Namdevrao Patil …Maharashtra
5. Shri Sadasivarao Dadoba Mandlik …Maharashtra
6. Shri Laxmanrao P. Yadav Patil …Maharashtra
7.Shri Holkhomang Haokip …Manipur

The members elected from Dadra & Nagar Haveli, though contested as independent candidate is our own party man. Three other members elected from Maharashtra as candidates of our alliance parties are continuing as associated members of our Parliamentary Party.

Assembly Performance : 58 members were elected to the Assembly from Maharashtra and 4 members to the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly.

Participation of Government : In order to prevent the Sivasena-BJP combine, which had been voted out by the people in the elections, coming back to power in Maharashtra, the NCP had to joined hands with the INC in Maharashtra to form a government there with Shri Chhagan Bhujbal as the Deputy Chief Minister.

We had to bow down to local political pressure in Meghalaya and join the coalition government led by the UDP there despite the three member BJP also being a partner to the government, as it was within the interest of our partly as well as that of the state to provide a government there and avoid an election imposed upon the state by our party's stand. The party unit in Kerala was already a part of the Left Democratic Front and their government there.

Besides, the Party has its presence in the following states :

Appointment of Treasurer: On 20th November 1999, Shri Praful Patel was appointed as Treasurer of the party consequent on Shri Datta Meghe's resignation from the post to join the Ministry in Maharashtra.

Disciplinary Action Committee : Later on ‘Disciplinary Action Committee’was constituted with Shri Praful Patel as its Chairman.

National Status for the Party : After the assessment of the performance of various political parties in the Parliamentary Elections, the Election Commission of India conferred the National status to our party. This is the first instance in the history of our country of a new party contesting the national elections for the first time after its formation getting the status of National Party that too within a few months after its formation as in the case of NCP.

NCP in Parliament : NCP was allotted an official room for the Party in Parliament House by the Speaker on 22nd December 1999 and Shri Kanwar Pratap Singh Chaudhary was appointed as Party Secretary in Parliament.

First Extended Working Committee Meeting : The first extended Working Committee of the Party was held at Parliament Annexe, New Delhi. Over and above, the members of the Working Committee, the Presidents of State units, the Presidents of Frontal organisations, party observers in various states, members of Parliament and leaders of party Legislative parties in the states attended the session. The review of the organisational progress was made and steps to strengthen the organisation were also discussed.

National Relief Committee : In view of the cyclone and flood in Orissa and the consequent sufferings of the people there, NCP constituted a National Relief Committee under the chairmanship of Shri Chhagan Bhujbal, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Five truck-loads clothes, blankets and some house hold utensils were sent to Orissa and distributed among the affected people. party President Shri Sharad Pawar also visited the flood affected areas.

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