Constituency
71. Kolar Gold Fields
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 1978
KA-KOLAR-GOLD-FIELDS
RPI 47.5%won by 17.6%JNP 29.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to RPI (RPI), which now leads by 17.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- RPI vote shareRPI went from 0.0% to 47.5% of the vote here (+47.5%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 29.9% — it did not contest here in 1972.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
46,137
Margin
8,136
17.63%
Candidates
6 contested · winner RPI- 1C.M.ARUMUGHAMRPI · RPI21,92047.5%
- 2S.RAJAGOPALJanata Party · JNP13,78429.9%
- 3T.S. MANICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM7,38916.0%
- 4S.THINAKARANIndian National Congress · INC1,7423.8%
- 5R.NARAYANIndependent · IND1,1152.4%
- 6M.G.KRISHNANIndependent · IND1870.4%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- RPIflipped
- RPI–JNP swing
- +17.6%
- RPI share
- 0.0% → 47.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 29.9%
- Turnout
- — → —