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71. Kolar Gold Fields

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1985

KA-KOLAR-GOLD-FIELDS

CPM 51.0%won by 28.4%IND 22.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 28.4%.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 32.8% to 51.0% of the vote here (+18.2%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) to Independent (IND).

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
55,513
Margin
15,780
28.43%

Candidates

10 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1T. S. MANICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM28,32551.0%
  2. 2M. BACKTHAVACHALAMIndependent · IND12,54522.6%
  3. 3C. M. ARUMUGHAMIndependent · IND9,42117.0%
  4. 4S. RAJAGOPALIndian National Congress · INC3,9777.2%
  5. 5K. NADARAJANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP8301.5%
  6. 6S. DINAKARANIndependent · IND1530.3%
  7. 7B. DEENADHAYALIndependent · IND870.2%
  8. 8K. MOORTHYIndependent · IND840.2%
  9. 9N. KUMARIndependent · IND550.1%
  10. 10CHANDRAGANDHI, M.Independent · IND360.1%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
AIADMK
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPM–IND swing
+22.2%
CPM share
32.8% → 51.0%
IND share
26.6% → 22.6%
Turnout
— → —
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