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71. Kolar Gold Fields

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1989

KA-KOLAR-GOLD-FIELDS

AIADMK 51.1%won by 32.2%CPM 18.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 32.2%.

  • AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 0.0% to 51.1% of the vote here (+51.1%).
  • Safe seatAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
64,396
Margin
20,736
32.20%

Candidates

13 contested · winner AIADMK
  1. 1M. BHAKTHAVACHALAMAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK32,92851.1%
  2. 2T. S. MANICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM12,19218.9%
  3. 3C. M. ARUMUGHAMRPI · RPI8,99514.0%
  4. 4M. SURESHKUMARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,7465.8%
  5. 5R. NARAYANANIndependent · IND3,0504.7%
  6. 6C. BALAKRISHNANJanata Party · JNP1,6502.6%
  7. 7C. GUNASEGARANIndependent · IND1,3482.1%
  8. 8R. SHIVARAJIndependent · IND1360.2%
  9. 9R. SHANTHAKUMARIndependent · IND1010.2%
  10. 10K. SUNDARA MURTHYIndependent · IND900.1%
  11. 11A. K. BELVARAJIndependent · IND780.1%
  12. 12S. SOUNDERAJIndependent · IND470.1%
  13. 13M. SAMPATHKUMARIndependent · IND350.1%

Since 1985

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
AIADMKflipped
AIADMK–CPM swing
+83.2%
AIADMK share
0.0% → 51.1%
CPM share
51.0% → 18.9%
Turnout
— → —
70. Mulbagal72. Bethamangala
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