Constituency
244. Kolar
Community mirrorMysore · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-KOLAR
INC 53.2%won by 6.5%IND 46.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.4% to 6.5%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 52.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 44.2% to 52.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,48,001
Turnout
52.6%
Valid votes
3,93,551
Margin
25,533
6.49%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INCSince 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −6.8%
- INC share
- 28.4% → 53.2%
- IND share
- 15.1% → 46.8%
- Turnout
- 96.9% → 52.6%