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276. Kolar

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Mysore · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-KOLAR

INC 81.3%won by 72.9%CPM 8.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 23.1% to 72.9%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.8% of the vote between them, up from 71.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 5.4% to 54.4%.

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

Electorate
4,90,492
Turnout
54.4%
Valid votes
2,66,912
Margin
1,94,519
72.88%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1G. V. KRISHNANIndian National Congress · INC2,17,03781.3%
  2. 2G. NARAYANASWAMYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM22,5188.4%
  3. 3T. N. RAGHAVAIAHNCO · NCO15,5425.8%
  4. 4C. M. ARUMAGAMIndependent · IND10,4073.9%
  5. 5C. V. MUNISWAMYMUL · MUL1,4080.5%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
+49.2%
INC share
47.4% → 81.3%
CPM share
23.7% → 8.4%
Turnout
59.9% → 54.4%
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