Constituency
168. Kolar
Community mirrorKarnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980
IN-KOLAR
INCI 50.2%won by 26.9%JNP 23.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to INCI (INCI), which now leads by 26.9%.
- INCI vote shareINCI went from 0.0% to 50.2% of the vote here (+50.2%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 23.3% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.5% between them, down from 90.9% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 5.2% to 53.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,73,699
Turnout
53.9%
Valid votes
3,63,091
Margin
97,512
26.86%
Candidates
10 contested · winner INCI- 1G.Y. KRISHNANINCI · INCI1,82,24150.2%
- 2T. CHANNAIAHJanata Party · JNP84,72923.3%
- 3M. NARAYANAINCU · INCU75,10120.7%
- 4B. SOMASEKHARJNPS · JNPS7,7902.1%
- 5M. CHANDRAPPAIndependent · IND4,5371.2%
- 6B. MALLAPPAIndependent · IND4,4861.2%
- 7K.M. NARAYANAPPAIndependent · IND1,8560.5%
- 8M. MUNISWAMYIndependent · IND1,0180.3%
- 9A.K. EARAPPAIndependent · IND6670.2%
- 10M. CHOWDAPPAIndependent · IND6660.2%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INCIflipped
- INCI–JNP swing
- +26.9%
- INCI share
- 0.0% → 50.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 23.3%
- Turnout
- 59.1% → 53.9%