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168. Kolar

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Karnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-KOLAR

INCI 50.2%won by 26.9%JNP 23.3%

What changed here

Derived

The 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%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INCIflipped
INCIJNP swing
+26.9%
INCI share
0.0% 50.2%
JNP share
0.0% 23.3%
Turnout
59.1% 53.9%