Constituency
167. Kolar
Community mirrorKarnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989
IN-KOLAR
INC 51.9%won by 19.6%JD 32.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 19.6%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 42.2% to 51.9% of the vote here (+9.6%).
- New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 32.2% — it did not contest here in 1984.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.1% between them, down from 94.1% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 6.5% to 71.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,48,842
Turnout
71.1%
Valid votes
6,75,027
Margin
1,32,602
19.64%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1Y.RAMAKRISHNAIndian National Congress · INC3,50,00951.9%
- 2B.MUNIYAPPAJanata Dal · JD2,17,40732.2%
- 3C.D.SHIVANNAJNPJP · JNPJP76,24311.3%
- 4N.VENKETESHUIndependent · IND19,7752.9%
- 5B.VENKATASWAMAPPAIndependent · IND4,4260.7%
- 6S.GURULINGAPPAIndependent · IND3,3780.5%
- 7T.KRISHNANLkd (B) · LKDB1,9620.3%
- 8YADIGUR GANGADHARAMIndependent · IND1,8270.3%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JD swing
- −22.6%
- INC share
- 42.2% → 51.9%
- JD share
- 0.0% → 32.2%
- Turnout
- 64.6% → 71.1%