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181. Kolar

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Karnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-KOLAR

INC 44.4%won by 2.4%JD 41.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.6% to 2.4%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Janata Dal (JD).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.3% of the vote between them, up from 69.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 5.5% to 66.9%.

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

Electorate
10,45,861
Turnout
66.9%
Valid votes
6,99,258
Margin
17,042
2.44%

Candidates

13 contested · winner INC
  1. 1K H MUNIYAPPAIndian National Congress · INC3,10,34944.4%
  2. 2BALAJI CHANNAIAHJanata Dal · JD2,93,30741.9%
  3. 3V HANUMAPPABharatiya Janata Party · BJP84,55812.1%
  4. 4R PRABHURAMIndependent · IND4,7560.7%
  5. 5M SRINIVASAPPAIndependent · IND1,1440.2%
  6. 6D BALUIndependent · IND1,0750.2%
  7. 7M PUTTASWAMYPSSS · PSSS8300.1%
  8. 8PRAKASHIndependent · IND7140.1%
  9. 9R SUNDARA MURTHYIndependent · IND6420.1%
  10. 10K VENKATESHAPPAIndependent · IND5400.1%
  11. 11VENKATAPPAIndependent · IND5360.1%
  12. 12C MOHANRAJIndependent · IND4730.1%
  13. 13K M VENKATARAMANAPPA CHINNAPPAIAHIndependent · IND3340.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JD swing
−11.8%
INC share
40.1% → 44.4%
JD share
25.9% → 41.9%
Turnout
61.4% → 66.9%
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