Constituency
181. Kolar
Community mirrorKarnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-KOLAR
INC 39.6%won by 10.2%JD 29.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.4% to 10.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.1% between them, down from 86.3% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 4.2% to 71.1%.
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Electorate
10,80,364
Turnout
71.1%
Valid votes
7,67,937
Margin
77,972
10.15%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1K.H.MUNIYAPPAIndian National Congress · INC3,04,26139.6%
- 2BALAJI CHANNAIAHJanata Dal · JD2,26,28929.5%
- 3V.HANUMAPPABharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,25,36829.3%
- 4NARAYANASWAMYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM8,1271.1%
- 5S.B.MUNIVENKATAPPAIndependent · IND1,6370.2%
- 6ALEXANDER @ C. RANGANATHANIndependent · IND1,2570.2%
- 7S.P.GOVINDA RAJUIndependent · IND9980.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JD swing
- +7.7%
- INC share
- 44.4% → 39.6%
- JD share
- 41.9% → 29.5%
- Turnout
- 66.9% → 71.1%