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181. Kolar

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Karnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-KOLAR

INC 39.5%won by 10.1%BJP 29.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 10.2% to 10.1%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Dal (JD) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
11,45,553
Turnout
71.2%
Valid votes
8,15,758
Margin
82,782
10.15%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1K.H. MuniyappaIndian National Congress · INC3,21,96439.5%
  2. 2G. MangammaBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,39,18229.3%
  3. 3Balaji ChannaiahJanata Dal (United) · JDU1,87,26123.0%
  4. 4M.G. RamannaJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS26,7543.3%
  5. 5A.N. VenkataravanappaIndependent · IND21,6042.6%
  6. 6V. Narayana SwamyIndependent · IND5,9180.7%
  7. 7PrakashIndependent · IND5,4530.7%
  8. 8GopinathIndependent · IND5,1010.6%
  9. 9M ChowdappaIndependent · IND2,5210.3%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−0.1%
INC share
39.6% → 39.5%
BJP share
29.3% → 29.3%
Turnout
71.1% → 71.2%
180. Chikballapur182. Kanakapura
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