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Kolar #10GEN
Won
K H Muniyappa
INC Indian National CongressMargin
17,042 2.4 pp
votes
over Balaji Channaiah (JD)
The contest
Electors10,45,861
Votes polled7,14,163
Turnout68.3%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors5.31 L50.7% of electorate
Female electors5.15 L49.3% of electorate
Sex ratio
971females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K H Muniyappa | INC | 3,10,349 | 43.50% | |
| 2 | Balaji Channaiah | JD | 2,93,307 | 41.10% | |
| 3 | V Hanumappa | BJP | 84,558 | 11.80% | |
| 4 | R Prabhuram | IND | 4,756 | 0.70% | |
| 5 | M Srinivasappa | IND | 1,144 | 0.20% | |
| 6 | D Balu | IND | 1,075 | 0.20% | |
| 7 | M Puttaswamy | PSSS | 830 | 0.10% | |
| 8 | Prakash | IND | 714 | 0.10% | |
| 9 | R Sundara Murthy | IND | 642 | 0.10% | |
| 10 | K Venkateshappa | IND | 540 | 0.10% | |
| 11 | Venkatappa | IND | 536 | 0.10% | |
| 12 | C Mohanraj | IND | 473 | 0.10% | |
| 13 | K M Venkataramanappa Chinnappaiah | IND | 334 | 0.00% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 14,905, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 699,258 · NOTA n/a · published 714,163 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1996
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- 2026-09-13