PA44 PLT HAS LOSS OF ELECTRIC PWR; EXECUTES A GEAR UP LNDG.

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I CHKED THE WX ONCE AGAIN; FILED A FLT PLAN ON DUATS AND HEADED BACK TO LGB. I DID A FULL PREFLT AND RUN-UP. ASIDE FROM THE PLACARDED INSTS; EVERYTHING ELSE SEEMED TO BE WORKING FINE AND I DECIDED TO PROCEED WITH MY TRIP. LONG BEACH CLRNC DELIVERY COULD NOT PULL UP MY FLT PLAN AND SUGGESTED TWR ENRTE TOWARDS SANTA BARBARA; AND I ACCEPTED THE CLRNC. THE FLT PROCEEDED WITHOUT INCIDENT UNTIL 5 OR 10 MINS S OF THE VENTURA VOR WHEN I NOTICED THAT MY #1 VOR AND THE ASSOCIATED DME HAD FAILED. THIS PROB HAD OCCURRED IN THIS ACFT A FEW TIMES DURING MY FLT TRAINING; HAD BEEN INTERMITTENT AT TIMES WITH THE LOC WORKING BUT NOT THE GS; ETC. I CHKED AND EVERYTHING ELSE WAS WORKING AT THE TIME; CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE ALL IN; AMMETER WAS WORKING. I TRIED TURNING THE AVIONICS SWITCH OFF AND BACK ON AND DID NOT SEE A CHANGE IN THE VOR OR DME. BEFORE REACHING VENTURA; I REQUESTED A DEV TOWARDS GORMAN AND THE VALLEY BUT THE CTLR TOLD ME THEY WOULD BE UNABLE TO SEND ME THERE; AND SUGGESTED DIRECT TOWARDS PASO ROBLES. I DID NOT SENSE AN EMER AT THAT TIME; ACCEPTED THE HDG AND CONTINUED TRYING TO MAKE THE VOR WORK. I CHKED ALL THE FUSES; THE AMMETER AND ALL THE SWITCHES. I CHKED ALL CIRCUIT BREAKERS; RECYCLED THE AVIONICS; MASTER; ALTERNATOR; COLLISION LIGHT SWITCHES; ETC; BUT TO NO AVAIL. THEN; WELL N OF VENTURA; NOW IN PITCH BLACK DARKNESS; TO MY SURPRISE; I LOST THE SECOND VOR AS WELL. I CONCENTRATED ON MAINTAINING MY HDG; MADE ANOTHER CHK TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AVIONICS SWITCH WAS IN THE PROPER LOCATION AND NOW REALIZED THAT I WOULD PROBABLY NOT HAVE EITHER VOR FOR THE REST OF THE TRIP. I TRIED TO CALL ATC BUT COULD NOT XMIT. A FEW MINS LATER I HEARD ATC CALLING ME; AND ASKING ANOTHER ACFT TO CALL ME; BUT I COULD NOT REACH THEM. I HEARD ATC ASK ME TO IDENT IF I COULD HEAR THEM. I PLACED 7700 ON THE XPONDER (I REALIZED AFTER I LANDED THAT 7600 WAS THE LOST COM FREQ) AND PRESSED THE IDENT BUTTON. REALIZING THAT I WAS OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN WITH FEW ARPTS; I DECIDED TO DEVIATE FROM MY ATC FLT PLAN AND HEADED E TOWARDS THE VALLEY; REASONING THAT I WAS MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE TERRAIN OVER THE VALLEY; KNEW THERE WERE MULTIPLE ARPTS ALONG THE VALLEY; AND WORSE-COME-TO-WORSE; A FORCED LNDG WOULD BE SAFER OVER AGRICULTURAL AREAS THAN OVER THE MOUNTAINS. I FOCUSED ON FLYING THE AIRPLANE; SAW THE LIGHTS OF BAKERSFIELD AND HEADED TOWARDS THE S END OF TOWN TOWARDS L45 SO AS TO STAY AWAY FROM THE BFL TFC AS I COULD NOT XMIT ON MY RADIO. I SAW THE ROTATING BEACON AND HEADED FOR THE S END OF THE FIELD; LINING UP WITH RWY 34. I DID NOT SEE ANY OTHER TFC IN THE VICINITY AND DECIDED TO LAND. I WENT THROUGH MY PRE-LNDG CHKLIST; GUMPS; BOTH FUEL TANKS AND ELECTRIC FUEL PUMPS WERE ON; PRESSED THE GEAR LEVER DOWN; MIXTURE FULL FORWARD; PROPS FORWARD AND LNDG LIGHTS ON. I KNEW THAT THE RADIO/VOR'S WERE NOT WORKING BUT SOME OF THE PANEL LIGHTS WERE FUNCTIONING; I COULD STILL HEAR ATC XMISSIONS AND I DID NOT REALIZE THAT I HAD A NEAR TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE AND THAT THE GEAR HAD NOT COME DOWN -- I WAS SO FOCUSED ON FLYING THE AIRPLANE AND DID NOT PULL THE EMER GEAR EXTENSION LEVER. I LANDED ON THE CTRLINE AND CAME TO A RELATIVELY SMOOTH BUT RATHER SUDDEN STOP; AND REALIZED I HAD LANDED GEAR UP. I TURNED OFF ALL THE SWITCHES AND EXITED THE ACFT.