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JavaScript

myArr = [["venue",2],["venue",16],["inning",2],["inning",4],["inning",32],["hithard", 4]];
values = {};
for (i=0;i<myArr.length;i++){
   if ("undefined" == typeof values[myArr[i][0]]) {values[myArr[i][0]] = 0;}
   values[myArr[i][0]] += myArr[i][1];
}
arr = [];
query_string = "";
for (i in values) {
    // if you want it in an array:
    arr.push('"' + i + '" = ' + values[i]);
    query_string += (query_string.length  ? "&" : "") + i + "=" + values[i];
}
console.log(arr);
console.log(query_string);