Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency

Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Karnataka state in southern India. As of 2005 it had 1,286,181 voters, of whom Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes account for more than 200,000; Lingayat for around 200,000; Ediga for 220,000; Banjara for 100,000; Muslim for 150,000; and Brahmins and Vokkaliga for 105,000 and others 150,000.[1]

Shimoga
Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha Constituency Map
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKarnataka
Assembly constituenciesShimoga Rural
Bhadravati
Shimoga
Tirthahalli
Shikaripura
Sorab
Sagar
Byndoor
Established1952
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBJP
Elected year2019

Assembly segments

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Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency consists of eight assembly segments. These are:

No Name District Member Party Party Leading
(in 2024)
111 Shimoga Rural (SC) Shimoga Sharada Puryanaik JD(S) BJP
112 Bhadravati B.K. Sangameshwara INC BJP
113 Shimoga Channabasapa BJP BJP
114 Tirthahalli Araga Jnanendra BJP BJP
115 Shikaripura B. Y. Vijayendra BJP BJP
116 Sorab Madhu Bangarappa INC BJP
117 Sagar Belur Gopalkrishna INC BJP
118 Byndoor Udupi Gururaj Gantihole BJP BJP

Members of Parliament

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^ denotes By poll

Year Member Party
1952 K.G. Wodeyar Indian National Congress
1957
1962 S. V. Krishnamoorthy Rao
1967 J. H. Patel Samyukta Socialist Party
1971 T. V. Chandrashekarappa Indian National Congress
1977 A. R. Badrinarayan
1980 S. T. Quadri Indian National Congress
1984 T. V. Chandrashekarappa Indian National Congress
1989
1991 K. G. Shivappa
1996 S. Bangarappa Karnataka Vikas Party
1998 Ayanur Manjunath Bharatiya Janata Party
1999 S. Bangarappa Indian National Congress
2004 Bharatiya Janata Party
2005^ Samajwadi Party
2009 B. Y. Raghavendra Bharatiya Janata Party
2014 B. S. Yediyurappa
2018^ B. Y. Raghavendra
2019
2024

Election results

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General Election 2024

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2024 Indian general election: Shimoga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP B. Y. Raghavendra 778,721 56.54 −0.32
INC Geetha Shivarajkumar 5,35,006 38.85 −0.61
Independent K. S. Eshwarappa 30,050 2.18 New
NOTA None of the above 4,332 0.31 −0.23
Majority 2,43,715 17.69 +0.29
Turnout 13,77,224 78.33 +1.75
BJP hold Swing

General election, 2019

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2019 Indian general elections: Shimoga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP B. Y. Raghavendra 729,872 56.86 +6.13
JD(S) S. Madhu Bangarappa 5,06,512 39.46 −6.40
BSP Guddappa 7,350 0.57 +0.57
IND. Shashikumar S. Gowda 6,845 0.53 −1.07
PPI K. Krishna 5,653 0.44 +0.44
NOTA None of the Above 6,868 0.54 −0.46
Majority 2,23,360 17.40 +12.53
Turnout 12,84,067 76.58 +11.52
BJP hold Swing +6.13

By election, 2018

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By Election, 2018: Shimoga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP B. Y. Raghavendra 543,306 50.73 −2.96
JD(S) S. Madhu Bangarappa 4,91,158 45.86 +24.55
IND. Shashikumar S. Gowda 17,189 1.60 +1.60
JD(U) Mahima J. Patel 8,713 0.81 +0.41
NOTA None of the Above 10,687 1.00 +0.37
Majority 52,148 4.87 −27.30
Turnout 10,71,099 65.06 −7.30
BJP hold Swing -2.96

General election, 2014

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2014 Indian general elections: Shimoga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP B. S. Yeddyurappa 606,216 53.69 +3.11
INC Manjunath Bhandary 2,42,911 21.52 −23.52
JD(S) Geetha Shivarajkumar 2,40,636 21.31 +21.31
AAP K. G. Sreedhar 7,542 0.67 +0.67
BSP Kunaje Manjunatha Gowda 5,053 0.45 −0.41
NOTA None of the Above 7,077 0.63 +0.63
Margin of victory 3,63,305 32.17 +26.63
Turnout 11,30,364 72.36 +5.89
BJP hold Swing +3.11

General election, 2009

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2009 Indian general elections: Shimoga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP B. Y. Raghavendra 482,783 50.58 +30.69
INC S. Bangarappa 4,29,890 45.04 +11.27
IND. H. S. Shekarappa 10,850 1.14 +1.14
BSP J. Jayappa 8,205 0.86 +0.86
AIJMK C. Murugan 6,046 0.63 +0.63
Majority 52,893 5.54 +3.31
Turnout 9,54,407 66.47 +8.26
BJP gain from SP Swing +14.58

By election, 2005

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By-Election, 2005: Shimoga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SP S. Bangarappa 269,013 36.00
INC Ayanur Manjunath 2,52,376 33.77
BJP M. B. Bhanuprakash 1,48,640 19.89
JD(S) L. T. Thimmappa Hegde 54,578 7.30
JD(U) Shivalinga Swami 8,834 1.18
Majority 16,949 2.23
Turnout 7,48,351 58.21
SP gain from INC Swing

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Aggressive campaigning by all parties for Shimoga byelection". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 1 June 2005. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 7 February 2007.

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