Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency

Shimoga
Shimoga
Lok Sabha constituency
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Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
Assembly constituencies	Shimoga Rural ; Bhadravati ; Shimoga ; Tirthahalli ; Shikaripura ; Sorab ; Sagar ; Byndoor
Established	1952
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent B. Y. Raghavendra
Party	BJP
Elected year	2019

Last updated June 24, 2024

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]

Assembly segments

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

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

Members of Parliament

^ denotes By poll

Year	Member
1952	K.G. Wodeyar	Indian National Congress
1957	K.G. Wodeyar
1962	S. V. Krishnamoorthy Rao
1967	J. H. Patel	Samyukta Socialist Party
1971	T. V. Chandrashekarappa	Indian National Congress
1977	A. R. Badrinarayan	Indian National Congress
1980	S. T. Quadri	Indian National Congress
1984	T. V. Chandrashekarappa	Indian National Congress
1989	T. V. Chandrashekarappa
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

General Election 2024

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

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

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

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

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

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

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References

↑ "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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[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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