Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency

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Shimoga
Lok Sabha constituency
Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency
Shivamogga Lok Sabha Constituency Map
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Karnataka
Assembly constituencies Shimoga Rural
Bhadravati
Shimoga
Tirthahalli
Shikaripura
Sorab
Sagar
Byndoor
Established1952
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party BJP
Elected year 2019
Shivamogga Lok Sabha Constituency Map with district boundary (2009 - Present).pdf

Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Karnataka state in southern India. As of 2005 it had 1,300,000 voters, of whom Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes account for more than 200,000; Lingayat for around 200,000; Ediga for 250,000; Banjara for 100,000; Muslim for 150,000; and Brahmins and Vokkaliga for 105,000 and others 150,000. [1]

Contents

Assembly segments

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

NoNameDistrictMemberPartyParty 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

^ denotes By poll

YearMemberParty
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 (I)
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

General Election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Shimoga
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP B. Y. Raghavendra 778,721 56.54 −0.32
INC Geetha Shivarajkumar5,35,00638.85−0.61
Independent K. S. Eshwarappa 30,0502.18New
NOTA None of the above4,3320.31−0.23
Majority 2,43,71517.69+0.29
Turnout 13,78,57978.61+2.03
BJP hold Swing

General election, 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Shimoga
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP B. Y. Raghavendra 729,872 56.86 +6.13
JD(S) S. Madhu Bangarappa 5,06,51239.46−6.40
BSP Guddappa7,3500.57+0.57
IND. Shashikumar S. Gowda6,8450.53−1.07
PPIK. Krishna5,6530.44+0.44
NOTA None of the Above 6,8680.54−0.46
Majority 2,23,36017.40+12.53
Turnout 12,84,06776.58+11.52
BJP hold Swing +6.13

By election, 2018

By Election, 2018: Shimoga
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP B. Y. Raghavendra 543,306 50.73 −2.96
JD(S) S. Madhu Bangarappa 4,91,15845.86+24.55
IND. Shashikumar S. Gowda17,1891.60+1.60
JD(U) Mahima J. Patel8,7130.81+0.41
NOTA None of the Above 10,6871.00+0.37
Majority 52,1484.87−27.30
Turnout 10,71,09965.06−7.30
BJP hold Swing -2.96

General election, 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Shimoga
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP B. S. Yeddyurappa 606,216 53.69 +3.11
INC Manjunath Bhandary2,42,91121.52−23.52
JD(S) Geetha Shivarajkumar2,40,63621.31+21.31
AAP K. G. Sreedhar7,5420.67+0.67
BSP Kunaje Manjunatha Gowda5,0530.45−0.41
NOTA None of the Above 7,0770.63+0.63
Margin of victory3,63,30532.17+26.63
Turnout 11,30,36472.36+5.89
BJP hold Swing +3.11

General election, 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Shimoga
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP B. Y. Raghavendra 482,783 50.58 +30.69
INC S. Bangarappa 4,29,89045.04+11.27
IND. H. S. Shekarappa10,8501.14+1.14
BSP J. Jayappa8,2050.86+0.86
AIJMK C. Murugan6,0460.63+0.63
Majority 52,8935.54+3.31
Turnout 9,54,40766.47+8.26
BJP gain from SP Swing +14.58

By election, 2005

By-Election, 2005: Shimoga
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SP S. Bangarappa 269,013 36.00
INC Ayanur Manjunath 2,52,37633.77
BJP M. B. Bhanuprakash1,48,64019.89
JD(S) L. T. Thimmappa Hegde 54,5787.30
JD(U) Shivalinga Swami 8,8341.18
Majority 16,9492.23
Turnout 7,48,35158.21
SP gain from INC Swing

See also

References

  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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