Shimoga (Lok Sabha constituency)

Shimoga
Shimoga
Lok Sabha Constituency
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Incumbent	B. Y. Raghavendra
Parliamentary Party	BJP
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1952
Reservation	None
State	Karnataka
Assembly Constituencies	Shimoga Rural; Bhadravati; Shimoga; Tirthahalli; Shikaripura; Sorab; Sagar; Byndoor

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 250,000; Lingayats for around 200,000; Deevaru for 160,000; Muslims for 150,000; and Brahmins and Vokkaligas for 105,000 and others 200,000.^[1]

Assembly segments[edit | edit source]

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

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District
111	Shimoga Rural	SC	Shimoga
112	Bhadravati	None	Shimoga
113	Shimoga	None	Shimoga
114	Tirthahalli	None	Shimoga
115	Shikaripura	None	Shimoga
116	Sorab	None	Shimoga
117	Sagar	None	Shimoga
118	Byndoor	None	Udupi

Members of Parliament[edit | edit source]

denotes By poll

Election	Lok Sabha	Member		Tenure
Mysore State
1952	1st	K. G. Wodeyar	Indian National Congress	1952 – 1957
After the Formation of Mysore State
1957	2nd	K. G. Wodeyar	Indian National Congress	1957 – 1962
1962	3rd	S. V. Krishnamoorthy Rao	Indian National Congress	1962 – 1967
1967	4th	J. H. Patel	Samyukta Socialist Party	1967 – 1971
1971	5th	T. V. Chandrashekarappa	Indian National Congress	1971 – 1977
After the Renaming of Karnataka State
1977	6th	A. R. Badrinarayan	Indian National Congress	1977 – 1980
1980	7th	S. T. Quadri	Indian National Congress (I)	1980 – 1984
1984	8th	T. V. Chandrashekarappa	Indian National Congress	1984 – 1989
1989	9th	T. V. Chandrashekarappa	Indian National Congress (I)	1989 – 1991
1991	10th	K. G. Shivappa	Indian National Congress	1991 – 1996
1996	11th	S. Bangarappa	Indian National Congress	1996 – 1998
1998	12th	Ayanur Manjunath	Bharatiya Janata Party	1998 – 1999
1999	13th	S. Bangarappa	Indian National Congress	1999 – 2004
2004	14th		Bharatiya Janata Party	2004 – 2005
2005	15th		Samajwadi Party	2005 – 2009
2009	16th	B. Y. Raghavendra	Bharatiya Janata Party	2009 – 2014
2014	16th	B. S. Yediyurappa		2014 – 2018
2018	16th	B. Y. Raghavendra		2018 – 2019
2019	17th	B. Y. Raghavendra		Incumbent

Election Results[edit | edit source]

General Election, 2019[edit | edit source]

2019 Indian general elections: Shimoga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	B. Y. Raghavendra	7,29,872	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[edit | edit source]

By Election, 2018: Shimoga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	B. Y. Raghavendra	5,43,306	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[edit | edit source]

2014 Indian general elections: Shimoga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	B. S. Yeddyurappa	6,06,216	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[edit | edit source]

2009 Indian general elections: Shimoga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	B. Y. Raghavendra	4,82,783	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[edit | edit source]

Bye-Election, 2005: Shimoga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SP	S. Bangarappa	2,69,013	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

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "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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