Shimoga | |
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Lok Sabha constituency | |
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 | |
Party | BJP |
Elected year | 2019 |
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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 | Party | |
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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
Election results
General Election 2024
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.