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 | |
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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 | |
17th Lok Sabha | |
Incumbent | |
Party | BJP |
Elected year | 2019 |
Assembly segments edit
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 edit
^ denotes By poll
Election results edit
General Election 2024 edit
Election on May 7, 2024
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Geetha Shivarajkumar | ||||
Independent | K. S. Eshwarappa | ||||
BJP | B. Y. Raghavendra | ||||
NOTA | None of the above | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
gain from | Swing |
General election, 2019 edit
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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
References edit
- ^ "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.