Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency

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]

Shimoga
Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha Constituency Map
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

Assembly segments

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

No	Name	District	Member	Party		Party 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

Year	Member	Party
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

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			13,78,579	78.61	+2.03
	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

See also

• Shimoga district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha