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Shimoga
Lok Sabha constituency

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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKarnataka
Assembly constituenciesShimoga Rural
Bhadravati
Shimoga
Tirthahalli
Shikaripura
Sorab
Sagar
Byndoor
Established1952
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBJP
Elected year2019

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 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

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^ 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

General Election 2024

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General election, 2019

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General election, 2014

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General election, 2009

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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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