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 1,286,181 voters, of whom Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes account for 220,000; Lingayats for 200,000; Deevaru for 180,000; Muslims for 160,000; and Brahmins and Vokkaligas for 125,000 each.

Assembly segments

Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency consists eight assembly segments covering Sagara, Shikaripura, Sorab, Shivamogga, Bhadravathi and Tithahalli taluks in Shimoga district. These are:

1. Shimoga Rural
2. Bhadravati
3. Shimoga
4. Tirthahalli
5. Shikaripur
6. Sorab
7. Sagar
8. Byndoor

Members of Parliament

• 1951: K.G. Wodeyar, Indian National Congress
• 1957: K.G. Wodeyar, Indian National Congress
• 1962: S. V. Krishnamoorthy Rao, Indian National Congress
• 1967: J. H. Patel, Samyukta Socialist Party
• 1971: T. V. Chandrashekarappa, Indian National Congress
• 1977: A. R. Badri Narayan, Indian National Congress
• 1980: S. T. Quadri, Indian National Congress (I)
• 1984: T. V. Chandrashekarappa, Indian National Congress (I)
• 1989: T. V. Chandrashekarappa, Indian National Congress (I)
• 1991: K.G. Shivappa, Indian National Congress (I)
• 1996: Sarekoppa Bangarappa, Indian National Congress
• 1998: Ayanur Manjunath, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1999: Sarekoppa Bangarappa, Indian National Congress
• 2004: Sarekoppa Bangarappa, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2005: Sarekoppa Bangarappa, Samajwadi Party
• 2009: B. Y. Raghavendra, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2014: B. S. Yeddyurappa, Bharatiya Janata Party

General elections 2014

General Election, 2014:Shimoga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	B. S. Yeddyurappa	6,06,216	53.69
	INC	Manjunath Bhandary	2,42,911	21.52
	JD(S)	Geetha Shivarajkumar	2,40,636	21.31
	AAP	K.G. Sreedhar	7,542	0.67
	NOTA	None of the Above	7,077	0.63
Margin of victory			3,63,305	32.17
Turnout			11,29,008	72.27
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

See also

• Shimoga district
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha