Shimoga is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in Southern Karnataka of Karnataka and is located in South India. Shimoga Lok Sabha is reserved for General.
It is a Semi-Urban constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 80.49%. There are 15,62,243 voters of which 7,78,782 are male and 7,83,379 are female and 82 voters of the third gender.
B S Yeddyurappa of BJP (alliance: NDA) won in this seat defeating INC. BJP polled 6,06,216 of the total of 11,29,008 votes polled. BJP won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Shimoga goes to the polls in the 3st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 72.36%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 14 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 8 |
| Reservation for | General |
| Number of Voters | 15,62,243 |
| Number of Male Voters | 7,78,782 |
| Number of Female Voters | 7,83,379 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | BJP | BJP |
| Turnout % | 72.36% | 66.47% |
| Margin of Victory | 3,63,305 | 52,893 |
| Margin of Victory % | 32.18% | 5.54% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | BJP | BJP |
| Turnout % | 72.36% | 66.47% |
| Margin of Victory | 3,63,305 | 52,893 |
| Margin of Victory % | 32.18% | 5.54% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | 728902 | 56.84% | B.Y.Raghavendra.Winner |
| JD(S) | 506212 | 39.48% | S.Madhubangarappa |
| BSP | 7339 | 0.57% | Guddappa |
| NOTA | 6862 | 0.54% | Nota |
| IND | 6845 | 0.53% | Shashikumar.S.Gowda |
| PPOI | 5652 | 0.44% | Krishna.K. |
| IND | 4464 | 0.35% | S.Umesha Varma |
| UPP | 4082 | 0.32% | Venkatesh.R |
| IND | 3929 | 0.31% | Shekara Naik |
| IND | 3315 | 0.26% | K.C.Vinay Rajavath |
| IND | 1578 | 0.12% | Mohammed Yusuf Khan |
| IND | 1578 | 0.12% | N.T.Vijayakumar |
| IND | 1521 | 0.12% | S.Umeshappa |
