Shimoga (Lok Sabha constituency)
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Shimoga is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency of Karnataka. Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency consists of eight assembly segments covering parts of Nalluru and Ubrani hoblis of Channagiri taluk in Davangere district. As of 2005 it had 1,286,181 voters, of whom Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes account for 2.2 lakhs, Lingayats for two lakhs, Deevaru for 1.8 lakh, Muslims for 1.6 lakh, and Brahmins and Vokkaligas for 1.25 lakh each.[1]
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 2005 - Present : S. Bangarappa, Samajwadi Party
[edit] Election Results
| Bye Election, 2005: Shimoga | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Samajwadi Party | S. Bangarappa | 269,013 | 36.00 | ||
| Congress | Ayanur Manjunath | 252,376 | 33.77 | ||
| BJP | M. B. Bhanuprakash | 148,640 | 19.89 | ||
| JD(S) | L. T. Thimmappa Hegde | 54,578 | 7.30 | ||
| JD(U) | Shivalinga Swami | 8,834 | 1.18 | ||
| Independent | Bhadre Shivappa | 54,578 | 1.17 | ||
| Janata Party | K.S.Sathyanarayana | 5141 | 0.69 | ||
| Majority | 16,949 | ||||
| Turnout | 748,351 | 58.21 | |||
| Samajwadi Party gain from Congress | Swing | ||||
