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 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]
Assembly segments
Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency consists eight assembly segments covering Sagara, Shikaripura, Sorab, Shivamogga, Bhadravathi and Tithahalli taluks in Shimoga district. These are:
- Shimoga Rural
- Bhadravati
- Shimoga
- Tirthahalli
- Shikaripur
- Sorab
- Sagar
- Byndoor
Members of Parliament
- 1962: S.V. Krishnamoorthy Rao, Indian National Congress
- 1967: J. H. Patel, Samyukta Socialist Party
- 1971: T. V. Chandrashekarappa Veerabasappa, Indian National Congress
- 1977: A. R. Badarinarayan, Indian National Congress
- 1991: K.G. Shivappa, Indian National Congress
- 1996: S. Bangarappa, Karnataka Congress
- 1998: Aayanooru Manjunatha , Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1999:S. Bangarappa, Indian National Congress
- 2004: S. Bangarappa, Samajwadi Party
- 2009: B. Y. Raghavendra, Bharatiya Janata Party
References
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