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 150,000; Lingayat for around 350,000; Ediga for 200,000; Banjara for 100,000; Muslim for 150,000; Brahmins for 70,000 and Vokkaliga for 50,000 and others 150,000.
Assembly segments Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency consists of eight assembly segments. These are: NoNameDistrictMemberPartyParty Leading(in 2024)111Shimoga Rural (SC)ShimogaSharada Puryanaik112BhadravatiB.K. Sangameshwara 113ShimogaChannabasapa114TirthahalliAraga Jnanendra115ShikaripuraB. Y. Vijayendra116SorabMadhu Bangarappa117SagarBelur Gopalkrishna118ByndoorUdupiGururaj Gantihole
Members of Parliament ^ denotes By poll
Year MemberParty 1952 K.G. Wodeyar 1957 1962 S. V. Krishnamoorthy Rao 1967 J. H. Patel 1971 T. V. Chandrashekarappa 1977 A. R. Badrinarayan 1980 S. T. Quadri 1984 T. V. Chandrashekarappa 1989 1991 K. G. Shivappa 1996 S. Bangarappa 1998 Ayanur Manjunath 1999 S. Bangarappa 2004 2005^ 2009 B. Y. Raghavendra 2014 B. S. Yediyurappa 2018^ B. Y. Raghavendra 2019 2024
Election results
2024
2019
2018 by-election
2014
2009
2005 by-election
2004
1999
1998
1996
1991
1989
1984
1980
1977
1971
1967
1962
1957
1952
Notes
See also Shimoga district List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
References