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Shimoga Lok Sabha — MP & election results

Who is the MP of Shimoga? — B.Y.Raghavendra (BJP), who won the Lok Sabha Election 2024 by 2,43,715 votes. Below: history of 2 elections and every candidate's votes.
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MP · 2024

B.Y.Raghavendra

BJP
Margin: 2,43,715Landslide

Election history — every MP of Shimoga

2 elections · newest first

  1. 2024Jun 2024B.Y.RaghavendraBJPCurrent MPLok Sabha Election 2024 · defeated Geetha Shivarajkumar (INC)Margin2,43,715
  2. 2019May 2019B.Y.Raghavendra.BJPLok Sabha Election 2019 · defeated S.Madhubangarappa (JD(S))Margin2,23,360

Lok Sabha Election 2024 — results

Winner

B.Y.Raghavendra

BJPLandslide

votes

7,78,721

Margin

2,43,715(17.7%)

Winner vs Runner-up

B.Y.Raghavendra · BJPGeetha Shivarajkumar · INC
7,78,7215,35,006
Candidate (24)votes
  1. 1B.Y.Raghavendra✓ WinnerBJP7,78,72156.54%
  2. 2Geetha ShivarajkumarINC5,35,00638.85%
  3. 3K. S. EswarappaINDDeposit lost30,0502.18%
  4. 4BandiINDDeposit lost7,2660.53%
  5. 5Ravikumara N.INDDeposit lost4,5520.33%
  6. 6NOTA4,3320.31%
See all candidates (+18)
  1. 7Pooja N. AnnaiahINDDeposit lost3,4570.25%
  2. 8A.D. ShivappaBSPDeposit lost2,7790.2%
  3. 9N. V. Naveen KumarINDDeposit lost1,9930.14%
  4. 10Aruna KanahalliUttama Prajaakeeya PartyDeposit lost1,4780.11%
  5. 11E.H. NayakINDDeposit lost9540.07%
  6. 12John BennyINDDeposit lost8670.06%
  7. 13Ganesh. B (Belli)INDDeposit lost7470.05%
  8. 14D.S. EshwarappaINDDeposit lost6950.05%
  9. 15Kunaje Manjunatha GowdaINDDeposit lost6830.05%
  10. 16S.K PrabhuKarnataka Rashtra SamithiDeposit lost6170.04%
  11. 17Shivarudraiah SwamyINDDeposit lost5990.04%
  12. 18Imtiyaz A. AttarINDDeposit lost4420.03%
  13. 19Mohammed Yusuf KhanYoung Star Empowerment PartyDeposit lost4040.03%
  14. 20G. JayadevaINDDeposit lost3680.03%
  15. 21Chandrashekar. H CINDDeposit lost3570.03%
  16. 22P. Sripathi. BhatINDDeposit lost3440.02%
  17. 23Sandesh Shetty. AINDDeposit lost2930.02%
  18. 24H Suresh PoojariINDDeposit lost2200.02%
Total votes13,77,224

Deposit lost: 21 of 23 candidates — those not elected who polled no more than one-sixth of the valid votes of all candidates, NOTA excluded (Representation of the People Act 1951, s.158).

Electors & turnout — Lok Sabha election 2024

From the Election Commission of India's statistical report

Electors
17,53,615

incl. service voters

Votes cast
13,78,579

incl. 5,239 postal

Turnout
78.61%
Polling stations
2,039

Turnout of men and women

Women77.8%

6,92,402 of 8,90,090 voted on EVMs

Men78.9%

6,80,925 of 8,63,490 voted on EVMs

Third-gender electors: 35; 13 voted.

  • Candidates23 (2 women)
  • Lost deposit21
  • NOTA4,332
  • Valid votes13,72,892

Women candidates: Geetha Shivarajkumar, Pooja N. Annaiah

Past elections

Lok Sabha Election 2019Winner: B.Y.Raghavendra. (BJP)Full result ▾
Candidate (13)votes
  1. 1B.Y.Raghavendra.✓ WinnerBJP7,29,87256.86%
  2. 2S.MadhubangarappaJD(S)5,06,51239.46%
  3. 3GuddappaBSPDeposit lost7,3500.57%
See all candidates (+10)
  1. 4NOTA6,8680.54%
  2. 5Shashikumar.S.GowdaINDDeposit lost6,8450.53%
  3. 6Krishna.K.Pyramid Party of IndiaDeposit lost5,6530.44%
  4. 7S.Umesha VarmaINDDeposit lost4,4650.35%
  5. 8Venkatesh.RUttama Prajaakeeya PartyDeposit lost4,0870.32%
  6. 9Shekara NaikINDDeposit lost3,9300.31%
  7. 10K.C.Vinay RajavathINDDeposit lost3,3170.26%
  8. 11Mohammed Yusuf KhanINDDeposit lost1,5790.12%
  9. 12N.T.VijayakumarINDDeposit lost1,5780.12%
  10. 13S.UmeshappaINDDeposit lost1,5210.12%
Total votes12,83,577

Lok Sabha Election 2019 — full result page →

Assembly segments

Frequently asked questions

Who is the MP of Shimoga?

B.Y.Raghavendra (BJP) won Shimoga in the Lok Sabha Election 2024 with 7,78,721 votes.

What was the winning margin in Shimoga?

B.Y.Raghavendra defeated Geetha Shivarajkumar (INC) by 2,43,715 votes.

Who were the previous MPs of Shimoga?

2019: B.Y.Raghavendra. (BJP)

What was the turnout in Shimoga in 2024?

78.61% — 13,78,579 of 17,53,615 electors voted (postal votes included). Women's turnout was 77.8%, men's 78.9%.

How many voters does Shimoga have?

17,53,615 electors at the 2024 election — 8,63,490 men, 8,90,090 women, 35 third gender (service voters included), and 2,039 polling stations.

Source: eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ge/2024/1 · eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ge/2019/cat/1551 · verify with the original source for official use · Disclaimer