Elections Archive

GEN · Karnataka

Shimoga

S Bangarappa (KCP) won by 72,236 votes (10.0%).

Electors
10,78,500
Votes polled
7,35,610
Valid votes
Turnout
68.2%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1996 national median: 10.0% (median 9.4%). Back to Karnataka · 1996 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 2019
Margin · 2024
17.8%(+0.3%)
Turnout
78.6%(+0.3%)
NOTA
0.3%
Top-2 squeeze
95.7%

Winning margin over time · Shimoga

197719801984198919911996199819992004200920142019202435%

Candidates

Candidates · Shimoga 1996
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1S BangarappaWinnerKCP3,03,15242.1%
2Ayanur ManjunathaBJP2,30,91632.1%
3D G Basavana GowdaJD1,00,99014.0%
4K G ShivappaINC66,1459.2%
5R Manjunatha (raju)IND4,5340.6%
6SripathyIND3,6420.5%
7M Shivappa RatodIND1,6470.2%
8N BasavaiahIND1,3780.2%
9M Krishna RaoIND1,3270.2%
10B C PrasadaIND1,2980.2%
11Satyanarayana MurthyIND1,2010.2%
12A M MahadevappaIND7340.1%
13U Moti NayakIND7290.1%
14MurthyIND6800.1%
15V Ramakrishna (sabaji)IND5660.1%
16S V Vasudeva KamathIND5170.1%
17G S SanjeevaIND2650.0%

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