GEN · Karnataka
Shimoga
B.Y. Raghavendra (BJP) won by 52,893 votes (5.5%).
- Electors
- 14,35,908
- Votes polled
- 9,54,752
- Valid votes
- 9,54,317
- Turnout
- 66.5%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 2009-04-16
Margin vs 2009 national median: 5.5% (median 7.0%). Back to Karnataka · 2009 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
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B.Y. RaghavendraWinner | BJP | 4,82,783 | 50.6% |
| 2 | S. Bangarappa | INC | 4,29,890 | 45.0% |
| 3 | H.S. Shekarappa | IND | 10,850 | 1.1% |
| 4 | J. Jayappa | BSP | 8,205 | 0.9% |
| 5 | C. Murugan | AIJMK | 6,046 | 0.6% |
| 6 | M.P. Sridhar. Byndoor | IND | 4,568 | 0.5% |
| 7 | Manjappa. S. | IND | 3,108 | 0.3% |
| 8 | N Dinesh Kumar | IND | 2,144 | 0.2% |
| 9 | D.S. Eshwarappa | IND | 1,918 | 0.2% |
| 10 | Akhil Ahmed | IND | 1,827 | 0.2% |
| 11 | Mainuddin.m.s | IND | 1,716 | 0.2% |
| 12 | Umeshkumar S | IND | 1,352 | 0.1% |
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