Shimoga Lok Sabha Constituency

SHIMOGA was one of the Lok Sabha constituencies in the former state of Mysore. Since 1957, the constituency has witnessed elections won by candidates from several political parties. INC won 3 elections and SSP won 1 election.

List of Members of Parliament (MPs) from Shimoga

Election YearMP NameParty
1971T. V. Chandrashekarappa VeerabasappaINC
1967J. H. PatelSSP
1962S. V. Krishnamoorthy RaoINC
1957K. G. WodeyarINC

Lok Sabha Election Results in Shimoga

1971 Lok Sabha Election Results: Shimoga

PositionCandidate NameParty NameTotal VotesVote Share (%)
1T. V. Chandrashekarappa Veerabasappa2,11,55371.84
2J. H. PatelSSP79,11126.86
3S. GuruchidambaraIND3,8231.3
-All Other Candidates-00.00
Total Votes Polled2,94,487-
View Detailed SHIMOGA Lok Sabha Election 1971 Results
T. V. Chandrashekarappa Veerabasappa of INC won the Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency in the 1971 general election, defeating J. H. Patel of SSP by a margin of 132,442 votes, equivalent to 44.98% of the total votes polled.

1967 Lok Sabha Election Results: Shimoga

PositionCandidate NameParty NameTotal VotesVote Share (%)
1J. H. PatelSSP1,61,26254.39
2H.S. Rudrappa1,35,20845.61
-All Other Candidates-00.00
Total Votes Polled2,96,470-
View Detailed SHIMOGA Lok Sabha Election 1967 Results
J. H. Patel of SSP won the Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency in the 1967 general election, defeating H.S. Rudrappa of INC by a margin of 26,054 votes, equivalent to 8.78% of the total votes polled.

1962 Lok Sabha Election Results: Shimoga

PositionCandidate NameParty NameTotal VotesVote Share (%)
1S. V. Krishnamoorthy Rao1,19,25046.43
2V. K. Lakshmana GowdaPSP1,05,50341.08
3H. V. Srikanta BhattaJS17,5966.85
-All Other Candidates-14,4695.63
Total Votes Polled2,56,818-
View Detailed SHIMOGA Lok Sabha Election 1962 Results
S. V. Krishnamoorthy Rao of INC won the Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency in the 1962 general election, defeating V. K. Lakshmana Gowda of PSP by a margin of 13,747 votes, equivalent to 5.35% of the total votes polled.

1957 Lok Sabha Election Results: Shimoga

PositionCandidate NameParty NameTotal VotesVote Share (%)
1K. G. Wodeyar1,38,04665.36
2T. L. KallaiahPSP73,15834.64
-All Other Candidates-00.00
Total Votes Polled2,11,204-
View Detailed SHIMOGA Lok Sabha Election 1957 Results
K. G. Wodeyar of INC won the Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency in the 1957 general election, defeating T. L. Kallaiah of PSP by a margin of 64,888 votes, equivalent to 30.72% of the total votes polled.