Seat overview · Winners · All candidates
Shimoga #21GEN
Won
T.V.Chandrashekarappa
INC Indian National CongressMargin
1,40,370 19.3 pp
votes
over M.Kotoji Rao (JD)
The contest
Electors10,24,762
Votes polled7,27,264
Turnout71.0%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors5.3 L51.7% of electorate
Female electors4.95 L48.3% of electorate
Sex ratio
935females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T.V.Chandrashekarappa | INC | 2,69,074 | 37.00% | |
| 2 | M.Kotoji Rao | JD | 1,28,704 | 17.70% | |
| 3 | M.Ananda Rao | BJP | 1,08,241 | 14.90% | |
| 4 | Mahishi Sarojini Bindurao | JPJ | 94,715 | 13.00% | |
| 5 | H.Ganapathiyappa | KRRS | 45,845 | 6.30% | |
| 6 | Fazluddin A.M | ML | 44,305 | 6.10% | |
| 7 | Choodapa G. | IND | 2,237 | 0.30% | |
| 8 | Nagaratana Ramakristna | IND | 1,128 | 0.20% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 33,015, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 694,249 · NOTA n/a · published 727,264 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1989
- Publisher
- Election Commission of India
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- 2026-09-12