Seat overview · Winners · All candidates
Shimoga #21GEN
Won
K.G. Shivappa
INC Indian National CongressMargin
40,703 6.5 pp
votes
over B S Yeddyurappa (BJP)
The contest
Electors10,43,040
Votes polled6,27,367
Turnout60.2%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors5.41 L51.9% of electorate
Female electors5.02 L48.1% of electorate
Sex ratio
927females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K.G. Shivappa | INC | 2,81,182 | 44.80% | |
| 2 | B S Yeddyurappa | BJP | 2,40,479 | 38.30% | |
| 3 | M.S. Mahadevappa | JD | 63,974 | 10.20% | |
| 4 | K.T. Gangadara | KRRS | 15,677 | 2.50% | |
| 5 | G. Choodappa | IND | 2,780 | 0.40% | |
| 6 | Chandrappa | IND | 1,203 | 0.20% | |
| 7 | Gundumane Nagabhushana | IND | 1,153 | 0.20% | |
| 8 | Parshuram Kanpet | IND | 1,003 | 0.20% | |
| 9 | Ganesh Bhat | PBI | 879 | 0.10% | |
| 10 | U. Mothinayak | IND | 760 | 0.10% | |
| 11 | S.S.L. Bhat | IND | 730 | 0.10% | |
| 12 | S. Guruchidambar | IND | 640 | 0.10% | |
| 13 | T.R. Devendrappa | IND | 527 | 0.10% | |
| 14 | K. Narayana | ABMSD | 520 | 0.10% | |
| 15 | B.T. Bhaskar Shetty | IND | 355 | 0.10% | |
| 16 | Ikram Ulla Khan | IND | 322 | 0.10% | |
| 17 | B.L. Krishnaveni (W) | IND | 232 | 0.00% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 14,951, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 612,416 · NOTA n/a · published 627,367 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1991
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- 2026-09-12