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Shimoga #21GEN
Won
S Bangarappa
KCP Karnataka Congress PartyMargin
72,236 9.8 pp
votes
over Ayanur Manjunatha (BJP)
The contest
Electors10,78,500
Votes polled7,35,610
Turnout68.2%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors5.51 L51.1% of electorate
Female electors5.28 L48.9% of electorate
Sex ratio
959females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S Bangarappa | KCP | 3,03,152 | 41.20% | |
| 2 | Ayanur Manjunatha | BJP | 2,30,916 | 31.40% | |
| 3 | D G Basavana Gowda | JD | 1,00,990 | 13.70% | |
| 4 | K G Shivappa | INC | 66,145 | 9.00% | |
| 5 | R Manjunatha (RAJU) | IND | 4,534 | 0.60% | |
| 6 | Sripathy | IND | 3,642 | 0.50% | |
| 7 | M Shivappa Ratod | IND | 1,647 | 0.20% | |
| 8 | N Basavaiah | IND | 1,378 | 0.20% | |
| 9 | M Krishna Rao | IND | 1,327 | 0.20% | |
| 10 | B C Prasada | IND | 1,298 | 0.20% | |
| 11 | Satyanarayana Murthy | IND | 1,201 | 0.20% | |
| 12 | A M Mahadevappa | IND | 734 | 0.10% | |
| 13 | U Moti Nayak | IND | 729 | 0.10% | |
| 14 | Murthy | IND | 680 | 0.10% | |
| 15 | V Ramakrishna (SABAJI) | IND | 566 | 0.10% | |
| 16 | S V Vasudeva Kamath | IND | 517 | 0.10% | |
| 17 | G S Sanjeeva | IND | 265 | 0.00% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 15,889, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 719,721 · NOTA n/a · published 735,610 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1996
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- 2026-09-12