Bharatiya Janta Party on Shimoga

State 29 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat

Record on this seat

WON 4 OF 8 contested

BJP runner-up 1 time

Strike rate

50%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 8 published candidatures

Best vote share56.90%in 2019

Worst vote share9.50%in 1996

Average vote share34.54% mean across contests carrying a share

First contested1991

Last contested2024

Votes polled here30.18 Lacross all 8 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held

Bharatiya Janta Party vote share · a ringed point is a year they won this seat · a dashed upright is a contest with no point for this party, where the line breaks rather than touching zero.

Did not contest: 1977, 1980, 1984, 1989, 2004 — the seat went to the polls in those years and this party fielded no candidate. The line is broken there. It is not zero.

Every contest

8 candidatures · most recent first

Year	Candidate	Votes	Vote %	Position	Result
2024	B.Y.Raghavendra	7,78,721	56.50%	1	Won
2019	B.Y.Raghavendra.	7,29,872	56.90%	1	Won
2014	B. S. Yeddyurappa	6,06,216	53.70%	1	Won
2009	B.Y. Raghavendra	4,82,783	50.60%	1	Won
1999	D. Ramalingaiah	82,522	9.90%	3	Lost · 3rd
1998	H. Srinivas	1,02,459	12.90%	3	Lost · 3rd
1996	D Ramalingaiah	70,823	9.50%	3	Lost · 3rd
1991	D. Ramalingaiah	1,64,153	26.30%	2	Lost · 2nd

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Indian National Congress Janata Dal Janta Party Indian National Congress (I)Janata Dal (Secular)Bharatiya Lok Dal Janata Pary (JP)Independent Bahujan Samaj Party Janata Dal (United)Indian National Congress (U)Karnataka Rajya Ryota Sangha Aam Aadmi Party Jharkhand Party Kannada Nadu Party Akhila India Jananayaka Makkal Katchi (Dr. Issac)Pyramid Party Of India Uttama Prajaakeeya Party Karunaadu Party Bhatiya Krishi Udyog Sangh Sarva Janata Party Karnataka Rashtra Samithi Young Star Empowerment Party