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Indian National Congress on Shimoga

State 29 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat
Record on this seat

WON 5 OF 11 contested

INC runner-up 6 times
Strike rate
45.5%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 11 published candidatures
Best vote share50.30%in 1999
Worst vote share21.50%in 2014
Average vote share40.55% mean across contests carrying a share
First contested1977
Last contested2024
Votes polled here35.86 Lacross all 11 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held
Line chart: Indian National Congress vote share in Shimoga, Lok Sabha, 1977 to 2024. Vertical axis 0 to 60 per cent. Years the party did not contest are left blank rather than plotted at zero. Ringed points are years it won the seat.0%10%20%30%40%50%60%1977198019841989199119961998199920042009201420192024

Indian National Congress 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: 1980, 2019 — 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

11 candidatures · most recent first
Year Candidate Votes Vote % Position Result
2024 Geetha Shivarajkumar 5,35,006 38.80% 2 Lost · 2nd
2014 Manjunath Bhandary 2,42,911 21.50% 2 Lost · 2nd
2009 S. Bangarappa 4,29,890 45.00% 2 Lost · 2nd
2004 Ambareesh M. H. 4,11,116 48.00% 1 Won
1999 Ambareesh @ Amaranatha .M.H 4,18,110 50.30% 1 Won
1998 G.Made Gowda 2,50,916 31.60% 2 Lost · 2nd
1996 G Madegowda 3,02,466 40.60% 2 Lost · 2nd
1991 G. Madegowda 2,59,500 41.60% 1 Won
1989 G.Made Gowda 3,37,024 45.90% 1 Won
1984 S. M. Krishna 1,98,780 35.70% 2 Lost · 2nd
1977 K. Chickalingaiah 2,00,360 47.10% 1 Won

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Bharatiya Janta PartyJanata DalJanta PartyIndian National Congress (I)Janata Dal (Secular)Bharatiya Lok DalJanata Pary (JP)IndependentBahujan Samaj PartyJanata Dal (United)Indian National Congress (U)Karnataka Rajya Ryota SanghaAam Aadmi PartyJharkhand PartyKannada Nadu PartyAkhila India Jananayaka Makkal Katchi (Dr. Issac)Pyramid Party Of IndiaUttama Prajaakeeya PartyKarunaadu PartyBhatiya Krishi Udyog SanghSarva Janata PartyKarnataka Rashtra SamithiYoung Star Empowerment Party

Provisional Candidate-wise results, Lok Sabha, Shimoga
Publisher
Election Commission of India
Retrieved
2026-09-13
Computed
2026-09-13 02:10 UTC

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