Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency

Shimoga
Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha Constituency Map
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKarnataka
Assembly constituenciesShimoga Rural
Bhadravati
Shimoga
Tirthahalli
Shikaripura
Sorab
Sagar
Byndoor
Established1952
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBJP
Elected year2019

Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Karnataka state in southern India. As of 2005 it had 1,286,181 voters, of whom Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes account for more than 200,000; Lingayat for around 200,000; Ediga for 220,000; Banjara for 100,000; Muslim for 150,000; and Brahmins and Vokkaliga for 105,000 and others 150,000.[1]

  1. ^ "Aggressive campaigning by all parties for Shimoga byelection". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 1 June 2005. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 7 February 2007.