Constituency
177. Shimoga
Community mirrorKarnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984
IN-SHIMOGA
INC 57.9%won by 23.9%BJP 33.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: INCI (INCI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 23.9%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 57.9% of the vote here (+57.9%).
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 33.9% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.8% of the vote between them, up from 78.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 7.1% to 69.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,45,840
Turnout
69.3%
Valid votes
5,16,801
Margin
1,23,674
23.93%
Candidates
11 contested · winner INC- 1T. V. CHANDRASHEKARAPPAIndian National Congress · INC2,99,03857.9%
- 2D. G. SHIVANNAGOWDABharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,75,36433.9%
- 3K. T. MOHANIndependent · IND28,3305.5%
- 4M. SUBRAYA KODGIIndependent · IND4,4360.9%
- 5S. GURUCHIDAMBARAIndependent · IND4,0840.8%
- 6K. S. RAMACHANDRA SETTYLKD · LKD2,2340.4%
- 7S. R. NAGAPPA SETTYIndependent · IND1,4230.3%
- 8H. M. SHANKARE GOWDAIndependent · IND7240.1%
- 9R. YELLAPPAIndependent · IND4870.1%
- 10M. LINGAPPAIndependent · IND3960.1%
- 11M. B. ESWARA RAOIndependent · IND2850.1%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INCI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- +23.9%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 57.9%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 33.9%
- Turnout
- 62.2% → 69.3%