Shimoga Rural
Part of the Shimoga Lok Sabha seat.
Sharada Puryanaik (Janata Dal (Secular)) won Shimoga Rural in 2023, 15,142 votes ahead of K.b.ashok Naik.
Who stood in 2023
From each candidate's sworn affidavit , as filed. Elector does not rank anyone.
86,340 votes · 47.7%
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- KNBharatiya Janta Party
71,198 votes · 39.3%
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- DKIndian National Congress
18,335 votes · 10.1%
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- MAam Aadmi Party
1,715 votes · 0.9%
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- ABahujan Samaj Party
576 votes · 0.3%
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- BIndependent
395 votes · 0.2%
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- NKarnataka Rashtra Samithi
327 votes · 0.2%
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- PNIndependent
282 votes · 0.2%
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- KKalyana Rajya Pragathi Paksha
274 votes · 0.2%
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- RIndependent
223 votes · 0.1%
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- DIndependent
130 votes · 0.1%
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111 · Shimoga Rural
Scheduled Caste2,12,458 registered voters · 11 candidates · 15,142 votes between the first two
Elected 2023
Sharada Puryanaik
JD(S) · Female · 86,340 votes (47.74%) · 15,142 ahead of K.b.ashok Naik
- 85.17%
- Turnout
- 1,80,952
- Votes cast
- 1,79,795
- Valid votes
- 1,053
- None of the above
- 1,06,821
- Women electors
90,912 men and 88,613 women voted in person, plus 1,426 postal ballots. 104 postal ballots were rejected. Service electors: 75.
- JD(S)86,340572 postal47.74%
- K.b.ashok NaikMale
BJP71,198588 postal39.37% 
INC18,335134 postal10.14%- Manjunatha.s.sMale
AAP1,7154 postal0.95% - None of the aboveNOTA1,0530.58%
- A.d.shivappaMale
BSP5766 postal0.32% - Bheemappa.b.hMaleINDGas stove3951 postal0.22%
- Niranjana.eMaleKRSBattery torch3270.18%
- Praveen NaikMaleINDDiesel pump2820.16%
- K.b.vijayaFemale
KRPP2742 postal0.15% - Rangaswamy.lMaleINDBead necklace2231 postal0.12%
- INDFlute1300.07%
The bar compares each count with the highest count on this seat. The percentage is the share of valid votes plus None of the above, which is the figure the Commission prints.
Official counts from the Election Commission of India.