Election history
All the elections where a candidate by the name B Somashekar contested in whether lost or won, by how many votes. His/ her vote share etc details all can be found here.
LOST against S A Ramadas
with 0% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| S A Ramadas | BJP | 78,573 |
| M K Somashekar | INC | 52,226 |
| Mallesh K V | JD(S) | 11,607 |
| None Of The Above | NOTA | 1,441 |
| B Somashekar | IND | 413 |
| M D Parthasarathy | IND | 399 |
| B K Aravind | KP | 370 |
| Rachappa G | IND | 301 |
| Suchithra | IND | 289 |
| Janaki M C | BJC | 178 |
| Sreenivas S | IND | 153 |
| P Kumaraswamy | IND | 149 |
| K M Jayanth | KPJP | 145 |
| Ravi N | IND | 131 |
| Vijayakumar D | RPSN | 114 |
| D N Krishnamurthy | IND | 101 |
| Bhanumohan | SWARAJ | 99 |
| M Nanjappa | IND | 81 |
| S Jagadeesh | IND | 72 |
| B H Shivakumar | KJP | 66 |
LOST against P M Narendraswamy
with 6% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| P M Narendraswamy | IND | 45,288 |
| K Annadani | JD(S) | 33,369 |
| Mahadevaiah | BJP | 29,158 |
| M Prasanna | BSP | 10,014 |
| B Somashekar | JD(U) | 9,062 |
| Y S Siddaraju | INC | 7,044 |
| B M Mahendrakumar | IND | 2,833 |
| H G Somashekar | IND | 2,616 |
| R M Nanjundaswamy | IND | 1,028 |
| R N Chandrashekar | IND | 1,024 |
| D Govindaiah | IND | 800 |
| S Shivanna | IND | 764 |
| B S Puttaswamy | IND | 640 |
| M Shivamma | SP | 591 |
LOST against Annadani K
with 21% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Annadani K | JD(S) | 38,860 |
| Narendraswamy P M | INC | 27,630 |
| Somashekar B | JD(U) | 21,443 |
| Shiva Kumara | BSP | 7,704 |
| Nanjundaiah H | JP | 1,885 |
| Vijayaraju K J | IND | 1,102 |
| Shiva Shankar K N | KNDP | 664 |
| Mahadavaiah J | USYP | 637 |
| Mantya Linga | IND | 543 |
LOST against Mallajamma
with 21% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Mallajamma | INC | 35,723 |
| M. L. Lingarajamurthy | JNP | 17,936 |
| B. Somashekar | JD | 17,768 |
| L. Shivalingaiah | IND | 7,153 |
| M. Siddaiah | KRS | 4,792 |
| K. Mutharaju | IND | 970 |
| Devaiah | IND | 646 |
| Thimmaiah | BJP | 619 |
| V. Sundarakrishan | IND | 247 |
| Marichannamma | IND | 199 |
| B. K. Jayakrmar | IND | 145 |
| H. S. Siddarahu | IND | 130 |
| Shivamma | IND | 106 |
| D. Anjaneya | IND | 104 |
| R. Siddaiah | IND | 92 |
WON against H. D. Amaranathan
with 58% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| B. Somashekar | JNP | 43,497 |
| H. D. Amaranathan | INC | 28,951 |
| D. R. Nanjaiah | IND | 875 |
| M. D. Krishnappa | BJP | 489 |
| M. C. Namjundaswamy | IND | 389 |
| Kemparaju | IND | 247 |
| Chetan Kumar | IND | 187 |