Election history
All the elections where a candidate by the name K. Somashekar contested in whether lost or won, by how many votes. His/ her vote share etc details all can be found here.
LOST against Nagangouda Kandkur
with 1% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Nagangouda Kandkur | JD(S) | 79,627 |
| Baburao Chinchansur | INC | 55,147 |
| Sayibanna | BJP | 8,995 |
| None Of The Above | NOTA | 2,418 |
| Chandrashekar T.Dasankeri | INCP | 1,392 |
| K. Somashekar | SUCI | 1,272 |
| Satyanarayana Yadav | SP | 584 |
| Ashok | NAC | 569 |
| Babankumar | BBKD | 543 |
| Venkatesh | DRAPP | 427 |
| Jafar Hussain | AIMEP | 386 |
| Bhaskar | BPKP | 333 |
| Papanna | HJP | 281 |
LOST against S A Ramadas
with 36% 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 B.V.Nayak
with 1% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| B.V.Nayak | INC | 443,659 |
| Arakera Shivanagouda Nayak | BJP | 442,160 |
| D.B.Nayak | JD(S) | 21,706 |
| None Of The Above | NOTA | 13,176 |
| Raja Thimappa Nayak | BSP | 12,254 |
| M Nagaraj | CPIM | 6,938 |
| K Somashekar Yadgiri | SUCI | 6,788 |
| Chinnayya Nayak | IND | 6,540 |
| Ranganayak | PPOI | 4,935 |
| Bhimaraya Jaradabandi | AAAP | 4,234 |
| Maruti | NDEP | 3,618 |
| Bhagavantappa | LSP | 2,881 |
LOST against N H Shivashankara Reddy
with 2% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| N H Shivashankara Reddy | INC | 50,131 |
| K Jaipala Reddy | IND | 44,056 |
| N M Ravinarayana Reddy | BJP | 31,840 |
| S V Ashwathanarayana | JD(S) | 10,957 |
| K Somashekar | BSRCP | 3,526 |
| Muralidar P S | KJP | 1,735 |
| Syed Abhul Khasim | IND | 1,702 |
| M Ramakrishnaiah | PPOI | 1,105 |
| Rajashekar Madiga | BSP | 952 |
| H Ananda Kumara | IND | 875 |
| C C Ashwathappa | CPM | 709 |
| G N Ravi | IND | 424 |
| H N Ramakrishna Reddy | IND | 399 |
| N H Shivashankara Reddy | IND | 305 |
| K V Sadashivaiah | JD(U) | 237 |
| Sreerama Reddy | IND | 215 |
LOST against Diwaker Babu M
with 1% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Diwaker Babu M | INC | 55,441 |
| Sriramulu B | BJP | 46,508 |
| P Valli Sab | IND | 989 |
| Sayyed Karimulla | IND | 726 |
| K Somashekar | IND | 721 |
| Mohammed Ghouse | JD(S) | 507 |
| Bv Gopalakrishna | IND | 93 |
| Sanna Pakkirappa | IND | 57 |
| J Gopinath | IND | 45 |
| N Suresh Babu | IND | 39 |