Election history
All the elections where a candidate by the name Somasekhar contested in whether lost or won, by how many votes. His/ her vote share etc details all can be found here.
LOST against Shivanna S
with 19% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Shivanna S | BJP | 59,977 |
| Shafi Ahmed S | INC | 51,332 |
| Somasekhar G S(Somanna) | JD(S) | 26,883 |
| Rama Murthy (Gowda) | JP | 2,132 |
| Sadashivaiah N (Jyoyhi Sadanna) | KNDP | 1,071 |
| Kannadambe Ra Murthy Gowda | USYP | 818 |
| Shivakumar H R | IND | 755 |
| Ramaiah M | SP | 561 |
| Kumari Shabeena | IND | 385 |
| Narendra Babu G L(Lawyer | IND | 260 |
| Kumar S | IND | 255 |
LOST against Basavaraj Raya Reddy
with 0% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Basavaraj Raya Reddy | JD | 276,914 |
| Anwari Basavaraj Patil | INC | 201,073 |
| G Shankar Goud | BJP | 109,309 |
| Gouramma Malagi | IND | 3,309 |
| D Jagannath Shetty | IND | 2,489 |
| Naganur Vijayakumar Somasekhar | IND | 2,438 |
| Puri | IND | 2,377 |
| Itagi Shivappa Kuduvakkaligara | IND | 1,913 |
| G L Kulakarni | IND | 1,706 |
| C M Devendra Nayak | IND | 1,298 |
| Sumanth Rao Patawari | IND | 727 |
| R M Hiremath | IND | 311 |
WON against Mallajamma
with 64% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Somasekhar B. | JD | 63,808 |
| Mallajamma | INC | 27,435 |
| Kemparaju | KCP | 2,909 |
| Siddaramu M. | BJP | 2,396 |
| Nanjundaswamy | BSP | 1,067 |
| Lingarajamurthy M.L. | IND | 1,013 |
| M.S. Nagaraju | IND | 410 |
| Shankar M.D. | IND | 210 |
LOST against M. Divakar Babu
with 1% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| M. Divakar Babu | IND | 40,156 |
| Venkat Mahipal | INC | 17,280 |
| S. Indu Sekhar | BJP | 11,678 |
| Syed Mujeeb | KCP | 9,250 |
| N.D. Kamalakar | IND | 1,703 |
| G. Ramachandraiah | JD | 1,522 |
| K. Somasekhar | IND | 855 |
| A. Eswarappa | IND | 782 |
| B. Shaikh Sab | IND | 479 |
| S. Brahmaiah | IND | 256 |
| J. Gopinath | IND | 154 |
| Ananda Reddy | IND | 152 |
| J. Uday Kumar | IND | 113 |
| H.M. Srivanandaiah | IND | 99 |
| K. Sreenivasulu | IND | 95 |
| K. Ramappa | IND | 89 |
| Lalkumar Masoom Sab | IND | 88 |
| Hanumantha Rao | IND | 50 |
| Allam Channappa | IND | 49 |
WON against M. Madaiah
with 52% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Somasekhar | JNP | 31,966 |
| M. Madaiah | INC | 25,345 |
| Guruvaiah | IND | 1,167 |
| Kemparaju | ICJ | 1,034 |
| M. D. Krishnappa | BJP | 869 |
| Madamma | IND | 603 |
| R. Siddaiah | IND | 459 |
| M. Shankaraiah | IND | 391 |
| P. Hanumaiah | IND | 225 |
LOST against G.Y. Krishnan
with 2% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| G.Y. Krishnan | INC(I) | 182,241 |
| T. Channaiah | JNP | 84,729 |
| M. Narayana | INC(U) | 75,101 |
| B. Somasekhar | JNP(S) | 7,790 |
| M. Chandrappa | IND | 4,537 |
| B. Mallappa | IND | 4,486 |
| K.M. Narayanappa | IND | 1,856 |
| M. Muniswamy | IND | 1,018 |
| A.K. Earappa | IND | 667 |
| M. Chowdappa | IND | 666 |
LOST against Mallur Ananda Rao
with 31% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Mallur Ananda Rao | JNP | 42,693 |
| B.C. Somasekhar | INC | 25,173 |
| K.Lakkanna | IND | 5,382 |
| M.Chinnappa | IND | 2,654 |
| Mahadeva Banakar Gadigappa | IND | 1,459 |
| K.N. Sundarappa | INC | 1,396 |
| S.R. Ramachandra Rao | IND | 720 |
| K.P. Sachindranath | IND | 679 |
| U.S. Venkataraman | IND | 391 |
| Shivanna | IND | 301 |
| E.Narayana | IND | 151 |
| S. Indira Devi Devaganaraj | IND | 139 |