Somashekar S T : Political Career

Election history

            All the elections where a candidate by the name Somashekar S T contested in whether lost or won, by how many votes. His/ her vote share etc details all can be found here.
          

2018 for Vidhan Sabha from Sakleshpur

LOST against H K Kumaraswamy

with 36% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
H K Kumaraswamy	JD(S)	62,262
Somashekar Jayaraj	BJP	57,320
Siddaiah	INC	37,002
None Of The Above	NOTA	1,597
K R Pradeep Kumar	AIMEP	1,148
Veeresha	IND	576
M Chinnamallaiah	IND	572
Kumaraswamy	IND	531

2018 for Vidhan Sabha from Bagepalli

LOST against S.N. Subbareddy(Chinnakayalapalli)

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
S.N. Subbareddy(Chinnakayalapalli)	INC	65,710
G.V. Sreeramareddy	CPM	51,697
C. R. Manohar	JD(S)	38,302
Saikumar. P.	BJP	4,140
Tahseen Taj	SP	851
Gunjuru R Srinivasareddy	IND	845
A. N. Narendra Melina Appireedy Halli	IND	720
None Of The Above	NOTA	680
T. S .Somashekar	IND	424
T. Ramappa	IND	300
R. Muniraju.	SJPL	190
Uttamkumar. V	IND	155
V. Narasimhamurthy	LAD	141
S. N. Govindareddy.	IND	133
H. N. Ramakrishna Reddy	PPOI	126
B. A. Babajan	AIMEP	114

2018 for Vidhan Sabha from Chamaraja

LOST against L. Nagendra

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
L. Nagendra	BJP	51,683
Vasu	INC	36,747
K.S Rangappa	JD(S)	27,284
K. Harish Gowda	IND	21,282
None Of The Above	NOTA	1,561
Malavika Gubbi Vani	AAAP	483
M.K. Prashantha	KPJP	424
M. Somashekar	BJC	241
Malini .R	IND	202
M. Panchalingu	IND	140
P. Purushotham	IND	119
Majeed Ahmed	IND	108
Shanthi D Awaradi	AIMEP	104
M. Manoj Kumar	IND	93
Kaveriyamma N.K	IND	83

2018 for Vidhan Sabha from Krishnaraja

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

2018 for Vidhan Sabha from Krishnaraja

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

2018 for Vidhan Sabha from Gurmitkal

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

2014 for Lok Sabha from Raichur

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

2014 for Lok Sabha from Dakshina Kannada

LOST against Nalin Kumar Kateel

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Nalin Kumar Kateel	BJP	642,739
Janardhana Poojary	INC	499,030
Haneef Khan Kodaje	SDPI	27,254
K Yadava Shetty	CPM	9,394
None Of The Above	NOTA	7,109
M. R. Vasudeva	AAAP	5,442
Moose Kunhi Alias Abdul Kareem	BSP	4,471
K.N. Somashekar	IND	3,421
Subramanya Gowda K.	IND	2,450
Sudatta Jain Shirthady	IND	1,613
Advocate Ananda Gatty	IND	1,116
Maxim Pinto	IND	1,072
Deepak Rajesh Coelho	IND	905
K. Kushala Bellare	IND	801
Supreeth Kumar Poojary	HJP	657

2013 for Vidhan Sabha from Yeshwantapura

LOST against S.T.Somashekar

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
S.T.Somashekar	INC	120,380
T.N.Javarayi Gowda	JD(S)	91,280
Hl Krishnappa	BJP	12,747
Narasimaiah	BSP	1,315
M.K. Pasha	JD(U)	1,183
Sp Somashekar	IND	1,126
Seetharamu	IND	682
S Nagendra	IND	506
Rajamma	IND	433
N Somashekar	LJP	431
Lokesh Hk	BSRCP	413
R.S.Deepak Kumar	IND	369
Mahadeva Swamy B M	BDBRAJP	331
T S Chaithanya	IND	319

2013 for Vidhan Sabha from Yelburga

LOST against Basavaraj Rayaraddy

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Basavaraj Rayaraddy	INC	52,388
Achar Halappa Basappa	BJP	35,488
G.T.Pampapati	JD(S)	12,040
Naveen Kumar. E.	BSRCP	10,640
C.H. Patil	KJP	10,212
Nagaraj Kolaji	IND	9,888
Somashekar T. M	IND	2,018
Shivashankarayya	IND	1,233
Duragappa Ayyappa	BSP	810
Siddappa Hakkiguni	IND	793
Shivashankar Lingaraj	IND	718
Ganiger Malakajappa	IND	501

2013 for Vidhan Sabha from Kampli

LOST against T.H. Suresh Babu

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
T.H. Suresh Babu	BSRCP	70,858
J.N. Ganesh	IND	36,462
Gujjal Nagaraja	INC	12,197
Basavaraju H.D.	KJP	5,494
S. Veeresh	JD(S)	5,199
Parvatamma H.L.	IND	3,223
Shivashankar	CPM	2,342
B. Shivakumar	BJP	1,928
B. Kariyappa Nayaka	IND	1,788
V. Somashekar	BSP	786

2013 for Vidhan Sabha from Chiknayakanhalli

LOST against C.B.Sureshbabu

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
C.B.Sureshbabu	JD(S)	60,759
J.C.Madhuswamy	KJP	49,620
K.S.Kirana Kumar	BJP	29,150
Sathish Sasalu	INC	10,344
Kenkere Sathish	KRRS	2,086
Captain Somashekar	BSP	1,743
C.M.Manjula Nagaraju	IND	1,725
Ramachandraiah	IND	1,648
Devaraju K.L	BSRCP	1,624
G.Prakash	JD(U)	1,108
Hanumantharamanayak	WPOI	1,019

2013 for Vidhan Sabha from Gauribidanur

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

2013 for Vidhan Sabha from Chikballapur

LOST against K Sudhakar

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
K Sudhakar	INC	74,914
K P Bachegowda	JD(S)	59,866
A V Byregowda	BJP	3,910
S V Lokesh	BSRCP	1,692
Sudhakara	IND	1,203
N Lakshmipathi Babu	KJP	1,156
M Somashekar	BSP	1,013
M Venkatesh (M.V. Sir)	IND	726
Bachegowda	IND	575
Ameer Mohammed Sadiq	IND	536
G R Narayan Swamy	IND	427
D A Bachegowda	IND	325
M A Basha	SAJP	195
N Manjunath	JD(U)	171

2013 for Vidhan Sabha from Yeshwantapura

LOST against S.T.Somashekar

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
S.T.Somashekar	INC	120,380
T.N.Javarayi Gowda	JD(S)	91,280
Hl Krishnappa	BJP	12,747
Narasimaiah	BSP	1,315
M.K. Pasha	JD(U)	1,183
Sp Somashekar	IND	1,126
Seetharamu	IND	682
S Nagendra	IND	506
Rajamma	IND	433
N Somashekar	LJP	431
Lokesh Hk	BSRCP	413
R.S.Deepak Kumar	IND	369
Mahadeva Swamy B M	BDBRAJP	331
T S Chaithanya	IND	319

2009 for Lok Sabha from Bijapur

LOST against Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi	BJP	308,939
Prakash Kubasing Rathod	INC	266,535
Almelkar Vilasababu Basalingappa	JD(S)	33,177
Harijan Ambanna Tukaram	IND	13,021
Narasappa Tippanna Bandiwaddar	SKP	6,689
Kanamadi Sudhakar Mallesh	BSP	6,034
Sevalal Somashekar Purappa	IND	4,633
Chalawadi Ramanna	IND	3,760
Arakeri Nirmala Srinivas	IND	3,573
Lamani Chandrakant Roopsing	LJP	3,270

2008 for Vidhan Sabha from Malavalli

LOST against P M Narendraswamy

with 2% 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

2008 for Vidhan Sabha from Srirangapatna

LOST against A.B.Ramesha

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
A.B.Ramesha	JD(S)	52,234
Ambaresh @ Amarnath	INC	47,074
K.S.Nanjundegowda	SKP	27,547
Pooja M Santhosh	BJP	7,242
B.Lingaiah	BSP	2,540
Krishnamurthy	IND	2,161
Sundhally Somashekar	SUP	1,802
Chandrashekarappa.K	SP	658

2008 for Vidhan Sabha from Bellary City

WON against Anil H.Lad

with 47% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Gali Somashekar Reddy	BJP	54,831
Anil H.Lad	INC	53,809
Nazeer Hussain	IND	979
G.Neelakanthappa	IND	896
M.Diwakar Babu	JD(S)	618
Handi Rafiq Sab	IND	572
Noor Mohammed	IND	551
S.Nazeer Ahemed	IND	345
K.Veerashekar	IND	316
H.Siddanna	BSP	275
Syed Yusuf	IND	275
Govinda Raju	IND	221
A.Nataraj	IND	161
N.Gangi Reddy	IND	146
Subhash Chandra.G.	LJP	127
N.Thimma Reddy	IND	126
Kuruvalli	IND	121
G.Jagadish Gouda	IND	120
Manjula	IND	113
K.R.Ravikumar	IND	108
Pompapathi	IND	101
D.Govindiah	IND	100
B.Arogya Swamy	IND	99
Venkatesh	IND	99
Talluri Parthasarthi	JD(U)	94
K.V.Subba Rao	IND	88
C.B. Veerana Gouda	IND	85
Singapur Nagaraj	IND	78
Vali Basha B.S.	IND	64
Sathyavantha	IND	57
T.Babu Prakesh	IND	56

2008 for Vidhan Sabha from Hiriyur

LOST against Sudhakar D.

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sudhakar D.	IND	43,299
Lakshmikantha N.R	BJP	26,921
Yashodhara D.	JD(S)	19,876
Majunatha G.S.	IND	17,821
Geetha Nandini Gowda. P.	INC	8,251
Manjunath R	IND	7,622
Thippeswamy V.K.	IND	3,164
H.J. Kantharaj	BSP	2,809
A.V. Umapathi	IND	1,844
Somashekar Yadav	SUP	1,506
Rangaswamy S.R.	IND	1,119
Thippeswamy P.J.	IND	687
Thippeswamy K	IND	338
Kumaraswamy H.K.	IND	311

2008 for Vidhan Sabha from Chikballapur

LOST against K P Bachche Gowda

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
K P Bachche Gowda	JD(S)	49,774
S.V. Ashwathanarayana	INC	26,473
G H Nagaraj	IND	22,041
P S Prakash	BJP	16,797
M.M. Basha	BSP	2,766
Gummappa	IND	2,152
M Somashekar	IND	1,685
V Nagaraj	IND	1,351
V Venkatesh	IND	1,272
K V Venkatesh	IND	544
K Nagaraj	IND	511
R Munirame Gowda	SP	344
Bachcha Reddy	IND	321

2008 for Vidhan Sabha from Mulbagal

LOST against Amaresh

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Amaresh	INC	31,280
N.Munianjappa	JD(S)	29,452
Doddachowdappa	IND	20,979
C.Munikrishna	BJP	11,002
T.Radhakrishna	CPI	3,158
V.Venkatamuni	IND	2,844
Ganeshappa	IND	2,429
M.Venkataswamy	IND	1,331
Singapur Govind	IND	1,081
Munikrishnappa	IND	975
Krishna Murthy	IND	956
H.Narayanappa	BSP	923
K.Nagaraja	IND	866
Subramani	IND	793
K.M. Srinivasa	IND	669
V.Muniyappa	IND	645
Somashekar Y.K.	JD(U)	636
G.Kodanda Ramaiah	IND	568
P.Chandrappa	IND	479
H.Krishnappa	IND	470
Venkateshappa	IND	433
P.Seenappa	IND	373
M.G.Shantha Kumari	IND	349
Shivappa	IND	315
S.Krishnappa	IND	255
K.Krishnappa	IND	239
G. Alangoor Ramanna	IND	231
C.Kumar	IND	174
A.Narayanappa	IND	168

2008 for Vidhan Sabha from Malavalli

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

2008 for Vidhan Sabha from Bangalore South

LOST against M Krishnappa

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
M Krishnappa	BJP	71,114
Sadananda M	INC	36,979
C Manjunath	JD(S)	33,529
H P Rajagopala Reddy	IND	17,726
R Manjunath	BSP	2,300
A Somashekar	IND	1,755
N S Ravichandra	IND	1,494
M Krishnappa	IND	990
Lokesh M R	IND	771
Jayarama Y	IND	410

2004 for Vidhan Sabha from Malavalli

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

2004 for Vidhan Sabha from Holenarasipur

LOST against Revanna Hd

with 3% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Revanna Hd	JD(S)	64,664
Puttaswamy Gowda G	INC	32,070
Doddegowda A	BJP	15,329
Somashekar M	BSP	3,204
Kalappa Kp	JP	2,668
Revanna	IND	1,353
Mahesha M	IND	754
Kovi Babanna	IND	659

2004 for Vidhan Sabha from Uttarahalli

LOST against Ashok R

with 33% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ashok R	BJP	313,309
Somashekar S T	INC	229,308
Srinivas M	JD(S)	130,153
Gopala Krishnegowda L	USYP	6,128
Vivekananda S K	KNDP	4,870
Venkatesh N	IND	2,904
Narayan P	JP	2,107
Basamma P M C	IND	1,584

2004 for Vidhan Sabha from Krishnaraja

WON against Ramdas A

with 43% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Somashekar Mk	JD(S)	25,439
Ramdas A	BJP	22,045
Ramesh S	INC	8,605
Rajashekar Vb	BSP	1,054
Ravindra Ms	JP	792
Janardhan N	KNDP	554
Ramdas	IND	379
Srinivasa Hs	IND	268

1999 for Vidhan Sabha from Bellary

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

1996 for Lok Sabha from Dharwad North

LOST against Vijay Sankeshwar

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Vijay Sankeshwar	BJP	228,572
Munavalli Shankaranna Ishwarappa	JD	188,221
D K Naikar	INC	149,768
Shalavadi Bheemraddi Narappa	IND	3,103
Yalawatti Ramappa Mallappa	IND	2,033
Adiveppa Mallappa Honnappanavar	IND	1,580
Chalawadi Gurusahantappa Hanamappa	IND	1,486
Patil Krishtagouda Ranganagouda	IND	1,237
K L Mankani	IND	1,202
Imamsab Mahboobsab Torgal	IND	942
Mallur Gopal Virupakshappa	IND	847
Gurunath Yallappa Padasunagi	IND	763
Fakkiraddi Ningappa Ugalat	IND	656
K S Acharya	IND	593
Korlahalli Somashekar	IND	560
Somalingappa Gurulingappa Hakkapakki	IND	525
Hemant Kumar Panchal	IND	486
Patil Basanagouda Apanagouda	IND	402
Pujar Kanakaram Markandeppa	IND	400
Baddi Ganapatsa Tukaram	IND	341
Santosh Sarvade	IND	323

1994 for Vidhan Sabha from Hosannagar

LOST against Ayanur Manjunath

with 3% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ayanur Manjunath	BJP	25,505
G. Nanjundappa	JD	24,878
G.D. Narayanappa	KCP	19,954
B. Swamy Rao	INC	14,926
H.R. Basavarajappa	KRRS	14,707
H.R. Somashekar	IND	3,251
K.C. Channabasappa Patel	IND	270
K.T. Narayanappa	IND	228
Gunase Ramaswamy	IND	191
Sathynarayana Murthy	IND	99

1989 for Vidhan Sabha from Malavalli

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

1985 for Vidhan Sabha from Malavalli

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

1985 for Vidhan Sabha from Varthur

LOST against A. Krishnappa

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
A. Krishnappa	INC	30,242
Aswathanarayana Reddy	IND	30,144
S. Suryanarayana Rao	CPM	17,871
N. Thimma Reddy	BJP	7,896
N. Krishnachari	IND	710
A. Somashekar Reddy	IND	616
S. Kodaiarasan	IND	445
Abraham T. J.	IND	349
B. K. Narayanaswamy	IND	347
K. Satyanarayana	IND	315
Anjinappa	IND	180
B. H. Venkataswamy	IND	141
A. N. Sanjeeva Reddy	IND	51
Jayaramagowda	IND	50

1985 for Vidhan Sabha from Malleshwaram

LOST against M. Raghupathy

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
M. Raghupathy	JNP	38,445
Vijoilakshami Ram Bhat	INC	16,746
T. Venkatesh	IND	11,092
Sunder Babu Shetty	LKD	1,012
Balaram	IND	249
Mada Raj	IND	124
T. Doddathimaiah	IND	116
K. Surendra Babu	IND	104
B. K. Venkatesha	IND	81
K. B. Sikandar	IND	73
P. V. Lakshamanan	IND	55
Chandrashekar B. M.	IND	47
C. Somashekar	IND	46
R. Narayana	IND	31
Shivakumar	IND	28
B. C. M. Aim. Alias B. C. M. Nangaladaiah	IND	26
Jayaraj	IND	19