Election history
All the elections where a candidate by the name V Somanna contested in whether lost or won, by how many votes. His/ her vote share etc details all can be found here.
WON against Priyakrishna
with 50% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| V Somanna | BJP | 79,135 |
| Priyakrishna | INC | 67,760 |
| A Nagendra Prasad | JD(S) | 7,090 |
| None Of The Above | NOTA | 1,589 |
| K S Gangadhara | SUCI | 329 |
| S Suresh | IND | 298 |
| N Hanumegowda | IND | 230 |
| Parveez Khan P | SJPL | 211 |
| Shivaraju G | IND | 122 |
| Prabhu | SJPA | 94 |
| Govindaiah B R | IND | 75 |
| M Umashankar | IND | 69 |
| Raghunath A P | IND | 66 |
| Jayachandra H | IND | 58 |
| Sreedhar V S | RCMP | 54 |
| Yathis M | IND | 51 |
WON against Aswathnarayana
with 43% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Somanna V | INC | 77,657 |
| Aswathnarayana | BJP | 50,737 |
| Abdul Azeem | JD(S) | 47,786 |
| Venkatalakshmaiah G | BSP | 2,110 |
| Udayashankar | IND | 955 |
| Sriram Mn | IND | 771 |
| Shivanna Cp | IND | 767 |
| Prabhu Rn | USYP | 640 |
| Paramesha M | IND | 300 |
| Gangadhar S | IND | 230 |
WON against Ashwathanarayana
with 40% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Somanna V | IND | 73,974 |
| Ashwathanarayana | BJP | 49,736 |
| Sayyeed Ahmed Y | INC | 48,055 |
| Krishnappa B | JD(S) | 6,274 |
| Venkatalakshmaiah G | BSP | 2,202 |
| Narayana Kumar G | JD(U) | 1,660 |
| Kaleem Pasha | IND | 840 |
WON against Naseer Ahmed
with 49% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| V. Somanna | JD | 82,354 |
| Naseer Ahmed | KCP | 32,369 |
| Vimala Gowda | BJP | 22,732 |
| Saleem Ahmed | INC | 17,127 |
| D. Krishnappa | IND | 7,692 |
| G. Narayanakumar | IND | 1,813 |
| K.C. Shivanna | IND | 1,069 |
| Rajaram Karandikar | IND | 278 |
| Krishnoji Rao Pawar (V.K. Pawar) | IND | 202 |
| N. Gopal | IND | 194 |
| S.L. Udayashankar | IND | 180 |
| Syed Nissar | IND | 160 |
| Rita Ravindranath | IND | 160 |
| I. Sikandar Khan | IND | 90 |
| Muddaiah | IND | 88 |
| Meer Nizam Ali | IND | 80 |
| T. Muneswara Sa | IND | 79 |
| N.E. Muthukrishna | IND | 63 |
| S. Javeed | IND | 41 |
LOST against Naseer Ahmed
with 33% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Naseer Ahmed | INC | 61,285 |
| V. Somanna | JNP | 46,322 |
| G. Narayana Kumar | JD | 20,042 |
| M. Thimmaiah | BJP | 6,057 |
| G. Venkatalakshmiah | BSP | 2,050 |
| Vatal Nagaraj | IND | 928 |
| F. Rasool | IND | 657 |
| R. S. N. Gowda | IND | 589 |
| Narayan | IND | 538 |
| John Selva Durai | IND | 460 |
| J. R. Viswanatha | SRP | 201 |
| Venkatalashmiah | IND | 190 |
| V. P. Reddy | IND | 188 |
| B. K. Raju | IND | 183 |
| G. Subbaiah | IND | 177 |
| T. V. Venkatachala | IND | 129 |
| D. Prasad | IND | 69 |
| Krishna Murthy | IND | 53 |