Mysore, Karnataka — Lok Sabha Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Mysore (Karnataka) was won by Prathap Simha (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 138,647 votes over C.H.Vijayashankar. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Mysore, Karnataka, from 1977 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1977–2019

Election	Winner	Party	Votes	Vote Share	Runner-up	Margin
1977	H. D. Tulsidas	Indian National Congress	195,657	53.7%	M. S. Gurupadaswamy (Bharatiya Lok Dal)	41,668 (11.4 pts)
1980	M. Rajashekaramurthy	Congress (I)	195,724	49.5%	H.D. Tulsidasappa (Congress (U))	83,036 (21.0 pts)
1984	Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar	Indian National Congress	247,754	54.7%	K. P. Shanthamurthy (Independent)	64,610 (14.3 pts)
1989	Srikantadatta Narasimbharaj Wadeyar	Indian National Congress	384,888	55.7%	D.Mandegowda (JNP (JP))	249,364 (36.1 pts)
1991	Chandraprabha Urs (W)	Indian National Congress	225,881	39.5%	Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar (Bharatiya Janata Party)	16,882 (2.9 pts)
1996	Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadeyay	Indian National Congress	258,299	34.8%	G T Deve Gowda (Janata Dal)	11,676 (1.6 pts)
1998	C.H.Vijayashankar	Bharatiya Janata Party	355,846	42.1%	S.Chikkamadu (Indian National Congress)	103,024 (12.2 pts)
1999	Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar	Indian National Congress	338,051	37.6%	C.H.Vijayashankar (Bharatiya Janata Party)	13,431 (1.5 pts)
2004	C. H. Vijayashankar	Bharatiya Janata Party	316,442	33.1%	A S Guruswamy (Janata Dal (Secular))	10,150 (1.1 pts)
2009	Adagur H Vishwanath	Indian National Congress	354,810	36.4%	C.H.Vijayashankar (Bharatiya Janata Party)	7,691 (0.8 pts)
2014	Prathap Simha	Bharatiya Janata Party	503,908	43.5%	Adagooru H Vishwanath (Indian National Congress)	31,608 (2.7 pts)
2019	Prathap Simha	Bharatiya Janata Party	688,974	52.5%	C.H.Vijayashankar (Indian National Congress)	138,647 (10.6 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1977

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
H. D. Tulsidas	Indian National Congress	195,657	53.7%
M. S. Gurupadaswamy	Bharatiya Lok Dal	153,989	42.2%
S. Chikkamadu	Independent	10,798	3.0%
S. Muni Sanjeevaiah	Independent	4,047	1.1%

1980

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
M. Rajashekaramurthy	Congress (I)	195,724	49.5%
H.D. Tulsidasappa	Congress (U)	112,688	28.5%
M.S. Gurupadaswamy	Janata Party	71,491	18.1%
Sidramaiah	Janata Party (Secular)	8,327	2.1%
K.M. Shivashankar	Independent	2,344	0.6%
T.S. Natarajan	Independent	1,790	0.5%
S. Chikka Madu	Independent	1,452	0.4%
K.S. Umapathi	Independent	1,114	0.3%
G.M. Sabeel	Independent	757	0.2%

1984

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar	Indian National Congress	247,754	54.7%
K. P. Shanthamurthy	Independent	183,144	40.4%
K. P. Vishwanath	Janata Party	5,696	1.3%
M. N. Krishnappa	Independent	2,268	0.5%
C. Shivanna	Independent	2,228	0.5%
Kempegowda	Independent	2,158	0.5%
G. Madiah	Independent	1,708	0.4%
K. Nagaraju	Independent	1,699	0.4%
Mariyaiah	Independent	1,678	0.4%
Akhila Chakravarthy Mallesh Maharaja	Independent	1,346	0.3%
P. V. Bala Krishna	Independent	1,317	0.3%
Y. C. Revanna	Independent	671	0.1%
M. Lingaiah	Independent	656	0.1%
Mirza Mohamed Baig	Independent	562	0.1%

1989

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Srikantadatta Narasimbharaj Wadeyar	Indian National Congress	384,888	55.7%
D.Mandegowda	JNP (JP)	135,524	19.6%
P.Mallesh	Janata Dal	131,905	19.1%
Thontadarya	Bharatiya Janata Party	25,398	3.7%
D.Kalaswamy	Independent	7,013	1.0%
Shafi Ahmed Sharif	Independent	4,230	0.6%
Bhim V.Shenoy	Independent	2,644	0.4%

1991

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Chandraprabha Urs (W)	Indian National Congress	225,881	39.5%
Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar	Bharatiya Janata Party	208,999	36.5%
D. Madegowda	Janata Party	117,471	20.5%
Raju	Independent	7,611	1.3%
K.S. Nanjegowda	Independent	3,016	0.5%
H.S. Siddaraju	Independent	2,630	0.5%
Muguru Nanjundaswamy	Independent	2,078	0.4%
M.N. Raju	Independent	1,618	0.3%
Lingappa	Independent	1,257	0.2%
Y.C. Revanna	Independent	1,086	0.2%
Shafi Ahmed Sharief	Independent	585	0.1%

1996

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadeyay	Indian National Congress	258,299	34.8%
G T Deve Gowda	Janata Dal	246,623	33.2%
Thontadarya	Bharatiya Janata Party	162,630	21.9%
P Govindaraju	KCP	48,296	6.5%
Notary S Sreenivasa Murthy	Janata Party	5,730	0.8%
Shantharaju	Independent	2,271	0.3%
N Nagaraj	Independent	2,067	0.3%
K N Srinivasachar	Independent	1,880	0.3%
Shivaraju	Independent	1,823	0.2%
H C Mana Mohan Gowda	Independent	1,225	0.2%
Appaiah Gowda	Independent	1,134	0.2%
K S Nanjegowda	Independent	918	0.1%
M A Chotasab	Independent	895	0.1%
B A Kailash Chand Jain	Independent	873	0.1%
C Mahalingaiah	Independent	825	0.1%
M Khalid	Independent	813	0.1%
M Abdus Samad	Independent	736	0.1%
E Ramappa	Independent	698	0.1%
B S Pandit	Shiv Sena	673	0.1%
Shamu	Independent	673	0.1%
H R Basavaraju	Independent	470	0.1%
M Riazur Rahman	Independent	442	0.1%
Bokkasam Laxminarayana Rao	Independent	413	0.1%
Raju	Independent	372	0.1%
Akhil Ahmad	PHK	235	0.0%
K Marichamaiah	Independent	228	0.0%
Somanna	Independent	198	0.0%
S Syed Jameel	Independent	167	0.0%
I Suneel Kumar Singh	Independent	119	0.0%

1998

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
C.H.Vijayashankar	Bharatiya Janata Party	355,846	42.1%
S.Chikkamadu	Indian National Congress	252,822	29.9%
G.T.Devegowda	Janata Dal	223,385	26.4%
Notary S. Srinivasa Murthy	Janata Party	4,908	0.6%
Maridandaiah Buddha	CPI (ML) Liberation	4,716	0.6%
Makaiah Raju	Independent	3,542	0.4%

1999

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar	Indian National Congress	338,051	37.6%
C.H.Vijayashankar	Bharatiya Janata Party	324,620	36.1%
B.S.Marilingaiah	Janata Dal (Secular)	190,207	21.1%
Soma Sundara Shastry	KCVP	28,158	3.1%
M Amjath Khan	AIADMK	18,439	2.0%

2004

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
C. H. Vijayashankar	Bharatiya Janata Party	316,442	33.1%
A S Guruswamy	Janata Dal (Secular)	306,292	32.0%
Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar	Indian National Congress	299,227	31.3%
P N Srinath	Independent	18,957	2.0%
Kalimulla Khan	KNDP	16,349	1.7%

2009

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Adagur H Vishwanath	Indian National Congress	354,810	36.4%
C.H.Vijayashankar	Bharatiya Janata Party	347,119	35.6%
B.A.Jivijaya	Janata Dal (Secular)	216,283	22.2%
Syed Nizam Ali	Bahujan Samaj Party	19,895	2.0%
M.V.Santhosh Kumar	Independent	11,586	1.2%
Santhosh Kumar.P	Independent	5,521	0.6%
Dr.E.Keshamma	RDMP	3,830	0.4%
P.N.Srinath-Pathrike	Independent	3,779	0.4%
Rafeeq	Independent	3,743	0.4%
P.Parashivamurthy	RKSP	2,555	0.3%
Arshadulla Shariff	BPJP	2,457	0.3%
Leelavathi.M	PPOI	2,300	0.2%

2014

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Prathap Simha	Bharatiya Janata Party	503,908	43.5%
Adagooru H Vishwanath	Indian National Congress	472,300	40.7%
Chandrashekaraiah	Janata Dal (Secular)	138,587	12.0%
C Mohan Kumar	Bahujan Samaj Party	13,637	1.2%
None Of The Above	Independent	8,924	0.8%
Padmamma M V	Aam Aadmi Party	5,650	0.5%
Rathi Poovaiah	KP	3,726	0.3%
Sampathu N	Independent	2,078	0.2%
Bojanna N Somaiah	Independent	2,032	0.2%
Thimme Gowda	SJP	1,516	0.1%
Praveen M S	Independent	1,439	0.1%
Hunsur K Chandrashekar	DPPS	1,342	0.1%
D Eswar Thoremavu	Independent	1,246	0.1%
Bannur Kumar	Independent	1,215	0.1%
S P Mahadevappa	Janata Dal (United)	1,016	0.1%
D S Nirvanappa	CPI(ML)RS	978	0.1%

2019

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Prathap Simha	Bharatiya Janata Party	688,974	52.5%
C.H.Vijayashankar	Indian National Congress	550,327	41.9%
Dr. B. Chandra (Chandregowda)	Bahujan Samaj Party	24,597	1.9%
Ayub Khan	INCP	9,307	0.7%
Sreenivasaiah	Independent	6,863	0.5%
Venkatesha D Nayaka	Independent	4,504	0.3%
Asharani.V.	UPP	4,259	0.3%
Alagudu Lingaraju	Independent	3,506	0.3%
Raju S/O Late Chaluvashetty	Independent	2,515	0.2%
Lokesh Kumar.G.	Independent	2,270	0.2%
Ravi	Independent	2,151	0.2%
G.M. Mahadeva	Independent	1,949	0.1%
R. Mahesha	Independent	1,676	0.1%
Sandhya.P.S.	SUCI(C)	1,473	0.1%
M. J Sureshgowda	Independent	1,386	0.1%
Ningappa. B. D.	Independent	1,141	0.1%
Alishan. S	Independent	1,047	0.1%
Kaveriamma.N.K.	Independent	1,046	0.1%
P.K. Biddappa	KPP(RP)	1,013	0.1%
K.S.Somasunder	Independent	947	0.1%
N. Nagesh	Independent	913	0.1%
Anand Kumar. M	Independent	831	0.1%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

Trend

Mysore has been contested at 12 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1977. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Congress (I), Bharatiya Janata Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Mysore in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Prathap Simha (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Mysore, Karnataka, in 2019 with 688,974 votes (52.5%), a margin of 138,647 votes over C.H.Vijayashankar.

Which parties have won Mysore since 1977?

Since 1977, Mysore has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress (I), Indian National Congress.

What was the closest result in Mysore?

The closest result on record for Mysore was 2009, when Indian National Congress beat Bharatiya Janata Party by just 7,691 votes (0.8 percentage points).