Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Shimoga assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 113 | Shimoga | GEN | K S Eshwarappa | M | BJP | 104027 | K B Prasanna Kumar | M | INC | 57920 |
| 2013 | 113 | Shimoga | GEN | Kb. Prasanna Kumar | M | INC | 39355 | S. Rudregowda | M | KJP | 39077 |
| 2008 | 113 | Shimoga | GEN | K.S.Eshwarappa | M | BJP | 58982 | Ismail Khan | M | INC | 26563 |
| 2004 | 162 | Shimoga | GEN | Eshwarappa Ks | M | BJP | 69015 | Chandrashekarappa Hn | M | INC | 49766 |
| 1999 | 162 | Shimoga | GEN | Chandrashekarappa H.M | M | INC | 59490 | Eshwarappa | M | BJP | 52916 |
| 1994 | 162 | Shimoga | GEN | K.S. Eswarappa | M | BJP | 57385 | K.H. Srinivasa | M | INC | 41219 |
| 1989 | 162 | Shimoga | GEN | Eswarappa, K. S. | M | BJP | 32289 | Srinivasa K. H. | M | INC | 30987 |
| 1985 | 162 | Shimoga | GEN | K. H. Srinivassa | M | INC | 31472 | G. Madappa | M | JNP | 21650 |
| 1983 | 162 | Shimoga | GEN | M. Ananda Rao | M | BJP | 25475 | M. C. Maheshwarappa | M | JNP | 22211 |
| 1978 | 162 | Shimoga | GEN | K. H. Srinivasa | M | INC(I) | 33047 | D. H. Shankara Murthy | M | JNP | 21373 |
| 1972 | 154 | Shimoga | GEN | A. B. B. Narayanaiyengar | M | INC | 30889 | Y. R.Parameshwarappa | M | SOP | 12630 |
| 1967 | 154 | Shimoga | GEN | A. R. Badrinarayan | M | INC | 18695 | Y. R. Parameshwarappa | M | SSP | 11598 |
| 1962 | 104 | Shimoga | GEN | Ratnamma Madhava Rao | F | INC | 14087 | G. M. Channappa | M | PSP | 9011 |
| 1957 | 93 | Shimoga | GEN | Rathnamma | M | INC | 13223 | C. L. Ramanna | M | BJS | 5849 |
