Shimoga is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency of Karnataka. Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency consists of eight assembly segments covering parts of Nalluru and Ubrani hoblis of Channagiri taluk in Davangere district. As of 2005 it had 1,286,181 voters, of whom Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes account for 2.2 lakhs, Lingayats for two lakhs, Deevaru for 1.8 lakh, Muslims for 1.6 lakh, and Brahmins and Vokkaligas for 1.25 lakh each.