Ward information for Ward 27 – Banaswadi

by August 20, 2015 Governance
What are the issues that trouble the residents of Banaswadi ward? How much money has the BBMP spent here trying to solve problems? What are new projects coming up here?

27 – Banasawadi

 

A huge ward with a population of over 51,000, Banasawadi ward has much to improve in terms of infrastructure. Here is more information on the ward.

MLA (2013): K J George (INC), Sarvagna Nagar
MP (2014): P C Mohan (BJP), Bangalore Central

BBMP 2010

Corporator: A. Kodanda Reddy (BJP)
# 642, 10th B main road, Doddabanaswadi, Bangalore-43. Ph: 9845021879
Reservation: G

Votes
Winner’s percentage: 19.4
Winner’s margin: 4230
Total votes polled: 18719
Total voters: 51326

BBMP 2015

Total voters: 42749
Male: 21994
Female: 20754
Others: 1

Reserved: General

Contesting Candidates

BJP: Kodanda Reddy
INC: BC Prabhakar Reddy
JDS: Thayanna Reddy
BSP: Sundar Rajan D
Independent: Amith Nigli, P Pandurangan, Balaji P, Raghuram, M Sridhar

Demographics

  • Population (2011): 51268
  • Households: 12922
  • Area: 3.4 sq km

Civic Amenities/Infrastructure

  • Road length: 929 km
  • Lakes: Channasandra – 2, Total area: 7.9 sq km
  • Parks: 17, Total area: 11.3 sq km
  • Playgrounds: 3, Total area: 2.4 sq km

Active citizen groups/RWAs

If you represent any RWA from this area, please click here and fill your info. It will be added to this space after verification.

More information on candidates

Amith Nigli, Independent candidate

No other candidates have filled the information collection form so far. If you know anyone contesting, do ask them to fill the Candidate Information Form as soon as possible.

How was the money spent? Tenders, job codes, bills:

  • Click on the sections corresponding to complaints, tenders and bills, to get a feel of what are the problems, what is being addressed, how much money is being spent, and is it really happening on ground.
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What’s bothering the residents? Complaints represented in a wordcloud:

Data Courtesy

BBMP, Janaagraha, BBMP Restructuring Committee website

Disclaimer: This data is an extract; it is not complete, and not verified independently. It may not be from the entire tenure of BBMP council 2010-15.

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