Ward information page: Ward 174 – HSR Layout

Here's all the information that you need about HSR Layout ward prior to the BBMP elections: What has happened in the ward in the past five years, who is contesting, what are the problems.

174 – HSR Layout

 

The ward spent much of its money on roads, drains and housing for poor. However the area continues to suffer from traffic issues, while the houserents have sky-rocketed here. Here is more information on the ward.

MLA (2013): Sathish Reddy M (BJP), Bommana Halli
MP (2014): Ananth Kumar (BJP), Bangalore South

BBMP 2010

Corporator: Smt.K. Latha (BJP)
#20, New No.3, Agara, Agara Post, Sarjapura Road, Bangalore. Ph:9900263242
Reservation: G

Votes
Winner’s percentage: 22.9
Winner’s margin:4047
Total votes: 18365
Total voters: 48352

BBMP 2015

Total voters: 54864
Male: 29618
Female: 25230
Others: 16

Reserved: General

Contesting Candidates

BJP: Gurumurthy Reddy
INC: Ramesh
JDS: Safiulla Khan
Loksatta: Maithreyi Nadapana

Demographics

  • Population (2011): 63033
  • Households: 16847
  • Area: 7.1 sq km

Civic Amenities/Infrastructure

  • Road length: 2367 km
  • Lakes: Venkoji Rao, Ibbaluru, Total area: 43.8 sq km
  • Parks: 39, Total area: 25.1 sq km
  • Playground: 6, Total area: 3 sq km

Active Citizen groups/RWAs

HSR Citizen Forum 

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

 

Candidates

Maithreyi Nadapana – Loksatta

These are the candidates contesting the BBMP elections- 2015, whose information is available with Citizen Matters. If you do not find a particular candidate on this page, do ask them to fill the Candidate Information Form as soon as possible.

Candidate affidavits

BJP: Gurumurthy Reddy – Click here
INC: Ramesh – Click here
JDS: Safiulla Khan – Click here

Tenders, Work orders and other ward-related data

  • 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.
  • Scroll using your arrow keys to see the details within the sections.

Click here to view the raw data.

What’s bothering the residents? Complaints represented in a wordcloud

Data Courtesy

BBMP, Janaagraha, BBMP Restructuring Committee website

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