All you need to know about Ward 117 – Shanthi Nagar

If you are a voter of Shanthi Nagar ward, here is all that you need to know about your ward: Who is contesting, what are the problems, how has the BBMP addressed them in last five years.

117 – Shanthi Nagar

 

This ward perennially suffers from poor drainage issues and traffic jams. More information on the ward follows:

MLA (2013): N A Haris (INC), Shanthi Nagar
MP (2014): P C Mohan (BJP), Bangalore Central

BBMP 2010

Corporator: P Sowmya (INC)
#26, 3rd cross, 1st main road, Vinayakanagara, Adugodi Post, Bangalore-27. Ph: 9986220732
Reservation: G

Votes
Winner’s percentage: 28
Winner’s margin: 8340
Total votes polled: 14896
Total voters: 38500

BBMP 2015

Total voters: 35078
Male: 17713
Female: 17359
Others: 6

Reserved: General (Women)

Contesting Candidates

BJP: RV Nagaratna Yadav
INC: P Sowmya
JDS: Valli Subramanya
CPI(M): Shashikala Nagaraj
Independent: Mariya Assuntha, Luthfia Ali, Sujatha S

Demographics

  • Population (2011): 42095
  • Households: 9465
  • Area: 2.7 sq km

Civic Amenities/Infrastructure

  • Road length: 665 km
  • Lakes: 0, Total area: 0 sq km
  • Parks: 3, Total area: 2.6 sq km
  • Playgrounds: 2, Total area: 1.4 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

No 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.
  • 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

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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