Ward information for Ward 181 – Kumara Swamy Layout

by August 20, 2015 Governance
What did Kumara Swamy Layout ward get in last five years? How much money was spent? What are the complaints of the residents?

181 – Kumara Swamy Layout

 

11 candidates are fighting for 41,830 votes in this ward. Here’s more information on this ward.

MLA (2013): R Ashoka (BJP), Padmanaba Nagar
MP (2014): Ananth Kumar (BJP), Bangalore South

BBMP 2010

Corporator: H. Suresh (BJP)
#109, 2nd cross, New Layout, Kadirenahalli, Bangalore-70. Ph: 9686269623
Reservation: BC-A

Votes
Winner’s percentage: 24.1
Winner’s margin: 3851
Total votes polled: 18159
Total voters: 38616

BBMP 2015

Total voters: 41830
Male: 21673
Female: 20157
Others: 0

Reserved: General

Contesting Candidates

BJP: L Srinivas
INC: T Pramod Kumar
JDS: Venkatesh K
Loksatta: Dr Banu Prakash Gowda
CPM: Srinivas N
BSP: Adithya Yogi
Independent: Sridatta BR, K Fairoz, M P Prahlad, Ravichandra, S Lakshminarayana

Demographics

  • Population (2011): 47182
  • Households: 11881
  • Area: 1.8 sq km

Civic Amenities/Infrastructure

  • Road length: 1072 km
  • Lakes: , Total area: 0 sq km
  • Parks: 23, Total area: 9.6 sq km
  • Playgrounds: 3, Total area: 0.8 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

Dr.Bhanuprakash Gowda, Loksatta

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.

Candidate affidavits 

BJP: L Srinivas – Click here
INC: T Pramod Kumar – Click here
JDS: Venkatesh K – Click here
Loksatta: Dr Banu Prakash Gowda – Click here
CPM: Srinivas N – Click here
BSP: Adithya Yogi – Click here
Independent: Sridatta BR

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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