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On December 5th, by-elections will be held in four assembly constituencies in Bengaluru - Yeshwanthpur, KR Puram, Mahalakshmi Layout and Shivajinagar. In the first three of these, disqualified MLAs are returning as candidates, albeit from a different party. Former Congress MLAs S T Somshekar and Basavaraj Byrathi, and former JD(S) MLA K Gopalaiah, are now contesting as BJP candidates. They are coming back to you one and half years after you elected them. I wish I could tell you what development plan they have for your constituency. But I just couldn’t find anything on it except political statements. Yes, these…

Elections were held for 222 out of 224 assembly constituencies in Karnataka on May 12, 2018. Keep yourself updated on the results for Bengaluru region! Who is winning in the state? Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018, All State MLA Winners List Bangalore region results: Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018, Bengaluru City MLA Winners List Click here to see results for Karnataka state. Bengaluru Results - 2013 Bengaluru Results - 2018 Bengaluru Voter Turnout Percentages Map - 2018

Being a Public Policy student from Mount Carmel College and currently working as an intern in Co Media Lab, I got an assignment of talking to a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA), to understand how MLAs manage their expenses. I chose to talk to Priya Krishna, the MLA from Govindrajanagar constituency. He has been holding this position since 2009, re-elected in 2013 elections. I assumed that an MLA, being a public figure, needs to give an appointment to meet him. Last week of April went in vain, as I was trying to reach Priya Krishna's Personal Assistant (PA), one Mr.…

After the Karnataka elections, many political analysts said that people of Karnataka are not for corruption; the BJP lost the state because of corruption. But did they? At least in Bengaluru, this argument does not seem to hold any ground. It is true that the rest of Karnataka voted out the corruption-ridden BJP. Outside Bangalore, the party got just 28 seats out of 196, and lost its deposit in 110 constituencies - a defeat unimaginable and unexpected by its leaders. But in Bangalore, BJP lost just five seats, down from 17 to 12. The Congress party suffered two upsets (Narendra…

Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018 We have collated all the information about your sitting MLA and contestants. Track records, Assembly performance, Funds expenditure, Affidavits, Guide for voters and more. Click here   Here are the list of MLAs elected in the Karnataka Assembly election 2008. • Find out how vocal has your MLA been in the Assembly about issues that concern you and your constituency? • How has he utilised the local area development (LAD) funds to the benefit of your constituency? • Has he been involved in any criminal case or any other controversy that was reported in media? This…