bbmp election

After much drama, Bengaluru will finally be going to polls on Saturday August 22nd. And we’re hoping that people come out in droves to vote. Tomorrow will surely be a day of reckoning, not only for those who are standing for the elections, but also for all of Bengaluru’s citizens. People queuing up at a polling booth in Whitefield during the previous BBMP elections. Pic: Subramaniam Vincent Joining the three big players this time, are several contestants from new-age parties too. Many hopefuls who did not get tickets, have decided to contest independently. Here is Citizen Matters’ guide on the big…

133 - Hampi Nagar   MLA (2013): M Krishnappa (INC), Vijaya Nagar MP (2014): Ananth Kumar (BJP), Bangalore South BBMP 2010 Corporator: R. ChandraShekarayya (BJP)#6, 11th cross, Manjunathnagar, Bangalore-23. Ph: 9480090678 Reservation: G Votes Winner's percentage: 13.9 Winner's margin: 1047 Total votes polled: 15629 Total voters: 38558 BBMP 2015 Total voters: 34442Male:17865Female: 16547Others:30Reserved: General Contesting Candidates BJP: Anand HosurINC: S SrinathJDS: K B SrinivasBSP: M LakshmiIndependents: Gayithri, Mahesh M S, Muralidhar D J, Rajesh S, R Srikanth Demographics Population (2011): 35113 Households: 8456 Area: 1.1 sq km Civic Amenities/Infrastructure Road length: 708 km Lakes: 0, Total area: 0 sq km Parks:…

15 - T Dasarahalli   MLA (2013): S Muniraju (BJP), Dasarahalli MP (2014): D V Sadananda Gowda (BJP), Bangalore North BBMP 2010 Corporator: Puttamma (BJP)# E-322/1, K.K Road, T.Dasarahalli, Bangalore-57. Ph: 9448234101 Reservation: G Votes Winner's percentage: 19 Winner's margin: 2313 Total votes polled: 14468 Total voters: 35112 BBMP 2015 Total voters: 35634Male: 19642Female: 15989Others: 3Reserved: OBC-A (Women) Contesting Candidates BJP: Umadevi NagarajINC: Uma SalmaJDS: Devika Soundarya Demographics Population (2011): 33042 Households: 8849 Area: 0.9 sq km Civic Amenities/Infrastructure Road length: 289 km Lakes: , Total area: 0 sq km Parks: 0, Total area: 0 sq km Playgrounds: 0, Total…

Mohandas Pai, Vice-president of B.PAC, responds to a few quick questions by Citizen Matters. Do you really think any party has performed well over the recent years in Bangalore? Any individuals (MLAs or corporators) you have seem performing at a local level? No, but a few (individual) MLAs and corporators have done well. Will this election change anything at BBMP? Yes, if the educated middle class come out and vote in large numbers and get good people in. What are the chances of the BCLIP candidates? How do you think the results themselves will affect the programme? Decent chances if…

89 - Jogupalya   The number of voters in this ward has considerably come down since last BBMP elections. Garbage, street light and drainage seem to be the problems bothering the residents. More information follows: MLA (2013): N A Haris (INC), Shanthi Nagar MP (2014): P C Mohan (BJP), Bangalore Central BBMP 2010 Corporator: M. Gowtham Kumar (BJP)#354/5, 3rd Cross, Someshwarapura, Cambridge Layout, Halsoor, Bangalore. Ph: 9845035510 Reservation: G Votes Winner's percentage: 21.8 Winner's margin: 2795 Total votes polled: 12335 Total voters: 27240 BBMP 2015 Total voters: 26082Male: 13166Female: 12911Others: 5 Reserved: General Contesting Candidates BJP: Gautham KumarINC: P ChandrashekharJDS:…

  JD(S) manifesto - BBMP election 2015 Constructing 124 road underpasses to reduce accidents Limiting road widening to only 21 roads and cancelling the notification to widen 98 roads Establishing Central Processing Office to track property related transactions Removing encroachments and rejuvenate all water tanks / build dams across big Rajakaluves Building a nine-stage multiplex for vocal and visual arts on the lines of Sidney Opera Improving digital connectivity by building new networks, Wi-Fi connection throughout the city Creating Bengaluru Waste Management Authority Taking help of private sector to run BBMP schools under CSR initiative Introducing Title Value Protection scheme…

Surprisingly, Yeshwanthpur ward has only one pending bill, according to the data available with Janagraha. There is also the a lot of confusion in analysing the data, due to confusion in ward number and job codes. Here's more information on Yeshwanthpur ward. 37 - Yeshwanthpur MLA (2013): Munirathna (INC), Rajarajeswari Nagar MP (2014): D V Sadananda Gowda (BJP), Bangalore North BBMP 2010 Corporator: Munirathna (INC)# 147, 11th cross, Malleshwaram, Bangalore-3. Ph: 9844400531 Reservation: G Votes Winner's percentage: 23 Winner's margin: 2400 Total votes polled: 16224 Total voters: 32385 BBMP 2015 Total voters: 40747Male: 21113Female: 19630Others: 4 Reserved: OBC-A Contesting Candidates…

Namma Bengaluru Foundation (NBF) conducted a ward level debate at Uttarahalli on August 12th. It was the first in a series of eight debates conducted by NBF. Four candidates were invited, three of them attended the debate. Moderators asked questions to all three candidates and then opened the floor for public comments and questions. Candidates BJP: Hanumanthaiah Congress:  Varaprasad Reddy JDS: R D Usha Rani Voter attendance: Approximately 200 Venue: Shanthi Sagar Party Hall, #25, Subramanyapura Main Road, Uttarahalli, Bangalore – 560061 Moderators: Sridhar Pabbisetty and Prakash Belawadi What changes can we see in the next five years? BJP Cauvery…

On May 17th, BBMP Administrator T M Vijay Bhaskar blew the lid off “development works” taken up in Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), with a tweet. In his tweet, he said  that details of works completed and pending bills as on April 30th 2015 are displayed on BBMP website for transparency. He asked public to check the list of works and inform the officials in case of discrepancies. With it, the Social Audit system was introduced in BBMP for the very first time. Enthused public, activists and new political parties got into action. With the data in hand, they went…