BBMP

Now that the months-long, twisted tale of BBMP elections has unfurled and the votes have at last been ‘beeped’ on the voting machines, it is time to take stock of the entire saga. It was a meaningless nine-day festival with grandiose manifestos promising the same old tired ‘castles in the air’, blatant distribution of cash and freebies, inane processions with paid supporters enjoying the sudden showering of ‘manna from heaven’ and fist-fights and blood-letting between opposing party supporters vying for the same pot of gold. Except attempts by a few civil society organisations and media houses to conduct  purposeful city…

Munnukolalu school. Pic: Abhijeet Nath Abhijeet Nath, a resident of Whitefield area, explains his fight to find his booth and vote in BBMP elections. After three hours, he did vote—he's an inspiration to all of us! His mail: I went to vote in Munnekolalu Govt School where I have always gone to cast my vote in last few years. I got a slip from the volunteers outside the polling station. Polling station was mentioned as "Govt Higher Primary School, Room No 12, Munnekolalu". However was told by polling officers at Munnekolalu school that they have only till room no. 11…

Voter roll analysis expert P G Bhat says in his blogpost that finally State Election Commission and Chief Election Officer, Karnataka have synced their voter rolls and around 5,00,000 applications have been approved, and deletions made. This means that you can check your name on voter list and go to polling booth with any accepted id card for voting. In his blogpost on his blog PG's Pensive, he explains it all: State Election Commission (SEC), an organ of the state government, is responsible to conduct local body elections. Thus, it does not enjoy autonomy like Election Commission of India(ECI). Rules…

Citizen Matters analysed the affidavits, from 84 wards belonging to Bengaluru South and Central parliament constituencies. Here is the raw tabulation of it. Tip: Move right or left over the sheet with arrow key. Click here to view full sheet separately. To read the related article, click: Less educated, but stinking rich?Related ArticlesLess educated, but stinking rich: Will this be the new set of BBMP corporators?

When a candidate contesting from a ward X in Bengaluru visited one of the houses during his door-to door campaign on Thursday, he had to face the wrath of residents. A house owner yelled at him and his supporters: “Why have you come now? Post election you won’t be seen anywhere. Election ada mele neevu pudaarigalu moote kattikondu hogthiri (You politicians will pack your bags soon after election).” Unmindful of her reaction, the candidate continued to ask for votes with a smile and humble look intact on his face. In a neighbouring ward Y with many posh houses, another party…

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…

On August 14th, contestants from Sanjay Nagar ward came together for a candidate meet organised by Namma Bengaluru Foundation. Participants included candidates from three major political parties, as well as an independent candidate. The issues discussed included property taxes, eliminating free parking, and ways to address the stray dog problem in the neighbourhood. Candidates: BJP: Indira Subhash INC: Sudha Jayasimha JDS: Putta Madamma Independent candidate (IND): Geetha G/ Malathi Malli Venue: Ramana Maharshi Centre for Learning, Post Office road, Sanjay Nagar Moderators: Sridhar Pabbisetty and Prakash Belavadi What will you do for Bangalore? JDS: I want to serve the community.…

162 - Giri Nagar   Many jobcodes for paid bills in this ward look incomplete. The erstwhile corporator hit headlines for wrong reasons, and died later. Here is more information on Girinagar ward. MLA (2013): Ravi Subramanya L A (BJP), Basavanagudi MP (2014): Ananth Kumar (BJP), Bangalore South BBMP 2010 Corporator: H.S. Lalitha (deceased) (BJP)NA. Ph: NA Reservation: G Votes Winner's percentage: 21 Winner's margin: 5858 Total votes polled: 14868 Total voters: 41080 BBMP 2015 Total voters: 42098Male: 21548Female: 20543Others: 7Reserved: General (Women) Contesting Candidates BJP: A V Nandini Vijay VittalINC: M C Sandhya VeerabhadraJDS: Bhavya Hnaumanthegowda Demographics Population (2011):…