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BCLIP candidates contesting BBMP elections - 2015, posing alongwith BPAC members. Pic courtesy: BPAC 20 candidates trained under BPAC’s Civic Leadership Incubator Program are contesting the upcoming BBMP elections in Bengaluru. They went through the nine month program where they were equipped with theoretical knowledge, post which they took up many community projects. While ten of the participants have aligned themselves to various political parties (BJP - 3, INC - 1, JDS - 1, Loksatta - 5), the remaining ten are contesting as independent candidates. List of candidates Sl No   Candidate  Ward  Contact # Party Ward number 1 Devika Raj…

Come August 22nd, exercise your right to be heard! Vote! Here's something from Whitefield Rising that tells you why you must.  (Click to view larger image)Related ArticlesBBMP Elections 2015: Special coverage by Citizen MattersMahadevapura zone, Bengaluru

8 - Kodigehalli Kodigehalli ward spent most of its money on road and drain improvements, but the problem still exists. Here is more information on the ward. MLA (2013): Krishna Byregowda (INC), Byatarayanapura MP (2014): D V Sadananda Gowda (BJP), Bangalore North BBMP 2010 Corporator: Ashwath Narayan Gowda (BJP)# E-104, Kodigehalli, Bangalore-92. Ph: 9448078232 Reservation: BC-B Votes Winner's percentage: 17.5 Winner's margin: 104 Total votes polled: 16355 Total voters: 35556 BBMP 2015 Total voters: 41767Male: 22354Female: 19410Others: 3 Reserved: General Contesting Candidates BJP: Aswathanarayana Gowda    INC: Chethan K M    JDS: SubramanyaPPI: G Prashanth Demographics Population (2011): 47546 Households: 12036 Area: 3.8…

67 - Nagapura This ward houses the famous ISCON temple and is covered by Metro. West of Chord Road runs through this ward to reach Yashwanthpur. Congested main roads and residential areas slowly getting converted to commerical areas is the highlight of this ward. Here is more information on the ward. MLA (2013): Gopalaiah K (JDS), Mahalakshmi Layout MP (2014): D V Sadananda Gowda (BJP), Bangalore North BBMP 2010 Corporator: S.Harish (BJP)#364/27, 19th F main road, Rajajinagar, 1st 'N' Block Bangalore-10. Ph: 9845088052 Reservation: BC-A Votes Winner's percentage: 23 Winner's margin: 305 Total votes polled: 15002 Total voters: 30083 BBMP…

163 - Katriguppe This area falls adjacent to Outer Ring Road and 80 feet road runs through this ward. But this ward has mainly residential areas. The result is total chaos. Here is more information on Katriguppe ward. MLA (2013): Ravi Subramanya L A (BJP), Basavanagudi MP (2014): Ananth Kumar (BJP), Bangalore South BBMP 2010 Corporator: D. Venkatesha Murthy (BJP)#18/1, 18th main road, 14th cross, Padmanabhanagar, Bangalore-70. Ph: 9448053899 Reservation: BC-A Votes Winner's percentage: 22.9 Winner's margin: 3895 Total votes polled: 17052 Total voters: 38210 BBMP 2015 Total voters: 39175Male: 20318Female: 18853Others: 4 Reserved: General Contesting Candidates BJP: Sangathi VenkateshINC:…

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…

  Chief Electoral Officer of Karnataka (CEO-KA) has published the list of applications for inclusion in the electoral rolls, ahead of BBMP elections in Bengaluru. 3,66,640 of 4,65,377 applications are approved. However, a search for voter names (with relative names) as given in the list show that more than 99% of these names are not added to the voter list for the forthcoming BBMP elections. Either the citizens are not included as voters though their applications are shown approved or the names are entered differently from what is shown in the approved list. Of 58,097 applications for deletion of names…

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…

A ward debate in Shettihalli on August 13th brought together four candidates to discuss issues of funding, drinking water and women’s empowerment. The debate was documented by Namma Bengaluru Foundation. We are presenting to you an edited version of their documentation. BBMP elections 2015: Candidates for Shettihalli ward  BJP: K C Venkatesh INC: K Nagabhushan JDS: Prakash A Independent: Shambulinge Gowda Moderators of the debate: Sridhar Pabbisetty, Prakash Belavadi Venue: Annapoorna Party Hall How was Bengaluru supposed to be? After the boom in the public sector, how should Bengaluru have grown? In Nehru’s opinion, other cities remind him of India’s…

Bellandur Ward candidates have started campaigning and reaching out to residents. Meanwhile residents had a discussion on the Bellandur Forum egroups and Facebook page, on what our needs are and what we want the winning candidate of the Bellandur Ward to address in her term.  This is the Citizen Manifesto that we came up with.  Governance Form a Ward Committee within a month: select 3 representatives from Bellandur apartment/layout RWAs - call out for applications by issuing public notice. Communication Have a public meeting at a fixed day, say first Saturday of the month to hear grievances and review execution. Liason with other agencies including traffic…