Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
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Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike ಬೃಹತ್ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಮಹಾನಗರ ಪಾಲಿಕೆ |
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Municipal Corporation of the Bangalore
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| Leadership | |
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Ananda. M, Janata Dal (Secular)
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Corporation Commissioner
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N . Manjunath Prasad IAS
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Leader Of Opposition
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Padmanabha Reddy, Bharathiya Janatha Party
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| Seats | 198 |
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Political groups
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INC - 76 |
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Political groups
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BJP -101 |
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Last election
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2015 |
| Meeting place | |
| Corporation Circle, Hudson Circle, Bangalore | |
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| bbmp |
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The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), is the administrative body responsible for the civic and infrastructural assets of the Greater Bangalore metropolitan area.
The BBMP represents the third level of government (the Central Government and State Government being the first two levels). BBMP is run by a city council composed of elected representatives, called "corporators", one from each of the wards (localities) of the city. The elections to the council are held once every five years, with results being decided by popular vote. The members contesting elections to the council represent one of more of the state's political parties. The first elections to the newly created BBMP body were held on 28 March 2010, after the delays due to the delimitation of wards and finalising voter lists. The second elections were held on 22 August 2015 with the BJP winning the majority with 101 Corporators (Congress won 76, Janatha Dal S 14 and Independents 7). The results were declared on 25 August 2015. With none of the parties touching the required number, the Congress and JDS with the help of independents won the mayor election. The BJP with majority number of corporators in the BBMP council was forced to sit in the Opposition. On 11 September, 2015, B.N. Manjunatha Reddy of the INC was elected Mayor, Hemalatha Gopalaiah of the JDS was elected Deputy Mayor and Padmanabha Reddy of the BJP was elected the Leader of Opposition.
The history of municipal governance of Bangalore dates back to 27 March 1862, when nine leading citizens of the city formed a Municipal Board under the Improvement of Towns Act of 1850. Later, a similar Municipal Board was also formed in the Cantonment area of the city. The two boards were legalised in 1881, and functioned as two independent bodies called the Bangalore City Municipality and the Bangalore Civil and Military Station Municipality. The following year, the concept of elected representatives come into being and also saw the introduction of property tax.
After Indian independence, the two Municipal Boards were merged to form the Corporation of the City of Bangalore in 1949, under the Bangalore City Corporation Act. The corporation then consisted of 70 elected representatives and 50 electoral divisions. The name of the council then changed — first to Bangalore City Corporation (BCC) and then to Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP).
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