BBMP polls: BJP scaled odds to score 100

BENGALURU: The ruling BJP in the BBMP had to cross many hurdles in order to reach the magic figure of 100. It has to contend with low voter turnout; anti-incumbency; Congress government in the state and revision of wards reservation. Earlier in the day, some senior BJP leaders were caught off guard when the poll trends showed that their party had an advantage over the rivals. Later it even managed to secure a simple majority. The Congress party’s efforts to cash in on BJP’s anti-incumbency backfired.

As the BJP retained the BBMP council for second straight term, DC looks at the election outcome. A senior legislator from BJP said that the Congress-led state government tried everything to defeat BJP, but failed. They dissolved BJP-led BBMP council, alleging corruption and maladministration. Then they succeeded in postponing the BBMP polls and tried to woo voters by doling out goodies in the form of infrastructure development. Projects worth crores of rupees were announced just before elections, the legislator added.

According to sources, the Congress move to revise wards reservation was aimed to ensure that many of the sitting BJP candidates are unable to contest. Out of BJP 112 candidates in the outgoing council only 26 could contest. But this move too did not work in state government’s and Congress party’s favour.

Interestingly, wives of ten former BJP candidates managed to win comfortably, thereby sending a clear message that the party’s roots were strong in Bengaluru. The only exception was BJP Yelahanka MLA S.R. Vishwanath’s wife Vanisri Vishwanath, who suffered a humiliating defeat from Yelahanka Upanagara.

The BJP has made its presence felt at all the 28 constituencies and has made a clean sweep at Basavanagudi constituency, by winning all six wards. The party managed to get one seat each at Shivajinagar and Mahalakshmi Layout constituencies. But, Congress has failed to make their presence felt at Basavanagudi and Bengaluru South, where it has only one seat. Getting one ward each at Yelahanka, Bommanahalli, Jayanagar and Padmanabhanagar was a face saver for Congress.

Congress tried to postpone polls, and paid the price: Amit Shah

BJP national president Amit Shah on Tuesday said the BBMP poll results would be an indicator of the results of future elections in Karnataka. En route to Chennai, he congratulated the party’s city unit and leaders. Mr Shah told reporters at the airport, “This is a clear mandate against the state government. It is impossible to win the mandate by manoeuvring the law (splitting the BBMP). This is a clear indication of what would turn out in the future elections in Karnataka.”

BJP national president Amit Shah at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru on Tuesday (Photo: DC)

He was of the opinion that people voted for the BJP considering the good work done by the BJP government at Centre. People proved that only through work, a party could win the confidence of people. “I hope the state government would learn the lesson. They (Congress) tried to postpone the elections but people taught them a lesson,” he said. Party state unit president, Pralhad Joshi, city unit president Subba Narasimha, former deputy chief minister, R. Ashok and V. Somanna were among those present on the occasion.

List of the Winners of the BBMP elections 2015

No   Ward Name     Winning Candidates    Party
1     Kempegowda    Chandramma         BJP
2     Chowdeshwari    R Padmavati          Congress
3     Attur        Nethra Pallavi         BJP
4     Yelahanka Satellite    Sathish M        BJP
5     Jakkur         K Munindra Kumar        BJP
6     Thanisandra        Mamatha KM          Congress
7     Byatarayanapura     P V Manjunath        Congress
8     Kodigehalli         Chethan KM         Congress
9     Vidyaranyapura    Kusuma H        BJP
10     Doddabommasandra    Jayalakshmi Pillappa        BJP
11     Kuvempu Nagar    V Prathibha Rajan        Congress
12     Shettyhalli         K Nagabhushan        Congress
13     Mallasandra         Lokesh        BJP
14     Bagalagunte        K Narasimha         BJP
15     T-Dasarahalli    Umadevi Nagaraj         BJP
16     Jalahalli         JN Srinivas Murthy        Congress
17     J.P.Park        Mamatha KB        BJP
18     Radhakrishna Temple    Anand         JD(S)
19     Sanjay Nagar    Indira Subhash        BJP
20 Ganga Nagar    Pramila Anand        BJP
21     Hebbal        Anand Kumar        Congress
22 Vishwanathnagenahalli    Rajashekharan V        JD(S)
23 Nagavara        Irshad Begum        Congress
24 HBR Layout        P Anand        Congress
25 Horamavu        Radhamma        Congress
26 Ramamurthy Nagar    Padmavathi Srinivas        BJP
27 Banasawadi        Kodanda Reddy        BJP
28 Kammanahalli    Munilakshmamma        BJP
29 Kacharakanahalli    Padmanabha Redd        BJP
30 Kadugondanahalli    Noushir Ahmad        Congress
31 Kushal Nagar     Umme Salma        JD(S)
32 Kavalbyrasandra    Netra Narayan         JD(S)
33 Manorayanapalya    Abdul Wajid         Congress
34 Gangenahalli    M  Nagaraju        BJP
35 Aramane Nagar    Sumangala B        BJP
36 Mathikere        Jayaprakash MC        BJP
37 Yeshwanthpur     GK Venkatesh        Congress
38 H.M.T        Asha Suresh        Congress
39 Chokkasandra    Sarvamangala Nagaraj    BJP
40 Dodda Bidarkallu    Vasudeva S        Congress
41 Peenya Industrial Area    Lalitha Thimananjaiah        Congress
42 Lakshmidevi Nagar    Velu Nayakar                        Congress
43 Nandini Layout    KV Rajendra Kumar        BJP
44 Marappana Palya    Mahadev M        JD-S
45 Malleshwaram    N Jayapal        BJP
46 Jayachamarajendra    Nagar      Ganesh Rao Mane        BJP
47 Devarajeevanahalli    Sampathraj        Congress
48 Muneshwara Nagar    Syed Sazida        Congress
49 Lingarajapura    Lavanya Ganesh        Congress
50 Benniganahalli    Meenakshi        Congress
51 Vijinapura        S Raju        BJP
52 K.R.Puram        K Poornima         BJP
53 Basavanapura    B N Jayaprakash         Congress
54 Hoodi        Hariprasad AC        Congress
55 Devasandra        M N Srikanth        Congress
56 A Narayanapura    V  Suresh        Congress
57 C.V.Raman Nagar    Aruna Ravi         BJP
58 Hosathippasandra    Shilpa KS         Congress
59 Maruthiseva Nagar    Hanna Bhuvaneshwari        Congress
60 Sagayapuram    Elumalai         Ind
61 S.K.Garden         Mohd Zameer Shah         Congress
62 Ramaswamy Palya    Netravathi Krishnegowda    Congress
63 Jayamahal        M K Gunashekhar        Congress
64 Rajamahal         Sathish Seth         BJP
65 Kadu Malleshwara    Manjunath Raju           BJP
66 Subramanya Nagar    H Manjunath                      Congress
67 Nagapura        Bhadregowda                     JD(S)
68 Mahalakshmipuram    S Keshavamurthy               Congress
69 Laggere        Manjula Narayanaswamy    JD(S)
70 Rajagopala Nagar     Padmavathi Narasimhamurthy        JD(S)
71 Hegganahalli        Bhagyamma K        BJP
72 Herohalli        Rajanna        Congress
73 Kottigepalya        G Mohan Kumar         Congress
74 ShakthiganapathiNagar    Gangamma Rajanna        JD(S)
75 Shankaramata M    Shivaraju         Congress
76 Gayathri Nagar    Chandrakala Harish        Congress
77 Dattathreya Temple    RS Satynarayan        Congress
78 Pulikeshi Nagar    AR Zakir        Congress
79 Sarvagna Nagar    Shashirekha Mukund        BJP
80 Hoysala Nagar    Anand Kumar        Ind
81 Vignana Nagar    SG Nagaraj        Congress
82 Garudacharpalya    BN Nithish Purushotham    Congress
83 Kadugudi        S Muniswamy         BJP
84 Hagadooru         S Uday Kumar        Congress
85 Doddanekkundi     Shwetha Vijayakumar         BJP
86 Marathalli        Ramesh         Ind
87 HAL Airport        N. Manjunath                     Congress
88 Jeevanbhima Nagar     Veena Kumari           BJP
89 Jogupalya        Gautham Kumar                BJP
90 Ulsoor        Mamatha Saravana         Ind
91 Bharathi Nagar     Shakeel Ahmed        Congress
92 Shivaji Nagar    Fareeda        Congress
93 Vasanth Nagar     Sampath Kumar         BJP
94 Gandhi Nagar    RJ lalitha        Congress
95 Subhash Nagar    L Govindaraju         Congress
96 Okalipuram        V Shivaprakash        BJP
97 Dayananda Nagar    Kumari Palanikanth        BJP
98 Prakash Nagar     Padmavathi G        Congress
99     Rajaji Nagar    G Krishnamurthy        Congress
100     Basaveshwara Nagar    Umavathi Padmaraj            BJP
101     Kamakshipalya    Pratima KS Ramesh          BJP
102     Vrushabhavathi     SP Hemalatha         JD(S)
103     Kaveripura        R Ramila        JD(S)
104     Govindraja Nagara    Umesh Shetty        BJP
105     Agrahara Dasarahalli    Shilpa G Sridhar         BJP
106     Dr.Rajkumar     Roopa R                            Congress
107     Shiva Nagar    ManjulaVijaykumar             Congress
108     Sri Rammandira     Deepa Nagesh                   BJP
109     Chikpete        Leela Shivakumar               BJP
110     Sampangiram Nagar    R Vasanth Kumar        Congress
111     Shanthala Nagar    MB Dwarakanath               BJP
112     Dommalur        Lakshminarayan        Ind
113     Konena Agrahara    Chandrappa Reddy             Others
114     Agaram        Bhavya                              BJP
115     Vannarpet        K Shivakumar                    BJP
116     Neelasandra    Balakrishnan G        Congress
117     Shanthi Nagar     P Sowmya        Congress
118     Sudam Nagar    RV Yuvaraj        Congress
119     Dharmarayaswamy    Temple Prathibha Dhanraj     BJP
120     Cottonpet        D Pramod                          Congress
121     Binnipet        Mahadevamma Nagaraj     Congress
122     Kempapura Agrahara    Gayathri          Ind     
123     Vijay Nagar    Srilatha  Gopinathraju        BJP
124     Hosahalli         R Mahalakshmi                  BJP
125     Marenahalli    Madhukumari Vageesh       BJP
126     Maruthi Mandira    V Shantha Kumari         BJP
127     Moodalapalya    Dase Gowda                      BJP
128     Nagarabhavi    Mohan Kumar                    BJP
129     Jnanabharathi    TejaswiniSitaramaiah          BJP
130     Ullalu        Sharada Muniraju               BJP
131     Nayandanahalli    M Savitha        Congress
132     Attiguppe         Dr S Raju         BJP
133     Hampi Nagar     Anand Hosur                     BJP
134     Bapuji Nagar     Azmal Beig          Congress
135     Padarayanapura    Imran Pasha         JD(S)
136     Jagareevanram Nagar     Seema Althaf Khan            Congress
137     Rayapuram    Shashikala Keshav             BJP
138     Chalavadipalya    Rekha Kadiresh          BJP
139     K.R.Market        Nazima Khanam                JD(S)
140     Chamrajpet    B Kokila Chandrashekha     Congress
141     Azad Nagar    M Sujatha        Congress
142     Sunkenahalli     DN Ramesh          BJP
143     Visvesvarapuram    Vani Rao         BJP
144     Siddapura        Muzahid Pasha         SDPI
145     Hombegowda Nagar    D Chandrappa         Congress
146     Lakkasandra    Mahesh Babu         BJP
147     Adugodi         Manjula           Congress
148     Ejipura        T Ramachandra                 Congress
149     Varthur        Pushpa Manjunath             BJP
150     Bellandur         N Asha Suresh        BJP
151     Koramangala    M Chandrappa                   Congress
152     Sudduguntepalya    G Manjunath                      Congress
153     Jayangar        Gangambike Mallikarjun    Congress
154     Basavangudi    B S Satyanarayana         BJP
155     Hanumantha Nagar    Kempegowda         BJP
156     Srinagar        M Savitha         BJP
157     Gali Anjaneya Swamy    Uma N                                Congress
158     Deepanjali Nagar    AnupamaDharmapal           BJP
159     Kengeri        BV Satyanaraya                     BJP
160     Rajarajeshwari Nagar    Nalini Manjunath                BJP
161     Hosakerehalli    Rajeshwarai Cholraj            BJP
162     Giri Nagar        AV Nandini Vijay Vittal         BJP
163     Katriguppe        SangathiVenkatesh            BJP
164     Vidyapeetha    Shamala Saikumar             BJP
165     Ganeshmandira    DH Lakshmi         BJP
166     Karisandra        Yashoda Lakshmikanth    BJP
167     Yadiyuru        Poornima Ramesh             BJP
168     Pattabhiram Nagar    HC Nagarathna Murthy    BJP
169     Byrasandra        N Nagaraju                        BJP
170     Jayanagar East    R Govinda Naidu                BJP
171     Gurappanapalya    Mohammad RizwanNawab     Congress
172     Madiwala        BN Manjunath Reddy        Congress
173     Jakkasandra    Saraswathamma        BJP
174     HSR Layout    Gurumurthy Reddy        BJP
175     Bommanahalli     C R Rajmohan Raju        BJP
176     BTM Layout    K Devadas        JD(S)
177     J.P.Nagar        KN Lakshmi Nataraj        BJP
178     Sarakki        Deepika ManjunathaReddy    BJP
179     Shakambari Nagar    M Malathi        BJP
180     Banashankari Temple     S Ansar Pasha        Congress
181     Kumaraswamy Layout    L Srinivas        BJP
182     Padmanabha Nagar    L ShobhaAnjanappa        BJP
183     Chikkalasandra    Supriya Shekhar        BJP
184     Uttarahalli        Hanumantaiah        BJP
185    Yelachenahalli    V Balakrishna        BJP
186     Jaraganahalli    BM Shobha        BJP
187     Puttenahalli    R Prabhavati Ramesh        BJP
188     Bilekahalli        K Narayan Raju        BJP
189     Hongasandra    Bharathi Ramachandra    BJP
190     Mangammanapalya    Shobha Jagadish        BJP
191     Singasandra    V Shantha        BJP
192     Begur        M Anjinappa         BJP
193     Arakere         Bhagyalakshmi         BJP      
194     Gottigere        Lalitha T Narayan        BJP
195     Konanakunte    Shashirekha Jayaram        BJP
196     Anjanapur         K Somashekhar        BJP
197     Vasanthapura    Shobha Gowda            Congress
198     Hemmigepura     Arya Srinivas          Congress