- By Shibra Arshad
- Fri, 08 Aug 2025 02:57 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
The Karnataka government has approved the Greater Bengaluru Governance (Amendment) Bill, 2025, to conduct local body elections. With the approval of the bill, the administration is all set to prepare the voter list for all 5 local administrative corporations. The bill advocated the formation of the electoral roll for the newly formulated local body to conduct elections under the supervision of the State Election Commission (SEC).
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Five corporations were carved out of the then-existing civic body of the city, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). These corporations are- Central, North, East, West, and South and vary in size of the population. The Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) replaced BBMP on May 15, 2025, under the Greater Bengaluru Governance Act, 2024.
The bill will now be placed in parliament during the monsoon session. Starting from August 11. The bill will introduce changes in a few words in the original act.
Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister HK Patil briefed the repeaters on the same and said that the bill will expedite the creation of the voter list, and polls will be held sooner.
The Supreme Court has directed the Karnataka government to complete ward delimitation and issue final notifications by November 1, 2025. Following this, the State Election Commission (SEC) will require 60 to 90 days to finalise voter lists.
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) continues to manage city governance and administration without a council, which has been absent since its term ended in September 2020, until the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) is fully established.