The picture of the forthcoming local body elections is changing everyday. Though the city areas are untouched by the election fever, the candidates of the political parties are experiencing the same in all its shades.

In the district, Tumkur, Sira and Tiptur are considered as CMCs, while the remaining are considered as town municipal councils and panchayats. However, greater attention is now being focussed on Tumkur council, as it is the district centre and is nearer to Bangalore. Thus, the administration wing and the general public have always been keen on Tumkur local administration.

There are 35 wards in Tumkur council. Moreover, on a superficial level it can be known that there seems to be a competition amongst the Congress, BJP and the JD(S). However, this picture could change in the coming four to five days.

Moreover, these three parties have announced their official candidates in the newspapers. Also, all the three parties have proclaimed that they would work towards the comprehensive development of the city, if elected to the power.

Official candidates
The Congress party has named the following members as its official candidates, in an order from ward 1 to 35. They are as follows:  Indra Kumar, Rajanna, T Y Dadaiah, T S Tarunesh, T A Balakrishna, Revannasiddaiah, Mehaboob Pasha, Nayaz, Aslam Pasha, Syed Rehamatulla, Hanumantharayappa, Noor Dilshad Begum, Mohammed Hafeez,  M P Mahesh,  T C Lokesh, T G Ramesh, Ruksan Tabassum, Ayesha Tabassum, Raghuram, Vale Chandru, Kamala Krishnamurthy, K Aravind, T N Lakshmi Narayan,Shabeena Taj, Uma Kantesh,  B N Kalavathi, T C Kalpana, Chevika Ramesh Gowda, Zameer Ahmed, B S Ravish, Savitha, K C Basavaraju, H K Vedavathi, Vanajakshi and Basavaraju.

The official candidates from ward 1 to 35 in order of the BJP party are: T G Manjunath, E Venkatappa, Lakshmi Narasimharaju, S R Sridhar, Aslam, Siddalingaiah, H K Nagaraju, Lingappa, Fayaz Ahmed, Venkatesh, Prasanna, K P Mahesh, T M Mahesh, Manjula Hanumantharayappa, N Yashoda, Ramanjaneya, Jayalakshmi, T R Sadashivaiah, T D Krishnamurthy, Premalatha, P B Vijaya, Sujata Chandrashekar, Umadevi, Selvi Krihnappa, R N Satyanarayana, Annapoorna, Nasimhan,  S Leelavathi, Jayalakshmi, Narasimhaiah, Muniyappa.

The JD(S) has chosen the following members from ward 1 to 35 in order, as its official candidates: Kemparamaiah, R Indrakumar, T R Siddaraju, T R Suresh, T H Vasudev, Manjunath, K S Manjula, Noorulla Khan, Sudeeshwar, Siddiq Ahmed Bhaig, Bhagyamma, Habeebunnisa, B Farooq Ahmed, Tahira, Sudhir, Century Ramakrishna, Padmavathi, Basavaraj, Nazeerunnisa, T H Balakrishna, T C Hanumatharayappa, Jayalakshmamma, Srinivasa Prasad, T K Narasimhamurthy, SriDevi, Padma Prakash, C Lalithamalappa,  M H Jayalakshmi, Jayamma, Mahakul Baig, B L Vishwanath Gowda, Shabeena, T B Krishnappa, Kempamma, Jayalakshmi and Naraseeyappa. Against the background of the announcement of the official candidates by the major political parties, the electioneering process intensified on Thursday.