The ward-wise map of five corporations in Bengaluru.
Credit: GBA
Bengaluru’s newly carved out five corporations will encompass a total of 368 wards, according to the draft delimitation of wards published by the Karnataka government. Each new corporation comprises anywhere between two and 10 Assembly constituencies.
Of the 28 Assembly constituencies in Bengaluru Urban, while one is spread across three corporations, four constituencies are split between two corporations.
While the Mahadevapura Assembly constituency is split between Bengaluru East and South corporations, parts of the Rajarajeshwarinagar (RR Nagar) Assembly constituency have been assigned to three corporations — South, West and North. The Yeshwantpur and Padmanabhanagar constituencies are split between South and West corporations. Similarly, the Dasarahalli Assembly segment is spread across North and West corporations.
Here is a list of the Assembly constituencies in each of the five corporations.
Corporation | Assembly constituency |
Bengaluru East | KR Pura |
Bengaluru East | Mahadevapura* |
Bengaluru South | Anekal |
Bengaluru South | Jayanagar |
Bengaluru South | Padmanabanagar* |
Bengaluru South | BTM Layout |
Bengaluru South | Bangalore South |
Bengaluru South | Bommanahalli |
Bengaluru South | Mahadevapura* |
Bengaluru South | Yeshwantapur* |
Bengaluru South | Rajarajeshwarinagar* |
Bengaluru West | Govindrajnagar |
Bengaluru West | Dasarahalli* |
Bengaluru West | Padmanabanagar* |
Bengaluru West | Basavanagudi |
Bengaluru West | Malleshwaram |
Bengaluru West | Mahalakshmi Layout |
Bengaluru West | Yeshwantapur* |
Bengaluru West | Rajarajeshwarinagar* |
Bengaluru West | Rajajinagar |
Bengaluru West | Vijayanagar |
Bengaluru North | Dasarahalli* |
Bengaluru North | Pulakeshinagar |
Bengaluru North | Byatarayanapura |
Bengaluru North | Yelahanka |
Bengaluru North | Rajarajeshwarinagar* |
Bengaluru North | Sarvagnanagar |
Bengaluru North | Hebbal |
Bengaluru Central | Chamarajpet |
Bengaluru Central | Chickpet |
Bengaluru Central | C V Raman Nagar |
Bengaluru Central | Gandhinagar |
Bengaluru Central | Shanthinagar |
Bengaluru Central | Shivajinagar |
(* indicates constituency spread across more than one corporation)
Bengaluru East City Corporation, which has 50 wards, comprises a large part of the Mahadevapura Assembly constituency and the whole of K R Puram constituency.
Bengaluru South City Corporation, which has 72 wards, covers nine Assembly constituencies, including parts of Mahadevapura, RR Nagar, Padmanabhanagar and Yeshwantpur segments.
Bengaluru City West Corporation, which has the highest number of wards at 111, comprises 10 Assembly constituencies, including a section of Padmanabhanagar, RR Nagar, Yeshwantpur and Dasarahalli segments.
Bengaluru North City Corporation, with 72 wards, comprises seven Assembly constituencies, including a part of RR Nagar and a part of Dasarahalli constituency.
Bengaluru City Central Corporation comprises six Assembly constituencies and has 50 wards.
Each new corporation — Bengaluru Central, South, East, West and North – covers an area ranging from 78 sq km to 168 sq km.
Based on the 2023 data, the average population of a ward in corporations such as Central, West, North, and South will be around 40,000.
Bengaluru East City Corporation, which covers just two Assembly constituencies, will have an average population of 26,000 per ward.