Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

Bengaluru City Corporation Br̥uhat Beṅgaḷūru Mahānagara Pālike
Type
Type	Municipal Corporation
History
Founded	27 March 1862 (162 years ago) (1862-03-27)
Preceded by	Corporation of the City of Bangalore (1949)
Leadership
Administrator (In Absence of Mayor)	Rakesh Singh
Municipal Commissioner	Tushar Giri Nath,[1] IAS
Mayor	Vacant, since 10 September 2020
Deputy Mayor	Vacant, since 10 September 2020
Leader of the Opposition	Vacant, since 10 September 2020
Seats	243
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	2015
Next election	2024
Motto
ಕನ್ನಡವೇ ಉಸಿರು ಕನ್ನಡವೇ ಹಸಿರು (Kannada) Kannada is our breath; Kannada is indeed, evergreen
Meeting place
Kempegowda Civic Hall, Hudson Circle (Corporation Circle), Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560002
Website
BBMP
Footnotes
Governed by: Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Act, 2020

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is the administrative body responsible for civic amenities and some infrastructural assets of the Greater Bengaluru metropolitan area.^[2] It is the fourth largest Municipal Corporation in India and is responsible for a population of 8.4 million in an area of 741 km². Its boundaries have expanded more than 10 times over the last six decades.^[3]

Its roles and responsibilities include the "orderly development of the city" — zoning and building regulations, health, hygiene, licensing, trade and education, as well as quality of life issues such as public open space, water bodies, parks and greenery.

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. A range of other statutory authorities exercise certain municipal responsibilities (eg: the Bangalore Development Authority, and BESCOM).

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 or more of the state's political parties.