Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) proposed a new delimitation of wards on the 18th of August 2023. This delimitation divided the area under BBMP into 225 wards instead of the 243 wards which was the regime that was brought into force in 2022 under the then BJP government. This delimitation was open to the public for objections and suggestions for two weeks.

On 25th September, 2023, the Government of Karnataka issued a notification about the final delimitation of ward into the same 225 wards based on the suggestions and objections received, and published the map of the final 225 ward boundaries on Oct 1st, 2023.

Changes due to the suggestions

Between the two delimitations, the changes are minor but substantial when seen at the wards level. At the top level, they look more or less the same. However, the changes between the two range from changes in name to changes in boundaries of wards.

Changes in ward names

Fifteen of the 225 wards underwent change in names between the proposed and final ward delimitations.

Proposed Ward Number and Name	Final Ward Number and Name
27-Byadarahalli	27-Lingadheeranahalli
46-Marappana Palya	46-Rajiv Nagar
47-Nandini Layout	47-Dr. Puneet Rajkumar
50-Dr. Puneet Rajkumar	50-Nalvadi Krishna Raja Wadiyar
83-KSFC Layout	83-Subbayyanapalya
98-Belatur	98-Hudi
99-Hudi	99-Byrathi
130-Prakash Nagar	130-Sriramamandir
131-Sriramamandir	131-Shivanagara
132-Shivanagara	132-Rajaji Nagar
165-Someshwara Nagar	165-B Venkata Reddy Nagar
167-Shantala Nagar	167-Ashok Nagar
196-Hanumanth Nagar	196-Gavi Gangadhareshwara
198-Basavanagudi	198-Dodda Ganapati
200-Girinagar	200-Swamy Vivekananda

While some of the changes seem straightforward, a few stand out. The name Dr. Puneet Rajkumar ward has shifted from Kurubarahalli to Nandini Layout to include Kanteerava Studios, a nod to his final resting place. However, the delimitation created the need for a new name as the area of ward 50 was carved out from existing wards and Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar found a place. The area under consideration is Kurubarahalli and that could have been a better choice instead.

Belathur loses out on having a ward under its name and instead Byrathi finds a place. However, the issue of the three exclaves continues as ward 99-Byrathi inherits them from the old ward 54-Hudi. These exclaves are the result of those erstwhile villages being part of the Mahadevapura constituency while wards belonging to K.R.Puram constituency lie in between.

While a reshuffling of names across Prakash Nagar, Srirammandir, Shivanagara and Rajajinagar has happened near Rajajinagar, further south, area names like Hanumanthanagar, Basavanagudi and Girinagar have been replaced with names of prominent temples in the area in the case of the former two and Swami Vivekananda in the latter case, ostensibly because of the presence of a Vivekananda Statue in the Vivekananda Park in Girinagar.

Changes in ward boundaries

While fifteen wards saw changes in names due to public suggestions, the corresponding number of wards which saw a change in boundaries is 76. A third of the total wards had their boundaries redrawn, either for minor changes or major ones.

However, of these 76, only 6 saw a change in area of more than 1 sq. km – in Yelahanka and Mahadevapura assembly constituencies.

In Yelahanka assembly constituency the ward boundaries were redrawn between 1-Kempegowda ward and 2-Chowdeshwari Ward, with Kempegowda ward gaining 3.5 sq. km.

In the case of Mahadevapura assembly constituency the main loser was ward 98 which was renamed to Hudi from Belathur and lost 2.75 sq km. Ward 99 which was renamed Byrathi from Hudi gained 1.70 sq. km. 102-AECS Layout ward gained 1.13 sq. km while 103-Whitefield lost 1 sq. km. 97-Kadugodi also gained 0.90 sq. km in this reshuffle.

The rest of the wards had minor changes and redrawing of boundaries. The below table lists all the wards from the proposed wards that underwent changes in boundaries.

1- Kempegowda	2- Chowdeshwari	6- Jakkuru	8 – Amruthahalli
12- Dodda Bommasandra	13- Vidyaranyapura	14- Kuvempu Nagar	38- Laxmidevi Nagar
39- Laggere	40- Chowdeshwari Nagar	46- Marappana Palya	47- Nandini Layout
48- Mahalakshmipuram	49- Nagapura	50- Dr. Puneet Rajkumar	64 – Vishwanath Nagenahalli
65 – Manorayanapalya	72 – Devarajeevanahalli	73 – SK Garden	91- KR Puram
92- Basavanapura	97 – Kadugodi	98 – Belathur	99 – Hudi
102- AECS Layout	103- Whitefield	105- Munnekolalu	106- Marathahalli
109 – Benniganahalli	110 – CV Raman Nagar	111 – Kaggadasapura	112- New Tippasandra
129 – Dayanandanagar	130 – Prakash Nagar	131 – Sriramamandir	132 – Shivanagara
133 – Basaveswara Nagar	134 – Kamakshipalya	135 – Dr. Rajkumar Ward	136 – Govindaraja Nagar
137 – Marenahalli	138 -Kaveripura	140 – Maruthi Mandir Ward	142 – Chandra Layout
143 – Nayandahalli	177 – Lakkasandra	178 – Saddagunte Palya	179 – Madivala
180 – Someshwara Temple Ward	181 – BTM Layout	182 – Byrasandra	183- Gurappanapalya
184- Jayanagar East	185 – JP Nagar	186 – Shakambari Nagar	188 – Yediyur
189 – Ganesh Mandir Ward	190 – Devagiri Temple Ward	191- Banashankari Temple ward	192 – Kumaraswamy Layout
193 – Padmanabha Nagar	194 – Chikkalsandra	196 – Hanumanth Nagar	197 – Srinagar
198 – Basavanagudi	199 – Vidyapeeta	200 – Girinagar	201 – Katriguppe
210 – Kalena Agrahara	211 – Begur	221 – HSR Layout	223 – Mangammana Palya

You can view the final wards map through this interactive map and compare the changes with the proposed maps.

You can also view the final wards through this google map, where the wards are overlaid on the constituency.