Overview

• Karnataka government informed the Supreme Court that civic polls for Bengaluru’s five new city corporations will be held in November once delimitation and reservation are complete.
• Draft boundaries for the five municipal corporations were published on July 19, with a public objections window open until August 18.
• A final boundary notification is scheduled for September 2, clearing the way for ward delimitation to run from September 3 to November 1.
• Ward reservation allocations, including quotas for women and OBCs, must be finalized by November 1 under requirements of the Greater Bengaluru Governance Act.
• The Supreme Court has stayed elections over challenges to reservation rotations under Article 243 U and will monitor the revised poll timeline.