New administration for MCC; 3.87 voters the deciders!

aaron, Sep 30, 2019, 9:26 AM IST

Mangaluru: The stage is getting set for the corporation election and the decision on who will get the next administration is in the hands of 3.87 lakh voters. The election commission has not yet announced the election dates officially. Even then, political parties have started their own calculations. As per the available information, 1,99,989 male, 1,87,465 female, making a total of 3,87,517 voters have registered themselves. The process of adding even more voters is expected to be started soon.

In 2013, there were 3,26,995 voters including 1,58,121 male and 1,68,874 female voters of which 2,07,070 voters (63,28%) had cast their votes. 52^nd Kannur ward saw the highest amount of voter turnout at 75.75% while Bendoor ward saw the least turnout at 47.35%.

Wards within zonal office limits

Zone 1 Surathkal

Wards	Population
Surathkal West ward No. 1	9,346
Surathkal East – 2	7,109
Katipalla East – 3	8,599
Katipalla Krishnapura – 4	9,522
Katipalla North – 5	9,935
Idya East – 6	9,336
Idya West – 7	8,406
Hosabettu – 8	9,535
Kulai – 9	10,649
Baikampady – 10	7,503
Panambur – 11	9,930
Bengre – 60	8,542
Total	1,08,052

Zone 2, Head office, Lalbhag

Wards	Population
Panjimogaru – 12	8,555
Kunjaithbail North – 13	8,615
Kunjaithbail South – 14	7,137
Marakad – 15	8,342
Bangra Kuloor – 16	8,300
Derebail North – 17	10,393
Kavoor – 18	11,781
Derebail South – 24	9,367
Derebail West – 25	8,253
Derebail South West – 26	9,023
Boloor – 27	7,077
Mannagudda – 28	6,741
Kamba – 29	6,650
Kodialbail – 30	6,80
Bejai – 31	8,370
Falneer – 39	7,740
Court – 40	6,917
Central Market – 41	5,829
Dongerkere – 42	7,149
Kudroli – 43	6,250
Bunder – 44	6,749
Port – 45	7,449
Cantonment – 46	6,908
Milagres – 47	7,998
Attavar – 55	8,398
Mangaldevi – 56	8,216
Hoigebazaar – 57	7,244
Bolar – 58	6,378
Total	2,18,209

Zone 3, Kadri

Wards	Population
Pachanady – 18	8,120
Tiruvail – 20	9,146
Padavu West – 21	8,354
Kadri Padavu – 22	10,955
Derebail East – 23	10,096
Kadri North – 32	7,158
Kadri South – 33	6,497
Shivbagh – 34	6,396
Padavu Central – 35	8,859
Padavu East – 36	7,460
Maroli – 37	7,797
Bendoor – 38	7,322
Kankanady Valencia – 48	8,509
Kankanady – 49	9,350
Alape South – 50	7,026
Alape North – 51	7,954
Kannur – 52	8,075
Bajal – 53	8,602
Jeppinamogaru – 54	7,314
Jeppu – 59	7,717
Total	1,62,707

Rs 403 crore spent in five years

Altogether, 11,688 works have been undertaken in the term from 2014-15 to 2018-19 at the cost of Rs 403 crore. As per the documents, in 2014-15, 1,201 works were done at the cost of Rs 27.99 crore, 2015-16 aw 2,343 works at the cost of Rs 85.45 crore, 2016-17 saw 2,401 work at the cost of Rs 64.08 crore, 2017-18 saw 3,174 crore at the cost of 102,32 crore and 2,569 works were done in 2018-19 at the cost of Rs 123.66 crore.

MCC elections till now

After getting upgraded into a corporation from a city municipality, the first elections of Mangaluru City Corporation were held in 1984 in which Congress won the election. Later in 1990, Congress won again. From 1995 60 1997, the administration of the corporation was in the hands of the administration officer. During the 1997 election, no party achieved a clear majority (BJP 24, JD(S) 6, Congress 30) and hence, Congress and JD(S) formed an alliance and took power. In 2002, Congress again won with 40 seats. Finally, in 2007, BJP won the power for the first time with 35 seats and Congress getting 20 seats. What is special is that, during the last year of the term, even though BJP had the majority, a mistake committed by them gave the mayor post to Gulzar Banu of Congress. In 2013, Congress once again won the administration and Mahabala Marla (2014-15), Jacintha Vijaya Alfred (2015-16), K Harinath (2016-17), Kavita Sanil (2017-18) and Bhaskar K (2018-19) became the mayors. Presently, administration officer is in duty.

Mayors until now

Mayor	Term
Sadashiva Bhanday	1984-85
Abdul Khader	1985-86
Dr\| C K Bantwal	1986-87
Ajith Kumar	1987-88
P M Castalino	1988-89
Sadashiva Bhandary	1990-91
B sunder	1991-92
Vamana Saliyan	1992-93
Krishnappa Mendon	1993 – 5 months
Yunis Britto	1993–94
Ramesh Kotiyan	1994-95
Devanna Shetty	1997-98
Hilda Alva	1998-99
Ramesh Kotiyan	1999-2000
Sundari	2000-01
M Shashidhar Hegde	2002-03
K Diwakar	2003-04
Purandaradas Kuloor	2004-05
K Ashraf	2005-06
Vijaya Arun	2006-07
Ganesh Hosabettu	2008-09
M Shankar Bhat	2009-10
Rajani Duggana	2010-11
Praveen	2011-12
Gulzar Banu	2012-13
Mahabala Marla	2014-15
Jacintha Vijaya Alfred	2015-16
K Harinath	2016-17
Kavita Sanil	2017-18
Bhaskar K	2018-19