Bengaluru awaits elected corporators as constitutional deadlines pass

Bengaluru entered its seventh year without elected corporators as of September 11, 2026. The last elected Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) council completed its term on September 10, 2020. The Supreme Court had previously directed that elections to all five corporations be held in December 2026. The article notes that the city has been recast under the Greater Bengaluru framework into five municipal corporations.