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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}
{{Update|date=October 2025}}
{{Infobox Political post
|post = Mayor
|body = [[Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike]]
|incumbent =''Vacant''
|incumbentsince = 10 September 2020
| image =
|party =
|termlength = 5 years
|website = [http://bbmp.gov.in/en/about-us Official Website]
|formation= {{start date and years ago|1949|df=y|p=y|br=y}}
|inaugural = [[R. Subbanna]]
}}

The '''Mayor of [[Bengaluru]]''' is the first citizen of the Indian city of [[Bengaluru]]. The Mayor is the Chief of [[Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike]]. The role of Mayor is largely ceremonial.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}} The Mayor also plays a functional role in deliberating over the discussions in the [[Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike|Corporation]]. The term of the Mayor is set for 5 years as per the ''Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Act of 2020'', during the erstwhile act of ''Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act of 1976'' the term was fixed for 1 year.

== Mayors ==
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* [[R. Subbanna]] (1949) - 1st Mayor<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/406274/from-here-amp-there.html| title=From here & there- elected Mayor| publisher=Deccan Herald | date=13 May 2014 | access-date=29 May 2016}}</ref>
* N. Keshavaiengar (1950)<ref>{{cite web|title=Second Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile: Keshavaiengar|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/789.htm|access-date=11 March 2018}}</ref>
* [[R. Anantharaman]] (1951)
* [[P. Hanumanthiah]] (1953)
* [[V.P. Deenadayalu Naidu]] (1955)
* [[M. Krishnappa (Born 1918)|M. Krishnappa]] (1956) <ref>http://www.kla.kar.nic.in/council/members/EXMEMBERS/KrishnappaM.htm Late Sri M. Krishnappa Ex - Member, Karnataka Legislative Council (Congress - Local Authorities)</ref>

* B. Indiramma
* Dr.M.Seshadri

* [[V. S. Krishna Iyer]] (1962–63)
* G.Narayana (1964)
* N.Narian Chetty (1968-69)(Born 29.12.1897-31.12.1969)
* Dr.M.G.Seshadri
* B S Sudhanwa <ref>{{Cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/B-S-Sudhanva-B-E/articleshow/50775054.cms | title=B.S.Sudhanva B.E - Times of India | website=[[The Times of India]] | date=29 January 2016 }}</ref>
* J Kuppuswamy
* B Nanjappa(1961)
* S. Sunderaj
* BKM Gowda (1985)
* Padmavati Gangadhara Gowda
* K C Vijaya Kumar (1990-91)
* G.Kuppaswamy (1994-1995)
* [[Prema Cariappa]]
* P R Ramesh<ref name="mayor2050">{{cite news | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/Ex-mayors-to-unveil-Vision-2050-for-Bangalore/2013/11/23/article1906621.ece | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131125030534/http://newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/Ex-mayors-to-unveil-Vision-2050-for-Bangalore/2013/11/23/article1906621.ece | url-status=dead | archive-date=25 November 2013 | title=Ex-mayors to unveil 'Vision-2050' for Bangalore | date=23 November 2013 | agency=Express News Service | access-date=25 January 2014 | location=Bangalore}}</ref>
* J Hucchappa<ref name="mayor2050" />
* K H N Simha<ref name="mayor2050" />
* Putte Gowda <ref name="thehindu.com">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/former-mayors-suggest-ways-to-improving-administration/article5273113.ece|title=Former Mayors suggest ways to improving administration|newspaper=The Hindu|date=26 October 2013}}</ref>
* M Ramachandrappa <ref name="thehindu.com"/>
* Pradeep Reddy<ref name="mayor2050" />
*Jeenabhai Devidos
* K.Chandrashekar - 39th Mayor<ref>{{cite web | url=http://hindu.com/2001/11/25/stories/0425402m.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305160852/http://hindu.com/2001/11/25/stories/0425402m.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=5 March 2014 | title=Chandrashekar elected Mayor| date=25 November 2001 | work=[[The Hindu]] | access-date=24 February 2014}}</ref>
* C M Nagaraj (2002-2003) <ref>{{cite web| url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Content/Aug192008/city2008081985398.asp| title=Former mayor C M Nagaraj no more| publisher=Deccan Herald| date=19 August 2008| access-date=24 February 2014| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228094801/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Content/Aug192008/city2008081985398.asp| archive-date=28 February 2014| df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* Narayanaswamy - 42nd Mayor
* [[Mumtaz Begum (politician)|Mumtaz Begum]] - 43rd Mayor<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/30/stories/2005113019920300.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051201114912/http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/30/stories/2005113019920300.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=1 December 2005 | title=Mumtaz Begum elected Mayor| date=30 Nov 2005 | work=[[The Hindu]] | access-date=24 February 2014}}</ref>
* S K Nataraj - 44th Mayor<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.oneindia.com/2010/04/23/sk-nataraj-bbmp-mayor-bangalore-dayanand-deputy.html | title=SK Nataraj elected as the 44th mayor of Bangalore| publisher=One India | date=23 April 2010 | access-date=25 January 2014}}</ref>
* [[Sharadamma Ramanjaneya]] - 45th Mayor.<ref name="shardamma">{{cite news|title=Will new Bangalore mayor Sharadamma rise to the challenge?|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report-will-new-bangalore-mayor-sharadamma-rise-to-the-challenge-1537751|date=30 April 2011|agency=[[Daily News and Analysis]]|location=Bangalore|access-date=2014-01-25}}</ref>
* [[D. Venkatesh Murthy]] - 46th Mayor<ref name="katte">{{cite news|title=Katte Sathya is city's new Mayor |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/Katte-Sathya-is-citys-new-Mayor/2013/09/05/article1768668.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221195118/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/Katte-Sathya-is-citys-new-Mayor/2013/09/05/article1768668.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 February 2014|date=5 September 2013 |agency=[[The New Indian Express]]|location=Bangalore|access-date=2014-01-25}}</ref>
* B S Satyanarayana alias Katte Satya - 47th Mayor<ref name="katte" />
* [[N. Shanthakumari]] - 48th Mayor <ref>{{cite news|last1=Chaturvedi|first1=Atul|title=City gets a woman Mayor in Shanthakumari|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/civic/City-gets-a-woman-Mayor-in-Shanthakumari/articleshow/41811898.cms|access-date=8 September 2014|agency=Bangalore Mirror Bureau|publisher=Bangalore Mirror|date=6 September 2014}}</ref>
* [[Manjunath Reddy]] 49th Mayor
* [[G. Padmavathi]] - 50th Mayor
* [[R. Sampath Raj]] - 51st Mayor
* [[Gangambike Mallikarjun]] - 52nd Mayor<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/gangambike-elected-as-bengalurus-new-mayor/articleshow/65996515.cms|title=Gangambike elected as Bengaluru's new Mayor|date=2018-09-28|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2018-10-02}}</ref>
* [[M Goutham Kumar]] - 53rd Mayor

== References ==
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*{{Cite web|title=::: BetweenUs :::|url=https://www.betweenus.in/|access-date=2022-02-09|website=www.betweenus.in}}

[[Category:Mayors of Bengaluru| ]]
[[Category:Lists of mayors of places in India|Bangalore]]

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