Bengaluru: The BJP boycotted the election for the 51st Mayor of Bengaluru saying there were voters on the list who did not live in Bengaluru - a requirement for being eligible to vote. The Congress denies this as they celebrate their new mayor, Sampath Raj. Corporators are allowed to vote, along with legislators and lawmakers from the area covered by civic agency BBMP limits. The term of the mayor is one year and the outgoing mayor is the Congress's G Padmavathi.