The City Police Commissioner has prohibited the sale of alcohol in specific police station jurisdictions within Bengaluru from 4 pm on October 21 to 4 pm on October 23 to maintain peace and order during the biennial elections for the Bengaluru Teachers Constituency and the South-East Graduates Constituency of the Legislative Council. During this period, the sale, supply, and consumption of alcohol are strictly forbidden in wholesale and retail liquor shops, wine shops, bars, hotels, restaurants, and other liquor outlets. The ban also extends to the storage and consumption of alcohol in private premises, although an exemption has been granted for the supply of food in hotels and restaurants.
The alcohol prohibition applies to the following police station jurisdictions: Central Division (Highgrounds, Kabbampura, Sheshadripuram, East); East Division (Pulakeshinagar, Govindapura); West Division (Chamarajapet, Vijayanagar, Govindaraj Nagar, Annapoorneshwari Nagar); North Division (Rajajinagar, Malleswaram, Subramanya Nagar, Hebbal); South Division (V.V. Puram, Hanumanth Nagar, Jayanagar); South-East Division (Koramangala, H.S.R. Layout); North-West Division (Kengeri, Subramanyapura, Konanakunte); North-West Division (Badarahalli, Bagalagunte); North-East Division (Devanahalli, Amruthahalli, Yelahanka); Whitefield Division (K.R. Puram); and Electronic City Division (Electronic City, Begur).
Additionally, the sale and consumption of alcohol will be banned from 6 am to 11:59 pm on October 27, the day of the vote count, within the jurisdiction of the Halasuru Gate Police Station in the Central Division.
