Gulzar Banu (born 1963[1]) is an Indian politician and former mayor of the Mangalore City Corporation, India.

A member of the Indian National Congress (INC), Banu is the sixth woman to hold the position of mayor.

[2] Banu won the 2012 mayoral election after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate, Roopa Bangera, was disqualified due to a failure to properly submit her caste certificate in the prescribed format within the given time, and that the certificate subsequently submitted by her was past the time stipulated for filing the nomination.

[2] Due to the absence of any provision in the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976, to call for a no-confidence motion, Banu was to serve as mayor for the proscribed term from 7 March 2012 to 20 February 2013.

[2] She took office on 7 March 2012, with BJP politician Amitakala as Deputy Mayor.