Chandigarh Mayor Election: Bharatiya Janata Social gathering’s Harpreet Kaur Babla emerged victorious within the Chandigarh Mayor election, securing 19 votes to change into town’s new mayor. The victory got here after a notable occasion of cross-voting, which helped Babla surpass the AAP-Congress I.N.D.I alliance, which managed to safe solely 17 votes.
The elections for the posts of Mayor, Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor had been held within the meeting corridor of the Chandigarh Municipal Company. The AAP and Congress contested the mayoral elections as an alliance. Whereas AAP contested the Mayor’s put up, Congress has put up its candidates — Jasbir Singh Bunty and Taruna Mehta — for the posts of Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor, respectively. The AAP had fielded its councillor Prem Lata for the Mayor’s put up.
The BJP had 16 councillors, whereas the Congress had 6, and the Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP) had 13 councillors. Along with the councillors, Manish Tiwari, the MP from Chandigarh, was additionally granted voting rights on this election as a nominated member of the Municipal Company.
SC appointed observer for election
The Supreme Courtroom had additionally appointed Justice (retired) Jayshree Thakur from the Punjab and Haryana Excessive Courtroom as an unbiased observer for the Chandigarh Mayor election. This was performed in response to earlier controversies surrounding the election. The highest courtroom had instructed that the election proceedings be carried out within the presence of the observer and that videography of the election course of be performed for additional accountability.
AAP gained mayoral seat in 2024
Within the 2024 mayoral elections, AAP’s Kuldeep Kumar was declared the mayor of the Chandigarh MC by the Supreme Courtroom on February 20 final yr, after overturning the results of the Chandigarh mayoral ballot through which the BJP candidate had been declared the winner. The then presiding officer, Anil Masih, was caught on digital camera invalidating eight poll papers that had been in favour of the AAP-Congress alliance.