AAP's crushing defeat in Chandigarh's mayoral election, BJP's Anoop Gupta will be the new mayor

Chandigarh Mayor Election: Who will be the new mayor of Chandigarh, it became clear today. BJP has swept the Chandigarh Mayor elections. BJP has got 15 votes, while Aam Aadmi Party has got 14 votes. Like the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, there was a direct contest between the BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party in the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation. BJP's Anup Gupta will be the new mayor of Chandigarh.

Anoop Gupta of BJP has defeated Jasbir Singh Laddy of Aam Aadmi Party. Jasbir Singh got 14 votes, while Anoop Gupta got 15 votes. A total of 29 votes were cast. No cross voting took place. Let us inform that no candidate was fielded from Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal in this election. Congress has 6 councillors, while Shiromani Akali Dal has one councillor.

MP of Chandigarh also casts vote

In December 2021, the Aam Aadmi Party emerged as the largest party in the municipal elections and won 14 of its councillors. BJP won 12 councillors, while Congress won 8 and Shiromani Akali won 1 councillor. Congress councilor Harpreet Kaur Babla joined the BJP after the elections. In June 2021, Congress councilor Gurcharanjit Singh Kala also joined BJP. Now both the AAP and the BJP have 14 councillors, while Chandigarh MP Kirron Kher is also a member of the municipal corporation and casts her vote.