BJP Wins Chandigarh Municipal Corporation Election, Harpreet Kaur Babla Elected New Mayor
Date
1/30/2025 6:19:23 AM
(MENAFN- Live Mint) Harpreet Kaur Babla of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was elected as the new mayor of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation as the saffron party won the elections, defeating the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Harpreet Kaur Babla defeated Prem Lata of the AAM to become the new mayor of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation.
Harpreet Kaur Babla secured 19 votes while Lata got 17 votes. The result was announced by presiding officer Ramneek Singh Bedi.
Polling for the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation mayor commenced at 11:20 am in the assembly hall and concluded at 12:19 PM. The contest for the mayoral polls was between the BJP and the AAP-Congress alliance.
In the 35-member Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, the AAP holds 13 councillor seats, while its ally Congress has six. The BJP has a total of 16 councillors. It is suspected that some councillors from the AAP-Congress combine cross-voted in favour of the BJP.
As the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation election results were announced, all BJP members came into the well of the Assembly and celebrated by raising slogans hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other BJP leaders.
After the election of the mayor, polling for the posts of senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor would now take place. BJP's candidates for the posts of senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor are Bimla Dubey and Lakhbir Singh Billu respectively.
The Supreme Court had appointed retired Punjab and Haryana High Court Justice Jaishree Thakur as an independent observer for the mayoral election.
Chandigarh BJP vice president and husband of newly-elected Mayor, Devinder Singh Babla expressed his happiness stating that they were confident of their win.
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