Chandigarh Municipal Corporation Election Results 2021 LIVE: New entrant Aam Aadmi Party has emerged as the leading party winning 14 of 35 wards so far as the counting of votes in the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation polls is in progress here on Monday. In a setback to the ruling BJP, sitting mayor and party candidate Ravi Kant Sharma was defeated by AAP’s Damanpreet Singh, according to results declared so far.
Counting of votes is underway for the election held here on Friday.
Live Updates on the Results:
‣ This victory of Aam Aadmi Party in Chandigarh Municipal Corporation is a sign of the coming change in Punjab. People of Chandigarh today have chosen honest politics of AAP, rejecting corrupt politics. Many congratulations to all the winning candidates and workers of AAP. This time Punjab is ready for change: Arvind Kejriwal.
‣ AAP leader Raghav Chadha, congratulating the party on its win, said this reflected the upcoming results in the Punjab assembly elections. “This was just the trailer,” he said.
‣ AAP is contesting elections there for the first time and according to the current trends, the people of Chandigarh have given us a grand welcome. I want to thank every voter & party worker for this: Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia on Chandigarh Municipal Corporation poll results. The leader is reaching the city in the afternoon.
‣ BJP: 12
AAP: 14
Congress: 8
Other: 1
‣ Congress’s Sumit Chawla loses to BJP candidate Kuljeet Singh in Ward No. 14.
‣ Sitting mayor Ravi K Sharma loses in the polls to AAP.
‣ Over 60 per cent polling was recorded in the elections held here on Friday. The number of wards has increased from 26 in 2016 to 35 now.
‣ Traditionally, the municipal election – held every five years – sees a locking of horns between the BJP and the Congress, but the entry of the Aam Aadmi Party made the contest this time triangular. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) holds a majority in the current municipal body.
‣ In the last MC elections, the BJP had won 20 seats and its erstwhile ally Shiromani Akali Dal one. The Congress had managed to win only four seats. The BJP fought the election on plank of its “achievements” in the past five years.
‣ On the other hand, the Congress and the AAP targeted the BJP for allegedly failing to undertake development work and criticised it over the city going down in the “Swachh Survekshan” (a ranking for cleanliness) rankings. The two parties also targeted the BJP for not resolving the issue of the Dadumajra dumping ground besides those of rise in prices of essential commodities.
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