General House of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation is the legislature for the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation. [1]
Contesting the 2021 Chandigarh Municipal Corporation election for the first time, Aam Aadmi Party won 14 seats and became the single largest party in the council of total 35 elected seats. [2] Sitting mayor Ravi Kant Sharma from BJP lost his seat to AAP candidate Damanpreet Singh. [3] [4]
Composition of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation after 2021 Chandigarh Municipal Corporation election.
Party | Seats won | Seats +/− | |
---|---|---|---|
Aam Aadmi Party | 14 | ![]() | |
Bharatiya Janata Party | 12 | ![]() | |
Indian National Congress | 8 | ![]() | |
Shiromani Akali Dal | 1 | ![]() |
Two Congress members defected to BJP after election.
Party | Seats | |
---|---|---|
Aam Aadmi Party | 14 | |
Bharatiya Janata Party | 14 | |
Indian National Congress | 6 | |
Shiromani Akali Dal | 1 | |
Nominated | (vacant) | |
Member of Parliament | 1 |
Mayor: Harpreet Kaur Babla [5] | ||||
Senior Deputy Mayor: Jasbir Singh Bunty [5] | ||||
Deputy Mayor: Taruna Mehta [5] | ||||
Ward No | Councillor | Party | Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jaswinder Kaur | AAP | ||
2 | Maheshinder Singh Sidhu | BJP | ||
3 | Dalip Sharma | BJP | ||
4 | Suman Devi | AAP | ||
5 | Darshana | INC | ||
6 | Sarabjit Kaur | BJP | ||
7 | Manoj Sonkar | BJP | ||
8 | Harjeet Singh | BJP | ||
9 | Bimala Dubey | BJP | ||
10 | Harpreet Kaur Babla | BJP | Elected as INC candidate, later defected to BJP. | |
11 | Anup Gupta | BJP | ||
12 | Saurabh Joshi | BJP | ||
13 | Sachin Galav | INC | ||
14 | Kuljeet Sandhu | BJP | ||
15 | Ram Chander Yadav | AAP | ||
16 | Poonam | AAP | Elected as AAP candidate, defected to BJP after election. [6] | |
17 | Damanpreet Singh | AAP | ||
18 | Taruna Mehta | INC | Elected as AAP candidate, defected to INC after the election. [7] | |
19 | Neha Musawat | BJP | Elected as AAP candidate, defected to BJP after election. [6] | |
20 | Gurcharan Jeet Singh Kala | BJP | Elected as INC candidate, defected to BJP, then to AAP and then again to BJP after the election. [8] [9] [6] | |
21 | Jasbir Singh | AAP | ||
22 | Anju Katyal | AAP | ||
23 | Prem Lata | AAP | ||
24 | Jasbir Singh Bunty | INC | ||
25 | Yogesh Dhingra | AAP | ||
26 | Kuldeep Kumar | AAP | ||
27 | Gurbax Rawat | BJP | Elected as INC candidate, defected to BJP on 27 January 2025. [10] | |
28 | Nirmala Devi | INC | ||
29 | Manaur | AAP | ||
30 | Hardeep Singh | AAP | Elected as SAD candidate, defected to AAP after the election. [11] | |
31 | Lakhbir Singh Billu | BJP | Elected as AAP candidate, defected to BJP after the election. [12] [6] | |
32 | Jasmanpreet Singh Babbar | BJP | ||
33 | Kanwarjit Rana | BJP | ||
34 | Gurpeet Singh | INC | ||
35 | Rajinder Sharma | BJP |
Sr. No. | Councillor |
---|---|
1 | Charanjiv Singh |
2 | Ajay Dutta |
3 | Sachin Kumar Lohtiya |
4 | Haji Mohd. Khurshid Ali |
5 | Dr Joytsna Wig |
6 | Shipra Bansal |
7 | Sat Parkash Aggarwal |
8 | Kamla Sharma |
9 | Maj. Gen. M. S. Kandal |
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