General House of Municipal Corporation Chandigarh

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General House of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation is the legislature for the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation. [1]

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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.

Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (April 2022)
PartySeats wonSeats +/−
Aam Aadmi Party 14Increase2.svg14
Bharatiya Janata Party 12Decrease2.svg 8
Indian National Congress 8Increase2.svg4
Shiromani Akali Dal 1Steady2.svg

Two Congress members defected to BJP after election.

Composition of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (July 2022)
PartySeats
Aam Aadmi Party 14
Bharatiya Janata Party 14
Indian National Congress 6
Shiromani Akali Dal 1
Nominated (vacant)
Member of Parliament1

Current members

Elected councillors

Mayor: Harpreet Kaur Babla [5]
Senior Deputy Mayor: Jasbir Singh Bunty [5]
Deputy Mayor: Taruna Mehta [5]
Ward NoCouncillorPartyRemarks
1Jaswinder Kaur AAP
2Maheshinder Singh Sidhu BJP
3Dalip Sharma BJP
4Suman Devi AAP
5Darshana INC
6Sarabjit Kaur BJP
7Manoj Sonkar BJP
8Harjeet Singh BJP
9Bimala Dubey BJP
10Harpreet Kaur Babla BJP Elected as INC candidate, later defected to BJP.
11Anup Gupta BJP
12Saurabh Joshi BJP
13Sachin Galav INC
14Kuljeet Sandhu BJP
15Ram Chander Yadav AAP
16Poonam AAP Elected as AAP candidate, defected to BJP after election. [6]
17Damanpreet Singh AAP
18Taruna Mehta INC Elected as AAP candidate, defected to INC after the election. [7]
19Neha Musawat BJP Elected as AAP candidate, defected to BJP after election. [6]
20Gurcharan 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]
21Jasbir Singh AAP
22Anju Katyal AAP
23Prem Lata AAP
24Jasbir Singh Bunty INC
25Yogesh Dhingra AAP
26Kuldeep Kumar AAP
27Gurbax Rawat BJP Elected as INC candidate, defected to BJP on 27 January 2025. [10]
28Nirmala Devi INC
29Manaur AAP
30Hardeep Singh AAP Elected as SAD candidate, defected to AAP after the election. [11]
31Lakhbir Singh Billu BJP Elected as AAP candidate, defected to BJP after the election. [12] [6]
32Jasmanpreet Singh Babbar BJP
33Kanwarjit Rana BJP
34Gurpeet Singh INC
35Rajinder Sharma BJP

Nominated councillors

Sr. No.Councillor
1Charanjiv Singh
2Ajay Dutta
3Sachin Kumar Lohtiya
4Haji Mohd. Khurshid Ali
5Dr Joytsna Wig
6Shipra Bansal
7Sat Parkash Aggarwal
8Kamla Sharma
9Maj. Gen. M. S. Kandal

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