General House of Municipal Corporation Chandigarh

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 in the council of total 35 elected seats. However, the BJP managed to retain the power in the house, following defections and it later became the single largest party in the house. ^[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)

Party		Seats won	Seats +/−
	Aam Aadmi Party	14	14
	Bharatiya Janata Party	12	8
	Indian National Congress	8	4
	Shiromani Akali Dal	1

Two Congress members defected to BJP after election.

Composition of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (October 2025)

Party		Seats
	Bharatiya Janata Party	18
	Aam Aadmi Party	11
	Indian National Congress	6
	Nominated	9
	Member of Parliament	1

Current members

Elected councillors

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		BJP	Elected as AAP candidate, later defected to BJP
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		BJP	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

Nominated councillors

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

References

1. "Agenda for 314th meeting of General House to be held on 30.6.2022 | The official website of Municipal Corporation Chandigarh,Chandigarh Administration, India". mcchandigarh.gov.in. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
2. Ghazali, Mohammad; Ghosh, Deepshikha (27 December 2021). "AAP Wins Most Seats In Chandigarh Polls On Debut, BJP Mayor Among Losers". NDTV.com. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
3. "AAP emerges as leading party as Chandigarh MC poll throws up hung house; BJP's sitting mayor loses". The Tribune. 28 December 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
4. "Chandigarh Municipal Polls: AAP Emerges Leading Party; Party's Damanpreet Singh Defeats BJP Mayor". Outlook. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
5. "Who Is Harpreet Kaur Babla? Chandigarh's New Mayor Secures Victory Over INDIA Bloc With Cross-Voting Push". Times Now. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
6. "Manoj Sonkar resigns as Chandigarh Mayor ahead of SC hearing, 3 AAP councillors join BJP". India TV. 18 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
7. "Chandigarh AAP councillor Taruna Mehta joins Congress". Hindustan Times. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
8. "Another Congress councillor joins BJP, changes voting equation in Chandigarh Municipal Corporation". The Indian Express. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
9. "BJP councillor Gurcharan Singh Kala joins". Tribune. 13 January 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
10. "Congress councillor Gurbax Rawat joins BJP ahead of Chandigarh mayoral elections". India TV News. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
11. "Akali Dal's Chandigarh candidate Hardeep Singh who quit party joins AAP, boost for Congress' Manish Tewari". Tribune India.
12. Rana, Sandeep (11 January 2024). "Another blow to Chandigarh AAP, councillor Lakhbir Singh Billu joins BJP". Tribune India. Retrieved 10 January 2024.