LIVE Updates | Chandigarh Mayoral Elections: 'Black Day For Democracy...', Says Bhagwant Mann On Results

Chandigarh Mayoral Polls LIVE: Heavy security has been deployed at the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh for the mayoral polls to begin shortly. Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann calls Chandigarh Mayor election a ‘black day’ for democracy

New Delhi: The voting for Chandigarh Mayoral Elections has ended and the counting process of counting has begun. Results of the polls will be announced soon. Congress and AAP are in an alliance, and they are in a high-stakes battle with the BJP. In the last many years, BJP has won the Mayor's post. 

The AAP has fielded Kuldeep Kumar, who moved the high court against the postponement of the polls, for the mayor’s post, while the Congress has nominated candidates for senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor. The BJP has chosen Manoj Sonkar for the mayor’s post, and Kuljeet Sandhu and Rajinder Sharma for the other two posts.

The BJP has the advantage of having 14 councillors and the Chandigarh MP Kirron Kher as an ex-officio member in the 35-member Chandigarh Municipal Corporation. The AAP has 13 councillors, the Congress has seven, and the Shiromani Akali Dal has one.

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30 January 2024

16:30 IST

Chandigarh Mayor Elections Live Updates | Bhagwant Mann Calls It 'Black Day'

Regarding the Chandigarh Mayor election, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann said, "Today will be written and remembered as a black day in our country's democracy. Unfortunately, this is the same month when we celebrate Republic Day.

16:17 IST

Live Updates: Chandigarh Mayoral Elections

Taking to Twitter, Congress leader Pawan Khera took a dig at BJP, "That the BJP chose January 30 to kill Democracy in #Chandigarh does not come as a surprise."