When will Chandigarh Mayor Election be held, how many councilors?
An agreement has been reached between aam aadmi party and congress to contest the chandigarh Mayor election in alliance. Sources gave this information on Monday. Sources said that under the arrangement, AAP will contest for the mayor's seat, while congress will contest for the posts of Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor. This development has come at a time when AAP and congress, both constituents of the 'India' alliance of opposition parties, are holding talks on seat sharing for this year's lok sabha elections. AAP and congress have decided to form an alliance for the chandigarh Mayor elections on january 18. This is going to be a two-way contest and analysts believe that this will give both the parties an edge over BJP. bjp has 14 councilors in the thirty-five member chandigarh Municipal Corporation. The party also has an ex-officio member, MP, who has the right to vote. AAP has 13 councilors and congress has seven. Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has one councilor in the House.
Seat in chandigarh Municipal Corporation – 35BJP- 14Aam Aadmi Party- 13Congress- 7Shiromani Akali Dal- 1Last time bjp had wonVoting for the posts of Mayor, Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor will be held on Thursday. congress did not participate in the voting in 2022 and 2023, which led to BJP's victory in the mayor's election. elections are held for three posts every year during the five-year tenure of the House. This year the mayor's seat is reserved for the scheduled caste (SC) category.One councilor each from AAP and bjp changed parties
Let us tell you that before the chandigarh Mayor elections, bjp councilor Gurcharanjit Singh Kala had joined the aam aadmi party on Saturday. Chandigarh's Ward No. 20 Hallomajra councilor Kala had joined the aam aadmi party in the presence of Mohali mla Kulwant Singh. Four days before this, AAP councilor Lakhbir Singh Billu had joined BJP.