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."

15:41 IST

Live Updates: Chandigarh Mayor Manoj Sonkar Thanks BJP, PM Modi

Newly-elected Chandigarh mayor Manoj Sonkar on winning Mayor polls, "I am very happy. Previously, we used to work for our respective wards as a councillor, now I have being a mayor, I have got an opportunity to work for the whole city. I want to thank my party BJP and PM Modi."

15:26 IST

Live Updates: BJP Robbed Chandigarh Mayoral Polls

BJP’s victory in Chandigarh mayoral polls was a blatant theft, says AAP leader and Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj. He said that the BJP had 14 councillors, while the AAP and Congress had 13 and 7, respectively. The Akali Dal had only one councillor. The AAP-Congress alliance, with 20 councillors, had a clear majority over the BJP-Akali Dal alliance, which had 15 councillors. He said that there was no way that the BJP could have won the polls.

15:02 IST

Chandigarh Mayoral Polls Live Updates: AAP Slams Presiding Officer 

""This was not just an unconstitutional and illegal thing but also a treason. Whatever happened today during the mayoral elections in Chandigarh can only be called a treason," says AAP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha at a press conference as BJP candidate Manoj Sonkar wins post of mayor.

14:46 IST

LIVE Updates | Presiding Officer Faces Allegations of Vote Tampering

Presiding Officer Anil Masih has been accused of tampering with several votes. Allegations are being made by the councilors of Congress and AAP that Anil Masih has been seen in the video using a pen on many votes.

13:59 IST

Live Updates | Chandigarh Mayoral Polls: Kejriwal Calls Mayor Poll Results 'Unfair'

Taking to Twitter, Arvind Kejriwal said, "The manner in which dishonesty has been done in broad daylight in the Chandigarh Mayor elections is extremely worrying. If these people can stoop so low in a mayor's election, then they can go to any extent in the country's elections. This is very worrying."

13:44 IST

LIVE Updates | Chandigarh Mayor Election: Many votes declared invalid

BJP’s mayoral candidate Manoj Sonkar got 16 votes in total. AAP and Congress alliance’s candidate Kuldeep Kumar got 12 votes, 8 were declared invalid. Along with this, BJP’s Manoj Sonkar was announced as the mayor. 

13:06 IST

Chandigarh Mayoral Polls: BJP Candiate Clinches Mayor Post by Defeating INDIA Bloc

BJP candidate Manoj Sonkar emerges victorious in Chandigarh Mayor Election by trouncing INDI bloc. Both Congress and AAP suffer a massive and embarrassing loss despite having numerical advantage.

12:28 IST

LIVE Updates | Chandigarh Mayor Election: All Councilors Cast Their Votes

Councilors of all 35 wards have cast their votes for the post of Mayor. The last vote was given by BJP councilor Rajendra Sharma of Ward No. 35. Now in a few minutes the votes will be counted and the name of the mayor will be announced by the presiding officer.

11:49 IST

Live Updates: Chandigarh Mayor Polls

Voting has started for the mayoral election in Chandigarh. After the voting process began, MP Kirron Kher cast the first vote. After her, the rest of the councillors are voting. The councillors are voting according to the numbers of their wards.

11:35 IST

Chandigarh Mayoral Polls LIVE Updates: MP Kirron Kher To Vote First

The voting for the mayor’s post in Chandigarh has begun. MP Kirron Kher, who is an ex offico member of the house, will cast the first vote. The voting time is one hour. The total number of votes to be polled is 36.

11:23 IST

LIVE Updates | Chandigarh Mayoral Polls: SAD Councillor Wants ‘NOTA’ Option

The only Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) councillor in the 35-member MC house had asked for the ‘NOTA’ option in the ballot paper, but it was not provided. Deputy commissioner said the MC Act does not have any provision to allow the NOTA option.

11:15 IST

LIVE Updates | Chandigarh Mayoral Polls: AAP, Congress Councillors Ready; BJP Councillors missing

The UT administration was ordered by the Punjab and Haryana High Court to conduct the elections at 10 am, but some BJP councillors are still absent from the Assembly Hall. Moreover, deputy commissioner Vinay Pratap Singh has not entered the hall yet.

11:07 IST

Chandigarh Mayoral Polls LIVE UPdates: AAP-Congress Alliance Challenges BJP

The AAP and the Congress have formed an alliance to take on the BJP in the Chandigarh mayoral polls, marking their first joint fight against the ruling party as part of the INDIA bloc. The AAP has nominated Kuldeep Kumar Dhalor for the mayor’s post, who will compete with BJP’s Manoj Sonkar. The Congress has chosen Gurpreet Singh Gabi and Nirmala Devi for the senior deputy and deputy mayoral posts, respectively. They will contend with BJP’s Kuljeet Sandhu and Rajinder Sharma for the same posts.

11:04 IST

Live Updates | Chandigarh Mayoral Polls: Heavy Security Deployed 

Heavy security has been deployed at the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh as the polling for Chandigarh Mayoral polls begins.