The elections for the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation were held on 18 December 2016. The candidates were in fray for the election to 26 seats (wards) of Chandigarh union territory. The Bharatiya Janata Party won the election in a landslide, securing 20 of the 26 seats.
The BJP won 20 seats and became the single largest party in the council of total 26 elected seats. Congress won 4 seats, SAD won 1 and Independent candidate won 1 seat each.
After the election Ravi Kant Sharma served as Mayor of Chandigarh till 2021. upon succeeding Raj Bala Malik.
2021 Chandigarh Municipal Corporation election were held on 24 December 2021 after the term of the previous elected council had expired.
Background In the 2011 Chandigarh Municipal Corporation election Congress had won 11 seats out of total 25. Congress was the largest party followed by BJP with 10 seats, SAD with 2 seats, BSP with 1 and 1 independent.
Results Chandigarh Municipal CorporationParty Seats won Seats +/−Vote % Bharatiya Janata Party 20 10 Indian National Congress 4 7 Shiromani Akali Dal 1 1 Independent 1
Members
Ravi Kant Sharma served as Mayor of Chandigarh.
Elected Councillors Ward No.Councillor Party 1 Mahesh Inder Singh Bharatiya Janata Party2 Raj Bala Malik Bharatiya Janata Party3 Ravi Kant Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party4 Sunita Dhawan Bharatiya Janata Party5 Sheela Devi Indian National Congress6 Farmila Bharatiya Janata Party7 Rajesh Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party8 Arun Sood Bharatiya Janata Party9 Gurbax Rawat Indian National Congress10 Hardeep Singh Shiromani Akali Dal11 Satish Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party12 Chanderwati Shukla Bharatiya Janata Party13 Heera Negi Bharatiya Janata Party14 Kanwarjeet Singh Bharatiya Janata Party15 Ravinder Kaur Indian National Congress16 Rajesh Kumar Gupta Bharatiya Janata Party17 Asha Kumari Jaswal Bharatiya Janata Party18 Devinder Singh Babla Indian National Congress19 Dalip Sharma Independent20 Shakti Parkash Devshali Bharatiya Janata Party21 Gurpreet Singh Bharatiya Janata Party22 Davesh Moudgil Bharatiya Janata Party23 Bharat Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party24 Anil Kumar Dube Bharatiya Janata Party25 Jagtar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party26 Vinod Aggarwal Bharatiya Janata Party
Nominated Councillors Sr. No.Councillor 1 Charanjiv Singh2 Ajay Dutta3 Sachin Kumar Lohtiya4 Haji Mohd. Khurshid Ali5 Dr. Joytsna Wig6 Shipra Bansal7 Sat Parkash Aggarwal8 Kamla Sharma9 Maj. Gen. M. S. Kandal
Mayor The mayor is the head of the Municipal Corporation. Ravi Kant Sharma was serving as the mayor of the city at the time of the next election.
List of mayors of Chandigarh from 2017 to 2021 Name Term Asha Kumari Jaswal 12 January 2017 – 8 January 2018 Davesh Moudgil 9 January 2018 – 18 January 2019 Rajesh Kumar Kalia 19 January 2019 – 9 January 2020 Raj Bala Malik (2nd term) 10 January 2020 – 7 January 2021 Ravi Kant Sharma 8 January 2021 – December 2021
Aftermath The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation council completed its tenure of 5 years. After the council's term had expired, 2021 Chandigarh Municipal Corporation election were held.
References
External links Results declared by the State Election Commission