General House of Municipal Corporation Chandigarh

General House of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation is the legislature for the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation.[1]

Contesting the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation elections for the first time, Aam Aadmi Party won 14 seats and became the single largest party in the council of total 35 elected seats.[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 Increase14
Bharatiya Janata Party 12 Decrease 8
Indian National Congress 8 Increase4
Shiromani Akali Dal 1 Steady

Two Congress members defected to BJP after election.

Composition of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (July 2022)
Party Seats
Aam Aadmi Party 14
Bharatiya Janata Party 14
Indian National Congress 6
Shiromani Akali Dal 1
Nominated (vacant)
Member of Parliament 1

Current members

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Ward
No.
Councillor[3][4] Party Note
1 Jaswinder Kaur AAP
2 Maheshinder Singh Sidhu BJP
3 Dalip Sharma BJP
4 Suman Devi AAP
5 Darshana INC
6 Sarbajit Kaur BJP
7 Manoj Sonkar BJP
8 Harjeet Singh BJP
9 Bimala Dubey BJP
10 Harpreet Kaur Babla BJP Elected as INC candidate, defected to BJP after the election.
11 Anup Gupta BJP
12 Saurabh Joshi BJP
13 Sachin Galav INC
14 Kuljeet Sandhu BJP Senior Deputy Mayor
15 Ram Chander Yadav AAP
16 Poonam BJP Elected as AAP candidate, defected to BJP after election.[5]
17 Damanpreet Singh AAP
18 Taruna Mehta INC Elected as AAP candidate, defected to INC after the election.[6]
19 Neha Musawat BJP Elected as AAP candidate, defected to BJP after election.[5]
20 Gurcharan Jeet Singh Kala BJP Elected as INC candidate, defected to BJP, then to AAP and then again to BJP after the election.[7][8][5]
21 Jasbir Singh AAP
22 Anju Katyal AAP
23 Prem Lata AAP
24 Jasbir Singh INC
25 Yogesh Dhingra AAP
26 Kuldeep Kumar AAP Mayor[9]
27 Gurbax Rawat INC
28 Nirmala Devi INC
29 Manaur AAP
30 Hardeep Singh SAD
31 Lakhbir Singh Billu BJP Elected as AAP candidate, defected to BJP after the election.[citation needed]
32 Jasmanpreet Singh Babbar BJP
33 Kanwarjit Rana BJP
34 Gurpeet Singh INC
35 Rajinder Sharma BJP Deputy Mayor

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

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  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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "Chandigarh Municipal Polls: AAP Emerges Leading Party; Party's Damanpreet Singh Defeats BJP Mayor". Outlook. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "Manoj Sonkar resigns as Chandigarh Mayor ahead of SC hearing, 3 AAP councillors join BJP". India TV. 18 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Chandigarh AAP councillor Taruna Mehta joins Congress". Hindustan Times. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Another Congress councillor joins BJP, changes voting equation in Chandigarh Municipal Corporation". The Indian Express. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  8. ^ "BJP councillor Gurcharan Singh Kala joins". Tribune. 13 January 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  9. ^ "AAP's Kuldeep Kumar is Chandigarh Mayor as Supreme Court cancels last result". Mint. 20 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.