Mayor Election / Chandigarh mayor election numbers are high, then how did Congress-AAP alliance lose?

Mayor Election: Amidst the huge uproar, the mayor's election in Chandigarh was finally completed. Manoj Sonkar of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the elections held on Tuesday. He defeated India Alliance candidate Kuldeep Kumar. Aam Aadmi Party and Congress fought these elections together. This was the first fight between BJP and India alliance before the general elections. In the elections, BJP got 16 votes, while India Alliance got 12 votes. The alliance had a strength of 20, but got only 12 votes. His 8 votes were cancelled. Alliance leaders are angry with the results. Councilors of both the parties sat on strike. The alliance has boycotted the elections of Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor. Also he has decided to approach the High Court.

Out of 35 members in Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, BJP has 14 councilors, Aam Aadmi Party has 13 councilors and Congress has seven councilors, while Shiromani Akali Dal has one councilor. Chandigarh MP also votes in Chandigarh Mayor elections. BJP's Kirron Kher is the MP here. In this situation, BJP had total 15 votes. The total votes of 35 members and 1 MP are 36 votes. The magic number of victory is 19. BJP was this far away. He got the support of 16 councillors. But India Alliance had 20 councillors. After 8 votes were cancelled, it got 12 votes and thus it lagged behind BJP.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal reacted to the election results. He has alleged that the manner in which dishonesty was done in the elections in broad daylight 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.

Kiran Kher cast her first vote

Presiding Officer Anil Masih started the voting process for the post of Mayor at around 10.40 am. Chandigarh MP Kirron Kher was the first to cast her vote. He voted at the Municipal Corporation Building at around 11.15 am. He has the right to vote as an ex-officio member of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation.

BJP has been holding the post of Mayor for the last eight years. Aam Aadmi Party, which contested the elections in alliance with Congress, fielded candidates for the post of Mayor, while Congress fielded its candidates for the posts of Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor.

BJP fielded Manoj Sonkar for the post of mayor while AAP fielded Kuldeep Kumar. BJP's Kuljeet Sandhu was contesting against Congress's Gurpreet Singh Gabi for the post of Senior Deputy Mayor. BJP's Rajinder Sharma was competing against Congress candidate Nirmala Devi for the post of Deputy Mayor.

Voting was originally scheduled to be held on January 18, but after the presiding officer fell ill, the Chandigarh administration postponed it till February 6. Congress and AAP councilors had started protesting on the administration's order to postpone the elections.

AAP's candidate for the post of Mayor, Kuldeep Kumar, had challenged the order of Chandigarh Deputy Commissioner to postpone the elections in the High Court. The High Court, in its order of January 24, had directed the Chandigarh administration to hold elections for the post of Mayor on January 30 at 10 am.