Chandigarh Municipal Corporation Election 2021 Results: AAP scores big in first electoral attempt in Punjab, wins 14 seats

Chandigarh Municipal Corporation Election 2021 Results: AAP scores big in first electoral attempt in Punjab, wins 14 seats

Chandigarh Municipal Election 2021 Results LIVE Updates: In a massive boost for the Aam Aadmi Party ahead of the Assembly elections in Punjab, it won 14 of the 35 wards in Chandigarh, a city administered by the Centre and ruled by the BJP, results for which were declared on Monday.

 

The BJP, which had swept the last Chandigarh Municipal Corporation polls winning 21 of 26 wards, ended second, with 12. The Congress won eight wards and the Akali Dal 1.

 

As the Aam Aadmi party emerged as the surprise frontrunner in the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation elections, senior leader of the party Raghav Chadha said that it was a “victory of Kejriwal’s model of governance as people were yearning for a change for years”.

 

Nine counting centres were set up for 35 wards of the municipal corporation, and counting began at 9 am.

 

The polling percentage remained at 60.45 per cent this year, which was held on December 24. Traditionally, the municipal election – held every five years – has seen a locking of horns between the BJP and the Congress, but the entry of the Aam Aadmi Party made the contest this time triangular.

 

Formed coalition in interest of national security, Punjab's progress: Amarinder

Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Monday said his party, the BJP and the SAD (Sanyukt) have come together in the interest of national security and progress of the state, and claimed that the coalition will win next year's Assembly polls. Amarinder Singh had quit the Congress after his unceremonious exit as the CM and launched his party the Punjab Lok Congress.

 

"I am happy that we have come together in the interest of the national security, welfare and progress of Punjab," Amamrinder Singh said after meeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president J P Nadda and the SAD (Sanyukt) chief Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa in New Delhi.

 

The former chief minister said he is happy that the three parties agreed to fight the elections together with a mission to bring back glory to Punjab. "With the BJP governments both at the Centre and in the state, Punjab will be on an irreversible trajectory of growth and development driven by a double engine," he said in a statement. (PTI)

 

PM Modi to visit Punjab on Jan 5

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Punjab on January 5 to lay the foundation stone of PGI satellite centre at Ferozepur. This will be his first visit to the state after the repeal of the farm laws.

Meanwhile, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is slated to visit Punjab on January 3.