Chandigarh Municipal Company Election Outcomes- AAP’s Huge Civic Polls Debut Amid Punjab Preps: Chandigarh’s A Trailer

Chandigarh:

Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP), scoring a stellar ballot debut in Chandigarh as we speak, took a lead over the BJP and the Congress as votes forged within the metropolis municipal elections have been counted. AAP referred to as it a “trailer” of the Punjab election to be held early subsequent 12 months.

To this point, AAP has gained 9 of 35 municipal wards whereas the BJP has gained six and the Congress, 5 seats. The Akali Dal has taken one seat within the election held on Friday in Chandigarh, the capital of Punjab and Haryana.

“The Chandigarh election is a trailer, Punjab would be the full film. The temper in Chandigarh is the temper in Punjab. All are voting for AAP. Preliminary tendencies show that individuals have determined to present an opportunity to Arvind Kejriwal,” mentioned AAP’s Raghav Chadha.

In an enormous setback for the BJP, each its mayors — Ravi Kant Sharma and Davesh Moudgil – have been defeated by AAP candidates. However AAP’s election marketing campaign committee head Chander Mukhi Sharma misplaced.

“Solely closing outcomes will present which occasion’s vote base has shifted to AAP as a result of BJP’s voters by no means shift their loyalty,” mentioned Naresh Arora, BJP’s Chandigarh spokesperson, because the occasion stared at second place.

Within the final polls, the BJP had bagged 20 seats and its then ally Akali Dal had a single seat. The BJP-Akali Dal’s rival Congress had gained 4 seats. The BJP and the Akali Dal fell out earlier this 12 months over the farmer protest.

Historically, the Chandigarh civic polls held each 5 years is a straight rivalry between the BJP and Congress.

However this time, with the Punjab election approaching in simply weeks, the Chandigarh vote grew to become a four-way contest between AAP, BJP, Congress and the Akali Dal-BSP alliance.