General House of Municipal Corporation Chandigarh

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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)
	Seats won	Seats +/−
Aam Aadmi Party	14	14
Bharatiya Janata Party	12	8
Indian National Congress	8	4
Shiromani Akali Dal	1

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

Ward No.	Councillor^[3]^[4]		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

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

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