Sarabjit Kaur, a BJP municipal councillor, was elected mayor of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation on Saturday, defeating Anju Katyal of the Aam Aadmi Party by just one vote in a direct election. There were 28 votes cast out of a total of 36, with seven Congress councillors and one Shiromani Akali Dal councillor abstaining.
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Officials said Kaur received 14 votes, Katyal received 13, and one vote was declared invalid. AAP councillors raised a disturbance in the House as the results were announced. The police were dispatched to remove them.
The results of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation elections, announced on December 27, resulted in a hung House, with the AAP winning 14 of the 35 wards and the BJP winning 12. The Congress won eight seats and the Shiromani Akali Dal received one.
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Harpreet Kaur Babla, a Congress municipal councillor, joined the BJP days after the election results were announced. In addition to the 35 councillors, the Chandigarh MP, who serves as an ex-officio member of the municipal corporation, has a vote.
