General House of Municipal Corporation Chandigarh

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)  Party | 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[edit]

Ward
No.  | Councillor[3][4] | Party  | 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 | Mayor
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  |  | AAP
17  | Damanpreet Singh  |  | AAP
18  | Taruna Mehta  |  | INC | Elected as AAP candidate, defected to INC after the election.[5]
19  | Neha  |  | AAP
20  | Gurcharan Jeet Singh Kala  |  | AAP | Elected as INC candidate, defected to BJP, then to AAP after the election.[6][7]
21  | Jasbir Singh  |  | AAP
22  | Anju Katyal  |  | AAP
23  | Prem Lata  |  | AAP
24  | Jasbir Singh  |  | INC
25  | Yogesh Dhingra  |  | AAP
26  | Kuldeep Kumar  |  | AAP
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[edit]

1. ^ "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.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ a b "Chandigarh Municipal Polls: AAP Emerges Leading Party; Party's Damanpreet Singh Defeats BJP Mayor". oOutlook. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
5. ^ "Chandigarh AAP councillor Taruna Mehta joins Congress". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
6. ^ "Another Congress councillor joins BJP, changes voting equation in Chandigarh Municipal Corporation". The Indian Express. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
7. ^ "BJP councillor Gurcharan Singh Kala joins AAP". Tribune India. Retrieved 13 January 2024.