
BJP+SAD = 12 Congress = 11 Others = 3 WARD WINNERS LOSERS 1 RAJ BALA – CONG SATINDER DHAWAN – BJP 2 SAURABH JOSHI (BJP) ANU CHATRATH – CONG 3 PARDEEP CHHABRA – CONG ARUN KUMAR GOYAL – BJP 4 ASHA KUMARI JASWAL (BJP) POONAM SHARMA – CONG 5 SUBHASH CHAWLA – CONG [...]

Polling to elect 26 councillors of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (CMC) is underway at 452 polling stations here. Around 5.06 lakh voters, including 2.25 lakh women, will seal the fate of 152 candidates, including 50 women during the day-long polling process at the polling stations – 31 of which have been identified as sensitive. The [...]

UT Election Commissioner Rakesh Mehta warned that ration cards alone will not be accepted as proof of eligibility to vote in Saturday’s MC poll. He said that acceptable documents were limited to Voter I Card, Driving Licence and Passport. The city has 452 polling stations and out of these, 100 polling stations have been identified [...]

With elections drawing close, parties are trying their best to pull each other down. Well, that is a given. But it gets quite ferocious at times. This time, the BJP has taken on a woman Congress candidate, saying she is distributing liquor. Police recovered a few liquor cartons at Sector 36 on Thursday. They acted [...]

The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation poll campaign wound down to its last day today. Candidates standing for election put on a final burst of energy to impress the voters. As per the election code of conduct, campaigning for Chandigarh’s MC polls ended today. On the last day, the candidates left no stone unturned to woo the [...]

With five former mayors contesting the forthcoming MC elections, it promises to be a close battle. We take a look at the strongest candidates this time. Five former mayors are contesting the forthcoming MC elections. Four from the Congress and one from the SAD-BJP alliance. The four Congress candidates are Kamlesh, Anu Chatrath, Subhash Chawla [...]

BJP has come up with its election manifesto, which promises, among other things, clean administration. Congress and BJP leaders did not miss the chance to fire volleys at each other. Close on the heels of the Congress, the BJP unveiled its election manifesto for the Municipal corporation’s elections on Tuesday. According to party leaders, one [...]

65 year old Kashmiri Devi took out a rally from Burail today. With a strong support base, Kashmiri Devi is also one of the strong contenders in the MC elections. 65 year old Kashmiri Devi who is the oldest female candidate of the Congress, took out a rally in ward number 15. Flanked by her [...]

Women candidates are all out campaigning these days and they have their own distinctive styles of convincing the electorate. It’s that time again when masses become the electorate. This is when leaders are public servants. As campaigning for Chandigarh MC polls begin, political heavyweights turn on their charm. With MC elections drawing close, political parties [...]

The Congress has finally come up with its election manifesto. There’s a definite populist tone to the Congress stance this time. But everything depends on how much ice it cuts with the masses. Members of the Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee released their election manifesto in the presence of Union Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, B.B. Bahl, [...]