BJP-SAD alliance sweeps Chandigarh civic polls
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The BJP-Shiromani Akali Dal alliance won with clear majority in the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation polls by winning 20 out of the 26 wards.
20 wards were won byBJP , Congress won in 4 and Independent one, an election office spokesman told PTI.
Prominent among those who won were BJP MayorArun Sood , and Congress stalwart Devinder Singh Babla.
Total 122 candidates, including 67 Independents, contested the polls.The total number of voters were 5,07,627, including 2,37,374 women voters.
The overall polling percentage in the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation election was 59.54 per cent.
In the last House, BJP has 15 councilors, Congress has nine, BSP has one and one is Independent.
Congress had made demonetisation a major issue in the polls, with its city unit leaders saying the move was implemented without any "application of mind" and had put the public to "great hardships".
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20 wards were won by
Prominent among those who won were BJP Mayor
Total 122 candidates, including 67 Independents, contested the polls.The total number of voters were 5,07,627, including 2,37,374 women voters.
The overall polling percentage in the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation election was 59.54 per cent.
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Congress had made demonetisation a major issue in the polls, with its city unit leaders saying the move was implemented without any "application of mind" and had put the public to "great hardships".
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