Chandigarh Mayor election today January 29
Babushahi Network
Chandigarh, January 29, 2026: Election for post of Mayor, Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation will be held today January 29, 2026.
BJP has fielded Saurabh Joshi, whereas Congress has fielded Gurpreet Singh Gabi and AAP has named Yogesh Dhingra as its candidate for post of Mayor.
For Senior Deputy Mayor, Jasmanpreet Singh is BJP canadidate, Sachin Galav from Congress, and Manuar Khan is AAP canadidate whereas for Deputy Mayor post Suman Sharma is in fray form BJP, Nirmala Devi from Congress, Jaswinder Kaur from AAP, and Ramchander Yadav independent is in fray.
For winning the Mayor’s post, a party needs 19 votes. BJP has 18 councillors, the Congress has 6, and AAP has 11. The Member Parliament also has one vote, making BJP and the Congress-AAP alliance tied at 18 votes each. If they contest separately, BJP might win easily, but a joint contest would make it interesting. The Municipal Corporation Act allows a toss to decide in case of a tie. This time, the election will be held through a show of hands.