Ahead of Punjab elections, big boost for AAP in Chandigarh civic polls

The Aam Aadmi Party has made an impressive debut in the Chandigarh civic polls. Arvind Kejriwal's party has won 13 seats and leading in one more in the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation election.

The icing on the AAP's Chandigarh cake is its candidate's win over BJP's sitting mayor.

The incumbent BJP has been able to retain 10 seats while Congress and Akali Dal have emerged victorious in 5 and 1 seats respectively.

Notably, AAP is contesting the Chandigarh civic polls for the first time defeating the sitting mayor, Ravi Kant Sharma of the BJP. This comes as a major boost for AAP ahead of the Punjab Assembly Polls early next year.

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In a statement, AAP leader Raghav Chadha said that this was a victory of Kejriwal's model of governance as people were yearning for a change for years.

The number of municipal wards have been increased from 26 to 35 this time and the polling percentage stood at 60.45 percent for the polls which were held on December 24.