Chandigarh Mayoral Election News

The Congress and the AAP - who this week delivered the INDIA bloc's first electoral win, in the Chandigarh mayoral poll - have finalised seat-share deals for Lok Sabha polls in Delhi, Gujarat, Goa, and Haryana, sources told NDTV Friday afternoon.

The returning officer at the centre of Chandigarh vote-tampering row is guilty of misdemeanour and made a deliberate attempt to deface eight ballot papers so that BJP's candidate is elected the city's mayor, the Supreme Court held today.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled Kuldeep Kumar the lawful winner of last month's Chandigarh mayoral election, ending weeks of controversy fuelled by the Returning Officer, Anil Masih, deliberately invalidating eight votes for the AAP leader.

The Supreme Court has directed the Chandigarh administration to recount votes from last month's mayoral election, and include eight - all in favour of the Aam Aadmi Party - declared "invalid" by Returning Officer Anil Masih.

The eight "defaced" ballot papers - from last month's controversial Chandigarh mayoral election - which are at the heart of a bitter fight between the AAP and the BJP must be shown to the Supreme Court Tuesday, Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said.

The Opposition BJP in Delhi's civic body has started flexing muscle amid the controversy over Mayor elections in Chandigarh. At a meeting today to consider the civic body's budget, the BJP councillors were seen holding a noisy protest.

The Supreme Court made strong observations on the controversy that engulfed last week's Chandigarh mayoral election, in which the BJP's Manoj Sonkar defeated the AAP's Kuldeep Kumar by four votes, after eight from the latter were called "invalid".

Chandigarh Police detained Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders and supporters who were demonstrating against the BJP related to the accusations of rigging in the Chandigarh Mayor elections on Sunday.

Chandigarh Mayoral Polls:The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider an AAP councillor's request seeking urgent hearing of his plea challenging a Punjab and Haryana High Court order that refused to grant any interim relief to the party.

Amid the controversy over the result of the Chandigarh Mayor elections, Shiv Sena's (UBT) mouthpiece 'Saamana' took a dig at the Centre and said that it is the victory of dishonesty and mobocracy.

A day after the high drama witnessed in the Chandigarh Mayoral poll results, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday said that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress will move to the Supreme Court.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress on Tuesday filed a petition in the Punjab-Haryana High Court highlighting concerns over the integrity of the recently conducted mayoral elections in Chandigarh.

BJP National President JP Nadda has congratulated his party's Chandigarh unit for winning the Chandigarh Mayoral polls held on Monday.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal hit out at the BJP on Tuesday afternoon, accusing the party of "dishonesty" after it eased to victory in the Chandigarh mayoral election held earlier today.

The Bharatiya Janta Party's (BJP) Manoj Sonkar won the Chandigarh mayoral elections today, defeating the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Kuldeep Kumar, reported news agency PTI.

The Congress and the AAP - who this week delivered the INDIA bloc's first electoral win, in the Chandigarh mayoral poll - have finalised seat-share deals for Lok Sabha polls in Delhi, Gujarat, Goa, and Haryana, sources told NDTV Friday afternoon.

The returning officer at the centre of Chandigarh vote-tampering row is guilty of misdemeanour and made a deliberate attempt to deface eight ballot papers so that BJP's candidate is elected the city's mayor, the Supreme Court held today.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled Kuldeep Kumar the lawful winner of last month's Chandigarh mayoral election, ending weeks of controversy fuelled by the Returning Officer, Anil Masih, deliberately invalidating eight votes for the AAP leader.

The Supreme Court has directed the Chandigarh administration to recount votes from last month's mayoral election, and include eight - all in favour of the Aam Aadmi Party - declared "invalid" by Returning Officer Anil Masih.

The eight "defaced" ballot papers - from last month's controversial Chandigarh mayoral election - which are at the heart of a bitter fight between the AAP and the BJP must be shown to the Supreme Court Tuesday, Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said.

The Opposition BJP in Delhi's civic body has started flexing muscle amid the controversy over Mayor elections in Chandigarh. At a meeting today to consider the civic body's budget, the BJP councillors were seen holding a noisy protest.

The Supreme Court made strong observations on the controversy that engulfed last week's Chandigarh mayoral election, in which the BJP's Manoj Sonkar defeated the AAP's Kuldeep Kumar by four votes, after eight from the latter were called "invalid".

Chandigarh Police detained Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders and supporters who were demonstrating against the BJP related to the accusations of rigging in the Chandigarh Mayor elections on Sunday.

Chandigarh Mayoral Polls:The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider an AAP councillor's request seeking urgent hearing of his plea challenging a Punjab and Haryana High Court order that refused to grant any interim relief to the party.

Amid the controversy over the result of the Chandigarh Mayor elections, Shiv Sena's (UBT) mouthpiece 'Saamana' took a dig at the Centre and said that it is the victory of dishonesty and mobocracy.

A day after the high drama witnessed in the Chandigarh Mayoral poll results, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday said that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress will move to the Supreme Court.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress on Tuesday filed a petition in the Punjab-Haryana High Court highlighting concerns over the integrity of the recently conducted mayoral elections in Chandigarh.

BJP National President JP Nadda has congratulated his party's Chandigarh unit for winning the Chandigarh Mayoral polls held on Monday.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal hit out at the BJP on Tuesday afternoon, accusing the party of "dishonesty" after it eased to victory in the Chandigarh mayoral election held earlier today.

The Bharatiya Janta Party's (BJP) Manoj Sonkar won the Chandigarh mayoral elections today, defeating the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Kuldeep Kumar, reported news agency PTI.