# 2016 Chandigarh Municipal Corporation election

The elections for the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation were held on 18 December 2016. The candidates were in fray for the election to 26 seats (wards) of Chandigarh union territory.
BJP won 20 seats and became the single largest party in the council of total 26 elected seats. Congress won 4 seats, SAD won 1 and Independent candidate won 1 seat each.
After the election Ravi Kant Sharma served as Mayor of Chandigarh till 2021. upon succeeding Raj Bala Malik.
2021 Chandigarh Municipal Corporation election were held on 24 December 2021 after the term of the previous elected council had expired.

## Background

In the 2011 Chandigarh Municipal Corporation election Congress had won 11 seats out of total 25. Congress was the largest party followed by BJP with 10 seats, SAD with 2 seats, BSP with 1 and 1 independent.

## Results

Chandigarh Municipal Corporation :
| Party | Seats won | Seats +/− |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 20 | 10 |
| Indian National Congress | 4 | 7 |
| Shiromani Akali Dal | 1 | 1 |
| Independent | 1 | |

## Members

Ravi Kant Sharma served as Mayor of Chandigarh.

### Elected Councillors

| Ward No. | Councillor | Party |
| 1 | Mahesh Inder Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2 | Raj Bala Malik | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 3 | Ravi Kant Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 4 | Sunita Dhawan | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 5 | Sheela Devi | Indian National Congress |
| 6 | Farmila | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 7 | Rajesh Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 8 | Arun Sood | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 9 | Gurbax Rawat | Indian National Congress |
| 10 | Hardeep Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal |
| 11 | Satish Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 12 | Chanderwati Shukla | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 13 | Heera Negi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 14 | Kanwarjeet Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 15 | Ravinder Kaur | Indian National Congress |
| 16 | Rajesh Kumar Gupta | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 17 | Asha Kumari Jaswal | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 18 | Devinder Singh Babla | Indian National Congress |
| 19 | Dalip Sharma | Independent |
| 20 | Shakti Parkash Devshali | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 21 | Gurpreet Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 22 | Davesh Moudgil | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 23 | Bharat Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 24 | Anil Kumar Dube | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 25 | Jagtar Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 26 | Vinod Aggarwal | Bharatiya Janata Party |

### Nominated Councillors

| Sr. No. | Councillor |
| 1 | Charanjiv Singh |
| 2 | Ajay Dutta |
| 3 | Sachin Kumar Lohtiya |
| 4 | Haji Mohd. Khurshid Ali |
| 5 | Dr. Joytsna Wig |
| 6 | Shipra Bansal |
| 7 | Sat Parkash Aggarwal |
| 8 | Kamla Sharma |
| 9 | Maj. Gen. M. S. Kandal |

## Mayor

The mayor is the head of the Municipal Corporation. Ravi Kant Sharma was serving as the mayor of the city at the time of the next election.

### List of mayors of Chandigarh from 2017 to 2021

| Name | Term |
| Asha Kumari Jaswal | 12 January 2017 – 8 January 2018 |
| Davesh Moudgil | 9 January 2018 – 18 January 2019 |
| Rajesh Kumar Kalia | 19 January 2019 – 9 January 2020 |
| Raj Bala Malik (2nd term) | 10 January 2020 – 7 January 2021 |
| Ravi Kant Sharma | 8 January 2021 – December 2021 |

## Aftermath

The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation council completed its tenure of 5 years. After the council's term had expired, 2021 Chandigarh Municipal Corporation election were held.