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 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.
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.

Members

Ravi Kant Sharma served as Mayor of Chandigarh.

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
NameTerm
Asha Kumari Jaswal12 January 2017 – 8 January 2018
Davesh Moudgil9 January 2018 – 18 January 2019
Rajesh Kumar Kalia19 January 2019 – 9 January 2020
Raj Bala Malik 10 January 2020 – 7 January 2021
Ravi Kant Sharma8 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.