Finally after a gap of 15 years, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) alliance bagged all the positions in the Chandigarh municipal corporation elections held on Friday.
The BJP-SAD won the mayor seat after 15 years. BJP-SAD candidate Arun Sood has been elected Mayor, Davesh Moudgil senior Deputy Mayor and Hardeep Singh Deputy Mayor.
Sood defeated Congress candidate Mukesh Bassi by six votes. Of the 36 votes, Sood was polled 21 votes, while Bassi got 15.
Sood was fielded by the BJP earlier in 2013 for the post of Mayor, but lost the election to Congress candidate Subhash Chawla.
Davesh Moudgil got 23 votes, Congress candidate Darshan Garg 13.Likewise, Hardeep Singh defeated Congress candidate Gurbax Rawat by six votes.
