Congress sweeps Ludhiana MC poll, win 62 of 95 wards

The Congress swept the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation election by winning 62 out of 95 wards, the results of which were declared on Tuesday.

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The BJP-SAD alliance won 21 seats and Lok Insaf Party led by MLA Simmerjit Singh Bains won 7 seats whereas independents bagged four seats, an election office spokesperson said here.

For the first time AAP, which contested 31 seats, opened its account when its one woman candidate was declared elected from ward no-11.

The election for Ludhiana MC was held on February 24.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has hailed the Ludhiana MC results as a “clear vindication of the Congress government’s policies and an endorsement of the pro-people initiatives undertaken by it in the past one year”.

In a statement welcoming the poll results, Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar and Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu also lauded the performance of the party in the MC polls, which they said marked the total annihilation of the opposition parties in the state.

While the chief minister congratulated the party workers and leaders, including Cabinet Minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, and Ludhiana MP Ravneet Bittu, for steering the sweeping victory for the Congress, Jakhar said it had once again underscored the faith that the people of Punjab had in Amarinder’s leadership.

Amarinder termed the victory as a “befitting reply by the people of Punjab to the misdeeds and fabrications of the opposition, which had been trying to mislead them with baseless allegations against the Congress government”.

Opposition SAD-BJP and AAP had accused the ruling Congress of rigging the polls.

He described the results as the “proverbial last nail in the political coffins of SAD, AAP and other parties in the fray”.

Sidhu welcomed the three independents who had extended support to the Congress.

With the AAP being reduced to a single seat, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) relegated to a poor second, winning just 11 out of 55 seats contested, and the BJP losing all but 10 of the 47 seats contested, it was clear that the political antics of these parties since their defeat in the Assembly polls a year ago had failed to impress the people, Jakhar said.

Meanwhile, the Congress high command has also lauded the party’s victory in the MC polls and congratulated Amarinder Singh, for it. 

Results:

Congress: 62

SAD: 11

BJP: 10

LIP: 7

AAP: 1

Winners 

Ward 1: Divya of SAD wins

Ward 2: Gurmail Singh of SAD wins with 20 votes

Ward 3:  Pallavi Vinayak of Congress wins with 378 votes 

Ward 4: Sukhdev Bawa of Congress wins 

Ward 5: Neelam Sharma (Independent)

Ward 6: Sarabjit Singh Laddi SAD wins 

Ward 7: Ravinder Kaur of Congress wins 

Ward 8:  Yashpal of BJP wins with 486 votes   

Ward 9: Gulshan Kaur of Congress wins 

Ward 10: Harjinder Paul of Congress

Ward 11: Balwinder Kaur of AAP wins 

Ward 12: Naresh Kumar of Congress wins 

Ward 13: Mandeep Kaur of Congress wins with 810 votes

Ward 14: Kuldeep Janda of Congress wins 

Ward 15: Kanchan Malhotra of Congress wins with 941 votes

Ward 16: Umesh Sharma of Congress wins with 3,074 votes 

Ward 17:  Jasmeet Kaur of SAD wins with 240 votes

Ward 18: Vanit Bhatia of Congress wins 

Ward 19: Manisha Taparia of Congress wins with 2,864 votes 

Ward 20:  Navneet Singh of Congress wins with 907 votes 

Ward 21: Kitty of Congress wins 

Ward 22: Raj Kumar of Congress wins 

Ward 23: Sandeep Kumari of Congress wins with 2, 517 votes

Ward 24: Pal Singh Grewal of Congress wins 

Ward 25: Satinder Kaur of Congress wins 

Ward 26: Surjit Singh Rai of SAD wins 

Ward 27: Baljit Kaur of Congress wins 

Ward 28:  Parmjit Singh of SAD wins with 36 votes

Ward 29: Prabhjot Kaur of SAD wins 

Ward 30: Jaspal Singh of SAD wins 

Ward 31: Sonia Sharma of BJP wins 

Ward 32: Sukhveer Singh of LIP wins 

Ward 33: Sunita Rani of Congress wins 

Ward 34:  Rakhwinder Gabria of SAD wins with 1,439 votes 

Ward 35: Sarbjit Kaur of Congress wins with 27 votes

Ward 36: Harwinder Singh of LIP wins 

Ward 37: Sarabjit Kaur of LIP wins 

Ward 38: Kuldip Singh of LIP wins

 Ward 39: Jaspreet Kaur of Cong wins 

Ward 40: Arjan Singh Cheema of LIP wins 

Ward 41: Charanjit Kaur of LIP wins 

Ward 42: Sukhdev Singh Sheera (Independent) 

Ward 43: Reet Kaur of Congress wins 

 Ward 44: Harkarandeep Singh Vaid of Congress wins 

Ward 45: Barjinder Kaur of Congress wins 

Ward 46:  Harbhajan Singh Dang of SAD wins with 357 votes 

Ward 47: Priya of Congress wins 

Ward 48: Parvinder Singh Gill of Congress wins 

Ward 49: Rajinder Kaur of Congress wins 

Ward 50: Swarandeep Singh of LIP wins 

Ward 51: Amrit Kaur of Congress wins with 408 votes  

Ward 52: Gurdeep Neetu of Congress wins with 711 votes 

Ward 53:  Pinky Bansal of Congress wins with 1,513 votes 

Ward 54: Surinder Kaur of SAD wins 

Ward 55:  Independent candidate Parvinder Kaur wins 772 votes 

Ward 56: Sham Sunder Malhotra of Congress 

Ward 57: Manju Aggarwal of BJP

Ward 58: Rajesh Jain of Congress

Ward 59: Prabhjot Kaur of BJP 

Ward 60: Anil Parti of Congress 

Ward 61: Shelly Malhotra (Independent)

Ward 62: Om Parkash Ratra of BJP 

Ward 63: Luxmi Devi of Congress 

Ward 64: Rakesh Prashar of Congress 

Ward 65: Punam Malhotra of Congress 

Ward 66: Narinder Sharma of Congress 

Ward 67: Mamta Ashu Congress

Ward 68: Baljinder Singh Congress 

Ward 69: Kulwinder Kaur Congress

Ward 70: Dilraj Singh Congress 

Ward 71: Rupinder Kaur Sandhu Congress 

Ward 72: Hari Singh Brar Congress 

Ward 73: Seema Kapoor Congress 

Ward 74: Pankaj Sharma Congress 

Ward 75: Amrit Varsha Rampal of Congress

Ward 76: Gurpreet Gogi of Congress

Ward 77: Maninder Kaur Ghuman of BJP

Ward 78: Balkar Singh of Congress

Ward 79: Annie Sikka of BJP

Ward 80:  Maharaj Singh of Congress wins with 2,578 votes 

Ward 81: Rashi Aggarwal of Congress

Ward 82: Gagandeep of Congress

Ward 83: Indu Thapar of Congress

Ward 84: Surinder Atwal of BJP wins with 2,172 votes  

Ward 85: Sunita Rani of BJP

Ward 86: Ashwani Kumar of Congress

Ward 87: Kulwant Kaur of Congress

Ward 88: Manpreet Grewal of Congress

Ward 89: Prem Sharma of BJP

Ward 90: Jai Prakash of Congress wins with 50 votes 

Ward 91: Gurpinder Kaur of Congress

Ward 92: Harvinderpal Singh of Congress

Ward 93: Lovleen Kaur of Congress

Ward 94:  Gurpreet of Congress wins with 1,614 votes

Ward 95:  Gurcharn Deep of Congress wins with 739 votes