By ASHISHPURI
The municipal elections in Phagwara were completed with overall peace and order. Apart from a few minor incidents, voting was conducted smoothly in almost all 50 wards. For the municipal elections, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) sent an MP and three MLAs as coordinators for election campaigning across the 50 wards. However, it was the strategy of Congress legislator Balvinder Singh Dhaliwal that played a significant role in Congress' success. Without inviting other leaders, he carried out election campaigns in various wards, leading Congress to win 22 seats, signaling that in the coming time, the municipal corporation will be under Congress, and the mayor will also be from Congress.
Phagwara residents showed limited enthusiasm in the municipal elections, with many voters struggling to find their names on the voter lists. Some didn’t even cast their votes, and some couldn’t even locate their polling stations. Phagwara city had a total of 101,374 voters, of whom only 55,964 cast their votes. Some voters couldn’t find their names, while others simply didn’t turn up at the polling booths. In this scenario, several prominent leaders lost the elections. People expressed dissatisfaction with the ruling party’s leadership in Phagwara, and as a result, they supported Congress candidates.
In the context of the municipal elections, Congress entered into an alliance with BSP, while Akali Dal allied with BJP to try their luck in the elections. From Akali Dal’s declared candidates, 3 emerged victorious, while BSP also won 3 seats. Additionally, 6 independent candidates, 4 BJP candidates, and 12 AAP candidates were successful. Congress, however, secured 22 seats.
Here are some of the key results from the elections:
- Ward 1: Congress candidate Sita Devi
- Ward 2: Congress candidate Padam Dev Sudhir Nikka
- Ward 3: BJP candidate Mamta Khosla
- Ward 4: Congress candidate Jatinder Vermani
- Ward 5: Congress candidate Deepmala
- Ward 6: BJP candidate Veeraram Baljot
- Ward 7: Congress candidate Pinky Bhatia
- Ward 8: Congress candidate Sanjeev Kumar Bugga
- Ward 9: Shiromani Akali Dal candidate Kamaljeet Kaur
- Ward 10: Independent candidate Harpreet Bhogal
- Ward 11: AAP candidate Daljeet Kaur
- Ward 12: Independent candidate Davinder Kumar Sapra
- Ward 13: Independent candidate Rupali Sapra
- Ward 14: BSP candidate Tejpal Basra
- Ward 15: Congress candidate Parmjeet Kaur Walia
- Ward 16: AAP candidate Vipin Kishan Sood
- Ward 17: Congress candidate Neeraj
- Ward 18: Congress candidate Rampal Upal
- Ward 19: AAP candidate Saira
- Ward 20: Congress candidate Manish Prabhakar
- Ward 21: Congress candidate Parvinder Kaur
- Ward 22: BJP candidate Anurag Mankhand
- Ward 23: AAP candidate Sunita Handa
- Ward 24: Congress candidate Darshan Ram Kataria
- Ward 25: BSP candidate Aman Deep
- Ward 26: Independent candidate Inderjeet
- Ward 27: AAP candidate Praveen Thakur
- Ward 28: Congress candidate Gurpreet Kaur Jandu
- Ward 29: Congress candidate Anita Rani
- Ward 30: AAP candidate Ravi Kumar
- Ward 31: Independent candidate Anita Rani
- Ward 32: Congress candidate Sunil Kumar Mani
- Ward 33: Congress candidate Veena Rani
- Ward 34: BSP candidate Chiranjit Lal Kala
- Ward 35: Congress candidate Sonia Joshi
- Ward 36: Congress candidate Tarnjeet Singh Banti Walia
- Ward 37: Shiromani Akali Dal candidate Lakhwinder Kaur
- Ward 38: AAP candidate Ravinder Singh
- Ward 39: Congress candidate Reena Rani
- Ward 40: Shiromani Akali Dal candidate Pritpal Singh Manga
- Ward 41: AAP candidate Pritpal Kaur Tuli
- Ward 42: AAP candidate Jasdev
- Ward 43: AAP candidate Rita Rani
- Ward 44: Independent candidate Balwant Rai
- Ward 45: AAP candidate Anita
- Ward 46: Congress candidate Sourav Joshi
- Ward 47: Congress candidate Monica Chadda
- Ward 48: BJP candidate Parmjeet Khurana
- Ward 49: AAP candidate Neha Ohri
- Ward 50: Congress candidate Bikram Singh