Chandigarh, Jan. 29 -- All eyes will be on the Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC) today as the House elects the last mayor of its five-year tenure, with a triangular contest emerging as all three parties - the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress - have thrown their hat in the ring for the elections.

Even as the expected outcome weighs in favour of the BJP which has a majority of 18 councillors in the 36-member House (35 councillors and 1 vote of MP), tables may turn to any side if the Congress and the AAP set aside their differences and decide to join hands.

For the mayor's post, the BJP has fielded Saurabh Joshi, 44, the AAP has nominated Yogesh Dhingra, 36, while the Congress has gone with Gurpreet Sing...