New Delhi, Jan. 3 -- The election for the posts of Mayor, Senior Deputy Mayor, and Deputy Mayor of Chandigarh will be held on January 29

For the first time in the city's history, elections for the three posts will be held using "show-of-hands" by councillors, instead of the secret ballot system. The decision was taken recently after the 2024 vote-rigging fiasco in which the then presiding officer Anil Masih, was caught on camera tampering with the ballots

While the elected councillors enjoy a five-year term, the mayor, senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor are picked through indirect elections every year in Chandigarh.

As in the past few elections, it is going to be a direct clash between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Aam Aad...