Results of Chandigarh civic body polls to be declared today | Top Points

This time, it would be a four-cornered contest between BJP, Congress, AAP and Akali Dal-BSP alliance.

Results of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation elections are to be declared on Monday (December 27). The stakes are high for the Congress, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), BJP, and Akali Dal-BSP alliance ahead of crucial Assembly polls in Punjab scheduled to be held early next year.The counting of votes will commence at 9 am and the results are likely to be out by the afternoon.

The state election commission has designated nine counting centres: Government Home Science College, Sector 10, forward 1 to 4, Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology, Sector 26 (ward 5 to 8), Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 18 (ward 9 to 12), Post Graduate College, Sector 11 (ward 13 to 16), Government College for Education (ward 17 to 20), Chandigarh Institute of Hotel Management, Sector 42 (ward 21 to 24), Post Graduate College for Girls, Sector 42 (25 to 28), Government College of Commerce and Business Administration, Sector 50 (ward 29 to 32), and Post Graduate College, Sector 46 (ward 33 to 35).FOUR-WAY FIGHTThis time, it would be a four-cornered contest between BJP, Congress, AAP and Akali Dal-BSP alliance. This is also the first time the AAP is also in the fray.