FORMER MAYOR in addition to mayoral candidate of the Azad Group-AAP alliance Kulwant Singh, who contested the elections after rebelling from SAD, misplaced with by margin of 267 votes to Congress’s Amrik Singh Somal.
A complete of 1,764 votes have been polled in ward no. 43, from the place Kulwant Singh was contesting. Kulwant Singh received 680 votes whereas Somal received 947 votes. Eight candidates have been in fray within the ward. The contest was between Kulwant Singh and Somal.
The different candidates included SAD’s Gurjeet Singh who received solely 62 votes, whereas BJP’s Rohit Garg received 58 votes and impartial candidate Gursharan Singh Riar received 5 votes. Two impartial candidates, Jaspinder Pal Singh and Parminder Singh, didn’t get a single vote.
As many as 11 voters opted for None of the Others (NOTA).
Ward no. 42 consists of Sector 71 and Industrial Area C-122 to C-123 close to PCL Chowk.
Somal has received his third consecutive election. He was thought of a powerful candidate from day one, however Kulwant’s marketing campaign groups have been working exhausting to make sure his win. After his victory, Somal thanked the voters of his ward and mentioned that he’ll perform all-round improvement of his space. “I shall continue to work for the people, they reposed faith in me, now the responsibility is double, we are in power in the state and also in MC. I shall try my level best to solve the issues concerning the common people,” Somal added.
Meanwhile, this was not the primary ballot defeat for Kulwant Singh, who remained the mayor for 5 years and was additionally president of the civic physique when it was once a municipal council.
Kulwant Singh had unsuccessfully contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Fatehgarh Sahib. He was elected as a councillor for the primary time in 1995 from ward no. 21 and have become senior vice-president of the municipal council. He remained president of the council from 2000 to 2005. In 2015, he rebelled towards SAD and shaped ‘Azad Group’ and managed to win in 10 wards.
He turned the primary mayor of the town in 2015 with the assistance of Congress, however later joined arms with SAD as he was thought of near SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal. This time, he rebelled towards SAD too, alleging that he was sidelined, and determined to contest the elections as impartial candidate and revived his ‘Azad Group’. He shaped an alliance with AAP.
