Ambala Municipal Corporation Election Results 2026: BJP's Mayoral candidate Akshita Saini wins

• Ward 1: Vishal Chaudhary (BJP)
• Ward 2: Varkha Rani  (BJP), 
• Ward 3: Manish Anand (BJP)
• Ward 4: Varinder Nath (BJP)
• Ward 5: Rajesh Mehta  (BJP)
• Ward 6: Archana Chhibber (BJP)
• Ward 7:  Monika Mal (BJP)
• Ward 8: Gunjeet Kaur (Congress)
• Ward 9: Shivani Aman Sood (BJP)
• Ward 10: Gurvinder Singh (BJP)
• Ward 11: Kavita Ashu Rani (BJP)
• Ward 12: Kamal Kant Gupta (BJP)
• Ward 13: Shobha Singh (BJP)
• Ward 14: Poonam Devi Sharma (Congress)
• Ward 15: Manoj Sharma (IND)
• Ward 16:  Nikunj Kumar (BJP)
• Ward 17: Gurpreet Singh Sahani (BJP)
• Ward 18: Hitesh Jain (BJP)
• Ward 19: Puneet Kavi (Congress)
• Ward 20: Sapna Rani (BJP)

BJP's Akhsita Saini wins Ambala Mayor election by defeating Congress candidate Kulwinder Kaur Saini with a margin of 21,358 votes. Akhsita Saini received 52,794 votes, while her rival Congress candidate Kulwinder Kaur managed to get 31,436 votes.

• BJP: 16 | Congress: 3 | Independents: 1
• BJP wins Ward Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18 and 20.
• Independent candidates win Ward Number 15. 
• Congress wins Ward Numbers 8, 14 and 19 in Ambala Municipal Corporation in Haryana.

BJP candidate Sapna Rani wins ward number 20 by defeating Congress candidate Manjeet Devi with a margin of 881 votes.

Congress candidate Puneet Kavi wins ward number 19 by defeating BJP candidate Dinesh Sood with a margin of 111 votes.

 Congress candidate Poonam Devi Sharma wins ward number 14 by defeating BJP candidate Beenu Garg with a margin of 293 votes.

BJP's Shobha Singh wins ward number 13 by defeating Congress candidate Pardeep Kumar Chawla with a margin of just 23 votes.

BJP's Kamal Kant Gupta wins ward number 12 by defeating Congress candidate Mithun Verma with a margin of 859 votes.

BJP's Kavita Ashu Rani wins ward number 11 by defeating Congress candidate Anuradha with a margin of 1,214 votes.

BJP's Gurvinder Singh wins ward number 10 by defeating Congress candidate Rajinder Kaur with a margin of 2,733 votes.

BJP's Shivani Aman Sood wins ward number 9 by defeating Congress candidate Megha Goyal with a margin of 2,002 votes.

Congress candidate Gunjeet Kaur wins ward number 8 by defeating BJP candidate Meena Dhingra with a margin of 721 votes.

BJP's Monika Mal wins ward number 7 by defeating Congress candidate Vikramjit Singh with a margin of 1,490 votes.

Ambala Municipal Corporation Election Results: BJP's Archana Chhibber wins ward number 6 by defeating Congress candidate Disha Sehgal with a margin of 1,982 votes.

 BJP's Rajesh Mehta wins ward number 5 by defeating independent candidate Ravinder Kumar Gupta with a margin of 1,007 votes.

BJP's Varinder Nath wins ward number 4 by defeating Congress candidate Ashok Soni with a margin of 362 votes.

BJP's Manish Anand wins ward number 3 by defeating independent candidate Sahil with a margin of 597 votes.

 BJP's Varkha Rani wins ward number 2 by defeating Congress candidate Rajwinder Kaur with a margin of 1,447 votes.

BJP's Vishal Chaudhary wins ward number 1 by defeating Congress candidate Satvinder Singh with a margin of 68 votes.

BJP's Hitesh Jain wins ward number 18 by defeating independent candidate Daljeet Singh Bhatia with a margin of 1,421 votes.

BJP secured victory on two more wards. BJP's Nikunj Kumar won from Ward 16, and Gurpreet Singh Sahni of BJP secured victory in Ward 17.

• BJP: 12 | Independents: 19 | Congress: 1
• BJP wins Ward Numbers 2, 4, 7, 11, 12, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 31.
• Independent candidates win Ward Numbers 1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 32. 
• Congress wins Ward Number 3 in Rewari Municipal Council in Haryana.

BJP candidate Kamal Kant Gupta won from Ward 12.

In the Ambala Municipal Corporation, BJP's Gurvinder Singh won from Ward 10, and BJP's Kavita Saini won from Ward 11.

In the mayoral race, BJP candidate Akshita Saini is currently leading by around 21,000 votes.

In the Ambala Municipal Corporation elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured victories in Wards 1 to 7 in the councillor contests. Meanwhile, Gunjit Kaur won Ward No. 8, opening the account for the Indian National Congress in the civic polls. 

BJP candidate Shivani Aman Sood won from Ward 9. She got 3502 votes.

Congress opens its account in the Ambala Municipal Corporation elections. Gunjeet Kaur of Ward 8 secures a victory.

A spokesperson of the Haryana State Election Commission said directions had been issued to the District Election Officers and Returning Officers to ensure that the counting process is conducted in a fair, transparent, peaceful and orderly manner. The counting of votes began at the designated counting centres. The spokesperson said that extensive and robust security arrangements have been made at all counting centres. Only authorised persons are allowed entry at the counting venues. CCTV surveillance, barricading, deployment of adequate police force and all basic facilities have been ensured at the centres.

BJP's Mayoral candidate Akshita Saini is leading with 17,600 votes against Congress leader Sonia Rani.

Here are the winners: 

• Ward 1: Vishal Rana (BJP)
• Ward 2: Varkha Sahota (BJP), 
• Ward 3: Manish Anand  (BJP)
• Ward 4: Virendra Nath  (BJP)
• Ward 5: Rajesh Mehta  (BJP)
• Ward 6: Archana Chhibber (BJP)
• Ward 7: Monkia Mal (BJP)

• Vishal Rana wins Ward 1 by a margin of 72 votes.
• BJP candidate Barkha Sahota wins Ward 2.
• BJP candidate Manish Anand secures a victory in Ward 3.

BJP's Akshita Saini is leading against Congress leader Sonia Rani. 

The counting of votes for the Ambala Municipal Corporation elections in Haryana began on Wednesday (May 13).

The elections were conducted across 191 polling booths. Booth No. 2 at Government High School, Manakpur in Ward 1 recorded the highest voter turnout at 89.89 per cent, while Booth No. 108 at Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Police Line in Ward 12 registered the lowest turnout at 32.57 per cent.

The overall voter turnout across Haryana local body elections was 54.8%, with 4,78,068 votes cast across three Municipal Corporations, three Municipal Committees, and one Municipal Council.

In the 2020 Ambala Municipal Corporation elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as the single largest party with eight seats, while the Haryana Jan Chetna Party won seven seats. Congress secured three seats, and two Independent candidates were elected as corporators in the Municipal Corporation.

The Ambala Municipal Corporation consists of 20 wards with an estimated total population of 2,71,068. 

According to the State Election Commission (SEC) portal, Ambala recorded a voter turnout of 54.3 per cent. The 20 wards that went to the polls in Ambala comprised 1.98 lakh voters.

The ruling BJP and the opposition Congress are the main contestants. For the mayor's post in Ambala, the BJP has fielded Akshita Saini, the Congress nominee is Kulwinder Kaur, while Sonia Chaudhary is contesting as an Independent candidate.

A total of 1,98,224 voters exercised their franchise at 191 polling stations, including 1,02,654 male voters, 95,550 female voters and 20 voters from other categories. Extensive arrangements were made at polling stations to ensure smooth voting, including help desks, drinking water, toilets and clear signage. Special facilities such as ramps, wheelchairs and separate queues were also arranged for differently-abled voters, senior citizens, women and unwell voters.

Polling for the election of mayor and ward councillors in Ambala, Panchkula and Sonipat, president and councillors in the Rewari municipal council, and for presidents and councillors in the municipal committees of Sampla in Rohtak district, Dharuhera in Rewari district, and Uklana in Hisar district took place on May 10.

There are 20 wards of Ambala Municipal Corporation. The Mayor's post is reserved for BC-B (Women). Out of the total wards, 2 are reserved for Scheduled Castes, 1 for Scheduled Castes (Women), 1 for BC-A, 1 for BC-A (Women), 1 for BC-B (Women), 4 for Women, and 10 are unreserved.

Counting of votes for the Ambala Municipal Corporation elections will begin at 8 am on Wednesday (May 13).