Kundan Gogia elected first AAP mayor of Patiala

Aam Aadmi Party councillor Kundan Gogia was elected mayor of the Patiala Municipal Corporation on Friday. This is the first time an AAP leader takes charge as the mayor of Patiala. His party had won 43 of the 60 seats in the municipal corporation elections held on December 21.

Polling was held on 45 seats as eight seats had already been won by the AAP unopposed. Polling in seven wards was deferred by the state government following the intervention of the Punjab and Haryana high court. The BJP and the Congress won four seats each, while the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) bagged two.