{"id":593588,"date":"2025-06-25T09:01:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T03:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news24online.com\/?p=593588"},"modified":"2025-06-25T09:01:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T03:31:23","slug":"no-more-secret-ballot-chandigarh-mayor-to-be-elected-by-show-of-hands-administrator-kataria-gives-nod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news24online.com\/cities\/chandigarh\/no-more-secret-ballot-chandigarh-mayor-to-be-elected-by-show-of-hands-administrator-kataria-gives-nod\/593588\/","title":{"rendered":"No More Secret Ballot! Chandigarh Mayor To Be Elected By Show Of Hands, Administrator Kataria Gives Nod"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Mayor, Senior Deputy Mayor, and Deputy Mayor in Chandigarh will now be elected through show of hands instead of the earlier secret ballot method. Punjab Governor and Administrator of the Union Territory Chandigarh, Gulab Chand Kataria, has approved an amendment to Regulation 6 of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (Procedure and Conduct of Business) Regulations, 1996. With this amendment, the change will take place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sharing this information, Chandigarh Administrator Kataria stated that the new system will bring greater transparency in the election process. It will make the role of elected representatives more clear and accountable. He has further expressed hope that this change will bring improvement in the functioning and governance of the Municipal Corporation. It will further strengthen trust in democratic processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith this amendment, the mayor, senior deputy mayor, and deputy mayor will now be elected through a show of hands instead of the earlier secret ballot method,\u201d the official statement stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notably, this amendment was first passed in the House meeting of the Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh. It was proposed under the legal powers granted by Section 398 (2) of the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976 (as extended to the Union Territory of Chandigarh under the Chandigarh UT Act, 1994). The proposal was then sent to the Administrator for approval, and it has now been formally granted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/news24online.com\/cities\/patna\/bihar-elections-nitish-governments-decision-pension-hiked-rs-1100-marriage-halls-panchayat-poor-families-rs-crore-be-spent\/593557\/\">Bihar: Nitish Government\u2019s Big Decision! Pension Hiked To Rs 1100; Marriage Halls In Every Panchayat For Poor Families; Rs 20 For Thali And More!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sharing this information, Chandigarh Administrator Kataria stated that the new system will bring greater transparency in the election process. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2923,"featured_media":593589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","short_title":"","seo-keywords":"","news-seo-keywords":"","author-reported-field":"2952","author-review-field":null,"article-sources-field":"","byline_field":"","survey_poll":"","ai_generated_summary":"","faq-group":{"faq-question_1":"","faq-description_1":"","faq-question_2":"","faq-description_2":"","faq-question_3":"","faq-description_3":"","faq-question_4":"","faq-description_4":"","faq-question_5":"","faq-description_5":""}},"categories":[19361],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-593588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chandigarh"],"recipe-group":{"preparation_time":"","total_cooking_time":"","recipe_yield":"","recipe_cuisine":"","recipe_rating_value":"","recipe_servingsize":"","recipe_calories":"","recipe_ingredients":"","recipe_instructions_head_1":"","recipe-instructions_1":"","recipe_instructions_head_2":"","recipe-instructions_2":"","recipe_instructions_head_3":"","recipe-instructions_3":"","recipe_instructions_head_4":"","recipe-instructions_4":"","recipe_instructions_head_5":"","recipe-instructions_5":"","recipe_instructions_head_6":"","recipe-instructions_6":""},"embed-url-group":{"embed-url":"","embed-duration":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>No More Secret Ballot! 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