[1] Contesting the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation elections for the first time, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won 14 seats and became the single largest party in the council of total 35 elected seats.

One Congress Councillor defected and joined BJP and one AAP vote was declared invalid.

Bhartiya Janata Party's Sarabjit Kaur was elected as the new mayor of Chandigarh with 14 votes in support and 13 against.

2016 Chandigarh Municipal Corporation election was won by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) + Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) alliance.

In the 2019 Indian general election, Chandigarh (Lok Sabha constituency) was won by BJP.

[2] In the 2021 Chandigarh Municipal Corporation election, SAD and BJP contested separately without an alliance.

[2] Elections were also fought on corruption charges for which several senior AAP leaders were jailed and liquor scam.

[12][3] On 30 December 2021, Arvind Kejriwal took part in a road show to express gratitude towards Chandigarh people.

[3] Of the five-year term of the MC House, the MCC mayor seat during the first and fourth years is reserved for the women.

New office holders for these posts will be elected on 8 January 2022, in the assembly hall of the Chandigarh municipal corporation (CMC).

[16] AAP called the mayor election "shocking death of democracy", and accused the District Collector of illegally electing the mayor Candidate from BJP despite AAP winning more seats in the council.

[17] AAP challenged the results of the mayor election in the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

The plea alleged that the process to select this nominated councillor was delayed and BJP's Maheshinder Singh Sidhu was chosen as the presiding officer.