Chandigarh, Jan 30 (PTI) BJP's Harpreet Kaur Babla was elected as the new mayor of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation on Thursday after she defeated AAP candidate Prem Lata.

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Babla secured 19 votes while Lata got 17 votes.

The result was announced by presiding officer Ramneek Singh Bedi.

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Polling for the post began at 11:20 am in the assembly hall of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation and ended at 12:19 pm.

The contest for the mayoral polls was between the BJP and the AAP-Congress combine.

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