Panchkula, May 13 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Shyam Lal Bansal on Wednesday marked a landslide victory in the Panchkula Municipal Corporation election, defeating Congress candidate Sudha Bhardwaj by a margin of 36,252 votes.

Bansal made decisive victory by securing 68,544 votes, while Bhardwaj managed to garner 32,292 votes.

BJP has dominated the ward elections, winning 17 out of the 20 wards in the Panchkula Municipal Corporation, while the Congress secured victory in one ward. Independent candidates won in two wards.

Among the key BJP winners, Paramjit Kaur won Ward No. 1 by 2,358 votes and Ward No. 2 by 1,979 votes. In Ward No. 4, Bharat Hiteshi secured victory with a margin of 2,565 votes, while Rakesh Jagota reco...