Hoshiarpur, Aug. 8 -- Parveen Saini was on Friday elected the first woman mayor of the Hoshiarpur Municipal Corporation, with the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) retaining all three top posts despite dissent from some of its councillors over the selection of candidates.

Saini, in her 60s, a senior councillor with six consecutive electoral victories, was elected as mayor, while outgoing mayor Surinder Kumar Chhinda was made senior deputy mayor and first-time councillor Sandip Chechi was elected deputy mayor.

The 50-member corporation has a clear AAP majority. In the July municipal corporation polls, AAP won 35 wards, while the Congress won nine, the BJP three and Independents three.

The mayoral election was held at the corporation office i...