| Chandigarh 18th May,2009. | | | | 2004. Again, Bansal had won in 2004 polling 139,880 |
| The great verdict is out, and the victory has gone to | | | | votes while Jain had polled 94,632 votes and Dhawan |
| Pawan Kumar Bansal's name. | | | | only 17,762 votes. |
| Pawan Bansal, Congress has secured 161,042 | | | | In the Chandigarh Votes 2009: UT Chandigarh has a |
| votes to emerge WINNER defeating his nearest rival | | | | total electorate of 522,650. Of this, Bansal polled |
| Satya Pal Jain by a whopping margin of 58967 votes | | | | 161,042 votes while Jain got 102,075 and Dhawan |
| in a multifaceted election which included Harmohan | | | | 61,434. The remaining 11 candidates including the |
| Dhawan of Bahujan Samaj Party, and Anwarul Haque | | | | Rashtriya Janata Dal andJanata Dal (U) forfeited their |
| of Rashtriya Janta Dal, Janta Dal (U) and nine | | | | security deposits. |
| independents. | | | | Pawan Bansal has shouldered many responsibilities in |
| Though every party did their best to remain a | | | | the national polity. He was Minster of State for Finance |
| front-runner, yet Pawan Bansal had an edge over the | | | | and Minister of state for Parliamentary affairs. During |
| others right from the beginning because of his agenda. | | | | the campaign, Smt. Sonia Gandhi, Chair Person UPA, |
| Dwelling highly on developmental plank and resolving | | | | while addressing a massive rally at Chandigarh, to elect |
| GPA holders' transfer policy, Bansal always remained | | | | Pawan Bansal from Chandigarh and had promised to |
| the front-runner. Other factors that led to his victory | | | | elevate Pawan Bansal as a Cabinet Minister in the |
| were the Man Mohan Factor and the involving the | | | | UPA Government. . |
| youth on the image of Rahul Gandhi. | | | | It is pertinent to point out that Chandigarh Social |
| The rivals did not have any such agenda in their | | | | Welfare Council extended its total support to Pawan |
| campaign. They resorted to so low tactics and mud | | | | Bansal and its relentless campaign in the third phase |
| slinging personally of Bansal and his members of the | | | | southernsectors got translated into votes for him. |
| family ;that the same was highly disapproved by the | | | | Council shall continue to support his vision to make |
| people at large | | | | Chandigarh a World Class City. |
| It is pertinent to point out that Bansal has won the | | | | Satish Chandra Sharma |
| Chandigarh seat for the fourth time; and for the third | | | | General Secretary, Chandigarh Social Welfare Council, |
| time in a row. He had won it in 1991, lost to Mr. Jain in | | | | Email: sharma. |
| 1996 and 1998, and won consecutively in 1999 and | | | | |