Overview
- Rajesh won the mayoral vote 51–29–17, defeating the LDF’s R. P. Sivaji and the UDF’s K. S. Sabarinathan, with two UDF ballots invalidated and one councillor abstaining.
- The BJP holds 50 of 101 wards in the corporation, ending more than four decades of Left dominance in the state capital’s civic body.
- Independent councillor M. Radhakrishnan backed Rajesh, and District Collector–Returning Officer Anu Kumari administered the oath of office.
- The BJP named G. S. Asha Nath as its deputy mayor nominee following internal deliberations that sidelined former DGP R. Sreelekha, who was reported to be unhappy.
- The CPI(M) raised objections over oath and voting procedures and signaled possible legal steps, as a bypoll in the Vizhinjam ward remains pending.