BJP has won one of the councillor seats out of 200 wards in the Greater Chennai Corporation. Uma Anandan won ward 134, West Mambalam, becoming the sole winner for the party in the city.
This ward had seen severe water logging during the many spells of heavy rain in 2021. According to the BJP, Uma Anandan won because of anti-incumbency.
Uma Anandan, had been embroiled in controversy during the campaign for the polls, for praising Nathuram Godse who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi, and for speaking demeaningly of Muslims and Christians.