Taran Chahal (left) and Sukhman Sangha (right) are the only new faces on Brampton City Council following the 2026 municipal election.<\/p>\n
Every sitting Brampton politician who ran for re-election in Monday night\u2019s vote won their race, while two new faces will join the incumbents to make up the next Brampton City Council.<\/p>\n
One is Taran Chahal, a former Conservative Party of Canada candidate for Brampton-Centre in the 2025 federal election.<\/p>\n
Chahal has a background in finance and as an accountant, and has worked for the City of Brampton for over five years as a manager and business advisor for the capital asset department.<\/p>\n
Voters in Brampton\u2019s Wards 7 and 8 picked Chahal in Monday night\u2019s vote, where every incumbent council member won their race.<\/p>\n
Former Wards 7 and 8 City and Regional Coun. Pat Fortini left a seat open when he decided to run in a failed bid for Caledon council, where City Coun. Rod Power ran and won the position left open by Fortini.<\/p>\n
Chahal replaces Coun. Rod Power, who ran and won for the position of City and Regional councillor seat left open by former Coun. Pat Fortini, who left a seat open when he decided to run in a failed bid for Caledon council. Power gave Chahal his endorsement during the campaign.<\/p>\n
The city\u2019s early results show Chahal won 30.85 per cent of the votes, with now-former Township of Southgate Coun. Monica Singh Soares came in second with 20.72 per cent of the 21,308 ballots cast in the race.<\/p>\n
The other newcomer to council chambers is lawyer Sukhman Sangha, who will take over for now-former Wards 9 and 10 Coun. Gurpartap Singh Toor. Toor exited politics after one term on council.<\/p>\n
Sangha narrowly defeated former Coun. Gurpreet Singh Dhillon, who looked to regain his seat following sexual misconduct and harassment allegations and a loss in the 2022 election. The rookie councillor previously spent four years as a policy adviser to Brampton MP and Ontario cabinet minister Prabmeet Sarkaria.<\/p>\n
There was less than a one per cent difference in ballots between Sangha (25.24 per cent) and Dhillon (24.26 per cent), with 29,345 votes cast.<\/p>\n
Of Brampton\u2019s 10 council seats, seven councillors looked to keep jobs on council for another four years and won their races \u2013 Paul Vicente, Michael Palleschi, Martin Medeiros, Rowena Santos, Navjit Kaur Brar, Dennis Keenan and Dennis Keenan.<\/p>\n
Some 28.77 per cent of Brampton\u2019s 428,012 voters cast their ballots in the municipal election, which saw Mayor Patrick Brown elected for a third term with 54.90 per cent of the vote.<\/p>\n
Monday\u2019s turnout was higher than in 2022, when less than a quarter (24.56 per cent) of 354,884 eligible Brampton voters cast ballots, and down from 34.5 per cent of eligible votes cast in 2018, according to data from the city.<\/p>\n