CANACONA: Ajit alias Ajay Bhaghat was elected as the chairperson of the Canacona municipal council (CMC) on Friday after he defeated Simon Rebello by 6-4 votes.Municipal sources said that the director of municipal administration had earlier accepted the outgoing CMC chairperson Ramakant Naik Gaonkar's resignation.Naik Gaunkar, who was elected chairperson on May 31,2012, for 14 months, resigned on July 31, as per the agreement among six councillors.