Rajasthan civic polls: Congress wins 6 of 9 repoll wards, BJP gets 3

The Congress on Thursday won six of the nine wards where repolling was held across four urban local bodies of Rajasthan, while the BJP secured three, with the results for all 10,244 wards that went to polls now declared.

Repolling was held on Wednesday at 10 polling booths after technical problems in EVMs had prevented completion of counting in the affected wards earlier.

Congress wins 6, BJP 3 in repolling

The Congress swept all four pending wards in Jaipur Municipal Corporation and also won one ward each in Kota Municipal Corporation and Suket municipality.

The BJP won two of the three pending wards in Kota Municipal Corporation and the lone pending ward in Jodhpur Municipal Corporation.

With the nine results, the BJP's final tally stands at 4,182 wards, while Congress has won 3,619 and Independents 2,273.

RLP won 63 wards, AAP 42, CPI(M) 38, BSP 19 and Bharat Adivasi Party eight.

Results declared for 10,244 wards

Rajasthan has a total of 10,245 wards across 309 urban local bodies, but polling was held in 10,244. No election was held in Ward 2 of Tonk Municipal Council after all four candidates in the fray withdrew their nominations. A bypoll will be held in the ward later.

The BJP surged ahead of the Congress in the urban local body elections, while Independents registered a strong presence across several civic bodies.

Mayoral, chairperson polls next

Meanwhile, the process for electing mayors and chairpersons is underway in 305 urban local bodies. Elections for mayors and chairpersons will be held on September 21, followed by elections for deputy mayors, deputy chairpersons and municipal vice-presidents on September 22.

The State Election Commission on Thursday issued a separate schedule for Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota municipal corporations and Suket municipality, where the process had been held back due to the repoll.

The public notice for election of mayors and chairpersons in these four bodies will be issued on September 18, nominations can be filed till September 19 and polling will be held from 10 am to 2 pm on September 25, followed by counting immediately thereafter.

Elections for deputy mayors, deputy chairpersons and vice-presidents in the four bodies will be held on September 26.

Congress, BJP held different numbers in 2019-21 cycle

In the previous municipal election cycle held between November 2019 and February 2021, Rajasthan had 196 urban local bodies comprising 7,500 wards.

After the subsequent elections for mayors and chairpersons, the Congress controlled 123 of the 196 urban bodies and the BJP 64, while Independents and other parties headed nine.