A narrow vote, a wider divide Jaipur: BJP and Congress were separated by less than one percentage point in vote share in Rajasthan’s 309 urban local body elections, but the gap widened sharply when it came to wards won.BJP polled 99,615 more votes than Congress, but it won 566 more wards.Across the 309 urban local…
Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma and BJP State President Madan Rathore, along with party members, celebrate following the ruling party’s performance in the Rajasthan Urban Local Body elections, at the BJP headquarters in Jaipur, Monday Jaipur: Jaipur’s civic election verdict was shaped not by the party with the larger vote count, but by the…
Jaipur: The State Election Commission (SEC) has deferred mayoral and chairperson elections in four urban local bodies where repolling is scheduled Wednesday — Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota municipal corporations and Suket Municipality in Kota district.State election commissioner Rajeshwar Singh told TOI that elections for mayoral, chairperson and deputy chairperson posts cannot be held on Sept…
Congress councillors and a few independent candidates at a resort near Jaipur Jaipur/Alwar: BJP and Congress are finding themselves in a tough position in Bharatpur Municipal Corporation (BMC) as independents have become decisive players there, securing 36 out of 65 wards—surpassing the majority threshold of 33. With the mayoral election scheduled for Sept 21, both…
Former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Jaipur: The battle for control of Jodhpur Municipal Corporation has once again turned into a test of influence between Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and former chief minister Ashok Gehlot, with both camps reaching out to independents to cobble together the numbers needed to form the governing board.The 100-member corporation…
