2015 Rajasthan Civic Poll Election -BJP Wins 67 of 129 local bodies Thursday Aug 20,2015

Rajasthan civic polls results

Despite Lalit Modi row, BJP registers victory in 67 of 129 local bodies. 

Out of 129 civic bodies, BJP bagged 67, Congress got 33 and others registered victory in 18. However, 11 were tied between BJP and Congress

Detailed break-up of results

Ajmer Municipal Corporation (1 civic body - 60 seats): BJP 31, Congress 22, Others 7

Nagar Palika (113 civic bodies) - BJP 62, Congress 25, Others 17, 9 tied between BJP and Congress

Nagar Parishad (15 civic bodies) - Congress bags 8, BJP gets 4, 1 others, 2 tied between BJP and Congress

Vasundhara Raje, however, suffered a setback in her assembly constituency Jhalrapatan. The BJP lost the Jhalawar municipal council and and Jhalrapatan municipality after a gap of more than 15 years.

Congress also won the Baran municipal council and Anta municipality in Baran district.Vasundhara Raje’s son Dushyant Singh is the Lok Sabha MP from Jhalawar-Baran constituency

The election of the chairpersons in 129 civic bodies, including Ajmer Municipal Corporation, would be held on August 21 in which all 3351 councillors (3306+45) would vote, and the election of deputy chairpersons would be held on August 22 in the same way.

 Rajasthan civic polls

Polling begun on Monday Aug 17,2015 in municipal elections for the Voting for 129 bodies in 31 out of 33 districts of Rajasthan

Around 4,302 polling booths have been set up for 3,351 wards in the 129 civic bodies where the polling began at 7 am and will continue till 5 pm.

37.58 lakh electors, including 19.56 lakh female voters, will cast their votes at the polling booths in the civic polls.

This is the first election in Rajasthan being held under new regulations that require candidates to submit affidavits that none of their family members defecate in the open.
The election is notable for the recent ordinance passed by the Rajasthan government, which mandates that every candidate in the election should have a toilet in his or her house. The candidates have been asked to submit affidavits declaring this, along with an undertaking that none of their family members defecates in the open.

The civic polls will see 37.58 lakh eligible voters, about 18 lakh of them women, pick their local representatives from a field of over 10,000 candidates.

Altogether 10,582 candidates, including the ruling BJP and Opposition Congress, are in the fray for today's polls, while 45 candidates -- 23 BJP, 13 INC and 9 Independent candidates-- have already been elected unopposed after withdrawal of nominations

The largest of the local bodies going to the polls today is the Ajmer Municipal Corporation.

The results of the elections are set to be announced on August 20,2015

The state's ruling BJP, led by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, is keen to continue its winning streak of the 2013 Assembly election, 2014 Lok Sabha polls and the previous round of civic polls in January. The party has deployed its legislators in their respective constituencies to shore up its prospects.

The opposition Congress, led by former Union Minister Sachin Pilot, would also be looking to rebuild itself after the drubbing it received in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.