BJP maintains dominance in Rajasthan urban bodies by winning 6 deputy mayor seats

After its victory in the mayoral contests and polling for chairpersons of municipal councils and municipalities in Rajasthan on Monday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) continued its winning spree for the posts of deputy heads of urban bodies on Tuesday.

The ruling party maintained its dominance in the urban local bodies by winning the seats of deputy mayors in six of the seven municipal corporations where the polling was held. A Congress-supported Independent councillor was elected in Pali.

Besides seven municipal corporations, the polling was held in 47 municipal councils and 251 municipalities.

Despite securing the mayoral post in Bikaner, the Opposition Congress lost the deputy mayor’s seat to BJP’s Pankaj Gehlot. In Ajmer, BJP’s Hemant Sankhla and Congress’s Naurat Gurjar received 40 votes each, after which the decision was taken through the draw of lots, resulting in the victory for Mr. Sankhla.