BJP wins mayor elections at three municipal corporations in Rajasthan

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party candidates won the mayoral contests at Rajasthan’s three biggest municipal corporations in Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota on Friday (September 26, 2026). The party candidate also claimed victory in the election for chairperson of Suket municipality in Kota district by a narrow margin of one vote.

BJP’s Sunil Kothari was elected Mayor of Jaipur, while Prasanna Chand Mehta was elected to the position in Jodhpur and Anusuiya Goswami in Kota. The voting figures in Jodhpur and Kota went beyond the declared numbers of councillors of the rival parties.

The polls were held through the votes of elected councillors, with counting taking place immediately after polling. Elections in Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota municipal corporations and Suket municipality were held separately after repolling was conducted in some wards because of technical glitches during the urban local body polls held earlier this month.