Archive · 19 Aug 2026
Rajasthan to Hold First Simultaneous Urban Polls in September
Rajasthan will hold elections for all of its urban local bodies at the same time for the first time.
Voting is planned for September 9 and September 11.
People will choose representatives for 10,245 councillor positions.
The elections cover 309 urban bodies across the state.
These include municipal corporations, municipal councils and municipalities.
Many of these bodies had been without elected representatives for about a year.
Administrators were running them while the state followed its one-state, one-election policy.
Congress had gone to court asking for the elections to be held.
The results may show how urban voters feel about the state government and the BJP.
Elections will be held simultaneously across 309 Rajasthan urban bodies for the first time.
Voting for 10,245 councillor posts is scheduled in two phases on September 9 and 11.
The polls cover 10 municipal corporations, 51 municipal councils and 248 municipalities.
More than 1.44 crore voters are eligible to vote in the urban-body elections.
The elections are viewed as a major political test for Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma and the BJP.
- Who
- More than 1.44 crore voters, candidates for 10,245 councillor posts, the Rajasthan State Election Commission, Congress, and the BJP are involved.
- What
- Rajasthan will conduct simultaneous elections for 309 urban local bodies.
- When
- Voting is scheduled in two phases on September 9 and September 11; the schedule was announced on Wednesday.
- Where
- Across Rajasthan’s 10 municipal corporations, 51 municipal councils and 248 municipalities.
- Why
- The elections are being held under the state’s one-state, one-election policy after the tenures of most urban bodies ended and administrators were appointed.
Election advocates
State government approach
Timing of elections
Election advocates
Congress approached the High Court seeking elections for the urban bodies and panchayats.
State government approach
The state government assured the High Court that both elections would be held by November 15 and proceeded with the urban-body schedule.
Interim administration
Election advocates
The legal challenge reflected opposition to the delay after the tenures of most urban bodies had ended.
State government approach
The government appointed administrators while following the one-state, one-election policy, according to the report.
- Urban bodies voting
- 309
- Councillor posts
- 10,245
- Voting dates
- September 9 and September 11
- Municipal corporations
- 10
- Municipal councils
- 51
- Municipalities
- 248
- Eligible voters
- More than 1.44 crore