Archive · 18 Sep 2026
Congress Sweeps Jaipur Re-Polls as BJP Secures Kota Majority
Some local election wards in Rajasthan had to vote again.
In Jaipur, Congress won all four wards that were counted.
In Kota, the BJP won two wards and Congress won one.
This gave the BJP 57 of Kota’s 100 council seats.
Because it has more than half the seats, the BJP will form the Kota municipal board.
In Jodhpur, BJP’s Hemaram Choudhary won Ward 50 by 83 votes.
The vote count there was delayed because an electronic voting machine malfunctioned.
A re-poll was held before the final result was announced.
Congress candidates won all four remaining re-poll wards in the Jaipur Municipal Corporation.
The BJP won two of three re-poll wards in Kota, while Congress won one.
The BJP now holds 57 of Kota’s 100 council seats and will form the board.
BJP candidate Hemaram Choudhary defeated Congress candidate Yuvraj Singh by 83 votes in Jodhpur Ward 50.
The Jodhpur count had been delayed after an EVM malfunction led to a re-poll.
- Who
- The Indian National Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party, along with their candidates, contested the re-poll wards.
- What
- Results were announced for re-polls in municipal wards across Jaipur, Kota and Jodhpur.
- When
- The results were reported after re-polls held in the affected wards; the Jodhpur re-poll took place on Wednesday.
- Where
- The affected wards were in Jaipur, Kota and Jodhpur, Rajasthan; an additional result came from Suket Municipality.
- Why
- The re-polls were held because the wards had required fresh voting; in Jodhpur, counting had been withheld after an EVM malfunction.
- Jaipur result
- Congress won all four remaining re-poll wards.
- Kota result
- BJP won Wards 44 and 87; Congress won Ward 11.
- Kota council strength
- BJP 57, Congress 39 and Independents four in the 100-member corporation.
- Kota outcome
- The BJP has a majority and will form the municipal board.
- Jodhpur Ward 50
- Hemaram Choudhary defeated Yuvraj Singh by 83 votes.
- Jodhpur vote totals
- Choudhary received 1,725 votes and Yuvraj Singh received 1,642.
- Suket Municipality
- Congress candidate Mohammad Rafiq won Ward 4 by 117 votes.