Archive · 19 Sep 2026
Kirti Gosaiwal Becomes Rajasthan’s Youngest Municipal Chairperson
Kirti Gosaiwal is 21 years old and has been elected to lead a town municipality in Rajasthan.
She is the youngest municipal chairperson in the state.
Kirti belongs to the Dalit community and represents the Bharatiya Janata Party.
She was elected without opposition because no Congress or independent councillor stood against her.
The position was set aside for a woman from a Scheduled Caste.
The BJP won most of the seats in the municipality.
Dhorimanna is a newly formed municipality in western Rajasthan.
Kirti said she wants to solve residents’ problems and improve civic services.
Local people hope she will help the town develop quickly.
Twenty-one-year-old Dalit BJP councillor Kirti Gosaiwal was elected unopposed as chairperson of Dhorimanna municipality in Rajasthan’s Balotra district.
The post was reserved for a Scheduled Caste woman, and Congress and independent councillors did not field candidates because they lacked sufficient numbers.
The BJP won 14 of Dhorimanna’s 20 municipal wards, while Congress and independents won three seats each.
Gosaiwal is the first chairperson of the newly formed municipality and said improving local civic services would be her immediate priority.
Residents welcomed her election, hoping her leadership would speed up development in the western Rajasthan town.
- Who
- Kirti Gosaiwal, a 21-year-old Dalit councillor from the Bharatiya Janata Party, was elected chairperson.
- What
- She was elected unopposed as chairperson of Dhorimanna municipality, becoming Rajasthan’s youngest municipal chairperson.
- When
- She was elected during Dhorimanna’s first municipal elections this year; the articles do not provide a specific date.
- Where
- Dhorimanna municipality in Rajasthan’s Balotra district, about 70 kilometers from Barmer.
- Why
- The post was reserved for a Scheduled Caste woman, and Congress and independent councillors did not nominate a candidate because they lacked sufficient numbers.
Alternative Candidates
Unopposed BJP Leadership
Municipal chairperson election
Alternative Candidates
Congress and independent councillors did not field candidates, citing insufficient numbers.
Unopposed BJP Leadership
Kirti Gosaiwal was the only candidate to file a nomination and was elected unopposed.
Expectations for the municipality
Alternative Candidates
The articles do not report a competing political program from Congress or independent councillors.
Unopposed BJP Leadership
Gosaiwal said addressing residents’ problems would be her immediate priority, while residents hoped for faster development and improved civic services.
- Age
- 21
- Position
- Chairperson, Dhorimanna municipality
- Political party
- Bharatiya Janata Party
- Election result
- Elected unopposed
- Municipal wards
- BJP 14; Congress 3; independents 3
- Reservation
- Scheduled Caste woman
- Location
- Balotra district, Rajasthan