Archive · 15 Sep 2026
BJP Edges Congress by 0.94% in Rajasthan Civic Polls
Rajasthan held elections for many local city governments.
The BJP received slightly more votes than Congress across the state.
The difference was less than one percentage point.
Independent candidates also won a large share of the votes.
In Jaipur, the BJP won the most declared wards.
Congress won 53 wards, and independent candidates won 15.
Four Jaipur ward results are still pending because voting machines had technical problems at five booths.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the results showed support for the BJP’s governance and development policies.
The BJP won 35.18% of votes across 309 Rajasthan civic bodies, compared with Congress’s 34.24%.
The BJP’s statewide advantage was 99,615 votes, or 0.94 percentage points.
Independent candidates received 27.38% of votes, while NOTA secured 1.03%, more than several smaller parties.
In Jaipur, the BJP won 78 of 146 declared wards, compared with 53 for Congress and 15 for independents.
Results in four Jaipur wards remain pending after EVM problems at five booths and will require re-polling.
- Who
- The Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress, independent candidates, and smaller parties contested the elections.
- What
- The BJP narrowly defeated Congress in Rajasthan’s urban local body elections and won the most declared Jaipur municipal wards.
- When
- The results were reported on Monday after the recently concluded elections; four Jaipur ward results remain pending.
- Where
- Across 309 civic bodies in Rajasthan, including the Jaipur Municipal Corporation.
- Why
- The BJP attributed its performance to support for its governance and development policies, while the report linked NOTA support to local protests over new UGC regulations.
BJP Position
Congress and Alternative Vote Position
Meaning of the statewide result
BJP Position
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the mandate reflected support for the BJP’s good-governance and development policies under the “double-engine” government.
Congress and Alternative Vote Position
Congress finished only 0.94 percentage points behind the BJP, while independent candidates captured 27.38% of the statewide vote.
Jaipur municipal control
BJP Position
The BJP won 78 declared wards and was reported to have won the Jaipur Municipal Corporation board.
Congress and Alternative Vote Position
Congress won 53 wards and independents won 15; four ward results remain unresolved pending re-polling.
Voter dissatisfaction
BJP Position
The BJP had the highest statewide vote share among the parties listed in the results.
Congress and Alternative Vote Position
NOTA received 1.03% of votes, exceeding the totals of several smaller parties, with the report linking this support to protests over new UGC regulations.
- BJP statewide vote share
- 35.18%, or 3,735,567 votes
- Congress statewide vote share
- 34.24%, or 3,635,952 votes
- BJP-Congress margin
- 99,615 votes, or 0.94 percentage points
- Independent vote share
- 27.38%, or 2,906,787 votes
- NOTA vote share
- 1.03%, or 109,523 votes
- Jaipur declared wards
- 146 of 150
- Jaipur ward results
- BJP 78, Congress 53, independents 15
- Pending Jaipur results
- Four wards after EVM issues at five booths
