A 21-year-old has become one of the youngest new faces in the Jaipur Municipal Corporation, with Congress candidate Faiz Hasan winning Ward 71 in the Rajasthan urban local body elections. He has secured 5,426 votes.
The BSP and RLP won one ward each. The Congress emerged victorious in Ajmer and Pali. Bharatpur is Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma’s hometown.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won 63 wards, while the Indian National Congress has secured 44 wards as results for 120 of the 150 wards in the Jaipur Municipal Corporation were declared on Monday as part of the Urban Local Body General Elections-2026. Other parties and independent candidates have won 13 wards so far. Across Rajasthan, the ruling BJP has widened its lead over the Congress in the urban local body elections, winning 3,587 wards compared with the Congress’s 3,050, with results for more than 8,700 of the 10,244 wards where counting was held declared by 2.15 pm, according to a PTI report. The BJP secured a clear majority in the 80-member Udaipur Municipal Corporation, winning 53 wards. The Congress won 23, while Independents secured three and the CPI(M) one. In Ajmer’s 80 wards, the Congress won 37, compared with the BJP’s 32 and Independents’ 11. In the 65-ward Pali Nagar Nigam, the Congress won 29 wards, while the BJP secured 21 and Independents 15. Bharatpur produced a contrasting result, with Independents winning or leading in 36 of its 65 wards, against 20 for the BJP and seven for the Congress.
Counting is underway for the remaining wards, according to the Jaipur District Administration.
Overall, the BJP won 3,587 wards, Congress 3,050, Independents 2,024, the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) 56, CPI(M) 37, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 15, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) 10 and Bharat Adivasi Party (BAP) eight.
