The Bhartiya Janta Party has won eight local body seats while the Congress bagged five in the recently held by-polls in various districts of Rajasthan, results of which were announced on Sunday. EVMs were used for in the Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti polls.
The BJP won one Zila Parishad seat in Alwar and 7 out of 13 panchayat Samiti seats. While The Congress bagged five panchayat Samiti seats. The BJP candidates were declared winner unopposed on three panchayat Samiti seats while the Congress also won one in an unopposed contest. While an Independent Candidate won a seat unopposed.
Bypolls for electing members of one Zila Parishad seat of Alwar and ‘panchayat Samiti’ of Bhilwara, Churu, Dausa, Dholpur, Kota, Nagaur, Pali, and Sikar were notified by the Poll Body earlier this month.
Voting for all local body seats was earlier slated for October 27 but was later postponed due to State Assembly Elections, in which Congress unseated the ruling Bhartiya Janta Party.