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Politics

BJP wins six deputy mayor posts in Rajasthan urban bodies

Source: The Hindu · 22 Sep 2026, 19:53 UTC
BJP wins six deputy mayor posts in Rajasthan urban bodies
Image: The Hindu · original report

The Bharatiya Janata Party retained its dominance in Rajasthan’s urban local bodies by winning six deputy mayor seats, according to The Hindu. The supplied material gives no details about the bodies involved, the voting margins, rival candidates or whether the results changed control of any municipal institution.

The Bharatiya Janata Party has maintained its dominance in Rajasthan’s urban bodies by winning six deputy mayor seats, according to The Hindu. The report identifies the victories as evidence of the party’s continuing strength in the State’s urban local institutions. It does not name the municipalities or other bodies where the elections took place.

No information was provided about the candidates who won, their opponents, the vote counts or the margins. The source material also does not say whether the deputy mayor elections followed a wider set of local-body results or whether the contests altered the balance of power in any individual institution. The available account is limited to the number of seats won and the broader assessment that the BJP remains dominant in Rajasthan’s urban bodies.

It does not include reactions from the party, opposition groups or the elected representatives.

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