Urban Elections Rajasthan

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday launched a scheme on the lines of the MGNREGA to provide 100 days of employment to families in urban areas.

Elections to 90 urban local bodies in 20 districts of Rajasthan will be held on Thursday, the State Election Commission said.

Elections to 90 urban local bodies in 20 districts of Rajasthan will be held on January 28, the state election commission said on Tuesday.

The Congress has won the posts of chairperson in 33 of 45 urban local bodies that went to polls on Sunday, an official said.

The elections for the posts of chairman in 45 urban local bodies of 12 districts in Rajasthan will be held on Sunday, an official said.

The ruling Congress in Rajasthan has beaten the BJP in urban local body elections held days after the party suffered a setback in rural polls.

The ruling Congress in Rajasthan won 620, the BJP 548, and independent candidates bagged 595 of the total 1,775 ward councillor posts in 50 urban local bodies for which results were declared on Sunday, according to a State Election Commission official.

The BJP today claimed big gains in Rajasthan with the ruling Congress, fresh out of a revolt that almost brought down its government earlier this year, losing in most of the 21 districts that voted in local body polls.

All preparations have been made for the first phase of polling in 2,726 gram panchayats of Rajasthan on Friday, a senior poll official said.

The result of the recently-held urban local body (ULB) elections has broken the myth that the BJP has strong roots in the state's urban areas, Rajasthan Congress chief Sachin Pilot said on Wednesday. Broke BJP's Illusion Of Stronghold In Urban Areas: Sachin Pilot

Nearly 72 per cent voters exercised their franchise in the elections to 49 municipal bodies in Rajasthan on Saturday, with a maximum of 91.67 per cent turnout in Nasirabad municipality of Ajmer district.

Sachin Pilot may not become the Chief Minister in Rajasthan if the party chooses to appoint the older, more experienced Ashok Gehlot, but the urbane politician, equally at home in a village as in the debating room of an English news channel, has more than earned his electoral stripes, say party leaders.

Chitra Singh, the wife of Congress candidate in Jhalrapatan seat Manvendra Singh, has said it would be a tough fight in the home turf of Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje, but expressed confidence that he would emerge victorious. She has been intensively campaigning along with her husband in urban and rural areas of the constituency, which Ms Raje has ...

Rajasthan Urban Development and Housing Minister Shanti Dhariwal (Congress) was among 23 candidates who filed their papers on the second day of nomination today for the December 1 Assembly polls.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday launched a scheme on the lines of the MGNREGA to provide 100 days of employment to families in urban areas.

Elections to 90 urban local bodies in 20 districts of Rajasthan will be held on Thursday, the State Election Commission said.

Elections to 90 urban local bodies in 20 districts of Rajasthan will be held on January 28, the state election commission said on Tuesday.

The Congress has won the posts of chairperson in 33 of 45 urban local bodies that went to polls on Sunday, an official said.

The elections for the posts of chairman in 45 urban local bodies of 12 districts in Rajasthan will be held on Sunday, an official said.

The ruling Congress in Rajasthan has beaten the BJP in urban local body elections held days after the party suffered a setback in rural polls.

The ruling Congress in Rajasthan won 620, the BJP 548, and independent candidates bagged 595 of the total 1,775 ward councillor posts in 50 urban local bodies for which results were declared on Sunday, according to a State Election Commission official.

The BJP today claimed big gains in Rajasthan with the ruling Congress, fresh out of a revolt that almost brought down its government earlier this year, losing in most of the 21 districts that voted in local body polls.

All preparations have been made for the first phase of polling in 2,726 gram panchayats of Rajasthan on Friday, a senior poll official said.

The result of the recently-held urban local body (ULB) elections has broken the myth that the BJP has strong roots in the state's urban areas, Rajasthan Congress chief Sachin Pilot said on Wednesday. Broke BJP's Illusion Of Stronghold In Urban Areas: Sachin Pilot

Nearly 72 per cent voters exercised their franchise in the elections to 49 municipal bodies in Rajasthan on Saturday, with a maximum of 91.67 per cent turnout in Nasirabad municipality of Ajmer district.

Sachin Pilot may not become the Chief Minister in Rajasthan if the party chooses to appoint the older, more experienced Ashok Gehlot, but the urbane politician, equally at home in a village as in the debating room of an English news channel, has more than earned his electoral stripes, say party leaders.

Chitra Singh, the wife of Congress candidate in Jhalrapatan seat Manvendra Singh, has said it would be a tough fight in the home turf of Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje, but expressed confidence that he would emerge victorious. She has been intensively campaigning along with her husband in urban and rural areas of the constituency, which Ms Raje has ...

Rajasthan Urban Development and Housing Minister Shanti Dhariwal (Congress) was among 23 candidates who filed their papers on the second day of nomination today for the December 1 Assembly polls.