The BJP emerged as the largest party in panchayat samitis and zilla parishads, but in urban local bodies, the tables turned, and Congress came out strongly winning 619 districts out of 1,775 in the 50 municipalities, while the BJP relegated to third position below the independents with 549 districts.
The BJP had always held an advantage in local body elections. If you look at the results of the last five elections since 1995, the Saffron party enjoyed an advantage in four elections except 2000. In the 2000 elections, Congress party I was in power and Ashok Gehlot At the forefront of affairs, the ruling party managed to outwit the BJP by winning 65 local bodies and the BJP was relegated to second place with 52. In the other four elections, the BJP enjoyed supremacy.
President of BJP Satish poonia He accepted that the electoral results of the local organs were a setback for the party. “These results are a lesson for workers. We need a special action plan to strengthen our organizational and political terrain in these areas. I am confident that the workers will continue to accept the challenges and work hard. ”
However, the BJP leader reminded Congress’ the difference in the results of Panchayati Raj the results of the elections in 21 districts and the results of the civic elections in 12 districts. There were around 2.5 million voters in the panchayat elections and a total of 14 lakh voters in the corps, ”said the BJP leader.
Congress obtained 40.87% of the votes while the BJP obtained 40.58% of the votes in the elections held to 222 panchayat samitis in 21 zila parishads. The Congress, despite being in power, obtained 0.29% more votes than the BJP. In the latest assembly polls, Congress got just over 0.5% more votes than the BJP. The trend shows that the opposition is narrowing the margin by making inroads into rural areas.
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