By comparison in rural polls, the BJP won 353 of Zila Parishad’s 636 member seats compared to 252 in Congress and won 1,989 seats in Panchayat Samiti versus 1,852 in Congress.
Now Rajasthan’s Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has said that the BJP is misleading people about the results of rural polls, noting that Congress got a 40.87 percent vote share and the BJP 40, 58 percent.
However, even this should be disappointing for Congress, as the ruling party is expected to do better.
There are three reasons for this: two Rajasthan specific reasons and a “big picture” factor.
There are two Rajasthan-specific reasons why the slightly divergent results in the two surveys are also interrelated.
The urban and rural surveys were carried out in different districts
The Nagar Palika elections were held in 50 cities spread over 12 districts: Alwar, Baran, Bharatpur, Dausa, Dholpur, Ganganagar, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Karauli, Kota, Sawai Madhopur and Sirohi.
Elections for Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti were held in 21 districts: Ajmer, Banswara, Barmer, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Bundi, Chittorgarh, Churu, Dungarpur, Hanumangarh, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jhalawar, Jhunjhunu, Nagore, Raj, Prasata, Sikar. , Tonk and Udaipur.
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