A day after the Congress failed to form governments in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, the party registered a victory in the Rajasthan local body bypolls. On Tuesday, 19 December, the Congress won the majority of seats in the bypolls to the Zila Parishads, Panchayat Samitis and municipal wards in BJP-ruled Rajasthan.
According to The Hindu, Congress bagged all four Zila Parishad seats, 16 of 27 of the Panchayat Samiti seats, and seven out the 13 municipal wards.
Meanwhile, the BJP won in 10 Panchayat Samiti wards, and an independent candidate took the remaining one seat. In the contest for municipal wards, BJP took the remaining six seats.
The local body wards, for which by-elections were held last week, are located in 26 districts of the state.