JAIPUR: Congress took a lead over BJP in terms of number of wards won in the municipal elections held in 20 districts, though BJP retained the Ajmer Municipal Corporation with a big margin on Sunday.
The incumbent party will, however, have to depend on independent candidates to form governing boards in many of the 90 municipal bodies for which elections were held on January 28 and the results declared on Sunday.
Polls could not be held in one of the 3035 wards in the 90 urban bodies due to the death of a Congress candidate in Bhilwara’s Gulabpura Nagar Palika. Of the 3,034 wards for which results were announced, Congress won 1,197 while the BJP won 1,140.