Jaipur: Performing well in the local polls of Rajasthan, the BJP has won 1,835 out of 4,371 seats, while the Congress has managed to win 1,718 seats.
Reacting to the win, BJP chief J P Nadda has said that the victory symbolises the trust the poor, farmers and labourers have in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership.
He thanked voters in the Congress-ruled state for putting "faith" in the saffron party.
The BJP, which has broken the trend of the ruling party winning most seats in the state's local elections, appears set to corner the lion's share of seats in the Panchayat Samiti and Zila Parishad elections held in Rajasthan's 21 districts.
Out of the 4,371 Panchayat Samiti seats, the BJP had already bagged 1,835 of them while the Congress managed to win 1,718 seats.
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Similarly, out of the 636 seats of the Zila Parishad, the BJP cornered 266 seats leaving 204 for the Congress.
The outcome has come as a shot in the arm for the BJP at a time when its government at the Centre is facing farmer protests against the recent agri reforms enacted by it.
Elaborate security arrangements have been made for the counting process. The polling was held on November 23, 27, December 1 and 5.
The Congress had performed well in urban local body polls, electing its mayor in four out of six municipal corporations. But the erosion of support in rural areas, especially a tribal stronghold like Dungarpur, should be worrying for the party that came to power in the state in 2018.
Party seniors are of the view that the feud between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot, who rebelled against him, is barely under the lid and is chipping away at the Congress's dominance in the state.
