Putting up a good show, the Congress won most of the seats in the local body and panchayat polls by winning 13 of the 24 Panchayat Samitis, four of six Zila Parishad, and two of seven local bodies in the civic and panchayat by-polls, the results of which were declared on Sunday.

On the other hand, the BJP won only seven Panchayat Samiti seats, one Zila Parishad and two Nagar Nikay (local body) seats.

Independents won three Nagar Nikay and three Panchayat Samiti seats, while the BSP managed to win one each of Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti seats.

Of a total of 37 seats on which elections were held, Congress won 19 while the BJP managed just 10.

“The results are from various districts across the state, which indicates that people are unhappy with the BJP,” Congress state president Sachin Pilot said.

“The government has completed two and a half years and the results show growing resentment for BJP, which has abused its mandate,” he said.

Of the one Zila Parishad and two Panchayat Samiti seats in Dholpur, Congress won one Panchayat Samiti while the other two were won by BSP.

“The BJP lost in Chief Minister’s hometown Dholpur which only proves the resentment,” Pilot said.

BJP state president Ashok Parnami, however, said, “A true evaluation would be to see how many seats belonged to whom while going into the elections. We may have lost some but have also wrested Panchayat Samiti seats from Congress in Baran, Barmer and Dausa.”

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