PM Modi thanks people of Rajasthan for BJP’s good poll performance

In the closely contested polls, BJP got 19 seats while its main rival bagged 14 seats out of 37 seats for which by-elections were held on Tuesday. The ruling party and main opposition in the state gained one seat each in the bypolls held for Panchayat and municipal seats in the state, counting for which took place on Thursday.

The elections were held for 3 zila parishad seats, 10 municipal seats and 24 panchayat samiti seats. The bypolls for local body seats in 20 districts were held on November 29 in the backdrop of Modi government’s demonetisation decision and the outcome was being being keenly watched.

Just days earlier, BJP won the first phase of civic elections in Maharashtra and local bodies by-elections in Gujarat with the party claiming that it was an endorsement by the people of the demonetisation decision.