Rajasthan: Congress trumps BJP, wins 670 panchayat samiti seats, 4 out of 6 zila parishads

In a boost for Congress amid the festering internal conflict in Rajasthan, the party on Saturday won 670 panchayat samiti seats to BJP's 551 in the rural polls held across six districts, reversing the 2015 result when the saffron party – then in government – had emerged victorious. The pattern was repeated in the zila parishad elections, with Congress getting 99 and BJP 90 out of the 200 seats to which polls were held.