Jaipur: The ruling Congress has secured three
zila parishads and is maintaining lead in remaining 30 others
and 248 panchayat samitis in the local body elections.
The ruling party on Monday won parishads of Sikar, Bharatpur
and Kota districts, the state Election Commission spokesman
said here.
Of the results declared till 19:00 hours, in Sikar Zila
Parishad, Congress won 21 out of 39 seats. BJP secured 17 and
CPI-M one.
In Bhartpur, Congress won 24 out of 37, BJP 7,
independents 5 and BSP one. In Kota, Congress won 13 out of
23, BJP 9 and Independent one.
Counting was taken up for 33 zila parishads and 248
panchayat samitis which went to polls in three phases on
January 20, 29 and February 2.
PTI
First Published: Monday, February 08, 2010, 20:44