Sunil Kothari elected Jaipur mayor as BJP wins Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota corporations
25 September 2026
The BJP won the mayor's posts of the Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota municipal corporations on 25 September 2026. In Jaipur, Sunil Kothari defeated the Congress's Sunita Mawar by 89 votes to 60. In Jodhpur, Prasanna Chandra Mehta won 53 to 47 against Rajendra Singh Solanki. In Kota, Anusuiya Goswami won 65 to 35 against Sunita Suman. The BJP now holds nine of the ten mayor's posts, with only Bikaner with the Congress.
Jaipur result:
Sunil Kothari 89, Sunita Mawar 60
Jodhpur result:
Prasanna Chandra Mehta 53, Rajendra Singh Solanki 47
Kota result:
Anusuiya Goswami 65, Sunita Suman 35
Corporations won by BJP:
9 of 10
Why it matters for exams: Names of mayors of major state cities and the indirect mayoral election by councillors are asked in state-level exams.
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