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BJP and Congress were in a close race in Rajasthan civic body polls with the ruling party winning 891 of the 2,134 wards for which results have been declared and Congress bagging 770 wards.
Results for 2,134 wards of the total 3,351 wards have been announced so far and the counting is going on, the state election commission's spokesperson said.
BJP won 891 wards, Congress bagged 770 wards, Independent candidates won 456 wards whereas BSP, CPI and CPI(M) got 12, four and one seats respectively.
The August 17 election for 129 civic bodies in the state had witnessed a record polling of 76.19%.
