# Rajasthan to Hold Municipal Polls Before Panchayat Elections 2026-08-06T14:41:13+00:00 | Politics | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Rajasthan government will hold municipal elections before panchayat polls after the Rajasthan High Court directed it to announce an election schedule. The BJP government had deferred both elections repeatedly. The OBC Representative Commission’s report has cleared a key step before reservations are finalised. It estimates Rajasthan’s OBC population at 3.80 crore, or about 45 per cent of the state’s population, across 92 communities. The commission recommends political reservation for all 92 OBC communities and says the combined SC, ST and OBC quota must stay within the Supreme Court’s 50 per cent ceiling. The report could lead to OBC reservations of up to 21 per cent. Rajasthan has 309 urban local bodies with 10,245 wards and 14,403 gram panchayats. The cabinet will examine the report before the reservation matrix is notified. ## Coverage - nationalheraldindia.com Tags: BJP, Congress, local elections, OBC reservation, Rajasthan Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/rajasthan-to-hold-municipal-polls-before-panchayat-elections/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/rajasthan-to-hold-municipal-polls-before-panchayat-elections/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.