Under the State Election Commission’s programme, nomination papers were issued for the fourth phase of Panchayati Raj Election‑2026 in six panchayat samitis of Churu district, but on Friday 36 candidates withdrew their nominations
Sub‑District Election Officer (ADM) Arpita Sony said that 10 candidates withdrew in Sujanagar, 4 in Tara Nagar East, 5 in Tara Nagar West (Bhaleri), 9 in Ratangarh, 1 in Churu and 7 in Churu North (Headquarters Churu)
Details of candidate withdrawals
Urmila Jyani (Ward‑2), Kailash (Ward‑4), Prakash Kanwar (Ward‑5), Surendra Kumar Teterwal (Ward‑12), Raju Singh and Chand Singh (Ward‑13), Kamla Devi (Ward‑15), Rafiq Mohammad (Ward‑18), Kamla Devi (Ward‑19) and Sarita (Ward‑24) of Sujanagar Panchayat Samiti withdrew their nominations
In Tara Nagar East, Mahendra (Ward‑9), Vinod Kumar (Ward‑15), Priyanka Meghwal (Ward‑3) and Sonika Rathore (Ward‑11) withdrew their nominations
In Tara Nagar West (Bhaleri), Dalip Kumar Joshi (Ward‑2), Sanjay Kumar (Ward‑9), Mukesh Kumar (Ward‑10), Mahaveer (Ward‑11) and Madhu Kanwar (Ward‑15) withdrew their nomination papers
In Ratangarh, Bhagwanaram (Ward‑5), Rajesh Kumar Prajapat (Ward‑11), Ramnivas (Ward‑13), Sohan Kanwar (Ward‑15), Sandeep Singh and Anand Singh Rathore (Ward‑17), Manju Devi (Ward‑18), Chandra Prakash (Ward‑21) and Bhomaram (Ward‑25) withdrew their nominations
In Churu North (Headquarters Churu), Parasaram (Ward‑2), Sunita (Ward‑6), Pooja Saran and Monika (Ward‑7), Sanju Kanwar and Bhavna Kanwar (Ward‑8) and Rajni (Ward‑10) withdrew, while Lakshmi (Ward‑01 of Churu Panchayat Samiti) also withdrew her nomination
Following the withdrawals, election symbols were allocated and the list of contesting candidates was published immediately, the ADM said