Rajasthan Assembly Election Results 2018

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Rajasthan assembly election 2018: CM Vasundhara Raje congratulates Congress, submits resignation to governor

Updated on Dec 11, 2018 09:35 PM IST

Raje said the BJP government had done a lot of development and welfare work in the last five years and she hoped the incoming government would continue the schemes

Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje interacts with media persons on February12.(HT File Photo/Himanshu Vyas)

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByHT Correspondent

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: Bharatpur victory a morale booster for RLD, says leader

While the RLD drew a blank in last Lok Sabha elections, it could win only one seat in the 2017 assembly elections in UP.

RLD chief Ajit Singh and farmers protesting at Delhi-UP border during 'Kisan Kranti Padyatra' in New Delhi on October2.(PTI Photo)

Published on Dec 11, 2018 09:05 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByBrajendra K Parashar

Assembly election results 2018: Sachin Pilot, Ashok Gehlot on Congress’s shortlist for Rajasthan chief minister’s post

Assembly election results 2018: As per trends and results, the Congress has crossed the majority mark of 100 seats in the 200-member state assembly with the BJP trailing at about 70 seats.

Rajasthan Congress president Sachin PIlot and Former CM Ashok Gehlot congratulate each other for victory of congress, along with central observers Avinash PAndey and VEnugopal, after a press conference, in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, on 11 December 2018.(Himanshu Vyas/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 11, 2018 07:34 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByHT Correspondent

Rajasthan assembly election results 2018: CPI(M) set to win two seats in Rajasthan

In the 2013 elections, the CPI(M) had failed to win any seat. It won three in 2008 elections.

The Left party’s Balwan Poonia is leading with 73,725 votes in Bhadra constituency of Hanumangarh district(AP)

Updated on Dec 11, 2018 05:40 PM IST

New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India

Rajasthan election results highlights : Sachin Pilot wins Tonk, Gehlot wins Sardarpura

Rajasthan Election Results 2018 Highlights : The results of assembly polls in Rajasthan will be declared on Tuesday in what is seen as a major test of popularity of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

A para-military jawan guards EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines) at a counting centre in Jaipur on Tuesday.(PTI)

Updated on Dec 11, 2018 03:59 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: ‘Trends indicate that Congress party is in a comfortable position,’ says chief Pilot

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: Rajasthan Congress chief Sachin Pilot said, the party fought for five years and were on streets and it is hard work of Congress leaders and workers that has pushed the party to a position that the Congress will comfortably form the government

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: Rajasthan Congress chief Sachin Pilot said the Vasundhara Raje government and the BJP government at the Centre failed to live up to the expectation the people had.(ANI Photo)

Updated on Dec 11, 2018 02:12 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByHT Correspondent

Rajasthan assembly election results 2018: BJP trails in all seven state divisions

Rajasthan assembly election results 2018: The incumbent BJP was leading in two of the seven divisions while the challenger Congress was ahead in four. Both parties were tied in one division.

In Ajmer division with 29 seats, the Congress is ahead on 15 seats and the BJP on 11. Others are ahead on three seats. In 2013, the BJP had won 27 while the Congress had one with one seat going to an independent.(HT File Photo)

Updated on Dec 11, 2018 02:13 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByHT Correspondent

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: Poll results a litmus test for Raje

With poll results coming in on Tuesday, the BJP and Raje are trying to break the jinx of the ruling party not returning to power in Rajasthan.

Workers put up sound systems and digital screen at the BJP office in Jaipur on the eve of counting of votes(HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 11, 2018 10:13 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByHT Correspondent

Rajasthan election result 2018: Congress faces rebel threat in Barmer

Rajasthan assembly election result 2018: Out of seven seats, five have rebel candidates in Barmer

Five candidates launched a rebellion after the Congress denied them tickets(File Photo)

Updated on Dec 11, 2018 10:58 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Barmer | ByMukesh Mathrani

Rajasthan election results: In Jhalarapatan, it may not be a one-sided battle

Rajasthan election results: The high profile constituency in Jhalawar district came to the spotlight after the Congress pitched Manvendra Singh, Sheo MLA (Barmer), and son of former Union minister Jaswant Singh against Raje.

Whatever be the outcome of the elections, experts say even if Raje wins, her victory margin may reduce.(File Photo)

Updated on Dec 11, 2018 12:06 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Kota | ByAabshar H Quazi

Rajasthan election results 2018: Counting of votes begins

Rajasthan election results 2018: Both BJP and Congress have claimed that they will emerge victorious in the elections

Women stand in queue to cast their vote at a local polling station during Rajasthan's Legislative Assembly election, in Jodhpur on December 7, 2018.(AFP)

Published on Dec 11, 2018 09:01 AM IST

Jaipur | ByPress Trust of India

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018 results: ‘Rahul Gandhi will decide’, says Gehlot on CM post as Congress races ahead

A curious trend has emerged in the state in the past 20 years, where neither the BJP nor the Congress has come to power for a second consecutive term.

Congress leader and former chief minister Ashok Gehlot with supporters in Jaipur on Tuesday as trends showed the party leading in the assembly election results.(HT photo)

Updated on Dec 11, 2018 08:16 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByRakesh Goswami

Rajasthan election results highlights: Congress set to form government, seeks appointment with governor

Congress emerged the single largest party in thee Rajasthan assembly polls whose results were declared on Tuesday, winning 99 seats on its own, and one more with RLD. The election is seen as a major test of popularity of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.Due to the death of one candidate, elections were countermanded in one seat, effectively making it an election for 199 seats, putting the majority at 100 seats.Read: Rajasthan election results 2018: All you need to knowThe counting of votes is taking place at 35 centres, including two centres each in Jaipur and Jodhpur.Rajasthan is known to be a swing state with the people electing a new government in every election. This year, incumbent chief minister Vasundhara Raje is fighting to retain her position as chief minister even as the BJP has thrown in all its might to ensure a victory in the desert state.Also Read: Assembly elections 2018: Who will top the closely-fought contest in Rajasthan?The Congress is banking on anti-incumbency and is hoping to return to power after spending five years in the opposition. Among the key candidates who are contesting the elections for the Congress are Sachin Pilot and former chief minister Ashok Gehlot.Exit polls have predicted a close fight between the Congress and the BJP with the former have a marginal advantage in the state.In 2013, the BJP had won a huge mandate of 163 assembly seats with the Congress winning only 23 seats in the 14th assembly election in the state.The results of Rajasthan assembly election were declared along with four other states — Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Mizoram and Telangana- which went to polls over the last month.Here are the highlights of the Rajasthan assembly election results:

Congress party workers celebrate the party's good show in the Assembly elections of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, at AICC headquarters in New Delhi, Tuesday, December 11, 2018.(AP)

Updated on Dec 12, 2018 02:46 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Rajasthan election results 2018: All you need to know

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: The 200-member assembly is witnessing a bilateral fight between the ruling BJP and the Congress, in a state that has alternated between the two every five years for the last two decades.

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: Voters show their identity cards as they wait in queues at a polling station to cast their votes for state Assembly elections, in Jaipur, Friday.(PTI file photo)

Updated on Dec 10, 2018 05:21 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByHT Correspondent

Assembly elections 2018: Who will top the closely-fought contest in Rajasthan?

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: A party needs 100 seats in the 200-member assembly in Rajasthan, where elections were not held on one seat because a candidate died.

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: Men show the indelible ink mark on their index fingers after casting their vote in village Padampura, near Ajmer.(AP Photo)

Updated on Dec 10, 2018 02:55 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Rajasthan election results 2018: Ahead of counting, Congress fears discrepancies, asks candidates to keep watch

Rajasthan election results 2018: Rajasthan Congress president Sachin Pilot had earlier said that party candidates and workers have been asked to be vigilant and ensure the CCTV cameras installed outside strong rooms are operational.

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: Congress workers outside a strong room in Udaipur, Sunday, December 9, 2018.(HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 10, 2018 02:20 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByHT Correspondent

Rajasthan election results 2018: Bharatpur SP on leave after row with Congress MLA over EVM security

Rajasthan election results 2018: There was high drama outside the strong room at Bharatpur’s Maharani Shri Jaya College late Saturday after Congress MLA Vishvendra Singh alleged there was lack of security ahead of counting of votes on December 11.

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: Congress MLA Vishvendra Singh addressing his supporters in Bharatpur on Sunday, December 9, 2018.(HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 10, 2018 02:27 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByHT Correspondent, Jaipur

Rajasthan election results: Repoll at one booth in Karanpur today

Rajasthan election results 2018: Chief electoral officer (CEO) Anand Kumar had on Saturday night announced that the ECI had nullified the voting at the booth at government primary school in 18 BB in Karanpur constituency, and ordered for repoll.

Election officials leave after collecting their Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) from an EVM distribution centre ahead of Rajasthan Assembly elections, at Bhawani Niketan in Jaipur(File Photo)

Updated on Dec 10, 2018 02:23 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByHT Correspondent

Rajasthan election results: Vasundhara Raje says confident of retaining power, sets sight on Lok Sabha polls

Rajasthan election results 2018: Chief minister Vasundhara Raje chaired a meeting of the BJP core committee at the party headquarters in Jaipur. Talking to the media after the meetings, she said the BJP would get majority in the assembly elections.

Chief minister Vasundhara Raje on Sunday expressed confidence that the BJP would return to power in the state. Meanwhile, the BJP has already started preparations for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.(PTI File Photo)

Updated on Dec 10, 2018 02:25 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByHT Correspondent

Repolling ordered in Rajasthan’s Karanpur assembly constituency

Chief electoral officer Anand Kumar said that the Election Commission of India directed the repolling to be held on Monday. The polling will be from 8am to 5pm.

Voters show their identity cards as they wait in queues at a polling station to cast their votes for state Assembly elections in Jaipur on Friday.(PTI)

Updated on Dec 09, 2018 02:51 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

2 officials suspended after ballot unit is found on road in Rajasthan

Of the 200 seats in the Rajasthan Assembly, voting was held on 199 seats. The state reported 72.7 per cent polling. As many as 2,274 candidates including 189 women are in the fray for 199 out of a total 200 constituencies in the state.

The Election Commission has suspended two polling officials after a sealed EVM was found lying on the road in Shahabad area of Kishanganj Assembly Constituency in Rajasthan’s Baran district.

Updated on Dec 08, 2018 01:34 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByHT Correspondent

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: Voter turnout 74.05%, sporadic incidents of violence reported

Voting started at 8 am for 199 of 200 seats as election to the Ramgarh assembly seat in Alwar district was countermanded after death of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate Laxman Singh.

Reports of EVM malfunctions came in from areas such as Jaipur Sikar, Kota and Sardarpura. The Congress complained to the Election Commission that they received 460 complaints.(Himanshu Vyas/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 07, 2018 10:44 PM IST

Jaipur | ByHT Correspondent

Rajasthan exit polls predict majority for the Congress

Rajasthan Exit Polls 2018: As voting ended in Telangana and Rajasthan on Friday, the much-awaited exit polls for all the five states that went to polls over the last one month, were released.

BJP supporters wear masks of Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje at an election rally, in Ajmer, Dec. 05, 2018.(PTI Photo)

Updated on Dec 07, 2018 11:52 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Rajasthan assembly election: Clash at Sikar polling centre, two motorcycles burnt

According to a police official, an argument over alleged fake voters between workers of two parties turned violent but the situation was soon brought under control

A motorcycle burning after a violent clash between workers of two different parties at a polling booth in Rajasthan’s Fatehpur town during voting for the assembly elections (ANI/Twitter)(ANI/Twitter)

Published on Dec 07, 2018 04:37 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByHT Correspondent

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: Sachin Pilot hopeful of wearing ‘safa’ again, says people’s love with Congress

The 41-year-old Congress leader is contesting the election for the first time from Muslim-dominated Tonk constituency. He is pitted against the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) candidate Yoonus Khan. Pilot has been a former member of Parliament from Dausa and then from Ajmer.

Congress leader Sachin Pilot said on Friday his party will form the government in Rajasthan with a thumping majority as polling was underway across the state after a bitter electoral campaign between his party and the BJP.(HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 07, 2018 11:13 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByHT Correspondent

Rajasthan Assembly Election 2018: Rajput anger against BJP subsides over Anandpal

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: Last year on June 24, gangster Anandpal Singh was killed in a police encounter in Malasar town of Churu district. Violent protests erupted in his village Sanvrad in which one person died. Political experts had said the Rajputs would make chief minister Vasundhara Raje pay a heavy political price for the encounter.

Rajasthan Assembly Election 2018: Residence of of slain gangster Anandpal Singh . A group of Rajputs in Anandpal’s village said the BJP has pacified them by giving ticket to current MLA Manohar Singh, who is a Rajput.(HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 07, 2018 09:52 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Nagaur | ByJaykishan Sharma

Rajasthan Assembly Election 2018: A year on, Afrazul killing not a poll issue in Rajsamand

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: Afrazul Khan, a migrant worker from Bengal, was hacked and burnt to death by Shambhulal Regar, a local marble trader, in Rajsamand, about 68 km from Udaipur, on December 6 last year. Now, amid the din of elections, the issue has no resonance on the ground, possibly because Khan was an outsider.

Rajasthan Assembly Election 2018: The West Bengal government gave a job to the daughter of Afrazul Khan in November this year. His widow Gulbahar received the appointment order from officials.(HT File)

Updated on Dec 07, 2018 09:40 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Rajsamand | ByAurangzeb Naqshbandi, Rajsamand

‘Insulted all women’: Vasundhara Raje hits out at Sharad Yadav for body-shaming

At a rally in Rajasthan’s Alwar, Sharad Yadav had said, “Give some rest to Vasundhara, she has become very tired, very fat. She used to be thin. ”

Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje speaks to reporters after casting her vote on Friday.(ANI photo)

Updated on Dec 07, 2018 01:43 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByAabshar H Quazi

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: Caste arithmetic gives way to development equation

BJP National President Amit Shah showers flower petals during a road show for rajasthan assembly election in Ajmer(HT file photo)

Updated on Dec 07, 2018 06:31 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByChetan Chauhan

Candidates with criminal cases go up in Rajasthan polls this time: Report

As many as 320 candidates out of the 2,188 affidavits analysed have declared criminal cases while 195 (or 9%) have declared serious criminal cases registered against themselves.

Police personnel conduct a march in front of Hawa Mahal ahead of Rajasthan Assembly elections in Jaipur on Thursday.(PTI file photo)

Updated on Dec 07, 2018 06:17 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByHT Correspondent

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Raje said the BJP government had done a lot of development and welfare work in the last five years and she hoped the incoming government would continue the schemes

While the RLD drew a blank in last Lok Sabha elections, it could win only one seat in the 2017 assembly elections in UP.

Assembly election results 2018: As per trends and results, the Congress has crossed the majority mark of 100 seats in the 200-member state assembly with the BJP trailing at about 70 seats.

In the 2013 elections, the CPI(M) had failed to win any seat. It won three in 2008 elections.

Rajasthan Election Results 2018 Highlights : The results of assembly polls in Rajasthan will be declared on Tuesday in what is seen as a major test of popularity of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: Rajasthan Congress chief Sachin Pilot said, the party fought for five years and were on streets and it is hard work of Congress leaders and workers that has pushed the party to a position that the Congress will comfortably form the government

Rajasthan assembly election results 2018: The incumbent BJP was leading in two of the seven divisions while the challenger Congress was ahead in four. Both parties were tied in one division.

With poll results coming in on Tuesday, the BJP and Raje are trying to break the jinx of the ruling party not returning to power in Rajasthan.

Rajasthan assembly election result 2018: Out of seven seats, five have rebel candidates in Barmer

Rajasthan election results: The high profile constituency in Jhalawar district came to the spotlight after the Congress pitched Manvendra Singh, Sheo MLA (Barmer), and son of former Union minister Jaswant Singh against Raje.

Rajasthan election results 2018: Both BJP and Congress have claimed that they will emerge victorious in the elections

A curious trend has emerged in the state in the past 20 years, where neither the BJP nor the Congress has come to power for a second consecutive term.

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: The 200-member assembly is witnessing a bilateral fight between the ruling BJP and the Congress, in a state that has alternated between the two every five years for the last two decades.

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: A party needs 100 seats in the 200-member assembly in Rajasthan, where elections were not held on one seat because a candidate died.

Rajasthan election results 2018: Rajasthan Congress president Sachin Pilot had earlier said that party candidates and workers have been asked to be vigilant and ensure the CCTV cameras installed outside strong rooms are operational.

Rajasthan election results 2018: There was high drama outside the strong room at Bharatpur’s Maharani Shri Jaya College late Saturday after Congress MLA Vishvendra Singh alleged there was lack of security ahead of counting of votes on December 11.

Rajasthan election results 2018: Chief electoral officer (CEO) Anand Kumar had on Saturday night announced that the ECI had nullified the voting at the booth at government primary school in 18 BB in Karanpur constituency, and ordered for repoll.

Rajasthan election results 2018: Chief minister Vasundhara Raje chaired a meeting of the BJP core committee at the party headquarters in Jaipur. Talking to the media after the meetings, she said the BJP would get majority in the assembly elections.

Chief electoral officer Anand Kumar said that the Election Commission of India directed the repolling to be held on Monday. The polling will be from 8am to 5pm.

Of the 200 seats in the Rajasthan Assembly, voting was held on 199 seats. The state reported 72.7 per cent polling. As many as 2,274 candidates including 189 women are in the fray for 199 out of a total 200 constituencies in the state.

Voting started at 8 am for 199 of 200 seats as election to the Ramgarh assembly seat in Alwar district was countermanded after death of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate Laxman Singh.

Rajasthan Exit Polls 2018: As voting ended in Telangana and Rajasthan on Friday, the much-awaited exit polls for all the five states that went to polls over the last one month, were released.

According to a police official, an argument over alleged fake voters between workers of two parties turned violent but the situation was soon brought under control

The 41-year-old Congress leader is contesting the election for the first time from Muslim-dominated Tonk constituency. He is pitted against the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) candidate Yoonus Khan. Pilot has been a former member of Parliament from Dausa and then from Ajmer.

At a rally in Rajasthan’s Alwar, Sharad Yadav had said, “Give some rest to Vasundhara, she has become very tired, very fat. She used to be thin. ”

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: Caste arithmetic gives way to development equation

As many as 320 candidates out of the 2,188 affidavits analysed have declared criminal cases while 195 (or 9%) have declared serious criminal cases registered against themselves.

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