Rajasthan Assembly Election Results 2018

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Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: Swing state votes today, Congress seeks to unseat BJP’s Vasundhara Raje

Updated on Dec 07, 2018 06:15 PM IST

The high-voltage campaigns led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi did energise their party cadre. Evidence was sparse, however, of their rhetoric, often directed against each other, swaying voters or making them switch sides.

Women gather to attend Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje's election rally in support of BJP candidate Shankar Singh Rawat, in Beawar, Tuesday, November 27, 2018.(PTI file photo)

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018 LIVE updates: 72.62% voter turnout till 5pm amid reports of clashes

Over 2,000 candidates are in the fray for 199 assembly seats in Rajasthan, where polling on Friday will determine whether the BJP bucks anti-incumbency and an increasingly aggressive opposition to return to power. Votes will be cast at 51,687 polling booths, 259 of them managed exclusively by women officials and security personnel.It is a seen as a straight fight between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress for about 130 seats. In other constituencies, groups like the Bahujan Samaj Party and rebels who are contesting against official party candidates may queer the pitch.In the current House, the BJP has 160 seats and the Congress 25. Vasundhara Raje, who hopes to return as the state’s chief minister, is contesting from Jhalrapatan constituency, considered her bastion.Click here for Telangana assembly election 2018 Live UpdatesThis time she face BJP veteran Jaswant Singh’s son Manvendra Singh who has defected to the Congress, complaining that his old party had hurt the pride of the Rajputs by ignoring his father in the last Lok Sabha election.In Tonk, Sachin Pilot and Rajasthan Transport Minister and BJP candidate Yoonus Khan are face to face. Khan is the only Muslim candidate fielded by his party. Ashok Gehlot is fighting for the Sardarpura seat.Also read | Urban vs Rural: Voting patterns in RajasthanTelangana and Rajasthan are the last states to go to the polls in the current round of assembly elections, which also covered Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram. The counting for all states is on December 11.:

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018 live updates: Clash, vehicle set ablaze

Updated on Dec 07, 2018 07:11 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Assembly election 2018: Big battles in Rajasthan, Telangana as key states vote before 2019 finale

The campaigning in both the states has been bitter with personalised attacks by leaders of various parties. The elections are being mainly fought on local issues and development, but the leaders relied on emotional issues too to sway voters.

Women wait for their turn to cast votes.(AP file photo)

Updated on Dec 07, 2018 02:43 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur/Hyderabad | ByHT Correspondent

Vasundhara Raje’s ‘inaccessible CM’ perception BJP’s biggest challenge in Rajasthan

The 2018 Rajasthan election is all about Raje, who has faced criticism for being inaccessible. On ground, the campaign of both the Congress and BJP has centred around her.

Women gather to attend Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje's election rally in support of BJP candidate Shankar Singh Rawat, in Beawar.(PTI FILE PHOTO)

Updated on Dec 07, 2018 01:19 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByChetan Chauhan & Rakesh Goswami

Sharad Yaday body-shames Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje, BJP files complaint

A video of the comment was put out on Twitter by news agency ANI, following which Sharad Yadav came under attack on the social media platform.

Updated on Dec 06, 2018 10:12 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByHT Correspondent

Rajasthan assembly elections: Voting for 199 seats today, counting on Dec 11

Rajasthan assembly elections: Polling will be held between 8 am and 5 pm for 199 of the 200 assembly seats, with the main contest between the BJP and the Congress.

Jaipur, India, 06 December 2018 : Government officials who have been assigned election duty in the December 7 Rajasthan assembly elections, leave for their respective polling booths with EVMs and related paraphernalia, on the eve of polling in Jaipur, India, on 06 December 2018. (Photo by Himanshu Vyas/ Hindustan Times)(HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 10, 2018 11:18 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByHT Correspondent

Facing tough fight in Rajasthan assembly elections, RSS goes all out to draw voters for BJP

The RSS has held close to 300 meetings of its workers across the state in the past fortnight for the December 7 assembly elections.

Updated on Dec 06, 2018 05:20 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByUrvashi Dev Rawal

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: New tribal party may spoil Congress, BJP plan in state

Founded by tribal leader Chhotubhai Vasava in Gujarat in 2017 after he parted ways with Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United), the Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) has expanded to neighbouring Rajasthan. It also has a presence in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.

The emergence of a new tribal party may play spoiler in the poll calculations of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress in south Rajasthan.(HT File Photo)

Updated on Dec 07, 2018 06:44 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Dungarpur | ByAurangzeb Naqshbandi

Rajasthan Assembly Election:New tribal party may spoil Congress, BJP plan in south Rajasthan

The Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) is contesting 11 seats across the state and all four in Dungarpur district in the Rajasthan Assembly Election on December 7.

BJP National President Amit Shah showers flower petals during a road show for Rajasthan Assembly Election in Ajmer(HT File Photo)

Published on Dec 06, 2018 07:56 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Rajasthan | ByHT Correspondent

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: New tribal party may spoil Congress, BJP plan

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: The emergence of a new tribal party may play spoiler in the poll calculations of BJP and Congress in south Rajasthan. The Bharatiya Tribal Party is contesting 11 seats across the state and all four in Dungarpur district.

Adivasis constitute 73% of Dungarpur’s 1.4 million population. While the adivasis are divided among the three parties, the non-tribal vote is expected to play a decisive role in the poll outcome in the district.(Picture for representation)

Updated on Dec 05, 2018 11:26 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Dungarpur (Rajasthan) | ByAurangzeb Naqshbandi

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: Caste, unemployment, farmers dominate poll battle

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: The fiery campaign for the December 7 polls came to an end on Wednesday. The last day of campaigning in the state saw 33 events, including two public meetings by PM Modi — in Sumerpur (Pali) and Dausa.

PM Modi addressed 13 public meetings during the two-week campaign period.

Updated on Dec 05, 2018 10:57 PM IST

Jaipur | ByHT Correspondent

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: Decoding Vasundhara Raje-challenger Manvendra Singh’s Jasol suffix

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: Jasol is part of the assembly constituency Pachpadara where Manvendra Singh held the massively attended swabhimaan rally to seek his constituents’ view on his plans to quit BJP. In that sense, he has earned the suffix Jasol, as his community’s political face.

Elected from Barmer’s Sheo in 2013 on the BJP ticket, Manvendra Singh Jasol has since joined the Congress and is the party’s candidate against Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje at Jhalrapatan in Hadoti region.(PTI/File Photo)

Updated on Dec 05, 2018 11:27 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jasol | ByVinod Sharma

Rajasthan Assembly Election 2018: EC replaces observer for Rajasthan’s Kishangarh seat

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: The EC found Kishangarh constituency general observer Kanwaljeet Singh Cheema’s presentation on poll preparedness ‘unsatisfactory’ and replaced him with another officer.

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: The EC has replaced the observer for one of Rajasthan’s assembly constituencies ahead of the December 7 election.(PTI File)

Updated on Dec 05, 2018 03:00 PM IST

New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India

Rajasthan Assembly Election 2018: CM face most important factor for voters, says survey

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: The ADR survey in 27 parliamentary constituencies of Rajasthan also found that the least important factor for the voters in this assembly election was the distribution of cash, liquor or gifts, followed by candidate’s caste or religion.

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: Congress has fielded both Sachin Pilot and Ashok Gehlot in the December 7 assembly election, a move that has added to the suspense about the party’s presumptive chief minister given that both Gehlot and Pilot are strong contenders for the top post in Rajasthan.(PTI File)

Updated on Dec 05, 2018 02:38 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByHT Correspondent, Jaipur

More candidates with criminal cases contesting Rajasthan assembly election this time: ADR report

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: According to an ADR report on candidates contesting the election due on December 7, the Congress has fielded the maximum candidates with criminal cases (43 of the 193 candidates analysed) as well as those with serious criminal cases (27).

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: As per the ADR’s report on candidates contesting the election in Rajasthan, the Congress has fielded the maximum candidates with criminal cases as well as those with serious criminal cases.(HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 05, 2018 02:23 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByHT Correspondent, Jaipur

Rajasthan Assembly Election 2018: 35,000 bovines died during BJP government rule, claims Congress’ Surjewala

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala, who was in Jaipur ahead of December 7 Rajasthan assembly election, alleged that during Vasundhara Raje’s rule, cows died in shelters where they were supposed to be fed.

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala accused Rajasthan’s Raje government of cheating people on the promises the party had made in the name of cows.(PTI File)

Updated on Dec 05, 2018 02:06 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByHT Correspondent, Jaipur

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: Amit Shah attacks Rahul Gandhi on Navjot Sidhu’s Kartarpur visit

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: On his return from Pakistan after the Kartarpur event, Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu had referred to Rahul Gandhi as his “captain”.

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: BJP president Amit Shah on Wednesday attacked Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu’s Pakistan visit.(HT File Photo)

Updated on Dec 05, 2018 02:14 PM IST

New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Rajasthan Assembly Election 2018: Democratic revenge, reward, and punishment in Pali

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: Local residents did not rule out victories for Congress renegades in Pali and Marwar Junction. If that forecast turns out to be true, there could be a three-way split of the seats up for grabs: two each for the BJP, the Congress and the Independents.

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union sports minister Rajyawardhan Singh Rathore during an election rally ahead of the Assembly polls, in Jaipur, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018.(PTI)

Updated on Dec 05, 2018 10:44 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Pali/ Jodhpur | ByVinod Sharma

Women’s water woes spells trouble for Vasundhara Raje

Water is a dominant poll issue, especially among the 22 million women voters in Rajasthan’s 43-million-strong electorate, who will vote on December 7.

Bhilwara: Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje during an election rally in support of the BJP candidates, in Bhilwara, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. (PTI Photo) (PTI12_4_2018_000131A)(PTI)

Updated on Dec 05, 2018 07:08 AM IST

ByChetan Chauhan

Rajasthan assembly polls 2018: In Udaipur, BJP home minister battles friend-turned-foe

Rajasthan assembly polls 2018: Dalpal Surana, a former party colleague, has become a thorn in the flesh for Rajasthan home minister and senior BJP leader Gulab Chand Kataria who has not lost any election in the past 25 years.

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: Gulab Chand Kataria has won the Udaipur assembly seat five times since 1977.(File Photo)

Updated on Dec 05, 2018 09:49 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Udaipur | ByAurangzeb Naqshbandi

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi face off on patriotism

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi question each other’s nationalism during rallies in Rajasthan.

Narendra Modi said the Congress’ “namdar [dynast]” has issued a “fatwa [edict]” that he should not start his speeches with ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’.(Himanshu Vyas/HT Photo)

Published on Dec 04, 2018 11:23 PM IST

Jaipur | ByHT Correspondent

‘Naamdar’s fatwa’: Modi’s counterstrike on Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ jibe

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: On Tuesday, speaking in Alwar, Congress president Rahhul Gandhi said that whenever the PM addressed the people, he made them chant ‘Bharat Mata ki jai’, but did anyone know what it meant?

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses an election rally in Jodhpur.(PTI Photo)

Updated on Dec 04, 2018 11:02 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Rajasthan Assembly Election 2018: Confident people will vote for me again, says BJP Vidhyadhar Nagar candidate

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: Narpat Singh Rajvi is a two-time MLA and BJP’s candidate from Vidhyadhar Nagar assembly constituency in the upcoming Rajasthan assembly election.

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: BJP candidate from Vidyadhar Nagar constituency Narpat Singh Rajvi is a two-time MLA.(HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 04, 2018 03:06 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByUrvashi Dev Rawal

Rajasthan Assembly Election 2018: Congress’ Vidhyadhar Nagar candidate says he’ll serve people as their servant

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: Sitaram Agarwal, the Congress candidate from Vidhyadhar Nagar assembly seat says his two priorities are improving law and order situation and uninterrupted water supply in every ward.

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: Congress candidate from Vidyadhar Nagar constituency Sitaram Agarwal during his campaigning.(HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 04, 2018 03:07 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByUrvashi Dev Rawal

Rajasthan Assembly Election 2018: Much at stake for veterans Girija Vyas of Congress and BJP’s Gulab Chand Kataria

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: Girija Vyas of Congress and Gulab Chand Kataria of BJP are contesting from the Udaipur assembly seat. Both are entrenched in the politics of the region.

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: Congress veteran Girija Vyas on campaign trail in her assembly constituency Udaipur.(HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 04, 2018 02:51 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Udaipur | BySachin Saini/Sohail Khan, Udaipur

BJP will win assembly elections MP, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, says Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Assembly elections 2018: While campaigning for his party in Kota, Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the BJP-led governments in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan have performed well and carried out developments, so the party will win in all these three states in the assembly polls

Assembly Elections 2018: File photo of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan at a roadshow in Bhopal. Chouhan has predicted a win for BJP in Chhattisgarh, MP and Rajasthan.(PTI)

Updated on Dec 04, 2018 02:23 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Kota | ByHT Correspondent, Kota

PM Narendra Modi attacks Congress, says huge mistake to let Kartarpur go to Pak in 1947

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: PM Modi said that the simple reason that Kartarpur was in Pakistan was because the then Congress leaders had no idea about the importance of Guru Nanak Dev.

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: Addressing a public rally in Hanumangarh in Rajasthan, PM Modi said that Kartarpur had gone to Pakistan because of the lack of vision and sensitivity of then Congress leaders.(BJP Photo)

Updated on Dec 04, 2018 02:04 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByHT Correspondent

Rajasthan Assembly Election 2018: ‘Gandhi tag’ must to become PM in Congress, says Amit Shah

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: BJP national president Amit Shah, addressing an election rally in Rajasthan’s Bundi, also said that Congress operates like a private firm which has no policy or direction while the BJP-led government in the state and Centre are people’s government.

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: BJP National President Amit Shah at an election rally for party candidates in Bundi on Monday, December 3, 2018.(HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 04, 2018 04:31 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Kota | ByAabshar H Quazi, Kota

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: Perception battle big challenge for Vasundhara Raje, BJP

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: Across Rajasthan, chief minister Vasundhara Raje suffers from a problem of perception that is proving the biggest challenge for her managers and her party in the run-up to the assembly elections in the state on December 7.

From being “inaccessible” to “having done little” (both popular refrains among voters), Vasundhara Raje, 65 continues to fight the reputation of being a “maharani”. Her name evokes sharp responses.(PTI)

Updated on Dec 04, 2018 04:31 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByKumar Uttam

Rajasthan Assembly Election 2018: ‘Days of kings, queens are over, this is democracy’

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: Congress candidate from Ladpura assembly constituency in Kota is Gulnaz Guddu, the wife of a party leader. She says that though the constituency has had a BJP MLA for the past 15 years, there has been no development in the area.

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: Gulnaz Guddu (wearing garlands) is the Congress candidate from Kota’a Ladpura constituency. She is pitted against BJP’s Kalpana Devi, the wife of Kota’s erstwhile royal Ijyaraj Singh.(HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 03, 2018 02:50 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Kota | ByAabshar Quazi

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The high-voltage campaigns led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi did energise their party cadre. Evidence was sparse, however, of their rhetoric, often directed against each other, swaying voters or making them switch sides.

The campaigning in both the states has been bitter with personalised attacks by leaders of various parties. The elections are being mainly fought on local issues and development, but the leaders relied on emotional issues too to sway voters.

The 2018 Rajasthan election is all about Raje, who has faced criticism for being inaccessible. On ground, the campaign of both the Congress and BJP has centred around her.

A video of the comment was put out on Twitter by news agency ANI, following which Sharad Yadav came under attack on the social media platform.

Rajasthan assembly elections: Polling will be held between 8 am and 5 pm for 199 of the 200 assembly seats, with the main contest between the BJP and the Congress.

The RSS has held close to 300 meetings of its workers across the state in the past fortnight for the December 7 assembly elections.

Founded by tribal leader Chhotubhai Vasava in Gujarat in 2017 after he parted ways with Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United), the Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) has expanded to neighbouring Rajasthan. It also has a presence in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.

The Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) is contesting 11 seats across the state and all four in Dungarpur district in the Rajasthan Assembly Election on December 7.

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: The emergence of a new tribal party may play spoiler in the poll calculations of BJP and Congress in south Rajasthan. The Bharatiya Tribal Party is contesting 11 seats across the state and all four in Dungarpur district.

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: The fiery campaign for the December 7 polls came to an end on Wednesday. The last day of campaigning in the state saw 33 events, including two public meetings by PM Modi — in Sumerpur (Pali) and Dausa.

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: Jasol is part of the assembly constituency Pachpadara where Manvendra Singh held the massively attended swabhimaan rally to seek his constituents’ view on his plans to quit BJP. In that sense, he has earned the suffix Jasol, as his community’s political face.

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: The EC found Kishangarh constituency general observer Kanwaljeet Singh Cheema’s presentation on poll preparedness ‘unsatisfactory’ and replaced him with another officer.

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: The ADR survey in 27 parliamentary constituencies of Rajasthan also found that the least important factor for the voters in this assembly election was the distribution of cash, liquor or gifts, followed by candidate’s caste or religion.

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: According to an ADR report on candidates contesting the election due on December 7, the Congress has fielded the maximum candidates with criminal cases (43 of the 193 candidates analysed) as well as those with serious criminal cases (27).

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala, who was in Jaipur ahead of December 7 Rajasthan assembly election, alleged that during Vasundhara Raje’s rule, cows died in shelters where they were supposed to be fed.

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: On his return from Pakistan after the Kartarpur event, Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu had referred to Rahul Gandhi as his “captain”.

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: Local residents did not rule out victories for Congress renegades in Pali and Marwar Junction. If that forecast turns out to be true, there could be a three-way split of the seats up for grabs: two each for the BJP, the Congress and the Independents.

Water is a dominant poll issue, especially among the 22 million women voters in Rajasthan’s 43-million-strong electorate, who will vote on December 7.

Rajasthan assembly polls 2018: Dalpal Surana, a former party colleague, has become a thorn in the flesh for Rajasthan home minister and senior BJP leader Gulab Chand Kataria who has not lost any election in the past 25 years.

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi question each other’s nationalism during rallies in Rajasthan.

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: On Tuesday, speaking in Alwar, Congress president Rahhul Gandhi said that whenever the PM addressed the people, he made them chant ‘Bharat Mata ki jai’, but did anyone know what it meant?

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: Narpat Singh Rajvi is a two-time MLA and BJP’s candidate from Vidhyadhar Nagar assembly constituency in the upcoming Rajasthan assembly election.

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: Sitaram Agarwal, the Congress candidate from Vidhyadhar Nagar assembly seat says his two priorities are improving law and order situation and uninterrupted water supply in every ward.

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: Girija Vyas of Congress and Gulab Chand Kataria of BJP are contesting from the Udaipur assembly seat. Both are entrenched in the politics of the region.

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: PM Modi said that the simple reason that Kartarpur was in Pakistan was because the then Congress leaders had no idea about the importance of Guru Nanak Dev.

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: BJP national president Amit Shah, addressing an election rally in Rajasthan’s Bundi, also said that Congress operates like a private firm which has no policy or direction while the BJP-led government in the state and Centre are people’s government.

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018: Across Rajasthan, chief minister Vasundhara Raje suffers from a problem of perception that is proving the biggest challenge for her managers and her party in the run-up to the assembly elections in the state on December 7.

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: Congress candidate from Ladpura assembly constituency in Kota is Gulnaz Guddu, the wife of a party leader. She says that though the constituency has had a BJP MLA for the past 15 years, there has been no development in the area.

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