2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election

2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election
All 200 seats in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly; 101 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	74.72% (0.95%)
	Election Map (by Constituencies)
Chief Minister before election; Vasundhara Raje; BJP	Elected Chief Minister ; Ashok Gehlot; INC

The legislative assembly election in the Indian state of Rajasthan was held on 7 December 2018 to elect members of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly.^[1] The election was held in single phase, but with voting in the single constituency of Ramgarh delayed until January due to the death of the Bahujan Samaj Party candidate.^[2]

Indian National Congress became the single largest party and Rashtriya Loktantrik Party became the third-largest party of the state in 2018. In the last elections in 2013, BJP had won a majority.

Background

The tenure of Rajasthan assembly ended on January 20, 2019.^[3] The main fight is between the BJP, INC, BSP and the RLP. However, the AAP is also contesting along with several other parties. Many high profile leaders including sitting MLA, MP and former ministers of the BJP have joined the INC before the elections. Some leaders of the INC have also joined the BJP.

Schedule

The date of the election was 7 December 2018 and the result was announced on 11 December 2018.

Event	Date	Day
Date for Nominations	12 Nov 2018	Monday
Last Date for filing Nominations	19 Nov 2018	Monday
Date for scrutiny of nominations	20 Nov 2018	Tuesday
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures	22 Nov 2018	Thursday
Date of poll	7 Dec 2018	Friday
Date of counting	11 Dec 2018	Tuesday
Date before which the election shall be completed	13 Dec 2018	Thursday

Opinion polls

Date	Polling agency	BJP	INC	Others	Lead
Date	Polling agency			Others	Lead
9 November 2018	ABP News- C voter	58	135	6	77
8 November 2018	Graphnile	71	119	10	38
2 November 2018	ABP News- C voter	55	145	5	90
1 November 2018	India TV - CNX	75	115	10	40
30 October 2018	Spick Media	78	118	4	40
8 October 2018	Times Now - Chrome DM	89	102	9	13
9 October 2018	Times Now - Warroom Stratergies	75	115	10	40
10 October 2018	News Nation	73	115	12	42
6 October 2018	ABP News -C Voter	56	142	2	86
14 August 2018	ABP News- C Voter	57	130	13	73
Average as on 09 November 2018		69	123	8	54

Exit polls

The exit polls gave a clear edge to the Indian National Congress.

Polling agency	BJP	INC	BSP	Others	Source
CVoter - Republic TV	60	137	NA	3	^[4]
CNX - Times Now	85	105	NA	9	^[4]
India TV	80-90	100-110	1-3	6-8	^[4]
CSDS - ABP	83	101	NA	15	^[4]
Axis My India - India Today and Aaj Tak	55-72	119-141	0	4-11	^[4]
Republic Jan Ki Baat	93	91	NA	15	^[4]
Today's Chanakya	68	123	NA	8	^[5]

Results

The seat and vote share was as follows:^[6]^[7]

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
Parties and coalitions		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Indian National Congress	13,935,201	39.30%	6.23	113	79
	Bharatiya Janata Party	13,757,502	38.77%	6.40	60	92
	Bahujan Samaj Party	1,410,995	4.0%	0.63	6	3
	Independents	3,372,206	9.5%	1.29	13	6
	Rashtriya Loktantrik Party	856,038	2.4%	New	3	3
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	434,210	1.2%	0.33	2	2
	Bharatiya Tribal Party	255,100	0.7%	New	2	2
	Rashtriya Lok Dal	116,320	0.3%	0.29	1	1
	Other parties and candidates (OTH)	887,317	2.5%	0.00	0	0
bgcolor=" F8F9FA" \|	None of the Above	467,781	1.3%

Total		35,672,912	100.00		200	±0

Valid votes		35,672,912	99.91
Invalid votes		33,814	0.09
Votes cast / turnout		35,706,726	74.72
Abstentions		12,083,240	25.28
Registered voters		47,789,966

Results-wise

Region	Seats	Indian National Congress		Bharatiya Janata Party		Others
Marwad	61	29	24	24	28	8
Harouti	57	35	27	10	34	12
Shekhawati	21	15	11	4	08	2
Mewar	60	21	17	35	20	4
Total	199	100	79	73	90	26

By constituency

#	Constituency	Candidate^[8]		Margin
1	Sadulshahar	Jagdish Jangid	INC	9,667
2	Ganganagar	Raj Kumar Gaur	IND	9,180
3	Karanpur	Gurmeet Singh Kooner	INC	28,376
4	Suratgarh	Rampratap Kasniyan	BJP	10,235
5	Raisinghnagar (SC)	Balveer Singh Luthra	BJP	33,671
6	Anupgarh (SC)	Santosh	BJP	21,124
7	Sangaria	Gurdeep Singh	BJP	6,538
8	Hanumangarh	Vinod Kumar	INC	15,522
9	Pilibanga (SC)	Dharmendra Kumar	BJP	278
10	Nohar	Amit Chachan	INC	13,727
11	Bhadra	Balwan Poonia	CPI(M)	23,153
12	Khajuwala (SC)	Govind Ram	INC	31,089
13	Bikaner West	Bulaki Das Kalla	INC	6,190
14	Bikaner East	Siddhi Kumari	BJP	7,061
15	Kolayat	Bhanwar Singh Bhati	INC	11,016
16	Lunkaransar	Sumit Godara	BJP	10,853
17	Dungargarh	Girdharilal Mahiya	CPI(M)	23,896
18	Nokha	Bihari Lal Bishnoi	BJP	8,663
19	Sadulpur	Krishna Poonia	INC	18,084
20	Taranagar	Narendra Budania	INC	12,555
21	Sardarshahar	Bhanwar Lal Sharma	INC	16,816
22	Churu	Rajendra Singh Rathore	BJP	18,000
23	Ratangarh	Abhishek Maharshi	BJP	11,881
24	Sujangarh (SC)	Master Bhanwarlal Meghwal	INC	38,749
25	Pilani (SC)	J. P. Chandelia	INC	13,539
26	Surajgarh	Subhash Poonia	BJP	3,425
27	Jhunjhunu	Brijendra Singh Ola	INC	40,565
28	Mandawa	Narendra Kumar	IND	2,346
29	Nawalgarh	Dr. Rajkumar Sharma	INC	36,500
30	Udaipurwati	Rajendra Singh Gudha	BSP	5,534
31	Khetri	Jitendra Singh	INC	957
32	Fatehpur	Hakam Ali Khan	INC	860
33	Lachhmangarh	Govind Singh Dotasara	INC	22,052
34	Dhod (SC)	Parasram Mordiya	INC	14,053
35	Sikar	Rajendra Pareek	INC	15,180
36	Dantaramgarh	Virendra Singh	INC	920
37	Khandela	Mahadev Singh	IND	4,348
38	Neem Ka Thana	Suresh Modi	INC	12,615
39	Srimadhopur	Deependra Singh Shekhawat	INC	11,810
40	Kotputli	Rajender Singh Yadav	INC	13,876
41	Viratnagar	Indraj Singh Gurjar	INC	19,367
42	Shahpura	Alok Beniwal	BJP	3,855
43	Chomu	Ramlal Sharma	BJP	1,288
44	Phulera	Nirmal Kumawat	BJP	1,132
45	Dudu (SC)	Babulal Nagar	IND	14,779
46	Jhotwara	Lalchand Kataria	INC	10,747
47	Amber	Satish Poonia	BJP	13,276
48	Jamwa Ramgarh (ST)	Gopal Meena	INC	21,684
49	Hawa Mahal	Mahesh Joshi	INC	9,282
50	Vidhyadhar Nagar	Narpat Singh Rajvi	BJP	31,232
51	Civil Lines	Pratap Singh Khachariyawas	INC	18,078
52	Kishanpole	Ameen Kagzi	INC	8,770
53	Adarsh Nagar	Rafeek Khan	INC	12,553
54	Malviya Nagar	Kalicharan Saraf	BJP	1,704
55	Sanganer	Ashok Lahoty	BJP	35,405
56	Bagru (SC)	Ganga Devi	INC	5,343
57	Bassi (ST)	Laxman Meena	IND	42,764
58	Chaksu (SC)	Ved Prakash Solanki	INC	3,431
59	Tijara	Sandip Kumar	BSP	4,457
60	Kishangarh Bas	Deepchand	BSP	9,916
61	Mundawar	Manjeet Dharmpal Choudhary	BJP	17,602
62	Behror	Baljeet Yadav	IND	3,836
63	Bansur	Shakuntala Rawat	INC	17,920
64	Thanagazi	Kanti Prasad	IND	29,350
65	Alwar Rural (SC)	Tikaram Jully	INC	26,477
66	Alwar Urban	Sanjay Sharma	BJP	22,008
67	Ramgarh	Shafia Zubair	INC	12,228
68	Rajgarh Laxmangarh (ST)	Joharilal Meena	INC	30,298
69	Kathumar (SC)	Babulal	INC	14,168
70	Kaman	Zahida Khan	INC	39,621
71	Nagar	Wajib Ali	BSP	25,467
72	Deeg-Kumher	Vishvendra Singh	INC	8,218
73	Bharatpur	Subhash Garg	RLD	15,710
74	Nadbai	Joginder Singh Awana	BSP	4,094
75	Weir (SC)	Bhajan Lal Jatav	INC	15,283
76	Bayana (SC)	Amar Singh	INC	6,695
77	Baseri (SC)	Khiladi Lal Bairwa	INC	17,556
78	Bari	Girraj Singh	INC	19,683
79	Dholpur	Shobharani Kushwah	BJP	19,360
80	Rajakhera	Rohit Bohra	INC	14,991
81	Todabhim (ST)	Prithviraj	INC	73,306
82	Hindaun (SC)	Bharosi Lal	INC	26,780
83	Karauli	Lakhan Singh	BSP	9,562
84	Sapotra (ST)	Ramesh Chand Meena	INC	14,104
85	Bandikui	Gajraj Khatana	INC	4,764
86	Mahuwa	Omprakash Hudla	IND	9,985
87	Sikrai (SC)	Mamta Bhupesh	INC	33,783
88	Dausa	Murari Lal	INC	50,948
89	Lalsot (ST)	Parsadi Lal Meena	INC	9,074
90	Gangapur	Ramkesh	IND	10,066
91	Bamanwas (ST)	Indra	INC	38,513
92	Sawai Madhopur	Danish Abrar	INC	25,199
93	Khandar (SC)	Ashok	INC	27,949
94	Malpura	Kanhiya Lal	BJP	29,786
95	Niwai (SC)	Prasant Bairwa	INC	43,889
96	Tonk	Sachin Pilot	INC	54,179
97	Deoli-Uniara	Harish Meena	INC	21,476
98	Kishangarh	Suresh Tak	IND	17,452
99	Pushkar	Suresh Singh Rawat	BJP	9,389
100	Ajmer North	Vasudev Devnani	BJP	8,630
101	Ajmer South (SC)	Anita Bhadel	BJP	5,700
102	Nasirabad	Ramswaroop Lamba	BJP	16,684
103	Beawar	Shankar Singh	BJP	4,502
104	Masuda	Rakesh Pareek	INC	3,374
105	Kekri	Raghu Sharma	INC	19,461
106	Ladnun	Mukesh Bhakar	INC	12,947
107	Deedwana	Chetan Choudhary	INC	40,602
108	Jayal (SC)	Manju Meghwal	INC	18,604
109	Nagaur	Mohan Ram	BJP	13,008
110	Khinvsar	Hanuman Beniwal	RLP	16,948
111	Merta (SC)	Indira Devi	RLP	12,835
112	Degana	Vijaypal Mirdha	INC	21,538
113	Makrana	Roopa Ram	BJP	1,488
114	Parbatsar	Ramniwas Gawdiya	INC	14,485
115	Nawan	Mahendra Choudhary	INC	2,256
116	Jaitaran	Avinash Gehlot	BJP	12,188
117	Sojat (SC)	Shobha Chouhan	BJP	32,398
118	Pali	Gyanchand Parakh	BJP	19,386
119	Marwar Junction	Khushveer Singh	IND	251
120	Bali	Pushpendra Singh	BJP	28,187
121	Sumerpur	Joraram Kumawat	BJP	32,932
122	Phalodi	Pabba Ram Bishnoi	BJP	8,737
123	Lohawat	Kishna Ram Bishnoi	INC	40,876
124	Shergarh	Meena Kanwar	INC	24,696
125	Osian	Divya Maderna	INC	27,590
126	Bhopalgarh (SC)	Pukhraj	RLP	4,962
127	Sardarpura	Ashok Gehlot	INC	45,597
128	Jodhpur	Manisha Panwar	INC	5,849
129	Soorsagar	Suryakanta Vyas	BJP	5,763
130	Luni	Mahendra Bishnoi	INC	9,157
131	Bilara (SC)	Heera Ram	INC	9,618
132	Jaisalmer	Rooparam	INC	29,778
133	Pokaran	Saleh Mohammad	INC	872
134	Sheo	Ameen Khan	INC	23,554
135	Barmer	Mewaram Jain	INC	33,047
136	Baytoo	Harish Chaudhary	INC	13,803
137	Pachpadra	Madan Prajapat	INC	2,395
138	Siwana	Hameersingh Bhayal	BJP	957
139	Gudamalani	Hemaram Choudhary	INC	13,564
140	Chohtan (SC)	Padma Ram	INC	4,262
141	Ahore	Chhagan Singh Rajpurohit	BJP	31,048
142	Jalore (SC)	Jogeshwar Garg	BJP	35,234
143	Bhinmal	Poora Ram Choudhary	BJP	9,646
144	Sanchore	Sukhram Bishnoi	INC	25,918
145	Raniwara	Narayan Singh Dewal	BJP	3,405
146	Sirohi	Sanyam Lodha	IND	10,253
147	Pindwara-Abu (ST)	Samaram Garasiya	BJP	26,974
148	Reodar (SC)	Jagasi Ram	BJP	14,604
149	Gogunda (ST)	Pratap Lal Bheel	BJP	4,413
150	Jhadol (ST)	Babulal Kharadi	BJP	12,947
151	Kherwara (ST)	Dayaram Parmar	INC	24,991
152	Udaipur Rural (ST)	Phool Singh Meena	BJP	18,707
153	Udaipur	Gulab Chand Kataria	BJP	9,324
154	Mavli	Dharm Narayan	BJP	26,978
155	Vallabhnagar	M. Randhir Singh	IND	3,719
156	Salumber (ST)	Amrit Lal	BJP	21,918
157	Dhariawad (ST)	Gotam Lal	BJP	23,842
158	Dungarpur (ST)	Ganesh Ghogra	INC	27,898
159	Aspur (ST)	Gopi Chand Meena	BJP	5,330
160	Sagwara (ST)	Ram Prasad	BTP	4,582
161	Chorasi (ST)	Rajkumar Raot	BTP	12,934
162	Ghatol (ST)	Harendra Ninama	BJP	4,449
163	Garhi (ST)	Kailash Chand Meena	BJP	24,401
164	Banswara (ST)	Arjun Singh Bamnia	INC	18,366
165	Bagidora (ST)	Mahendra Jeet Singh Malviya	INC	21,310
166	Kushalgarh (ST)	Ramila Khadia	IND	18,950
167	Kapasan (SC)	Arjun Lal	BJP	7,002
168	Begun	Rajendra Bidhudi	INC	1,661
169	Chittorgarh	Chandra Bhan	BJP	23,894
170	Nimbahera	Udai Lal Anjana	INC	11,908
171	Bari Sadri	Lalit Kumar	BJP	8,810
172	Pratapgarh (ST)	Ram Lal	INC	16,680
173	Bhim	Sudarshan Singh	INC	3,714
174	Kumbhalgarh	Surendra Singh	BJP	24,623
175	Rajsamand	Kiran Maheshwari	BJP	16,940
176	Nathdwara	C. P. Joshi	INC	154
177	Asind	Jabbar Singh	BJP	8,065
178	Mandal	Ram Lal	INC	7,006
179	Sahara	Kailash Chandra Trivedi	INC	49,578
180	Bhilwara	Bhaeani Singh Rajawat	INC	74,542
181	Shahpura	Alok Beniwal	IND	18,443
182	Jahazpur	Gopichand Meena	BJP	13,253
183	Mandalgarh	Gulnaz Guddu	INC	10,333
184	Hindoli	Ashok Chandna	INC	30,541
185	Keshoraipatan (SC)	Chandrakanta Meghwal	INC	7,119
186	Bundi	Ashok Dogara	INC	713
187	Pipalda	Ramnarayan Meena	INC	14,905
188	Sangod	Bharat Singh Kundanpur	INC	1,868
189	Kota North	Shanti Kumar Dhariwal	INC	17,945
190	Kota South	Sandeep Sharma	INC	20,534
191	Ladpura	Kalpana Devi	INC	21,656
192	Ramganj Mandi	Pankaj Jain	INC	12,879
193	Anta	Pramod Jain Bhaya	INC	34,063
194	Kishanganj	Dr.Ratna Jain	INC	14,136
195	Baran-Atru (SC)	Panachand Meghwal	INC	12,248
196	Chhabra	Shivkant Nandwana	INC	3,744
197	Dag (SC)	Kaluram	BJP	19,513
198	Jhalrapatan	Vasundhara Raje	BJP	34,980
199	Khanpur	Narendra Nagar	BJP	2,265
200	Manohar Thana	Jaffar Mohammad	INC	21,869

References

↑ "Rajasthan Election 2018". www.patrika.com (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 2018-10-10.
↑ "Congress Wins Assembly Election in Rajasthan's Ramgarh".
↑ "Terms of the Houses". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 "Election exit polls results 2018". Hindustan Times. 7 December 2018.
↑ "Rajasthan, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, MP Exit Polls 2018: Highlights - Times of India ►". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
↑ News 18: Rajasthan Election Results
↑ "Rajasthan Assembly Election Candidates list 2018 | Times of India".
↑ "Constituency Representation". rajassembly.nic.in. Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.

External links

[1] "Rajasthan Election 2018". www.patrika.com (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 2018-10-10.

[2] "Congress Wins Assembly Election in Rajasthan's Ramgarh".

[3] "Terms of the Houses". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 May 2018.

[HT_Exit_polls-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 "Election exit polls results 2018". Hindustan Times. 7 December 2018.

[5] "Rajasthan, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, MP Exit Polls 2018: Highlights - Times of India ►". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-12-07.

[6] News 18: Rajasthan Election Results

[7] "Rajasthan Assembly Election Candidates list 2018 | Times of India".

[8] "Constituency Representation". rajassembly.nic.in. Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.

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