Rajasthan Assembly Elections 2023 LIVE: Rajasthan is all set to hold elections for 199 assembly seats on Saturday.
The incumbent Congress aims for a consecutive term in power, while the BJP strives to unseat the Ashok Gehlot-led government, emphasizing collective leadership and relying on the popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Voting is scheduled to take place in 199 out of 200 constituencies from 7 am to 6 pm, with the vote counting set for December 3.
The elections in the Karanpur constituency were postponed following the demise of the Congress candidate, Gurmeet Singh Koonar.
Preparations for voting across the districts have been finalized, with a significant total of 5,26,90,146 voters set to determine the outcome of candidates across 51,890 polling stations in the assembly constituencies.
Within this electorate, 1,70,99,334 voters fall in the 18-30 age group, which includes 22,61,008 new voters in the 18-19 age category.
The Chief Electoral Officer reported that more than 3 lakh individuals have already cast their votes through postal ballots in anticipation of the upcoming polls.
Check all the LIVE updates on Rajasthan Assembly Elections 2023 here.
Rajasthan Assembly Election 2023 LIVE: Why govt has been changing every 5 years; Will it swing this time too?
Since 1998 — that is, in 25 years — no political party has retained power in Rajasthan. Also, since then, the state has seen only two chief ministers — Ashok Gehlot from the Congress and Vasundhara Raje from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
These two held the post alternatively.
Ahead of the Rajasthan Election 2023, state Congress leader Sachin Pilot also raised this factor of “revolving door” in Rajasthan polls and said his party would “break this cycle” as there is a “change of mood” among people in the poll-bound state.
In an exclusive interview with NDTV, Pilot had said, “We (Congress) haven’t won consecutive elections in Rajasthan for 30 years. Why? We need to introspect on this.”
This trend — of change in government in Rajasthan every five years — is seen as a factor in favour of the BJP. Many believe that the saffron party might come back to power, keeping up with the trend. Read the complete story here.
Rajasthan Assembly Election 2023 LIVE: Preparation, mock poll underway as voting to begin at 7 am today
Rajasthan Assembly Election 2023 LIVE: Voting to begin at 7 am across 199 seats | All you need to know
The Rajasthan Assembly Election 2023 is all set to take place on Saturday, November 25. The voting will begin across 199 of the total 200 seats at 7 am and conclude at 6 pm on Saturday.
Of the total 200 seats, the election in the Karanpur assembly constituency was adjourned after the demise of the Congress candidate from Karanpur. Congress leader Gurmeet Singh Koonar died due to sepsis. He was the sitting MLA from Karanpur. Read the complete story here.
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