2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election

25 November 2023 (199 seats) TBD (1 seat)
All 200 seats in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly 101 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	75.45% ( 0.73 pp)[1][2]
Majority party Minority party   Leader TBA Ashok Gehlot Party BJP INC Leader since 1998 Leader's seat Sardarpura (won) Last election 38.08%, 73 seats 39.30%, 100 seats Seats won 115 69 Seat change 42 31 Popular vote 16,524,787 15,667,947 Percentage 41.69% 39.53% Swing 3.61 pp 0.23 pp
Bharatiya Janata Party   Indian National Congress   Others
Chief Minister before election Ashok Gehlot INC Chief Minister after election TBD BJP

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Rajasthan on 25 November 2023 to elect 199 of the 200 members of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. The results were declared on 3rd December 2023. The election for the remaining 1 seat has been adjourned.^[3]

Background

The tenure of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 14 January 2024.^[4] The previous assembly elections were held in December 2018. After the election, Indian National Congress formed the state government, with Ashok Gehlot becoming Chief Minister.^[5]

Schedule

The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 9 October 2023.^[6] However, the election date was postponed from 23 November 2023 to 25 November 2023.^[7][8]

Parties and alliances

Source:^{[9][10][11][3]}

Alliance/Party				Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats Contested
	INC+[12]		Indian National Congress			Ashok Gehlot	198	199
			Rashtriya Lok Dal			Krishan Kumar Saran[13]	1
	Bharatiya Janata Party					Rajendra Singh Rathore	199
	Bahujan Samaj Party					Bhagwan Singh Baba[14]	184
	RLP+[15]		Rashtriya Loktantrik Party			Hanuman Beniwal	78	126
			Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram)			Chandra Shekhar Aazad	46
	Aam Aadmi Party					Naveen Paliwal[16]	85
	Jannayak Janata Party					Prithvi Meel[17]	20
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)					Amra Ram	17
	Bharatiya Tribal Party					Chhotubhai Vasava	17
	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen					Jameel Khan[18]	10
	Communist Party of India					Narendra Acharya[19]	9
	Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)					Suraj Kumar Burhadia[20]	9
	Samajwadi Party					Braj Nandan Yadav[21]	5
	Bharat Adivasi Party

Candidates

Surveys and polls

Results

Results by party

Vote share by party

  Bharatiya Janata Party (41.69%)

  Indian National Congress (39.53%)

  Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (2.39%)

  Bahujan Samaj Party (1.82%)

  Others (14.57%)

Seat share by alliance

  Bharatiya Janata Party (57.79%)

  Indian National Congress+ (35.18%)

  Bharat Adivasi Party (1.51%)

  Bahujan Samaj Party (1.00%)

  Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (0.5%)

  Independent (4.02%)

Source

Party				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	Bharatiya Janata Party			16,523,568	41.69	2.92	199	115	42
	INC+		Indian National Congress	15,666,731	39.53	0.23	198	69	31
			Rashtriya Lok Dal				1	1
	Total						199	70	31
	Bharat Adivasi Party							3	3
	Bahujan Samaj Party			721,037	1.82	2.21	184	2	4
	Rashtriya Loktantrik Party			946,203	2.39	0.01	78	1	2
	Other parties							–	4
	Independents							8	5
	NOTA			382,066	0.96	0.35
Total					100%	-		199	-
Vote statistics
Valid votes
Invalid votes
Votes cast/turnout
Abstentions
Registered voters

See also

• Third Gehlot ministry
• Elections in Rajasthan
• 2023 elections in India

References