Rajasthan Assembly elections results 2023: Who is leading at 9:30 am?

Counting for the 2023 Rajasthan Assembly election results began at 8 am on Sunday. The state is likely to see a two-way battle between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Indian National Congress. Polls in the single-phase elections on November 25 showed an impressive turnout of 74.16 percent, only slightly above the 2018 voting percentage of 74.06 percent. The Congress and the BJP have dominated elections in Rajasthan, with the two parties alternating between governments since 1993. In the 2018 elections, the Congress Party formed the state government with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Ashok Gehlot became the chief minister.

Rajasthan Assembly Election Results 2023: Who will lead at 9:30 am?

According to TV reports, the trends are for 198 of the 199 seats that went to the polls. BJP leads with 99 seats, Congress with 83 seats. Neither party appears to have the clear majority of 101 needed to form a government in the state. Other parties lead the way with 17 seats.

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In Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is leading from Sardarpura constituency by more than 4,500 votes. The three-time chief minister has held this seat since 1998. Congress leader Sachin Pilot and BJP leader Vasundhara Raje are also leading from their respective constituencies.

As of 9.30 am, BJP leader and MP Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore has remained back from Jhotwara constituency. Rathore is one of the seven MPs fielded by BJP for the Rajasthan State Assembly elections.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) have also fielded their candidates.

There are 200 Assembly seats in Rajasthan. Following the death of Congress candidate and sitting MLA Gurmeet Singh Koonar, elections to Karanpur seat in Sriganganagar were suspended. 59 seats are reserved constituencies, of which 34 are for Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates and 25 seats are for Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidates.