Rajasthan Elections 2023 Live Updates: Over 5.25 crore voters will seal the fate of 1,862 candidates in Rajasthan. The ruling Congress is eyeing another term of governance while the BJP is seeking to replace the Ashok Gehlot government.
Rajasthan is voting to elect new representatives to the 200-member state Legislative Assembly, with BJP aiming to unseat the ruling Congress, which is fighting hard to change the trend of alternate governments in the state. Polling which began at 7 am will end at 6 pm in 199 out of 200 constituencies, with stringent security arrangements in place. The election in Sriganganagar’s Karanpur seat has been adjourned due to the death of the Congress candidate, Gurmeet Singh Koonar. A total of 1,862 candidates are in the fray, and the number of voters is 5,25,38,105. This includes 1,70,99,334 voters in the age group of 18-30, with 22,61,008 being new voters aged 18-19. The current composition of the Legislative Assembly is 107 Congress MLAs, 70 BJP, 3 RLP, 2 each of CPI (M) and Bhartiya Tribal Party (BTP), 1 Rashtriya Lok Dal, 13 independents, and two vacant seats (Udaipur and Karanpur).
