BJP Trounces Congress As Rajasthan Continues With Swinging Trend, Bags 115 Seats; CM Gehlot Concedes Defeat

Rajasthan Election Result 2023: The BJP put its best foot forward in the recently held Assembly elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh and its result was visible on Sunday as the counting of votes took place in four of the five states that went to the polls. In Rajasthan, the saffron party gained a decisive lead over the Congress party within hours of the commencement of counting of votes. Candidates fielded by the BJP won 115 seats out of the 199 seats where polling was held.

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Meanwhile, the Congress managed to win 68 seats and was leading on one other. Though Ashok Gehlot retained his post as Sardarpura's MLA, he had to submit his resignation as the chief minister after his party faced defeat in the race to form the next government in Rajasthan. BJP bigwigs like two-time former Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje, Lok Sabha MP Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, and Alwar MP Mahant Balak Nath did not disappoint the party leadership and registered victories in their respective constituencies.

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BJP won 104 seats and is currently leading on 11 seats.

(Source: Raj Bhawan)

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Results From Some High-Profile Seats In Rajasthan:

Raje, Balak Nath, and Diya Kumari are some of the BJP leaders who are said to be the top contenders for the post of Rajasthan's next CM. Diya Kumari, who is the titular princess of Jaipur, contested on a BJP ticket and won the race for the post of Vidhyadhar Nagar's MLA with an impressive margin of 71,368 votes against her closest competitor and Congress candidate, Sitaram Agarwal.

BJP leader and the incumbent Leader of Opposition in Rajasthan Assembly, Rajendra Rathore, lost to Congress candidate Narendra Budania in Taranagar. Meanwhile, outgoing Rajasthan Assembly Speaker and senior Congress leader CP Joshi suffered defeat at the hands of BJP candidate Vishvaraj Singh Mewar by a margin of 7,504 votes in Nathdwara.

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Congress leader Sachin Pilot defeated BJP's candidate from Tonk, Ajit Singh Mehta, by a margin of 29,475 votes. Pilot got 1,05,812 votes, whereas Mehta was able to garner 76,337 votes. The result of polling in Rajasthan for the 2023 Assembly election kept the trend alive as part of which the state has changed hands between the BJP and the Congress every other Assembly election since 1993.

Following BJP's resouning victory in Rajasthan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "In my political career, I always refrained from predictions...But this time, I broke this rule. In Rajasthan...I predicted that Congress would not return in Rajasthan...I had confidence in the people of Rajasthan."

(With inputs from ANI)