Voter turnout recorded so far is over 20% in Rajasthan. The election is a direct contest between BJP and Congress. Track updates of Rajasthan Assembly election 2018
Elections: Voting in Rajasthan is underway and will end by 5 pm Friday, wherein voters will decide the fate of 2,274 candidates who are in fray for 199 out of the 200 assembly constituencies of Rajasthan. Over 20 per cent of over 47.4 million voters exercised their franchise in the first three hours of polling in Rajasthan, amid reports of EVMs malfunctioning at some polling booths. Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, Pradesh Congress Committee chief Sachin Pilot and other leaders were among those who exercised their franchise. The election in Alwar district’s Ramgarh constituency has been postponed due to the death of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate Laxman Singh.
Rajasthan Assembly election 2018 is a litmus test for Raje. By most political pundits, Rajasthan polls are seen as a straight fight between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress for about 130 seats. In the current House, the BJP has 160 seats and the Congress 25.
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Key candidates
Raje is contesting elections from Jhalrapatan constituency from Rajasthan’s Jhalawar district, same as she did in the 2003, 2008 and 2013 elections. She is facing BJP veteran Jaswant Singh’s son Manvendra Singh who has defected to the Congress
Congress leader Ashok Gehlot will contest from Jodhpur’s Sardarpura constituency. Sachin Pilot is contesting state polls for the first time, from Rajasthan’s Tonk constituency. Pilot is in contest with BJP’s only Muslim face in the state -Yoonus Khan. Other prominent candidates from Congress include famous Jat leader Rameshwar Lal Dudi who is contesting from Nokha, senior Congress leader and former state revenue minister Hemaram Choudhary from Gudha Malani, state vice-president Mahendra Jeet Sing
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