1.71 crore voters are between the ages of 18 and 30.
Polling for 199 out of Rajasthan’s 200 seats will be held from 7 am to 6 pm today. The election in Sriganganagar’s Karanpur seat has been suspended because of the death of Congress candidate and incumbent MLA Gurmeet Singh Koonar.
The elections are being contested by 1,862 candidates and the total number of voters is 5.25 crore. Of these, 1.71 crore voters are between the ages of 18 and 30, and 22.61 lakh are new voters from the 18-19 age group.
Seven MPs, including Rajyavardhan Rathore, Diya Kumari, and Kirodi Lal Meena, have been fielded by the BJP for the Assembly elections. Some of the MPs – all of whom were named in the first list – are contesting seats which could have otherwise gone to Vasundhara Raje loyalists.
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#WATCH | Locals greet Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot as he walks to the polling station in Sardarpura assembly constituency pic.twitter.com/7d3JGNONnO
– ANI (@ANI) November 25, 2023
Rajasthan Election Live Updates: 9.77% Voter Turnout Recorded Till 9:30 am, Says Election Commission
Voting In Rajasthan Underway, Eyes On Key Constituencies, CandidatesAs the polling began in Rajasthan, all eyes will be on the key constituencies of Sardarpura, Tonk, Jhalarapatan, Nathdwara, Jhunjhunu, Jhotwara, and Churu among others.
Sardarpura is on the list of key constituencies as Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has won this seat since 1998. The Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded Mahendra Singh Rathore from the Congress’ bastion.
While from Jhalarapatan, the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate and former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje is contesting again from the seat which she has been winning since 2003.
Former chief minister Vasundhara Raje on Saturday expressed confidence that the BJP will win the assembly elections in Rajasthan, saying “lotus will bloom” when the votes are counted on December 3.
Reacting to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s “undercurrent” remark, Ms Raje told reporters in Jhalawar, “I agree with him. There is indeed an undercurrent in the favour of BJP. Lotus (BJP’s poll symbol) will bloom on December 3.”
Ms Raje also called upon people to cast their votes.
“I request all the voters, particularly the new voters, to cast their votes as it will be important for the prime minister and the nation,” she said.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said there is no anti-incumbency against the Congress and the party will form the government in the state again.
“There seems to be an undercurrent. Looks like the (Congress) government will be repeated,” he said.
Gehlot told PTI in Jodhpur that the Congress focused its campaign on development issues while BJP leaders, including the prime minister, home minister and chief ministers of BJP-ruled states, used provocative language.
He said the BJP leaders who came from outside, including the prime minister and the Union home minister, tried to instigate people.
“The public has understood. It appears that the Congress government will come again,” he told PTI in Jodhpur.
“We made good laws for the welfare of gig workers and on right to health and brought schemes for people and gave guarantees,” he said.
#WATCH | Rajasthan Elections | Former CM and BJP candidate from Jhalrapatan assembly constituency, Vasundhara Raje cast her vote at a polling booth in Jhalawar. pic.twitter.com/LzapJjKZsq
– ANI (@ANI) November 25, 2023
राजस्थान विधानसभा चुनाव के लिए आज वोट डाले जाएंगे। सभी मतदाताओं से मेरा निवेदन है कि वे अधिक से अधिक संख्या में अपने मताधिकार का प्रयोग कर वोटिंग का नया रिकॉर्ड बनाएं। इस अवसर पर पहली बार वोट देने जा रहे राज्य के सभी युवा साथियों को मेरी ढेरों शुभकामनाएं।
– Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 25, 2023
Rajasthan Election Live Updates: Voters in Rajasthan have not given any government a second term since 1993 and the BJP is banking on this as well as Prime Minister Modi’s popularity to return to power. Former chief minister Vasundhara Raje, who is arguably the party’s most popular leader in Rajasthan, has not been declared the chief ministerial face.