2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election

25 November 2023 (199 seats) 5 January 2024 (1 seat)
All 200 seats in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly 101 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	75.45% ( 0.73 pp)[1][2]
Majority party Minority party   Leader Bhajan Lal Sharma Ashok Gehlot Party BJP INC Leader since 2023 1998 Leader's seat Sanganer Sardarpura Last election 38.08%, 73 seats 39.30%, 100 seats Seats won 115 70 Seat change 42 30 Popular vote 16,524,787 15,880,001 Percentage 41.69% 39.55% Swing 3.61 pp 0.23 pp
Bharatiya Janata Party   Indian National Congress   Others
Structure of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly after the election
Chief Minister before election Ashok Gehlot INC Chief Minister after election Bhajan Lal Sharma BJP

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Rajasthan on 25 November 2023 to elect 199 of the 200 members of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. The results were declared on 3 December 2023. The election for the Karanpur seat was adjourned following the death of Congress candidate Gurmeet Singh Kooner.^[3]

The BJP wrested power by winning 115 seats, unseating the Indian National Congress from power and continuing the trend of governments changing every five years in the state. Bhajan Lal Sharma became the Chief Minister of Rajasthan.

Background

The tenure of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 14 January 2024.^[4] The previous assembly elections were held in December 2018. After the election, Indian National Congress formed the state government, with Ashok Gehlot becoming Chief Minister.^[5]

Schedule

The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 9 October 2023.^[6] However, the election date was postponed from 23 November 2023 to 25 November 2023.^[7][8]

Parties and alliances

Source:^{[9][10][11][3]}

Alliance/Party				Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats Contested
	INC+[12]		Indian National Congress			Ashok Gehlot	199	200
			Rashtriya Lok Dal			Krishan Kumar Saran[13]	1
	Bharatiya Janata Party					Rajendra Singh Rathore	200
	Bahujan Samaj Party					Bhagwan Singh Baba[14]	184
	RLP+[15]		Rashtriya Loktantrik Party			Hanuman Beniwal	78	126
			Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram)			Chandra Shekhar Aazad	46
	Aam Aadmi Party					Naveen Paliwal[16]	85
	Jannayak Janata Party					Prithvi Meel[17]	20
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)					Amra Ram	17
	Bharatiya Tribal Party					Chhotubhai Vasava	17
	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen					Jameel Khan[18]	10
	Communist Party of India					Narendra Acharya[19]	9
	Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)					Suraj Kumar Burhadia[20]	9
	Samajwadi Party					Braj Nandan Yadav[21]	5
	Bharat Adivasi Party					Mohan Lal Roat[22]	27

Candidates

Surveys and polls

Results

Results by party

Vote share by party

  Bharatiya Janata Party (41.69%)

  Indian National Congress (39.53%)

  Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (2.39%)

  Bahujan Samaj Party (1.82%)

  Others (14.57%)

Seat share by alliance

  Bharatiya Janata Party (57.5%)

  Indian National Congress+ (35.5%)

  Bharat Adivasi Party (1.51%)

  Bahujan Samaj Party (1.00%)

  Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (0.5%)

  Independent (4.02%)

Source^[32][33]

Party				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	Bharatiya Janata Party			16,607,235	41.69	2.92	200	115	42
	INC+		Indian National Congress	15,761,681	39.53	0.23	199	70	30
			Rashtriya Lok Dal	118,320	0.36	0.09	1	1
	Total			15,880,001	39.89	0.32	200	71	30
	Bharat Adivasi Party							3	3
	Bahujan Samaj Party			721,551	1.82	2.21	184	2	4
	Rashtriya Loktantrik Party			946,203	2.39	0.01	78	1	2
	Other parties							–	4
	Independents[34]							8	5
	NOTA			383,100	0.96	0.35
Total					100%	-		200	-
Vote statistics
Valid votes
Invalid votes
Votes cast/turnout
Abstentions
Registered voters

See also

• Third Gehlot ministry
• Bhajan Lal Sharma ministry
• Elections in Rajasthan
• 2023 elections in India

References