74 per cent polling recorded till 5 pm; In 2013, 75.23 per cent polling was recorded; 199 of 200 assembly seats went to polls today, The counting will take place on Dec 11
Rajasthan, where the BJP holds a brute majority occupying 156 of the 200 seats in the state Vidhansabha, received an enthusiastic response from the voters, on Friday. According to state election department, 74 per cent polling was recorded till 5 pm when the curtains came down on the electoral process in Rajasthan.
In 2013, a historic 75.23 per cent polling was recorded in state which saw a change in regime with BJP returning to power. The counting of votes will take place on December 11 along with the four other states where the polls have been conducted.
Out of 200, 199 assembly constituencies went to polls in single phase on Friday. Polling was withheld in the Ramgarh constituency of Alwar district after the BSP candidate Lakshman Singh passed away. With the culmination of polling, the fate of 2,274 candidates has been sealed in the EVMs. There are 187 female candidates in fray this time.
The pace of voting remained slow across the state and malfunctioning EVMs were reported before 12 pm. Till 9 am the voting remained at 6.11 percent across the state. Voting gained momentum post lunch and touched 59 per cent till 3pm. Till 4 pm, the turnout was recorded at 71 per cent.
Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje cast her vote in Jhalarapatan, the constituency she is contesting for the fourth straight time. She has won the seat three times in a row. Pradesh Congress Committee chief Sachin Pilot who is contesting his maiden assembly elections exercised his right in Kishanpol (Jaipur), while former chief minister Ashok Gehlot greeted his supporters in Sardarpura after casting his vote in Jodhpur.
Both the BJP and the Congress are locked in a tough fight in Rajasthan, which has not voted the same party to power for two consecutive terms in the last 20 years. The contest is largely bipolar between the two parties in 150 of the 200 seats. There are 830 independent candidates, among them heavyweights who rebelled against their party after they were dropped.
Congress, meanwhile, has registered its protest, on malfunctioning of 400 EVMs and lodged a formal complaint with the election department officials for redressal. The party leaders forwarded a complaint in writing against former tourism minister Devi Singh Bhati accusing him of assaulting Congress candidate and Tonk-Sawai Madhopur MP Sukhbeer Singh Jaupuria.
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Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje cast her vote in Jhalarapatan, the constituency she is contesting for the fourth straight time. Pradesh Congress Committee chief Sachin Pilot exercised his right in Kishanpol (Jaipur), while former chief minister Ashok Gehlot greeted his supporters in Sardarpura after casting his vote.
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