Vasundhara Raje bites the dust.
Nearly twelve hours and counting and Rajasthan looks to be heading for a narrow Congress win. With BSP, SP and some rebel Congress MLAs winning, the grand old party looks all set to come back to power in Jaipur.
Congress is ahead but BJP isn't going down without a fight. The independents may play a major factor if Congress falls just short of a majority. It is currently set to win 99 seats, one short of the magic figure. Sources indicate that Ashok Gehlot is again likely to be the Chief Minister of Rajasthan if Congress finally manages to get the numbers.
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Congress has won 65 seats and is ahead in 34. BJP has won 47 and are ahead in 27 seats. LOP Rameshswar Dudi has lost, among the notables.
In Rajasthan, BJP got 45.2% votes in the last Assembly polls and Congress got 33.1% votes. That lead to Congress getting decimated winning only 21 seats in the 200 member assembly. Compared to that, this is a stunning turnaround. Congress have won 39/2% votes so far, followed by BJP which has got 38/6% votes so far.
It seems like it is a done deal for Congress in Rajasthan. They are ahead in 99, and have won in 4 seats already. If the trends persist, Congress will form the next government in the state.
Ashok Gehlot wins from Sardarpura
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Sudarshan Singh Rawat of Congress wins from Bhim
MANJU DEVI ( INC ) Leading by 14277 votes from Jayal (SC) after Round 15
Gajendra Singh ( BJP ) Trailing by 20420 votes from Lohawat after Round 12
C. P. Joshi ( INC ) Leading by 2650 votes from Nathdwara after Round 5
Rajendra Rathore ( BJP ) Leading by 3865 votes from Churu after Round 9
WIN
CONGRESS - 5
BJP-07
BSP -0
OTHERS - 2
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14. Jogeshwar Garg of Jalore won from Jalore
13. Chhagan Singh Rajpurohit of BJP won from azhar
12. Parmaram Chaudhary of BJP won from Bhanmal
11. Jagdir Koli of BJP won from Revdar
10. Congress won Rakesh Parak from Masood
9. BJP's victory in Mavali. Dharmanarayan Joshi won by 25000 votes
8. Independent candidate from Kishangarh, Suresh Tank defeated BJP candidate Chaudhary.
7. Independent candidate from Sirohi wins
6. BJP's Vasudev Devnani wins from Ajmer South
5. Bamer-Mevaram Jain of Congress wins from Degana
4. Madan Prajapat of Congress wins
3. Jaipur - Pratap Singh Khatriyavas wins from Civil Lines
2. BHARATPUR - Congress candidate Zahida Khan wins
1. SIROHI - Pindwara - BJP's Samaram Garasia wins
Congress- Chetan Dudi from De Dawana ahead by 2693 votes
Mohanram of BJP from Nagaur, ahead by 4305 votes
BJP's Jogaram Kumavat ahead by 7100 votes from Sumerpur
BJP's Vithal Shankar Awasthi ahead by 2153 votes from Bhilwara
BJP's Samaram Garasia ahead by 26,000 votes from Pindwara
Independent candidate from Sirohi, Paramathy Lodha, ahead by 8100 votes
Salah Mohammed of Congress, ahead by 65 votes from Pokaran
BJP's Shobha Chauhan ahead by 5567 votes
BJP's Avinash Gehlot ahead by1617 votes
Rajendra Meena of BJP ahead by 3319 votes
Congress lead has now slipped to 95. But they are not sweating currently. Gehlot just said that Congress is confident of winning the next government in the state.
Rajasthan: #Visuals from BJP state office in Jaipur. #AssemblyElections2018 pic.twitter.com/Ii8MIT3Ftk
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2018
Congress winning in 1105 currently, BJP down to 80.
Congress is now firming up on its lead. It is ahead in 105 seats, BJP in 80. The midway mark is 100.
Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje leading by 4055 votes from Jhalrapatan, Congress' Ashok Gehlot leading by 5112 votes from Sardarpura
Wow! Just when many believed Congress is comfortably ahead in Rajasthan, BJP is slowly pulling back. BJP ahead in 76. Congress in 91. Congress still looks to be ahead, but BJP has cut some early losses.
Gulabchand Kataria ahead oin Udaipur city
Congress leader Sudarshan Singh Rawat ahead in Bhim
Samarjit Singh of Congress in Bhanmal, ahead by 2000 votes
Mahendra Singh Ralawat of Congress in Ajmer North ahead by 700 votes
Counting of second round in Malviya Nagar, Congress's Archana Sharma ahead of 700 votes
kiran Maheshwari ahead of BJP from Rajsamand
At the stroke of an hour, Congress seems to be running away with Rajasthan. It is currently ahead in 78 out of 128 seats which are reporting so far.
Firecrackers brought to Congress office in Jaipur #RajasthanElections2018 pic.twitter.com/gcepNirdYc
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2018
Sachin Piliot is leading from Tonk, reports ANI.
92 seats now reporting from Rajasthan. Congress is ahead in 55, BJP in 35.
Lot of trends now coming in. Congress ahead in 41, BJP in 18. Looks like this will be a difficult fight for Vasundhara Raje.
Congress ahead in 14 out of 20 seats currently. Good sign for the grand old party in early trends.
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Congress currently ahead in 8, BJP in 4. These are all trends from postal ballots.
Early lead for Congress in the postal ballots. Congress ahead in 6, BJP in 3. It is 5 seats gain for Congress currently, compared to last polls.
1. Ashok Gehlot likely to be next CM
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As per sources, Ashok Gehlot is tipped to be the next CM of Rajasthan. However, the formal call will be taken by Rahul Gandhi once the final results are out.
2. Raje's ground slipping
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Vasundhara Raje may have won herself, but many of the top leaders have lost.
Here's the list:
High profile ministers in @VasundharaBJP cabinet who have lost are:
— Sangeeta Pranvendra (@sangpran) December 11, 2018
Prabhulal Saini - Agriculture
Rajpal Singh - Industries
Arun Chaturvedi - Social Justice
Amraram - Revenue
Gajendra Khimsar - Forest
Shrichand Kriplani - UDH #Results2018 #RajasthanElections2018
@dna
A lot of introspection is needed. Is BJP in dire need of a new leadership in Rajasthan? Did Rajput anger cost BJP. All these questions will be raised now.
3. Congress leaders confident of win
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It is clear that Congress will form the government will full majority, says Sachin Pilot. Pilot says that it is the hard work of Congress leaders and workers that it has managed to make a comeback from 21 seats in 2013. About possible CM post, Sachin Pilot said that the final decision will be taken by Rahul Gandhi.
Another CM candidate Ashok Gehlot has said that Congress will surely form the government in state.
4. Other parties and independent set to win 20 seats
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The others include 1 seat for RLD, 3 for Rashtriya Loktantrik Party, 2 for CPI(M), 2 for Bhartiya Tribal Party and 13 independents are set to win.
