Congress leads in Rajasthan leaving BJP behind

RAJASTHAN: NP NEWS 24 ONLINE – The Election Commission of India will be declaring the Rajasthan election results on 11^th December, which the exit polls have predicted in favour of the Congress and against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

According to the Election Commission, counting is underway for 199 seats out of 200 assembly constituencies, the election for which were held on 7 December. The counting of votes for Rajasthan election results has begun within tight security.

The BJP and Congress are the main political parties in the state where the parties have claimed that they will emerge victorious in the elections.

According to the election commission’s website, in the 200 members Rajasthan Assembly, Congress is leading with 61 seats whereas BJP has 45 seats. Several state ministers are trailing behind their rivals after the initial rounds of counting. Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje is leading in the Jhalrapatan constituency. The Congress has fielded veteran BJP leader Jaswant Singh’s son Manvendra Singh from the seat.

Congress Rajasthan President Sachin Pilot is leading from Tonk seat with a margin of 2007 votes whereas, BJP candidate and Transport Minister Yoonus Khan trailing. In Jaipur, Congress workers have already started celebrating outside Sachin Pilot’s residence as the party leads.

On the other side, Congress candidate and Commonwealth gold medallist Krishna Poonia is leading in Rajasthan’s Sadulpur constituency with a margin of 646 votes in first round of counting.

Rajasthan has recorded a turnout of 74.21 per cent in the Assembly election on 7 December, around 1.02 percentage point less than a turnout of 75.23 per cent in 2013. The polling percentage of female voters was higher (74.66) as compared to male voters (73.80), according to the final-voter turnout released by the election commission.

The state has a total of 4.74-crore electorate, that included 2.47-crore males and 2.27-crore females. Pokaran constituency in Jaisalmer district recorded the highest turnout of 87.47 per cent, whereas the lowest turnout was in Marwar Junction seat of Pali district.

Interestingly in 2013, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) registered a massive mandate and won 163 assembly seats.