14th Rajasthan Assembly
14th Rajasthan Assembly | |
|---|---|
| 14th Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan | |
 | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
Term limits | 5 years |
| History | |
| Preceded by | 13th Rajasthan Assembly |
| Succeeded by | 15th Rajasthan Assembly |
| Leadership | |
Speaker | |
Deputy Speaker | |
Leader of the House (Chief Minister) | |
Leader of the Opposition | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 200 |
 | |
Political groups | Government (161)
Opposition (36)
Vacant (3)
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| Elections | |
| First past the post | |
Last election | 1 December 2013 |
Next election | 7 December 2018 |
| Meeting place | |
| Vidhan Bhavan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India | |
| Website | |
| http://rajassembly.nic.in/ | |
The 14th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly was elected in 2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election.
History
[edit]Election
[edit]The results were declared on 8 December 2013.[1] Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot won from his Sardarpura constituency by a margin of 18,478 votes while Vasundhara Raje won from Jhalarpatan by 60,896 votes.[2] The election also recorded best and worst performances for the BJP and the Congress respectively in the state.[3] Influential Meena leader and MP from Dausa, Kirori Lal Meena received a big setback when his newly formed party, National People's Party won only four seats.[4]
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | % | |||
| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 13,939,203 | 45.2 |  10.9
|
200 | 163 | 85 |
81.5 | ||
| Indian National Congress (INC) | 10,204,694 | 33.1 |  3.7
|
200 | 21 | 75 |
10.5 | ||
| Independents (IND) | 2,533,224 | 8.2 | 6.8
|
758 | 7 | 7 |
3.5 | ||
| National People's Party (NPP) | 1,312,402 | 4.3 | 4.3
|
134 | 4 | 4 |
2.0 | ||
| Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | 1,041,241 | 3.4 | 4.2
|
195 | 3 | 3 |
1.5 | ||
| National Unionist Zamindara Party (NUZP) | 312,653 | 1.0 | 1.0
|
25 | 2 | 2 |
1.0 | ||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) | 269,002 | 0.9 | 0.7
|
38 | 0 | 3
|
0.0 | ||
| Samajwadi Party (SP) | 118,911 | 0.4 | 0.4
|
56 | 0 | 1
|
0.0 | ||
| Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) | 59,673 | 0.2 | 0.3
|
15 | 0 | 1
|
0.0 | ||
| Other parties and candidates | 479,700 | 1.4 | 2.0
|
573 | 0 | 1
|
0.0 | ||
| None of the Above (NOTA) | 589,923 | 1.9 | 1.9
|
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| Total | 30,860,626 | 100.00 | 2194 | 200 | ±0 | 100.0 | |||
| Valid votes | 30,860,626 | 99.89 | |||||||
| Invalid votes | 35,113 | 0.11 | |||||||
| Votes cast / turnout | 30,895,739 | 75.67 | |||||||
| Abstentions | 9,933,573 | 24.33 | |||||||
| Registered voters | 40,829,312 | ||||||||
| Source: Election Commission of India[5][6] | |||||||||
Region-wise results
[edit]| Region | Seats | Bharatiya Janata Party | Indian National Congress | Others | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marwad | 46 | 40 | 21
|
5 | 15
|
1 |
| Bagar | 21 | 16 | 8
|
1 | 10
|
4 |
| Harouti | 57 | 43 | 17
|
8 | 11
|
6 |
| Shekhawati | 16 | 9 | 08
|
3 | 01
|
4 |
| Mewar | 60 | 55 | 36
|
4 | 34
|
1 |
| Total | 200 | 163 | 90
|
21 | 75
|
16 |
By-elections
[edit]- In the 2018 January by-elections Congress won Mandalgarh Assembly constituency that was previously held by BJP.
Composition
[edit]
| Party | Seats |
|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 160 |
| National Peoples Party | 1 |
| Indian National Congress | 25 |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 2 |
| National Unionist Zamindara Party | 2 |
| Independents | 7 |
| Vacant | 3 |
| Total Seats | 200 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Assembly Elections December 2013 Results". ECI. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ "BJP decimates Congress in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh". Deccan Chronicle. 9 December 2013. Archived from the original on 14 November 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ "BJP Creates History in Rajasthan, Wins 162 Seats". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 2 November 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ Tiwari, Abhishek (9 December 2013). "Kirori Lal Meena's claims fall flat as janata sends National People's Party packing". DNA India. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014.
- ^ "Constituency Representation". rajassembly.nic.in. Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.