Congress releases first list for Rajasthan Election, Gehlot to contest from Sardarpura, Pilot from Tonk

Rajasthan Assembly Election 2023: Congress on Saturday released the first list of 33 candidates for the upcoming Rajasthan Assembly election. The state will go to polls on November 25 and the counting of votes is scheduled for December 3.

According to the list, CM Ashok Gehlot will contest from Sardarpura, Sachin Pilot to contest from Tonk, CP Joshi from Nathdwara, Divya Maderna from Osian, Govind Singh Dotasara from Lachhmangarh, and Krishna Poonia from Sadulpur. 

A while ago, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its second list of 83 candidates for Rajasthan. There are a total of 200 Assembly seats in the state.

Rajasthan elections

Rajasthan will go to polls on November 25 while the counting of votes will take place on December 3. Rajasthan has 200 total seats. In Rajasthan – which will see a direct fight between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party on November 25 – anti-incumbency is an important factor. Since 1993, when the BJP came to power after a stint of President’s rule, the state has alternated between the Congress and the BJP.

In 2018, Congress won 100 seats in the 2018 Assembly polls. BJP followed at  73 seats while BSP garnered 6 seats. Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) gathered 3 seats with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Bhartiya Tribal Party (BTP) mustering 2 seats each. Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) managed to grab just one seat while there were 13 independent candidates in the 2018 Assembly Elections.

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