Rajasthan Assembly Elections 2018: Full schedule, poll dates, counting day

Rajasthan Assembly Elections 2018 schedule (IndiaTV)

Rajasthan Assembly Elections 2018: Assembly elections in Rajasthan are scheduled to be held in single phase on December 7, 2018. In the last elections in 2013, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had won a majority in the 200-seat Rajasthan Assembly.

Results for Rajasthan Assembly elections 2018 will be declared on December 11 along with results of Assembly elections in four other states - Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram.

The tenure of Rajasthan Assembly ends on January 20, 2019.

The last date for filing of nominations is November 19 and scrutiny of nominations will be on November 20, 2018.

Last date for withdrawal of candidature is November 22, 2018.

Voting will take place on December 7 and counting of votes is scheduled for December 11, 2018.

As per the Election Commission, the election process must be completed before December 13, 2018.

Event	Date	Day
Date for Nominations	12 Nov 2018	Monday
Last Date for filing Nominations	19 Nov 2018	Monday
Date for scrutiny of nominations	20 Nov 2018	Tuesday
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures	22 Nov 2018	Thursday
Date of poll	7 Dec 2018	Friday
Date of counting	11 Dec 2018	Tuesday
Date before which the election shall be completed	13 Dec 2018	Thursday

While the main contest in Rajasthan is between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress, Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and other smaller parties are also eyeing a good share of seats.

There are 34 SC and 25 ST seats out of the total 200 seats in Rajasthan Assembly.

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