14th Rajasthan Assembly

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14th Rajasthan Assembly
14th Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan
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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
Seats200
Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Dec 2017.svg
Political groups
 Government (161)
  •   BJP (160)
  •   NPP (1)

Opposition (36)

Vacant (3)

  •   Vacant (3)
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.

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History

Election

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]

Summary of the 1 December 2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election results
India Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha 2013.svg
Parties and coalitionsPopular voteSeats
Votes %±pp ContestedWon+/− %
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)13,939,20345.2Increase2.svg10.9200163Increase2.svg8581.5
Indian National Congress (INC)10,204,69433.1Decrease2.svg3.720021Decrease2.svg7510.5
Independents (IND)2,533,2248.2Decrease2.svg6.87587Decrease2.svg73.5
National People's Party (NPP)1,312,4024.3Increase2.svg4.31344Increase2.svg42.0
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)1,041,2413.4Decrease2.svg4.21953Decrease2.svg31.5
National Unionist Zamindara Party (NUZP)312,6531.0Increase2.svg1.0252Increase2.svg21.0
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM)269,0020.9Decrease2.svg0.7380Decrease2.svg30.0
Samajwadi Party (SP)118,9110.4Decrease2.svg0.4560Decrease2.svg10.0
Janata Dal (United) (JD(U))59,6730.2Decrease2.svg0.3150Decrease2.svg10.0
Other parties and candidates479,7001.4Decrease2.svg2.05730Decrease2.svg10.0
None of the Above (NOTA)589,9231.9Increase2.svg1.9
Total30,860,626100.002194200±0100.0
Valid votes30,860,62699.89
Invalid votes35,1130.11
Votes cast / turnout30,895,73975.67
Abstentions9,933,57324.33
Registered voters40,829,312
Source: Election Commission of India [5] [6]

Region-wise results

RegionSeats Bharatiya Janata Party Indian National Congress Others
Marwad4640Increase2.svg 215Decrease2.svg 151
Bagar 2116Increase2.svg 81Decrease2.svg 104
Harouti5743Increase2.svg 178Decrease2.svg 116
Shekhawati169Increase2.svg 083Decrease2.svg 014
Mewar6055Increase2.svg 364Decrease2.svg 341
Total200163Increase2.svg 9021Decrease2.svg 7516

By-elections

Composition

Rajasthan legislative assembly in January 2016 Rajasthan legislative assembly.svg
Rajasthan legislative assembly in January 2016
In 2013
PartySeats
Bharatiya Janata Party 160
National Peoples Party 1
Indian National Congress 25
Bahujan Samaj Party 2
National Unionist Zamindara Party 2
Independents 7
Vacant3
Total Seats200

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Assembly Elections December 2013 Results". ECI. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "BJP decimates Congress in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh". Deccan Chronicle. 9 December 2013. Archived from the original on 14 November 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "BJP Creates History in Rajasthan, Wins 162 Seats". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 2 November 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "Constituency Representation". rajassembly.nic.in. Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
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