2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election

2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election
← 2013 7 December 2018 (199 seats)
28 January 2019 (1 seat)		 2023 →
200 seats in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
101 seats needed for a majority
Turnout74.72% (Decrease 0.95%)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Ashok Gehlot Vasundhara Raje
Party INC BJP
Alliance UPA NDA
Leader since 1998 2003
Leader's seat Sardarpura
(won) 		Jhalrapatan
(won)
Last election 21 163
Seats after 100 73
Seat change Increase79 Decrease90
Popular vote 13,935,201 13,757,502
Percentage 39.30% 38.08%
Swing Increase 6.23% Decrease 6.37%
Chief Minister before election

Vasundhara Raje
BJP

Elected Chief Minister

Ashok Gehlot
INC

Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of Rajasthan on 7 December 2018. The Indian National Congress became the single largest party with 100 seats, short of the majority by 1 seat. The Bharatiya Janata Party won 73 seats, much lower compared to the previous election, in which it won an absolute majority of 163 seats. The Indian National Congress formed the government with the Bahujan Samaj Party.[1]

  1. ^ "BSP to support Congress in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan". India Today. Retrieved 16 October 2022.