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
|
| 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
|
|
|
|
| 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
By-elections
