2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election

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199 of all 200 seats in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly 101 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	75.67% (9.42%)
First party Second party   Leader Vasundhara Raje Ashok Gehlot Party BJP INC Alliance NDA UPA Leader since 2003 1998 Leader's seat Jhalrapatan Sardarpura Last election 78 96 Seats after 163 21 Seat change 85 75 Popular vote 13,939,203 10,204,694 Percentage 45.17% 33.07% Swing 10.9% 3.75%
Chief Minister before election Ashok Gehlot INC Elected Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje BJP

Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of Rajasthan on 1 December 2013. Results were announced on 8 December.^[1] The incumbent ruling party Indian National Congress, led by the Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, lost the elections to Vasundhara Raje-led BJP, who was being touted as the next incumbent.^[2]

Pre-poll surveys

Election

Polling was held on 1 December in 199 assembly seats out of 200 seats. Churu constituency polling was postponed to 13 December due to death of BSP candidate Jagdish Meghwal.^[6][7]

Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) along with EVMs was used in 1 assembly seat in Rajasthan elections.^[8][9] There were 2,087 candidates including 166 women and one eunuch candidate. INC and BJP contested on all 200 seats while BSP on 195 seats. 38 CPI(M), 23 CPI, 16 NCP, 666 other parties candidates and 758 Independents were also in foray.^[6][7] Over 4.08 crore voters including 1.92 crore women were eligible to exercise their vote. There were 47,223 polling booths.^[6][7] Total voting turnout was 74.38%, the highest ever in state assembly election. The highest turnout (85.52%) was recorded at Jaisalmer and the lowest (55.21%) at Bharatpur.^[7]

Results

The results were declared on 8 December.^[6][10] 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.^[11] The election also recorded best and worst performances for the BJP and the Congress respectively in the state.^[12] 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.^[13]

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[14][15]

Region-wise results

Region	Seats	Bharatiya Janata Party		Indian National Congress		Others
Marwad	46	40	21	5	15	1
Bagar	21	16	8	1	10	4
Harouti	57	43	17	8	11	6
Shekhawati	16	9	08	3	01	4
Mewar	60	55	36	4	34	1
Total	200	163	90	21	75	16

Elected members

Source: [1]