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Rajasthan Assembly Election LIVE UPDATES: 72.7% voter turnout recorded till 5 PM; violent clash among two groups in Fatehpur

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Rajasthan Assembly Election LIVE UPDATES: 72.7% voter turnout recorded till 5 PM; violent clash among two groups in Fatehpur

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Rajasthan Assembly Election: Over 2,000 candidates are in the fray for 199 assembly seats in Rajasthan, where polling started at 8 in the morning but the process was disrupted after reports of malfunctioning EVMs was reported in many areas. Today's voting will determine whether the BJP bucks anti-incumbency and an increasingly aggressive opposition to return to power. Voters will cast at 51,687 polling booths, 259 of them managed exclusively by women officials and security personnel.

In Rajasthan, the contest is largely bipolar between the BJP and Congress in about 130 seats. At about 50 other seats, rebel candidates from both major parties are in the fray, refusing to step down in favour of the official nominees. The BJP is fighting anti-incumbency to retain power in the desert state, which has a tradition of alternating between Congress and BJP every five years. Both parties promised an unemployment allowance to the educated youth. The Congress promised a loan waiver for farmers.

BJP’s Vasundhara Raje hopes to return as the state's chief minister and if the Congress wins, it is expected to pick between former chief minister Ashok Gehlot and state party president Sachin Pilot for the top post in the state. Raje is contesting from Jhalrapatan constituency, considered her bastion. This time she face BJP veteran Jaswant Singh's son Manvendra Singh who has defected to the Congress, complaining that his old party had hurt the pride of the Rajputs by ignoring his father in the last Lok Sabha election.

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In other constituencies, groups like the Bahujan Samaj Party and rebels who are contesting against official party candidates may queer the pitch.

In the state, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed 12 major rallies and Congress president Rahul Gandhi nine in the state. Both sides fielded their top leaders in the campaign. Election officials said 2,274 candidates are contesting in Rajasthan which has 4.74 crore registered voters. About 1.44 lakh security personnel have been deployed for polling day.


The BJP has fielded candidates for all 199 seats and the Congress for 194. For the five remaining seats, the Congress is in alliance with other parties. The BSP fielded 190 candidates, the CPI (M) 28 and CPI 16. Of the total 4,74, 37,761 registered voters, 2.27 crore are women and 20,20,156 are registered as first-time voters.


In the run-up to the polling, the Election Commission received 3,784 complaints related to violation of code of conduct. Of them, 3,098 were found true. The results will be out on December 11, along with those from the other four states which saw Assembly elections in the past few weeks.
17:09 PM (IST)  •  07 Dec 2018

Voter turnout recorded till 5 PM in Rajasthan Elections 2018 is 72.7%
17:10 PM (IST)  •  07 Dec 2018

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, BJP after meeting Election Commission: We've demanded immediate action against Congress President Rahul Gandhi for influencing voters through paid news under the garb of his interview in a Hyderabad newspaper on 6 December.
16:10 PM (IST)  •  07 Dec 2018

Will BJP be able to retain Rajasthan or will the Congress make a turnaround? Watch #ABPExitPoll right now on ABP News.
15:39 PM (IST)  •  07 Dec 2018

15:38 PM (IST)  •  07 Dec 2018

Rajasthan: Vehicles were set ablaze&vandalised in a clash which broke out b/w 2 groups at polling booth at Subhash school in Sikar's Fatehpur today.
15:36 PM (IST)  •  07 Dec 2018

Rajasthan polls 2018: Two groups clash near a polling booth in Fatehpur

Fatehpur is a part of Rajasthan's Sikar district and is part of the Shekhawati region.

15:04 PM (IST)  •  07 Dec 2018

Polling percentage in Rajasthan is 59.68 percent till 3 pm.
13:54 PM (IST)  •  07 Dec 2018

Polling was going on at a brisk pace in Rajasthan Friday where nearly 42 per cent of the over 4.74 crore voters exercised their franchise till 1 pm. In the state, 51,687 polling booths have been set up in 199 out of the total 200 assembly constituencies where polling is going on amid tight security.
13:27 PM (IST)  •  07 Dec 2018

In Bikaner, man dies after suffering a massive heart attack while waiting in line to cast vote. The man is said to be a retired teacher.
12:59 PM (IST)  •  07 Dec 2018

In the state, Mayawati-led BSP has fielded 190 candidates, the Communist Party of India-Marxist 28 and the Communist Party of India 16 candidates. There are 830 Independent candidates.
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