14th Rajasthan Assembly
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The 14th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly was elected in 2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election.
14th Rajasthan Assembly | |
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| 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 | |
| Seats | 200 |
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Political groups | Government (161)
Opposition (36)
Vacant (3)
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| 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/ | |
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]
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| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/â | % | |||
| 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 |
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| 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
| 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 |
By-elections
- In the 2018 January by-elections Congress won Mandalgarh Assembly constituency that was previously held by BJP.
Composition
| Party | Seats |
|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 160 |
| National Peoples Party | 1 |
| Indian National Congress | 25 |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 2 |
| National Unionist Zamindara Party | 2 |
| Independents | 7 |
| Vacant | 3 |
| Total Seats | 200 |