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Rajasthan Assembly Election 2018: Counting of votes will begin shortly. Stay with us for LIVE updates on Rajasthan election result

Congress leaders Ashok Gehlot (R) and Sachin Pilot (C) flash victory signs as K C Venugopal looks on after the declaration of Rajasthan Assembly election result, in Jaipur

Sachin pilot, Ashok Gehlot, Congress jaipur, K C Venugopal

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		<strong>Rajasthan Assembly Election result 2018 LIVE:</strong>&nbsp;Rajasthan kept its 25-year-old record of throwing out the incumbent government. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief minister Vasundhara Raje has resigned. The Congress is yet to choose a Chief Minister.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
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		Raje, despite the defeat of her government, won from her constituency of Jhalrapatan. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
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	A party needs 101 seats in the 200-member <a href="https://www.business-standard.com/elections/rajasthan-assembly-election-2018" target="_blank">Rajasthan Assembly</a>, but the&nbsp;election in one seat was rescheduled after a candidate died. The BJP had won 163 seats in the 2013 <strong><a href="https://www.business-standard.com/elections/rajasthan-assembly-election-2018" target="_blank">Rajasthan Assembly elections</a> </strong>and secured a vote share of 46.03%, a jump of about eight percentage points over 2008. The Congress had bagged 21 seats with a vote share of 34.27%, a fall of two percentage points.<br />
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	Rajasthan has a record of not returning any party to power since 1998 and it flip-flops between the BJP and Congress.</div>
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	The Congress was contesting on 195 seats and had given five seats to its allies &mdash; two each to the Loktantrik Janata Dal and the Rashtriya Lok Dal, and one to the Nationalist Congress Party.</div>
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	The BJP was contesting in all 200 seats on its own.</div>
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Rajasthan election result LIVE: Ashok Gehlot front-runner for CM post

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<strong>Rajasthan results:</strong> With three winners yet to be declared, the Congress vote share was 39.3 per cent, half percentage point ahead of the BJP.

<strong>Rajasthan results:</strong> Independents won 12 seats and were leading on one more as the focus in Rajasthan shifted on who would be the Congress choice for chief minister between two-time CM Ashok Gehlot and the party&#39;s state unit president Sachin Pilot.

<strong>Rajasthan results:</strong> The ruling BJP bagged 73 seats, Bahujan Samaj Party won six, Bhartiya Tribal Party won two, the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party three, the CPI(M) two and the Rashtriya Lok Dal one.

<strong>Rajasthan results:</strong> As the Congress hovered around this 99-seat mark &ndash; putting together the victories and the official trends &ndash; Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje submitted her resignation to Governor Kalyan Singh.&nbsp;

<strong>Rajasthan results:</strong> The Congress on Tuesday was set to wrest Rajasthan from the BJP after its candidates were declared elected on 97 seats and were leading on two others out of the 199 that went to the polls.

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	<strong>FM Arun Jaitley on allegations on EVMs:</strong> &quot;We have been using EVMs from last 20 years and our Election Commission is a very professional body that they look into any issues that EVMs face. Moreover, EVMs were brought by Congress and not by us.&quot;&nbsp;<br />
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			FM Arun Jaitley: We have been using EVMs from last 20 years and our Election Commission is a very professional body that they look into any issues that EVMs face. Moreover, EVMs were brought by Congress and not by us. <a href="https://t.co/KFprDYCJtG">pic.twitter.com/KFprDYCJtG</a></p>
		&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1072527931753291785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2018</a></blockquote>
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	<strong>FM Arun Jaitley on Assembly elections results:</strong> &quot;The election issue really will be, do we need a tried and tested leadership and govt in place or we want some kind of an unstable non-ideological coalition which is bound to splinter away sooner than later.&quot;<br />
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			FM Arun Jaitley: The election issue really will be, do we need a tried and tested leadership and govt in place or we want some kind of an unstable non-ideological coalition which is bound to splinter away sooner than later. <a href="https://t.co/23xXaNxva0">pic.twitter.com/23xXaNxva0</a></p>
		&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1072525530988204033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2018</a></blockquote>
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	<strong>FM Arun Jaitley on Assembly elections results:</strong> &quot;Issues in state elections are entirely different, we won all these states in 2003 December and lost the general election in 2004. Therefore, these results don&#39;t reflect automatically. The 2019 elections will be around the performance of central govt and leadership of PM Modi.&quot;<br />
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			FM Jaitley: Issues in state elections are entirely different, we won all these states in 2003 Dec &amp; lost the general election in 2004. Therefore these results don&#39;t reflect automatically. The 2019 elections will be around the performance of Central govt &amp; leadership of PM Modi. <a href="https://t.co/MuYBGjDjs0">pic.twitter.com/MuYBGjDjs0</a></p>
		&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1072525527817338882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2018</a></blockquote>
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	<strong>FM Arun Jaitley on Assembly elections results:</strong> &quot;I think result was certainly not as expected and it&#39;s an opportunity to pause and analyse, for results were not as per expected. In both Chhattisgarh and MP, we were in power for 15 years and we have done well. I don&#39;t think there was anti-incumbency, but fatigue factor does come in.&quot;<br />
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			FM Jaitley: I think result was certainly not as expected&amp;it&#39;s an opprtunity to pause and analyse, for results were not as per expected. In both Chhattisgarh&amp;MP we were in power for 15 yrs&amp;we have done well. I don&#39;t think there was aniti-incumbency but fatigue factor does come in. <a href="https://t.co/EbrVEbm3A4">pic.twitter.com/EbrVEbm3A4</a></p>
		&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1072521002448510977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<strong>Rajasthan Elections results:</strong> Rajasthan Congress General Secretary Sushil Sharma to ANI: &quot;We have given a letter to the Governor and have sought an appointment tomorrow. A high level delegation will meet him tomorrow, he has given us the appointment of 7 pm tomorrow.&quot;&nbsp;<br />
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		Rajasthan Congress general secretary Sushil Sharma: We have given a letter to the Governor &amp; have sought an appointment tomorrow. A high level delegation will meet him tomorrow, he has given us the appointment of 7 pm tomorrow. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RajasthanElections?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RajasthanElections</a> <a href="https://t.co/Ry2kNiMFXN">pic.twitter.com/Ry2kNiMFXN</a></p>
	&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1072537969981050882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2018</a></blockquote>
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	<strong>PM Modi on Assembly elections results:</strong> &quot;The family of BJP Karyakartas worked day and night for the state elections. I salute them for their hardwork. Victory and defeat are an integral part of life. Today&#39;s results will further our resolve to serve people and work even harder for the development of India.&quot;<br />
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			The family of BJP Karyakartas worked day and night for the state elections. I salute them for their hardwork.<br />
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			Victory and defeat are an integral part of life.<br />
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			Today&rsquo;s results will further our resolve to serve people and work even harder for the development of India.</p>
		&mdash; Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) <a href="https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1072528590443610112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2018</a></blockquote>
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	<strong>PM Modi on Assembly elections results:</strong> &quot;Congratulations to the Congress for their victories. Congratulations to KCR Garu for the thumping win in Telangana and to the Mizo National Front (MNF) for their impressive victory in Mizoram.&quot;<br />
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			Congratulations to the Congress for their victories.<br />
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			Congratulations to KCR Garu for the thumping win in Telangana and to the Mizo National Front (MNF) for their impressive victory in Mizoram.</p>
		&mdash; Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) <a href="https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1072527036181303298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2018</a></blockquote>
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	<strong>PM Modi on Assembly elections results:</strong> &quot;We accept the people&#39;s mandate with humility. I thank the people of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan for giving us the opportunity to serve these states. The BJP Governments in these states worked tirelessly for the welfare of the people.&quot;<br />
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			We accept the people&rsquo;s mandate with humility.<br />
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			I thank the people of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan for giving us the opportunity to serve these states. The BJP Governments in these states worked tirelessly for the welfare of the people.</p>
		&mdash; Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) <a href="https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1072526642357198849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<strong>Rajasthan Election results:</strong> Outgoing Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje, in Jaipur, said, &quot;I would like to congratulate Congress. I accept this mandate by the people. BJP has worked a lot for them in these five years, I hope the next party takes those policies and works forward.&quot;<br />
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		Outgoing Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje in Jaipur: I would like to congratulate Congress. I accept this mandate by the people. BJP has worked a lot for them in these 5 years, I hope the next party takes those policies and works forward. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AssemblyElectionResults2018?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AssemblyElectionResults2018</a> <a href="https://t.co/yaPxTzgAPN">pic.twitter.com/yaPxTzgAPN</a></p>
	&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1072509771348086784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2018</a></blockquote>
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	<strong>Rajasthan ECI trends:</strong></div>
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Rajasthan election result LIVE: Ashok Gehlot front-runner for CM post

Rajasthan Assembly Election Result 2018: BJP chief minister Vasundhara Raje has resigned. Congress will select the state's new leader today. Stay with us for LIVE updates on Rajasthan election result